Narragansett, R.I. -- February 9, 2001
-- The URI Metcalf Institute for Marine
and Environmental Reporting will present a
free public lecture by Robert B. Semple,
Jr., New York Times Associate Editor of
the editorial page. The lecture,
"Environmental Policy: Will Bush Dismantle
What Clinton Built?" will be held on
Sunday, February 25, at 2 p.m. in the
Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Bay
Campus, Narragansett.
Semple will talk about Bill
Clinton’s environmental legacy and
where that legacy is most vulnerable to
President Bush and where he can build on
it. Semple will describe the political
landscape and environmental tone of
Washington in the last eight years and
what he expects from the next four
years.
Both an editor and writer on The Times
editorial page, Semple won the Pulitzer
Prize for Editorial Writing in 1996 for
his work on environmental issues and
national politics. He began his career at
The Times in 1963 as a general assignment
reporter in the Washington, D.C., bureau
and became a political reporter and White
House correspondent during the Nixon
administration.
Semple was appointed deputy national
editor, London bureau chief, and foreign
editor during the 1970s. He served as
editor of the Op-Ed page before being
named associate editor of the Times
editorial page in 1988. He is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations and has
lectured extensively on domestic and
foreign policy and the role of the press
in shaping the news.
The Metcalf Institute was established
in 1997 with an endowment from the
foundations of three news organizations:
A.H. Belo Corporation, owner of the Dallas
Morning News and parent company of The
Providence Journal, The Providence Journal
Company, and the Philip Graham Fund, the
foundation of The Washington Post.
Additional funding was provided by the
Telaka Foundation. The institute was
established with the intent of helping
journalists become better informed about
science and research and to strengthen
communication between journalists and
scientists.
For more information, call The Metcalf
Institute for Marine and Environmental
Reporting at 874-6211 or visit the website
at
www.gso.uri.edu/metcalf.
Contact: Lisa Cugini,
874-6642,
lcugini@gso.uri.edu
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