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Oregon environmental scientist named to pontifical academy
June 10, 2019
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CWN Editor's Note: Jane Lubchenco, distinguished professor at Oregon State University, was the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (2009-13), administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2009-13), and US State Department Science Envoy for the Ocean (2014-16). The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, established in 1936, is an advisory body whose members include non-Catholics.
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