William R. Jobin to Deliver Pardee Distinguished Lecture

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce that the next Frederick S. Pardee Distinguished Lecture will be delivered on Thursday, December 15 by Dr. William R. Jobin, Founder of Blue Nile Associates.

Date: Thursday, December 15
Location: Florence and Chafetz Hillel House, 213 Bay State Road, Boston University
Time: 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.

Reception: 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.

(Reception will be held at the African Studies Center, 232 Bay State Road, 5th Floor.)

The event is open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP to pardee@bu.edu by Friday, December 9, 2011. RSVP is required to reserve a seat.

Dr. William R. Jobin is an expert in the prevention and control of malaria and other tropical diseases, especially in association with water and development projects that result in large-scale ecological changes. After working more than 20 years for large international health and development agencies, in 1984 he founded Blue Nile Associates, which specializes in environmental assessment and improvement of existing and proposed development projects in the Tropics, based on requirements for protecting human health, water quality, and agricultural land uses. His recent work includes projects in Sudan, Peru, Angola, China, Uganda, Chad, Cameroon, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan and Thailand.

This lecture is in memory of Dr. Andrew Spielman, Professor of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health.