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My Father-in-Law is a Nobel Laureate!
Just a bit of "good news" for a change...
Attached is a recent press release from the USA IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)...concerning my Father-in-Law, Dr. Otto Doering.
Article Attached
"LGU Ag Economists Earn Nobel Laureate Credit
The chair of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) bestowed Nobel Laureate honors to a number of agricultural economists from land-grant universities (LGUs) who were instrumental to IPCC’s success.
“I have been stunned…with the news of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for the IPCC. This makes each of you a Nobel Laureate and it is my privilege to acknowledge this honour [sic] on your behalf,” Rajendra K. Pachauri, IPCC chair, wrote in a letter published in the January issue to The Exchange, the newsletter of the American Agricultural Economics Association.
The IPCC report, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4): Climate Change 2007, was specifically recognized in the prize. Pachauri’s letter acknowledged the significant contributions of a number of LGU agricultural economists, who were either lead or contributing authors in the IPCC 2007 report. In subsequent correspondence, the IPCC extended the honors to authors of previous IPCC assessment and special reports, The Exchange reported.
LGU agricultural economists as lead and contributing authors in IPCC 2007 include Bruce McCarl (Texas A&M University), Brent Sohngen (Ohio State University), and John Antle (Montana State University). The following agricultural economists were recognized for their work in IPCC 2001: John Antle (Montana State University) and Jason Shogren (University of Wyoming); and special report authors Richard Adams (Oregon State University) and Otto Doering (Purdue University). Contact Fen Hunt for more information."
While he can put it on his CV, he did not get any of the prize money...he did get a refrigerator magnent!
How cool is that!
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