My Father-in-Law is a Nobel Laureate!

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

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!

[xelasnave]

Must be a big magnet if it can pick up a fridge...
Great news your family certainly has had some extremes of late.
What wonderful news good to see things are getting brighter for you
alex

[davidpretorius]

very exciting

[Ric]

I could only imagine the thrill of receiving one of the highest honours going and be recognised by your peers in such a way.

Congratulations to your Father in law.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Wonderfully good news for your family.
You must be very very proud of him.

[iceman (Mike)]

That is great news, and i'm sure very welcome for your family.

Congrats to dad-in-law!

[ngcles]

Hi Scott,

That is cool!

Similarly, my wife's great uncle won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1934. You might possibly know his name -- Harold Urey. He discovered deuterium and then went on to become a leading contributor to the Manhattan Project.

Best,

Les D

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Good to see some balance has been restored to the force!

Congratulations to your whole family Scott.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Thanks all, it has been a bit of fun for us...and we needed it.

As my wife points out (and she is right), there is now no question about where our kids intellectual capability comes from!

Thank goodness for genetics and "hybrid vigor"!