Past AGU Congressional Science Fellows

The following list contains the year of receipt, name of the recipient, current position, the Congressional Office to which the recipient was assigned, and their affiliation when accepted into the program.

2006-07

Mark Wenzel
Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut

2005-06

Josh Trapani
AAAS Fellow, U.S. Forest Service
Senator Dianne Feinstein of California
University of Colorado, Boulder

2004-05

Jana Davis
Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey
Chesapeake Bay Trust in Annapolis, Maryland

2003-04

Kevin Vranes
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

2002-03

Illa Amerson
Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota
Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon

2001-02

Karen Wayland
Legislative Advocate, National Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
 

2000-01

Kirsten Banks Cutler
Office of Senior Coordinator for Nuclear Safety, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Whirlwind Greets New Congressional Science Fellow (Eos, Feb. 27, 2001)

Reflections: A Year on Capitol Hill (Eos, Nov. 20, 2001)

2000 Fall Meeting

1999-2000

Bryan Hannegan
Associate Director for Energy and Transportation, White House Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, DC
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
University of California, Riverside

1998-99

David Hunter
Office of Senator Susan Collins of Maine
Senator James Jeffords of Vermont
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, Santa Diego

1997-98

Julie J. Moses
Program Manager, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio
University of California, Los Angeles

1996-97

Jack Herring
Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona
Representative Vernon Ehlers of Michigan
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

1995-96

Timothy Cohn
Hydrologist, USGS Office of Surface Water, Reston, VA
Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey
USGS

1994-95

David Applegate
Director, Government Affairs, American Geological Institute
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1993-94

Winston Chi Tao
Postdoctoral Researcher, CRESS, York University, Ontario
Representative George Brown of California
Harvard College/Princeton University

1992-93

Valerie I. Lang
Senior Project Engineer, Office of Corporate Chief Engineer, The Aerospace Corp. Los Angeles, CA
Representative Jim Bacchus of Florida
The Aerospace Corporation

1991-92

Vivian Pan
President, Hamlin Capital Management, LLC, New York, NY
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Arizona State University

1990-91

Jeffrey L. Payne
Deputy Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC
Representative Jolene Unsoeld of Washington
Texas A&M University

1989-90

Barbara J. Frank
Director, Pollution Prevention Education Committee,
Office of Cooperative Environmental Management, US EPA, Washington, DC
Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation of the House
Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Ithaca College

1988-89

Virgil Frizzell
Senior Consultant for Knowledge Management, International Center for Applied Studies in Information Technology, McClean, VA
Representative Norman Mineta of California

1987-88

Sherry D. Oaks
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Resources, Colorado State University
Congressional Research Office/Representative George E. Brown, Jr. of California
University of Colorado, Boulder

1986-87

L. Jeff Lefkoff
Principal, Hydrologic Consultants, Inc., Davis, California
Senator Timothy Wirth of Colorado
Stanford University

1985-86

Dana J. Isherwood
Senior Legislative Analyst, Director’s Office, LLNL
Senator Albert Gore, Jr. of Tennessee
Lawrence Livermore National Labs

1984-85

Eric L. Butler
Principal Scientist, Gradient Corporation, Cambridge, MA
House Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism 
Brown University

1983-84

Jack D. Fellows
Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Director, UCAR Office of Programs, UCAR, Boulder, CO
Representative George E. Brown, Jr. of California
University of Maryland

1982-83

Arthur B. Weissman
President and CEO, Greenseal, Washington, DC
Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut
Johns Hopkins University

1981-82

George H. Shaw
Professor, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Representative Al Swift of Washington
University of Minnesota

1980-81

Carroll Ann Hodges
Town Council Member, Woodside, CA
Representative Jim Santini of Nevada
USGS

1979-80

Robert J. Barbera
Exectutive Vice President and Chief Economist, Hoening and Co., Rye Brook, NY
Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1978-79

J. Christopher Bernabo
Director,  National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF), Washington, DC
Representative George E. Brown, Jr. of California
Brown University

1977-78

Yacov Y. Haimes
Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
OSTP/Committee on Science and Technology
Case Western Reserve University