C. Herb Ward is Professor Emeritus at Rice University. He held the A. J. Foyt
Family Chair of Engineering and was Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering in the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Professor of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Weiss School of Natural Sciences.
He is now a Scholar in Environmental Science and Technology Policy in the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. He received
his BS (1955) in Biology and Agricultural Science from New Mexico College
of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, his MS (1958) and PhD (1960) in
Microbial Diseases, Physiology, and Genetics of Plants from Cornell
University, and the MPH (1978) in Environmental Health from the
University of Texas School of Public Health. He is a registered professional
engineer in Texas and a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer by the
American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He was the founding Chair
of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chair of the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the inaugural
Director of the Energy and Environmental Systems Institute at Rice
University. He also served as Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA)-sponsored National Center for Ground Water Research
and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)-sponsored Advanced Applied
(Environmental) Technology Development Facility. Dr. Ward was a member
of the USEPA Science Advisory Board and served as Chair of the
Scientific Advisory Board of the DoD Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program (SERDP).
