The Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation endows a chair in environmental policy Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and a professorship in environmental management at the Harvard Business School. Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy Currently, John P. Holdren is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy. He is also affiliated with the School's Center for Science and International Affairs (CSIA), the director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Dr. Holdren has written extensively on environmental issues, including global environmental problems, energy and resource options in industrial and developing countries, and the consequences of population growth. He holds numerous additional honorary and professional positions, including: Member of the Board of Trustees, Woods Hole Research Center Professor Emeritus of Energy and Resources, University of California Chair of the Committee on International Security and Arms Council, National Academy of Sciences Member of the Board of Directors, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Member of the National Academy of Sciences Member of the National Academy of Engineering Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, California Academy of Sciences For more details on the Kennedy School of Government and the Heinz family, visit http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/index.shtml. Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management Currently, Richard Vietor is the Senator John Heinz Professor of the Environment at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Professor Vietor teaches courses on the regulation of business and the international political economy. Dr. Vietor received a B.A. in economics from Union College (1967), an M.A. in history from Hofstra University (1971), and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh (1975). He was appointed Professor in 1984. Before joining the Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the University of Missouri. Professor Vietor has written extensively on business and government policy. And for his courses in business-government relations and environmental management, he has published more than three-dozen case studies on topics including: International energy issues The regulation of natural gas, nuclear power, air pollution, and hazardous wastes Strategy and deregulation in airlines, railroads, telecommunications, and financial services He has received numerous honors, including a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and Harvard's Newcomen Award in business history. Dr. Vietor serves on the editorial board of the Business History Review, the advisory board of IPADE in Mexico, and the Infrastructure Committee of the Competitiveness Policy Council. He was President of the Business History Conference for 1993-1994. To learn more about the Harvard Business School, visit http://www.hbs.edu/. Back to Top