Council on Environmental Quality Nomination of Robert H. Harris To Be a Member.

The President today announced that he will nominate Robert H. Harris, of Fairview, W. Va., to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality. He would replace Charles Warren, resigned. Harris has been associate director of the toxic chemicals program at the Environmental Defense Fund since 1973.

He was born October 16, 1941, in Fairmont, W. Va. He received a B.S. in civil engineering from West Virginia University in 1963, an M.S. in environmental health engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1965, and a Ph.D. in environmental sciences and engineering from Harvard University in 1971.

From 1971 to 1973, Harris was an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Maryland, teaching courses in microbiology, ecology of polluted waters, and introduction to environmental engineering. He was also an associate with Ralph Nader's Corporate Accountability Research Group from 1972 to 1973.

Harris was a visiting associate research biochemist at the University of California at Berkeley from 1978 until earlier this year, on leave from EDF, doing research on environmental carcinogens. He is the author of numerous publications and has served as a consultant on environmental matters.