Professional of the Year for 2007 in Plant Ecology: William L. Halvorson, Ph.D.

	William L. Halvorson, Ph.D.
Industry	Government/Education
Title	Director/Professor
Expertise	Ecosystem Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Project Management, Landscape Management
Current Organization	School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Arizona
Type of Organization	Federal Government/State University
Major Product	Education, Information, Research
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Botany, Arizona State University, 1965; M.S., Plant Ecology, University of Illinois, 1967; Ph.D., Plant Ecology, Arizona State University, 1970
Born	March 25, 1943, Chicago, Illinois
Honors & Awards	NDEA Fellowship, Arizona State Univ., 1969; U.S. Dept. of Interior Unit Award of Excellence of Service in Productivity, 1980; 7 Quality Performance Awards, National Park Service, 1987-93; Special Appreciation Award, Graduate College, Univ. of Arizona, 1996; National Park Service, Intermountain Director's Award for Natural Resource Research, 1998; National Park Service, National Director's Award for Natural Resource Research, 1998; Outstanding Service Award, Society for Ecological Restoration, 2007; John Rieger Award, Society for Ecological Restoration, 2007
Published Works	Science & Ecosystem Management in the National Parks, 1996, Univ. of Arizona Press, Co-Edited, Co-Authored 3 chapters; Changes in landscape values and expectations: what do we want and how do we measure it?, Chapter in National Parks and Protected Areas: Their Role in Environmental Protection, 1996, Blackwell Science Inc., edited a series of 50 technical reports on resource management and research, including co-authoring a series of 12 reports on the inventories of natural resources of National Park Service areas in Southern Arizona; numerous articles and reports on natural area ecology and management
Affiliations	Society for Ecological Restoration (Board of Directors, 1993-2007); Ecological Society of America; California Botanical Society; Sigma Xi; Southwestern Association of Naturalists; Natural Areas Association
Hobbies & Sports	Travel, hiking, reading
Career Accomplishments	Mentored 6 Ph.D. graduates and 23 M.S. graduates; Assistant Dean of the Graduate College, Univ. of Rhode Island; Developed an award winning inventory program for the National Park Service that was used as a model for the National Program; assisted in the management of numerous regional, national and international conferences on resource management and research; National Academy of Sciences Committee to investigate transmission pipelines and public safety; invited to lecture and teach on landscape ecology and restoration in India and Mexico
Work History	Assistant & Associate Professor, Botany, University of Rhode Island, 1970-78; Ecologist, National Park Service, 1979-82; Research Ecologist, Channel Islands National Park, 1983-92; Research Ecologist, University of Arizona, National Park Service, National Biological Survey, National Biological Service, U.S. Geological Survey, 1993-2009l Director, Sustainable Solutions for Arid Lands, 2010-present
Children	Maria, 1972; Anita, 1975
Spouse	Christine Eastin (Deceased)
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