Inspiring Wonder - WEST L.A.
PARKS IN PERIL?
How Smog and Global Warming Are Putting California’s National Forests & Parks at Risk
- Thursday, October 29, 2009
- The Los Angeles Country Club
10101 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024 - 6 p.m. Reception
- 7 p.m. Presentation and Q&A
- The evening will be hosted by Peter W. Kelly, Chair of the Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees
How has human-induced global warming affected our nation’s most treasured lands? Professor Joel Burley will discuss some of the likely impacts of climate change and his own research on the measurements of surface-level ozone at remote National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service sites, including Joshua Tree and Yosemite National Parks.
Speaker: Joel Burley is a professor of chemistry at Saint Mary’s College of California. He obtained his B.A. in Chemistry from Macalester College, followed by a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from UC - Berkeley and a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. He joined the faculty of the Saint Mary’s College Department of Chemistry in 1994.
Reception includes hors d’oeuvres and hosted bar.
Kindly R.S.V.P. for this complimentary event by October 22, 2009, as seating is limited.
Country Club dress code required, click here for more information.
To reserve your space and learn more, visit stmarys-ca.edu/inspire
or contact Mary Jo Bishari at (925) 631-4219 or mbishari@stmarys-ca.edu
Directions to Los Angeles Country Club.
Country Club dress code guide.
