Dr. Leonard Shabman

IWR was delighted to welcome Dr. Leonard Shabman as the 2004-2006 Maass-White Visiting Scholar. Dr. Shabman worked on a variety of activities connected with the overarching theme of water resources planning and policy analysis as part of his role as IWR’s Maass-White Visiting Scholar.

Dr. Shabman was a Resident Scholar at Resources for the Future’s Energy & Natural Resources Division beginning in July 2002. Previously he served on the faculty in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech for 30 years and as the Director of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center from 1995 - 2002. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University .

Among other achievements, Dr. Shabman served as a staff economist at the United States Water Resources Council, Scientific Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Army, and as Visiting Scholar at the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council. Over his career he has provided consultation and advice to over 60 governmental and non-governmental organizations and is a member of numerous scientific and water-resource-related committees and boards.

His presence provided a great opportunity for IWR staff to work with him in applying his talents to the Institute's challenging program of studies.

In 2005, Dr. Shabman wrote "Environmental Valuation and Decision Making for Water Project Investment and Operations: Lessons from the FERC Experience", which was published as a new Visiting Scholar Program report (pdf, 689 KB) in March 2007.

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