Scientist discusses climate and society at Scharf Lecture

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GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The climate and society will be the topic of Gettysburg College's Henry M. Scharf Lecture on Current Affairs at 7:30 p.m., April 4, in the Lyceum of Pennsylvania Hall. Michael Glantz's talk, "Climate Affairs: A Notion Whose Time Has Come?" is open to the public free of charge.

Glantz is a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and served as the Director of the NCAR's Environmental and Social Impacts Group for 17 years. He is interested in the ways in which climate and society affect each other, particularly in how the interaction between climate anomalies and human activities affects quality-of-life issues.

Glantz has coordinated joint research in the Central Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union, with a special interest in the Aral Sea basin. He has edited several books, written columns for a number of newspapers and is the author of numerous articles on issues related to climate, environment and policy.

Glantz also organizes multidisciplinary, multinational workshops on climate-related issues, including La Niña and El Niño. In 1996, he published a book, "Currents of Change: El Niño's Impact on Climate and Society," which explains in simple terms what El Niño is, how its effects might be forecasted and its far-reaching impacts.

The Scharf Lecture series at Gettysburg College has been endowed by Class of 1919 graduate and trustee emeritus Dr. F. William Sunderman, in memory of his lifelong and beloved friend Henry M. Scharf. Scharf was a Gettysburg publisher, businessman and dedicated civic leader.

With a student body of approximately 2,400, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park. The College was founded in 1832.

Issued 3/21/01

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