The
Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting
Environmental Scholars Program was
created in July 2002 with a generous gift
by its namesake to the Yale Institute for
Biospheric Studies (YIBS), which he also
established in 1991 with a generous gift
to Yale.
The
Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting
Environmental Scholars Program will
bring premier scholars in any field
dealing with the study of the environment,
past or present, to Yale for an extended
period of time. The scholars will be
nominated through the YIBS Faculty
Council, and while in residence at Yale,
scholars will present seminars, interact
with faculty, students and research
groups, and participate in the life of one
or more academic units.
Mr. Bass,
’67 (’68 BS), is also active in business,
conservation, and ranching, and is a
committed environmentalist. He co-founded
Biosphere 2, an environmental research and
conservation project near Tucson, Arizona.
He is chairman of the Executive Committee
of the World Wildlife Fund and founding
trustee of the Philecology Trust. He
serves on the executive committees of the
New York Botanical Garden and the
Botanical Research Institute of Texas and
has been a leader in the decade-long
redevelopment of downtown Fort Worth. In
addition to graduating from Yale College,
Mr. Bass studied at Yale's School of
Architecture from 1968-70. His service to
Yale includes co-chair of the Leadership
Council of the School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies, member and former
founding chair of the YIBS External
Advisory Board, and former member of the
University Council and former chair of the
Council Committee on the Peabody Museum.
He was named Successor Trustee in 2001.
Dr. Rita
Colwell was named as the first Edward P.
Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental
Scholar.
Rita
Colwell, Spring 2005
Dorceta Taylor, Fall
2005
Steven Sparks,
2006/2007
Michael
Teitelbaum, 2006/2007