The University of Texas at El Paso
Millennium Lecture Series
The Millennium Lecture Series brings speakers to the UTEP campus to address topics that impact our society, culture and lives. The lectures in this Series are intended to provoke our thinking and stimulate discussion about important issues of the day. This year’s theme is “Defining Security in the 21st Century.” Our goal is to explore some of the many facets of security that have become central themes in political debates and popular media coverage of events in our rapidly changing global context.
Millennium speakers will share their wide-ranging perspectives on a variety of important topics—from the safety and security of natural resources, food and energy supplies; to the impact of demographic pressures and migration on economic security and competitiveness.
We invite you to join us in exploring these important issues with our distinguished Millennium Lecturers.
President Diana Natalicio
and
The Office of Strategic Initiatives
Cordially invite you to attend
The UTEP Millennium Lecture
“Defining Security in the 21st Century:
The Relationship of our Nation’s Water Resources and Security”
William P. Dee, PE
President and CEO Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4:00 p.m.
Undergraduate Learning Center, Room 106
UTEP Campus
Reception to Follow Presentation
William P. Dee is President and CEO of Malcolm Pirnie, a 112 year-old environmental consulting firm, providing municipal, industrial, and governmental clients with comprehensive services in water and wastewater engineering, solid and hazardous waste management, environmental compliance and remediation, and management and IT consulting services. Mr. Dee is a civil/environmental engineer with more than 37 years of experience in environmental engineering projects. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College. He is a licensed professional engineer in six states and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer in the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (an organization for which he will be President in 2008). Mr. Dee is a member of a number of professional organizations including the International Water Association (IWA) where he has been instrumental in developing the IWA Project Innovation Awards, which recognize the best environmental projects in the world. He is Chairman of the Board for the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), an organization dedicated to providing leadership and support in the national effort to increase the representation of African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino men and women in engineering. In January 2008, Mr. Dee will become a Board Member for the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), an organization devoted to advancing science and technology focusing on water quality issues and their impact on water resources, the atmosphere, the land, and quality of life.