George F. Pinder
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George Pinder is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a secondary appointment in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Vermont. He also served as a professional witness in various notable environmental cases including Love Canal and the Woburn groundwater contamination incident.
He was featured as a character in the movie A Civil Action, based on the Woburn toxic waste case and starring John Travolta. He was portrayed by British actor Stephen Fry. He and his wife Phyllis were also featured in the book on which the film is based.
He was elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2010.[1] e served as editor-in-chief of the journal Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations.
References
- ^ "NAE Website - Professor George F. Pinder". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
External links
- A Civil Action at IMDb
- George Pinder at the University of Vermont
- Official George Pinder Website
- George F. Pinder at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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