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by Patrick Dwyer
The Office of the President of the University of Massachusetts recently
held an annual awards ceremony honoring seven outstanding faculty members
throughout the University system. UMass Boston’s Professor Gordon
T. Wallace, of the Department of Environmental, Coastal and Ocean Sciences,
was recognized by President William Bulger as one of the seven extraordinary
professors of the University of Massachusetts.
At the awards ceremony, which was attended by chancellors, trustees,
and staff from Amherst, Boston, Lowell, Dartmouth, and Worcester, President
Bulger said, “It takes effort on the part of individual faculty
and staff members, and the leadership of trustees and chancellors, to
engage our campuses in the life of the community in a helpful way. The
individuals we honor today accomplish that mission in the field, in
the classroom, and in the laboratory.”
Wallace was presented with a University Public Service Award, “for
his efforts to protect, preserve, and restore coastal marine and watershed
environments of New England over the last seventeen years, including
the provision of technical advice and assistance in the restorations
of Boston Harbor, the Merrimack River, and the Charles River.”
He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island, and his research
interests with the University focus on biogeochemical processes and
their control of the specialization, distribution, and transport of
metals in coastal ecosystems. He teaches Marine Chemistry and Biogeochemistry
for the multidisciplinary Environmental, Coastal and Ocean Sciences
(ECOS) program.
ECOS offers both master’s and doctoral degrees, and trains individuals
for leadership roles as environmental scientists. Established in 1982,
the program has achieved a national and international reputation for
its successful interdisciplinary approach to teaching, research, and
service.