BROWN, Lester R(ussell)

BROWN, Lester R(ussell). American, b. 1934. Genres: Agriculture/Forestry, Economics, Environmental sciences/Ecology. Career: US Dept of Agriculture, Washington, DC, international agricultural economist with the Economic Research Service, 1959-64, policy advisory secretary of agriculture, 1964-66; International Agricultural Development Service, administrator 1966-69; Overseas Development Council, senior fellow, 1969-74; Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, president, 1974-2000, founder and senior researcher, 1974-2001, chairman of the board, 2000-01; Earth Policy Institute, president and founder, 2001-; writer. Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, faculty member, 1971; guest scholar at Aspen Institute, 1972-74; participant in conferences. Publications: Man, Land, and Food, 1963; Increasing World Food Output, 1965; Seeds of Change, 1970; World without Borders, 1972; (with G.W. Finsterbusch) Man and His Environment, 1972; In the Human Interest, 1974; (with E.P. Eckholm) By Bread Alone, 1974; The Twenty-ninth Day, 1978; (with C. Flavin and C. Norman) Running on Empty, 1979; Building a Sustainable Society, 1981; (with others) State of the World, annual vol., 1984-2001; (with others) Saving the Planet, 1991; (ed.) The Worldwatch Reader, 1991, rev. ed. (with E. Ayres), 1998; (with others) Vital Signs, annual vol., 1992-2002; (with H. Kane) Full House, 1994; Who Will Feed China?, 1995; Tough Choices, 1996; Beyond Malthus, 1999; Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth, 2001; (with J. Larsen and B. Fischlowitz-Roberts) The Earth Policy Reader, 2002. Contributor to journals. Address: c/o Earth Policy Institute, 1350 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 403, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]