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Baker Center Film Series: Learning from our Past, Contemplating our Future
Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible
Tues., April 5, 6 p.m. Toyota Auditorium
Free & Open to the public
Watch and then discuss a recent documentary on Vice President, Hubert H. Humphrey (1965-69),
Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible. Our special guest is John Stewart, who worked for Vice President Humphrey and Dr. Michael Fitzgerald, UT Political Science professor, who will lead the discussion following the film.
Dr. Marilyn Brown, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech University
"Lean Energy Approaches to Sustaining the U.S. Industrial Base."
Thurs., April 7, 7 p.m.,
Toyota Auditorium
Brown will discuss Improving the energy efficiency of industry, which is essential for maintaining the viability of domestic manufacturing, especially in a world economy where production is
shifting to low-cost, less regulated developing countries.
In August 2006 Marilyn Brown joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Professor in the School of Public Policy.
During her prior career at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, she held various leadership positions managing annual research budgets of $50 to $130 million, focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric grid, and energy engineering projects. While at
ORNL, she was also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Tennessee.
Her research focuses on the design and impact of policies aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable
energy technologies. She has led several energy technology and policy scenario studies and is a national leader in the analysis and interpretation of energy futures in the United States. She has edited one book and two special journal issues, and she has
authored more than 200 publications. Her work has had significant visibility in the policy arena as evidenced by her numerous high-level briefings and testimonies before Committees of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate.
Dr. Brown co-founded and chaired the board of directors of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance for several years.
She also served on the boards of directors of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, and the Alliance to Save Energy and was a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy for many years. She currently serves on the editorial boards of
several journals, and is a member of the National Academies’ Board of Energy and Environmental Systems and two National Academies’ committees (America’s Energy Future and America’s Climate Choices).
Free & open to the public
Amy K. Gibson, Ph.D.
Director of Communications and Public Programming
Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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