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Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory and author of numerous books and essays on environmental and ocean issues.

Peter Neill is an author and an editor on environmental and ocean issues, and the founding Director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place for education and information exchange on the health of the ocean. [1] Previously President of the South Street Seaport Museum from 1985-2005, he was tenured as a research associate at the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine in 2015. [1] Neill lives in Sedgwick, Maine, with his wife Mary Barnes, who is an artist and President of the Blue Hill Heritage Trust. [2]

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Biography

Peter Neill graduated from St. Paul's School in 1959 and Stanford University [3] [4] in 1963 with bachelor's degree. [5] After enrolling the US Army between 1964 and 1966, in 1969 he finished the University of Iowa Writers Workshop with MFA. [5] As an educator, he was an adjunct professor of English at Yale University, Fairfield University, and between 1970 and 1980 Tsuda College in Tokyo. At Yale 1979–1980, Neill was the Editor of the Yale Alumni Magazine and Journal. [5] He was the founder of Leete's Island Books in 1972. [5]

Neill has always maintained an interest in nature while working with the Nature Conservancy, Connecticut Chapter (Trustee, 1978–1982), High Mountain Institute, Leadville, Colorado (Founding Chair and Emeritus, 1995–2007), and on the East coast in Maine, the Atlantic Challenge Foundation, Rockland (Chair, 1988–2006), the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport (Trustee and Vice Chair for Programs, 2006–2014), and the Ocean Classroom Foundation, Boothbay Harbor (Trustee and Chair, 2007–2014). [5]

His career has been dedicated to marine affairs and the future of the oceans, [6] as the past President of the Council of American Maritime Museums and of the International Congress of Maritime Museums, [3] and also holding educational programs for schools on ocean related subjects with a strong proponent of maritime education. [7] During his time at the South Street Seaport Museum, [8] he devoted a third of the museum's budget to the New York City schools, [7] and was the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Ocean Classroom Foundation. [9] [10] Neill is a co-founder of two innovative public high schools, the Sound School in New Haven, Connecticut, and The Harbor School, New York, NY. They developed context for teaching and learning to apply maritime history and environment. [3]

In 2015 he published American Sea Writing: a literary anthology as his second anthology. [11] He also contributes regularly for a blog on the Huffington Post . [12] His contributions were published in Smithsonian , The New York Times , WoodenBoat , and other publications.

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  2. ↑ "Barnes Elected President of Blue Hill Heritage Trust". The Ellsworth American. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "World Ocean Observatory - Welcome". Thew2o.net. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "About W2O › Staff". the World Ocean Observatory. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "PETER NEILL, c.v." Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "World Ocean Observatory's Peter Neill Endorses Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary September 5, 2017". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 Russel Shorto (12 September 2004). "The Future of the Past". The New York Times . Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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  11. 1 2 "American Sea Writing: a literary anthology" reviewed on the New York Times. Buckley Jr, William F (3 December 2000). "Editors' Choice: The 10 best books of 2000—Siren Songs". New York Times. HOLIDAY BOOKS 2000. New York, N.Y. p. 27. ISSN   0028-7806. Archived from the original on 13 September 2001. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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