Brief Biographies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and John A. McLachlan

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was born on January 17, 1954. Mr. Kennedy is an environmental lawyer and co-host of Ring of Fire on the Air America Radio Network. Mr. Kennedy has long been actively fighting for many envoronmenal issues and was recently named one of Time magazine's "Heroes of the Planet." He serves as Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper, as well as President of Waterkeeper Alliance. Mr. Kennedy has aided several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in negotiating treaties that protect traditional homelands. He is a graduate of Harvard University, studied at The London School of Economics and recieved his law degree from The University of Virginia Law School. Mr. Kennedy has published four books, and has had articles included in several anthologies.

Dr. John A. McLachlan is the director of the Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane University as well as Xavier University. He is the co-creator and director of Riversphere, an organization that focuses on the Mississippi and other world rivers. Mr. McLachlan is also the director of the Katrina Environmental Research and Restoration Network. He graduated from John Hopkins University and Recieved his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from George Washington University. Mr. McLachlan served in the U.S military for 23 years and retired with a rank equivalent to that of a Navy Captain. Mr. McLachlan is also a member of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Endocrine Society.