National Academies

Dr. North was designated as a National Associate of the National Research Council in 2003. Such designation is for "extraordinary contributions" to the work of the National Research Council, which historically has published most reports for the National Academies. At the time Dr. North was honored with this designation, less than 1000 people had been so designated. There are about 6500 people who have been elected to membership and foreign affiliate status in the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Some of these have also been designated as National Associates.

Assignments for the National Research Council and other parts of the National Academies (partial list):

Commission on Natural Resources

Consultant to Committee, 1972-1974, for analysis in Chapter 9 of report, Air Quality and Stationary Source Emission Controls, published by U.S. Government Printing Office for the Senate Committee on Public Works, March 1975

Commission on Life Sciences

Member, Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health, 1981-1983
Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process report published in 1983.

Committee on Health and Ecological Effects of Synfuels Industries

Member, 1982-1985

Committee on Demilitarizing Chemical Munitions and Agents

Member and Assistant Chairman, Stockpile Assessment Panel, 1983-1984, Disposal of Chemical Munitions and Agents, 1984.

Board on Radioactive Waste Management

Consultant to Board for review of DOE methodology for high-level nuclear waste repository site selection (1985-1986).

Commission of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources

Member, Committee on Risk Perception and Communication, 1987-1989
Improving Risk Communication report published in 1989.

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

Member, Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology, 1989-1992
Issues in Risk Assessment report published in 1993.

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

Member, Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants, 1991-1994
Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment report published in 1994.

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Member, Committee on Risk Characterization; 1994-1996
Understanding Risk: Informing Decisons in a Democratic Society report published in 1996

Transportation Research Board

Chair, Committee to Review Federal Estimates of the Relationship of Vehicle Weight to Fatality and Injury Risk; Letter Report to Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1996.

Board on Radioactive Waste Management

Board Member, 1995 - 1999
Member of Working Group that prepared the report, Technologies for Environmental Management: The Department of Energy's Office of Science and Technology, published in 1999.

Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Conference on Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade
Member of Organizing Group for 1999 Conference; Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade: Proceedings of a Conference published in 2000.

Board on Radioactive Waste Management

Chair, Steering Committee and Advisory Committee, Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste through Geological Isolation: Development, Current Status, and Policy Challenges; International Workshop, November 4-5, 1999
Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges report published in 2001.

National Research Council, The National Academies

Dr. North is a member of the committee that has organized workshops in 2013 on risks and improving governance for shale gas development. See the links to workshop materials. Papers written by workshop attendees were published in a special issue of Environmental Science & Technology 2014.