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John Briscoe (water engineer)

April 12, 2024

John Briscoe (July 30, 1948 – November 12, 2014) was a South African-born environmental engineer who was Visiting Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He was known as "Mr. Water" to environmental economists. At Harvard, Briscoe also held appointments at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) as Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering,[1] and at the Harvard Kennedy School. His career focused on efforts on the developing world to successfully manage and preserve water as a precious resource.[2] In early 2014, he received the Stockholm Water Prize - the “Nobel Prize of Water" - for "unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water - contributions covering vast thematic, geographic, and institutional environments-that have improved the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide.”

John Briscoe
John Briscoe at the Science Center, Harvard University.
Born(1948-07-30)July 30, 1948
South Africa
DiedNovember 12, 2014(2014-11-12) (aged 66)
Poolesville, Maryland
NationalitySouth African
CitizenshipSouth Africa and Ireland; permanent resident (Green card) in US
EducationBSc, MSc (Harvard), PhD (Harvard)
Alma materHarvard
Known forglobal water security
SpouseConceição Andrade
Children4
AwardsStockholm Water Prize - "Nobel Prize of Water”; Grande Medalha da Inconfidência, one of Brazil’s highest awards; Stroud Prize for Excellence in Water; Hauser Grant for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, Harvard University
Scientific career
Fieldsenvironmental engineering, water engineering, environmental health, global water security
InstitutionsOXFAM, World Bank, University of North Carolina, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)

He spoke English, Afrikaans, Bengali, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Chronology edit

Early life edit

John Briscoe was born in, and grew up in, South Africa. His mother Thelma ran a day-care center and orphanage in the black township of Soweto.[citation needed] His nation's extremes of poverty and wealth were seen in the social and ecological landscape, the lush coastal regions contrasted with the dry but economically important interior, where massive mineral mining operations were carried out. He described realizing that understanding water was fundamental to understanding the development of South African resources and the many social and economic inequalities of the continent. He continued developing these views while living in the interior of Bangladesh, where he witnessed how water projects and flood-protection and electrification could improve human lives greatly. He spent the rest of his career controlling water, whether for environmental or human purposes, and crusading.[3]

A native of South Africa, John earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineeringat the University of Cape Town in 1969, an M.S. in environmental engineering in 1972, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Harvard University in 1976. Before coming to Harvard, he worked as an engineer in the government water agencies of South Africa and Mozambique; an epidemiologist at the Cholera Research Center, now ICDDR,B in Bangladesh; a professor of water resources at the University of North Carolina; and, for 20 years, at the World Bank, where he helped oversee projects in water resources, irrigation, hydropower, and sanitation. He has consulted on water issues for nonprofits, governments, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses.

At Harvard, John launched the university-wide Harvard Water Security Initiative, which focuses on major challenges in countries around the world, including the ability to provide people with safe drinking water and food, to produce energy and sustain economic growth, and to enhance environmental quality. He taught popular undergraduate and graduate courses on water and was nominated for major teaching and mentoring awards. In addition, he led groups of students from across the university in collaborative research on water management in the Colorado, Indus, Mississippi, Murray-Darling, and Sao Francisco basins.

Education edit

  • 1965: Matriculated at St Patrick’s Christian Brothers’ College Kimberley [Christian Brothers’ College][4]
  • 1965-1969: B.Sc (first class honours) in Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, conferred 1969
  • 1970-1972: M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Harvard University, conferred 1972
  • 1972-1976: Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Harvard University, conferred 1976
Major field: Water Resources Engineering; Minor fields: economics and demography
  • 1993: Leadership Course at Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • 1998: Executive Development Program—Harvard and Stanford Graduate Schools of Business

Publications edit

John Briscoe has published widely in journals from many disciplines, including public health, nutrition, epidemiology, water resources, demography, anthropology, political science and economics. His publications include over 120 articles in refereed professional journals and eight books:

  • Briscoe, John, Richard G. Feachem and Mujibur M. Rahaman, Evaluating Health Impact: Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Education, IDRC Press, Ottawa, Canada, 80 pages, 1986.
  • Briscoe, John and David de Ferranti, Water for Rural Communities: Helping People Help Themselves, World Bank, Washington DC, 32 pages, 1988.
  • John Briscoe, Brazil: The New Challenge of Adult Health, World Bank, Washington DC, 133 pages, 1990 (in English and Portuguese). (Brazil/World Bank Country Partnership Strategy)
  • The World Bank (Main author), The Water Strategy of the World Bank, Washington DC, February 2003.
  • John Briscoe and RPS Malik, India’s Water Economy: Bracing for a Turbulent Future. Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • John Briscoe and RPS Malik (editors), Handbook on Water Resources Development and Management in India, Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • John Briscoe and Usman Qamar, Pakistan’s Water Economy: Running Dry, Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • The World Bank (Main author), Country Partnership Strategy for Brazil, 2007-2010, Washington DC, 2007. (World Bank's Water Sector Strategy)

Service edit

World Water Council
Global Water Partnership
World Commission on Dams

Consultancies

Awards edit

  • 1965: Alan Spiers Memorial Bursary
  • 1965: Max Michaelis Scholarship
  • 1965: Barney Barnato Scholarship
  • 1966-69: Electricity Supply Commission Bursary
  • 1967: University Medal in Mathematics
  • 1968: University Medals in Hydraulics, Hydrology, Transportation, Highways, Soil Mechanics and Thesis
  • 1968: City of Cape Town Gold Medal as Best Graduating Engineering Student at the University
  • 1968: South African Steel Institute Award for Best Structural Design
  • 1968: E. Oliver Ashe Scholarship for Post-Graduate Study
  • 1968: Cape Town City Scholarship for Post-Graduate Study

Harvard University:

  • 1970-74: Harvard University Fellowship
  • 1974: Clemons Herschel Prize (awarded annually to the outstanding graduating student in Environmental Engineering)
  • As an employee of the World Bank was prohibited from receiving awards. Since leaving the World Bank has:
Been Nominated by Harvard University students for Harvard's Joseph Levenson Award to recognize exceptional teaching of undergraduates
Received the Grande Medalha de Inconfidencia, one of Brazil’s highest civilian honors (2009).
2009: International Water Association, The President’s Award
  • 2009: Grande Medalha da Inconfidência, one of Brazil’s highest awards
  • Stroud Prize for Excellence in Water
  • Hauser Grant for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, Harvard University
  • 2014: Stockholm Water Prize - "Nobel Prize of Water”

Death edit

Briscoe died at age 66 after a 2+1⁄2-year struggle with cancer.

References edit

  1. ^ "johnbriscoe". johnbriscoe.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ^ "The Water Tamer". Harvard Magazine. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Water - Bastion of Life by Full Partner Professional". www.fullpartnerpro.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. ^ Creamer,T. (5 December 2014). "Renowned SA recipient of Nobel prize for water dies". Engineering News. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

Further reading edit

  • 2009 profile in Harvard Public Health Review, “Briscoe has studied water from every conceivable angle: how it’s captured, contaminated, diverted, dammed, piped, poeticized, regulated, ritualized, squandered, sanitized, fished, and fought over.” Former HSPH Dean Barry Bloom said to many economists, John was “Mr. Water: the most far-sighted, thoughtful, deeply thinking person in the field.”
  • 2012 profile in Harvard Magazine, “The Water Tamer: John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world”
  • HSPH Faculty profile, Department of Environmental Health
  • Sebastian Mallaby, “The World’s Banker” (Chapter 13), Penguin 2006: Briscoe’s role in the evolution of the World Bank was the subject of Chapter 13.

External links edit

  • Adam Bernstein, John Briscoe, a water-resource expert who championed dams, dies at 66, Washington Post: Obituaries, November 17, 2014, accessed 11/19/2014
  • Harvard Magazine, 11/18/2014, John Briscoe, 66, Was Leading Water Security Expert, accessed 11/19/2014
  • The Water Network, John Briscoe - winner water's Noble Dies, Posted by Water Network Research on 19 Nov 2014 at 04:43
  • Julio Frenk, MD, PhD, HSPH Dean, In memoriam: John Briscoe, water resources expert, November 19, 2014, accessed 11/19/2014

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world to successfully manage and preserve water as a precious resource 2 In early 2014 he received the Stockholm Water Prize the Nobel Prize of Water for unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water contributions covering vast thematic geographic and institutional environments that have improved the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide John BriscoeJohn Briscoe at the Science Center Harvard University Born 1948 07 30 July 30 1948South AfricaDiedNovember 12 2014 2014 11 12 aged 66 Poolesville MarylandNationalitySouth AfricanCitizenshipSouth Africa and Ireland permanent resident Green card in USEducationBSc MSc Harvard PhD Harvard Alma materHarvardKnown forglobal water securitySpouseConceicao AndradeChildren4AwardsStockholm Water Prize Nobel Prize of Water Grande Medalha da Inconfidencia one of Brazil s highest awards Stroud Prize for Excellence in Water Hauser Grant for Innovation in Learning and Teaching Harvard UniversityScientific careerFieldsenvironmental engineering water engineering environmental health global water securityInstitutionsOXFAM World Bank University of North Carolina Harvard School of Public Health Harvard Kennedy School of Government Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences SEAS He spoke English Afrikaans Bengali Portuguese and Spanish Contents 1 Chronology 2 Early life 3 Education 4 Publications 5 Service 6 Awards 7 Death 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksChronology edit1948 Born in South Africa 1969 B Sc Civil Engineering University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa 1976 Ph D Environmental Engineering Harvard University Government water agencies of South Africa and Mozambique Engineer Cholera Research Center now ICDDR B Bangladesh Epidemiologist University of North Carolina Professor of Water Resources 1989 2009 World Bank 20 years He helped oversee projects in water resources irrigation hydropower and sanitation at the World Bank and consulted on water issues for nonprofits governments nongovernmental organizations and businesses 1989 2009 World Bank country director for Brazil Briscoe s role in affecting the evolution of the World Bank was the subject of Chapter 13 in Sebastian Mallaby s definitive history The World s Banker Penguin 2006 2009 2014 Professor of Environmental Health Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA 2014 Stockholm Water Prize Nobel Prize of Water Early life editJohn Briscoe was born in and grew up in South Africa His mother Thelma ran a day care center and orphanage in the black township of Soweto citation needed His nation s extremes of poverty and wealth were seen in the social and ecological landscape the lush coastal regions contrasted with the dry but economically important interior where massive mineral mining operations were carried out He described realizing that understanding water was fundamental to understanding the development of South African resources and the many social and economic inequalities of the continent He continued developing these views while living in the interior of Bangladesh where he witnessed how water projects and flood protection and electrification could improve human lives greatly He spent the rest of his career controlling water whether for environmental or human purposes and crusading 3 A native of South Africa John earned a bachelor s degree in civil engineeringat the University of Cape Town in 1969 an M S in environmental engineering in 1972 and a Ph D in environmental engineering at Harvard University in 1976 Before coming to Harvard he worked as an engineer in the government water agencies of South Africa and Mozambique an epidemiologist at the Cholera Research Center now ICDDR B in Bangladesh a professor of water resources at the University of North Carolina and for 20 years at the World Bank where he helped oversee projects in water resources irrigation hydropower and sanitation He has consulted on water issues for nonprofits governments nongovernmental organizations and businesses At Harvard John launched the university wide Harvard Water Security Initiative which focuses on major challenges in countries around the world including the ability to provide people with safe drinking water and food to produce energy and sustain economic growth and to enhance environmental quality He taught popular undergraduate and graduate courses on water and was nominated for major teaching and mentoring awards In addition he led groups of students from across the university in collaborative research on water management in the Colorado Indus Mississippi Murray Darling and Sao Francisco basins Education edit1965 Matriculated at St Patrick s Christian Brothers College Kimberley Christian Brothers College 4 1965 1969 B Sc first class honours in Civil Engineering University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa conferred 1969 1970 1972 M S in Environmental Engineering Harvard University conferred 1972 1972 1976 Ph D in Environmental Engineering Harvard University conferred 1976Major field Water Resources Engineering Minor fields economics and demography1993 Leadership Course at Center for Creative Leadership Greensboro North Carolina 1998 Executive Development Program Harvard and Stanford Graduate Schools of BusinessPublications editJohn Briscoe has published widely in journals from many disciplines including public health nutrition epidemiology water resources demography anthropology political science and economics His publications include over 120 articles in refereed professional journals and eight books Briscoe John Richard G Feachem and Mujibur M Rahaman Evaluating Health Impact Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene Education IDRC Press Ottawa Canada 80 pages 1986 Briscoe John and David de Ferranti Water for Rural Communities Helping People Help Themselves World Bank Washington DC 32 pages 1988 John Briscoe Brazil The New Challenge of Adult Health World Bank Washington DC 133 pages 1990 in English and Portuguese Brazil World Bank Country Partnership Strategy The World Bank Main author The Water Strategy of the World Bank Washington DC February 2003 John Briscoe and RPS Malik India s Water Economy Bracing for a Turbulent Future Oxford University Press 2006 John Briscoe and RPS Malik editors Handbook on Water Resources Development and Management in India Oxford University Press 2007 John Briscoe and Usman Qamar Pakistan s Water Economy Running Dry Oxford University Press 2007 The World Bank Main author Country Partnership Strategy for Brazil 2007 2010 Washington DC 2007 World Bank s Water Sector Strategy Service editServed on the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences Founding member of the major global water partnershipsWorld Water Council Global Water Partnership World Commission on DamsGlobal Agenda Council World Economic Forum High Level Advisory Committee Murray Darling Basin Authority Council Member Distinguished Water Professionals International Water Association Senior Water Advisor McKinsey and CompanyConsultancies World Bank Asian Development Bank US National Intelligence Council National Water Commission of AustraliaAwards edit1965 Alan Spiers Memorial Bursary 1965 Max Michaelis Scholarship 1965 Barney Barnato Scholarship 1966 69 Electricity Supply Commission Bursary 1967 University Medal in Mathematics 1968 University Medals in Hydraulics Hydrology Transportation Highways Soil Mechanics and Thesis 1968 City of Cape Town Gold Medal as Best Graduating Engineering Student at the University 1968 South African Steel Institute Award for Best Structural Design 1968 E Oliver Ashe Scholarship for Post Graduate Study 1968 Cape Town City Scholarship for Post Graduate StudyHarvard University 1970 74 Harvard University Fellowship 1974 Clemons Herschel Prize awarded annually to the outstanding graduating student in Environmental Engineering As an employee of the World Bank was prohibited from receiving awards Since leaving the World Bank has Been Nominated by Harvard University students for Harvard s Joseph Levenson Award to recognize exceptional teaching of undergraduates Received the Grande Medalha de Inconfidencia one of Brazil s highest civilian honors 2009 2009 International Water Association The President s Award2009 Grande Medalha da Inconfidencia one of Brazil s highest awards Stroud Prize for Excellence in Water Hauser Grant for Innovation in Learning and Teaching Harvard University 2014 Stockholm Water Prize Nobel Prize of Water Death editBriscoe died at age 66 after a 2 1 2 year struggle with cancer References edit johnbriscoe johnbriscoe seas harvard edu Retrieved 14 November 2017 The Water Tamer Harvard Magazine 16 December 2011 Retrieved 14 November 2017 Water Bastion of Life by Full Partner Professional www fullpartnerpro com Retrieved 14 November 2017 Creamer T 5 December 2014 Renowned SA recipient of Nobel prize for water dies Engineering News Retrieved 17 June 2018 Further reading edit2009 profile in Harvard Public Health Review Briscoe has studied water from every conceivable angle how it s captured contaminated diverted dammed piped poeticized regulated ritualized squandered sanitized fished and fought over Former HSPH Dean Barry Bloom said to many economists John was Mr Water the most far sighted thoughtful deeply thinking person in the field 2012 profile in Harvard Magazine The Water Tamer John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world HSPH Faculty profile Department of Environmental Health Sebastian Mallaby The World s Banker Chapter 13 Penguin 2006 Briscoe s role in the evolution of the World Bank was the subject of Chapter 13 External links editAdam Bernstein John Briscoe a water resource expert who championed dams dies at 66 Washington Post Obituaries November 17 2014 accessed 11 19 2014 Harvard Magazine 11 18 2014 John Briscoe 66 Was Leading Water Security Expert accessed 11 19 2014 The Water Network John Briscoe winner water s Noble Dies Posted by Water Network Research on 19 Nov 2014 at 04 43 Julio Frenk MD PhD HSPH Dean In memoriam John Briscoe water resources expert November 19 2014 accessed 11 19 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Briscoe water engineer amp oldid 1159512546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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