GW TO HOST DANIEL YERGIN, NOTED ENERGY EXPERT AND PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF GLOBALIZATION

MARCH 12

BACKGROUND: 

        
             Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on international politics, economics, and energy.  He is co-founder and chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates.  Yergin is both a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the United States Energy Award for “lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding.” His book, “The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace that is Reshaping the Modern World,” co-authored with Dr. Joseph A. Stanislaw, received wide attention for its analysis and narrative of how the world is changing its mind about markets. He is completing work on turning it into a six-hour PBS series on globalization, which will be broadcast in April. 

            Yergin received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his work, “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power.”  Yergin is a member of the board of the United States Energy Association and the National Petroleum Council and serves on the NPC co-chairs’ coordinating committee.  He is also a member of the U.S. Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board and chaired the U.S. Department of Energy’s Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development.  This lecture series is made possible through the generous support of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.

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