THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, September 6, 1995 TAG: 9509060427
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY BETTY MITCHELL GRAY, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RALEIGH LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
A prominent shellfish researcher and a former University of North Carolina basketball player are among the five appointments to the state Environmental Management Commission announced Tuesday by Gov. James B. Hunt Jr.
Pete Peterson, a faculty member of the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, was reappointed to the ecologist seat on the panel. Peterson, also a member of the state Marine Fisheries Commission, is vice chairman of the Environmental Management Commission and has served on that panel since July 1989.
Franklin St. Clair ``Rusty'' Clark III, president and chief executive officer of Vision International Inc. in Fayetteville, was appointed to fill the licensed physician seat on the panel. Clark graduated from UNC's School of Medicine and was a Morehead Scholar. He played basketball for the university.
Moses Carey, executive director of Orange-Chatham Comprehensive Health Services in Carrboro, was appointed to the public health seat. Carey is also adjunct assistant professor in the UNC School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Administration.
Ryan David Turner, a licensed professional geologist in Carrboro, was appointed to the hydro-geologist slot. He is owner of Turner Environmental Consultants.
Edwin ``Jim'' S. Melvin, a former mayor of Greensboro, was appointed to the local government slot. Melvin is chairman of Greensboro Development Corp., the Piedmont Triad Development Corp. and Housing Opportunities Inc., and is president of the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation.
The 17-member Environmental Management Commission is the state's chief environmental rule-making body, acting on air, water and groundwater issues. Members are appointed by the governor, speaker of the House and the lieutenant governor. by CNB