ANN ARBOR—”Water Quantity and Quality Beyond 2000″ will be the focus of a University of Michigan School of Public Health symposium that will take place 1-5 p.m.,
The event is in honor of Prof. Khalil H. Mancy, a professor of environmental health sciences, who will retire this spring after more than 35 years of service.

Mancy, an expert on water quality management among other areas, recently accepted a position as a researcher with the National Sanitation Foundation International in Ann Arbor.

The schedule is as follows:

 Presiding: Myron E. Wegman, M.D, dean emeritus, U-M School of Public Health.

 1-1:30 p.m. Welcome: Professor Robert H. Gray, associate dean for research, U-M School of Public Health.

 1:30-2 p.m. “Future challenges for drinking water quality.” Prof. Daniel Okun, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 2-2:30 p.m. “Sharing of water resources between Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.” Prof. Hillel Shuval, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

 2:30-3 p.m. “Sustainable water supplies for the future.” Prof. Walter J. Weber Jr., U-M College of Engineering.

 3-3:30 p.m. Coffee break.

 3:30-4 p.m. “What we can learn from old Egyptians?” Prof. F. DeWolfe Miller, University of Hawaii.

 4-4:30 p.m. “Water and environmental management problems in Western Asia.” Dr. Hosny Khordagui, ESCWA, UN, Beirut.

 4:30-5 p.m. “Past, present and future of NSF in water and the environment.” Dr. Dennis Mangino, NSF International, Ann Arbor.

 5-5:30 p.m. Panel discussion.

 5:30 p.m. Closing remarks and adjourn.

Mancy joined the U-M department in 1965 after completing his doctoral work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His work there resulted in the invention of the Galvanic Cell Oxygen Analyzer. His subsequent research resulted in the development of membrane electrode systems for in situ measurement of ozone and chlorine dioxide gases and biofilm electrodes for the detection of a variety of toxic chemicals and virus in water. These techniques currently find widespread applications in industry, science and technology.

Mancy has made important and often pioneering contributions in a variety of environmental fields including environmental quality monitoring, water resources and water quality management, pollution control technology, marine pollution prevention, environmental exposure and health risk assessment, toxic chemicals and hazardous waste management.

He directed more than two dozen students in their doctoral research and advised scores of master’s degree students. Mancy has promoted a mutual understanding and peaceful cooperation on shared environmental problems by bringing scientists from Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Jordan together to work collaboratively on improvement of environmental quality in the Middle East.

He is the recipient of more than 10 major awards including the Walter Snyder Award of the National Environmental Health Association, Distinguished Alumni Award, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Distinguished Achievement Award, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology of Egypt and Distinguished Achievement Award, Swiss Chemical Society.

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