The Robert O. Anderson Award

 

 

 

Cambridge Who's Who honors Robert O. Anderson awardee 

 

 

Vincent A. Ostrom, Professor Emeritus for the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in public policy.

 

An expert in polycentricity theory, Dr. Ostrom has 50 years of experience in his field. He served as a consultant on natural resources at the Alaska Constitutional
Convention, for which he was honored with the Robert O. Anderson Sustainable Arctic Award from the Institute of the North in 2003.

Press release: Vincent A. Ostrom Honored by Cambridge Who's Who (PDF format)

 

Robert O. Anderson dies at 90

 

Alaska oil pioneer and philanthropist Robert O. Anderson died Dec. 2 at his home in Roswell, N.M.

 

As the former chairman and CEO of Atlantic Richfield, it was Mr. Anderson’s insistence on drilling one more exploratory well on the North Slope in 1967 — after a succession of failures — that led to the discovery of what is still the largest oil field yet found in North America; it has produced billions of barrels of crude and accounts for a fifth of domestic oil production.

 

Mr. Anderson was also a former chairman of the conservation-centered Aspen Institute and warned of global warming caused by fossil-fuel consumption in the 1980s, and more than once advocated higher taxes on his industry.

 

The Institute of the North honored Anderson in 2001 with the creation and presentation of the Robert O. Anderson Sustainable Arctic Award for his vision and commitment to sustainable development within a framework of a sustainable arctic environment. Succeeding recipients have included Dr. Vincent Ostrum and U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens; and most recently, the Honourable Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland.

 

Robert O. Anderson, oil executive, dies at 90 (New York Times, 12/06/07)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/business/06anderson.html?ref=business

 

December 23, 2007:  Alaska's friend leaves indelible footprint

Exclusive to the Anchorage Daily News by Governor Walter J. Hickel

 

 

 

 
Iceland’s President, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, received the fourth Robert O. Anderson Sustainable Arctic Award during the Arctic Energy Summit Technology Conference banquet in October 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Pictured left to right: Ben Ellis, managing director, Institute of the North; the Honourable Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland; Gov. Walter J. Hickel, founder, Institute of the North.)

 

In presenting the award, Walter J. Hickel, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, twice governor of Alaska and founder of the institute, noted the President’s vision for “The New North,” and for his commitment to alternative energy.

 

“In his lifetime, he has seen the conversion of Iceland from a coal-dependent economy to a nation that gets most of its heat and electricity from the red-hot core of the earth. What we call geothermal energy” said Hickel.  “If Iceland could achieve such a radical change in one generation, enormous changes can succeed all over the world.”

 

The Institute of the North established the Robert O. Anderson Sustainable Arctic Award in 2001 to recognize individuals and organizations that make outstanding contributions towards sustainable development within the Arctic.  Anderson was the first recipient, recognized for his vision for advancing enlightened development within a sustainable environment when he served as the president and CEO of Atlantic Richfield and president of the Aspen Institute.

 

Other award recipients include Vincent Ostrom and U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.

 

Ostrom, honored in 2003 is co-director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, and the Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, received the honor. A renowned scholar and author, He was hired as a consultant on natural resources to assist the Alaska Constitutional Convention.  Under his leadership, the delegates wrote the only natural resources title among all 50 state constitutions.  The section (Title VIII) encouraged the development of the state’s natural resources, specifically addressing  lands, water, minerals, fish, wildlife and timber.  It mandated that Alaska’s lands, not used for government purposes, shall be “public domain” and the resources therein are to be managed as a “public trust.”

 

Stevens was honored in 2004 with the award for his lifetime of work in the field.  “There is no one who has done more to bring sustainability to Alaska’s Arctic region than Ted Stevens,” said Hickel during the award banquet. “The work he is doing to provide infrastructure while understanding the uniqueness of the Arctic will be one of his greatest accomplishments.”

 

 

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