Mary Doyle Named To 2 Major Posts
Prof. Mary Doyle former dean, currently on leave of absence from UM Law has been appointed acting assistant secretary of the interior for water and science. "Mary Doyle is extremely qualified for this position, not only by her high legal stature, but also by her high level of commitment to the Department of the Interior and to protection of the environment," Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt emphasized, as he announced her appointment. "Mary Doyle has a proven track record in water policy, science, law, conservation, and other areas critical to this position." In addition to her duties as acting assistant secretary, Doyle also has been named to head the intergovernmental panel that is coordinating a new 20-year, $7.8 billion effort to restore the Everglades and ensure a long-term water supply for South Florida. The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, which includes representatives from federal, state, local and tribal governments, is charged with securing the cooperation of nearly two dozen government agencies. Doyle's late husband, Jim Webb, an environmental attorney, was a Wilderness Society activist and well-known champion of the Everglades restoration effort. He died in 1997.
Doyle, who took a leave of
absence from the Law School last summer to accept the position of counselor to
Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, was dean of the Law School in 1986-94
and served as interim dean in 1998-99. As an academician, she has
specialized in property law and water law. Prior to her tenure at the University
of Miami School of Law, she was dean-in-residence at the Association of American
Law Schools in Washington, D.C. Her expertise involved legal education and the
development of an environmental law curriculum in Russia and the Ukraine. During the 1980s, Doyle was a
professor of law at the University of Arizona College of Law, specializing in
water, land use, local government and property law. She also was associate dean
for academic affairs. From 1979 until 1981, she served
as an attorney at the Department of Energy, as associate general counsel, then
as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Doyle is a graduate of Radcliffe
College and received her law degree from Columbia Law School.
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