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'''William Cummin Clark''' is the Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Clark Faculty Profile, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/william-clark |publisher=Harvard University|accessdate=20 Oct 2018|language=en}}</ref>
William Clark known for his long-term efforts to promote sustainability science. He co-chaired the US National Research Council report on Sustainability ‘Our Common Journey,”<ref name="NAS99">National Research Council Policy Division Board on Sustainable Development. Washington, DC: Natl Acad Press; 1999. Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability.</ref> and in 2016 co-authored a textbook on Sustainability Science.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matson |first1=Pamela |authorlink1=Pamela Matson |last2=Clark |first2=William |last3=Andersson |first3=Krister |title=Pursuing Sustainability A Guide to the Science and Practice}}</ref> He is also established and is now co-editor of its sustainability science section of the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Editorial Board |url=http://www.pnas.org/page/about/editorial-board |publisher=US National Academy of Sciences |accessdate=22 Oct 2018|language=en}}</ref> He co-leads the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard [https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/sustsci/about-us], and he is also on the board of directors of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University.
==Awards== Clark is a member of the USA’s National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1983. He received an honorary doctorate from Leuphana University in 2012 for his work on sustainability science.<ref>{{cite web|title=This Academicus 2012 |url= https://www.leuphana.de/dies-academicus/dies-academicus-2012.html |publisher=Leuphana University|accessdate=20 Oct 2018|language=en}}</ref>
== Education == He earned a BSc from Yale in 1971 and a PhD in Ecology from University of British Columbia in 1979.
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