Donella Meadows
| Donella Meadows | |
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| Born |
March 13, 1941 Elgin, Illinois |
| Died | February 20, 2001 (aged 59) Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Residence | Plainfield, New Hampshire and Cobb Hill, Hartland, Vermont |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Environmental science, Systems science |
| Institutions | Dartmouth, MIT |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Ph.D, 1968 Carleton College B.A., 1963 |
| Known for | The Limits to Growth, Twelve leverage points |
| Notable awards |
MacArthur Fellowship (1994) Walter C. Paine Science Education Award (1990) |
Donella H. "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 – February 20, 2001) was a pioneering American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer. She is best known as lead author of the influential book The Limits to Growth and Thinking in Systems: a Primer.
Born in Elgin, Illinois, Meadows was educated in science, receiving a B.A. in chemistry from Carleton College in 1963, and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard in 1968. After a year-long trip from England to Sri Lanka and back, she became a research fellow at MIT, as a member of a team in the department created by Jay Forrester, the inventor of system dynamics as well as the principle of magnetic data storage for computers. She taught at Dartmouth College for 29 years, beginning in 1972. She died in 2001 from a bacterial infection.
Meadows was honored both as a Pew Scholar in Conservation and Environment (1991) and as a MacArthur Fellow (1994). She received the Walter C. Paine Science Education Award in 1990. Posthumously, she received the John H. Chafee Excellence in Environmental Affairs Award for 2001, presented by the Conservation Law Foundation.
Meadows wrote a weekly column called "The Global Citizen," commenting on world events from a systems point of view. Many of these columns were compiled and published as a book. Her work is recognized as a formative influence on hundreds of other academic studies, government policy initiatives, and international agreements.
Meadows was a long-time member of the United States Association for the Club of Rome, which instituted an award in her memory: "The US Association for the Club of Rome Donella Meadows Award in Sustainable Global Actions." This award is given to an outstanding individual who has created actions in a global framework toward the sustainability goals Meadows expressed in her writings.
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