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Meet "water guy" John Briscoe

Read a profile of the joint appointee at SEAS/HSPH (Harvard Gazette) and tune in to a podcast interview (Bloomberg News)

For someone who deep-sixed his BlackBerry (instant e-mail was taking over his life) and traded the local newspaper for a good book (“What do I need to know about Celtics’ scores?”), John Briscoe ’76 is as worldly a person as you are ever likely to meet.

An expert on water and economic development who most recently served as the World Bank’s senior water adviser and the country director for Brazil, Briscoe has lived in his native South Africa as well as Bangladesh, Mozambique, India, and Brazil.

Read the full Harvard Gazette article

Listen to the podcast on Bloomberg News