Dr al armendariz biography

EL PASO NATIVE NAMED EPA REGION ADMINISTRATOR
November 6, 2009

"Al Armendariz is a polished professional. He knows environmental issues well. He is also committed to upholding federal law. Every Texan can look forward to his great work at EPA."

Written by Senator Eliot Shapleigh, www.shapleigh.org

We applaud the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to appoint Dr.

Alfredo "Al" Armendariz as the new administrator for Region VI, which covers operations in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Dr. Armendariz, an El Paso native, is currently a professor in the School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.  He graduated from Coronado High School, he is an MIT-trained chemical engineer with M.S.

and Ph.D. degrees in environmental engineering.  In addition to his teaching and research duties at SMU, which have focused on air pollution control, climate change, and industrial hygiene, Dr. Armendariz has worked as a technical