George Pinder is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a secondary appointment in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Vermont

University of Vermont

The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...

. He also served as a professional witness in various notable environmental cases including Love Canal

Love Canal

Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, located in the white collar LaSalle section of the city. It officially covers 36 square blocks in the far southeastern corner of the city, along 99th Street and Read Avenue...

 and Woburn, cases that achieved considerable media attention.

He was featured as a character in the movie A Civil Action

A Civil Action

A Civil Action is a 1998 American drama film starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr...

, based on the Woburn toxic waste case and starring John Travolta

John Travolta

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. He was portrayed by British actor Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

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. He and his wife Phyllis were also featured in the novel the film is based on.

External links

• George Pinder at the University of Vermont
  University of Vermont
  The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
  
  
• Official George Pinder Website