Dr. Theodore L. Hullar was appointed to the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control on September 26, 1999.  Dr. Hullar served as Director of the Cornell University Center for the Environment (1997-2000) and professor of natural resources.  He previously served four years as Director of Cornell University’s Agriculture Experiment Station (1981-84), a Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (1975-79), and Commissioner of Environmental Quality in Erie County, New York (1974-75).  Dr. Hullar initially joined the Cornell faculty in 1979, and then rejoined the Cornell faculty in 1997 following his service as Chancellor of the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Riverside.  He is a member of the National Research Council’s Water Science and Technology Board (2006-present), was chair of the Council’s Board on Agriculture (1988-94), and was a member of the Environmental Advisory Board for the US Army Corps of Engineers (2003-06).  He originated and was chair of the National Water Initiative, a partnership among universities, government, and the private sector for advancing research and application of research to important national water issues.  Dr. Hullar holds both Bachelor's and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Minnesota.