Millennium Magazine_7th Ed

291 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine SOCIAL SERVICES AND NONPROFIT Divide National Scenic Trail. Originally located out of Bethesda, Maryland, Mr. Wolf directs his association in Baltimore and is renowned for hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. He was one of the first 100 thru-hikers of the Appalachian Trail as described in “Hiking the Appalachian Trail” by Rodale Press. For more information, visit www.cdtsociety.org . While establishing the Continental Divide Trail Society, Mr. Wolf was a noted attorney for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1976 to 1993, having previously served as assistant secretary and university counsel for the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to these appointments, he served the Nuclear Science & Engineering Corporation as vice president and secretary, University of Michigan Law School as associate director of the Atomic Energy Law Research Project and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission as an attorney. Drawing upon a Bachelor of Arts and JD from Yale University, Mr. Wolf was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1957 and Pennsylvania State Bar in 1975. He is often coined the “Father of the Continental Divide Trail,” and he has testified in support of the designation of the Continental Divide Trail at oversight hearings on the National Trails Systems Act of 1968 before the House Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation. Demonstrating versatility in his profession, he has also authored several articles, papers, essays and book series within his area of expertise. Attributing his success to his interest in natural history and cartography, as well as his diversified background in law and government, Mr. Wolf also boasted an intense interest in the technical and legal aspects of nuclear energy. Notably, he played a key role in writing regulations that governed the issuance of authorization to the U.S. Department of Energy to construct high- level waste facilities in Nevada. A s the founder and director of the Continental Divide Trail Society since 1978, James R. Wolf has provided information in guidebooks to assist hikers and other nature enthusiasts in their ventures, as well as reviewed and influenced government agency plans for the construction and management of trails on the Continental JAMES R. WOLF FOUNDER, DIRECTOR Continental Divide Trail Society Baltimore, MD