"As one of the founders of ELI, I have always been deeply committed to the values that it represents. We created it to fill an ecological niche in the then-emerging environmental spectrum; it has evolved to play a major role in formulating the intellectual context of environmental policy. In a world that is too frequently polarized, it provides a forum in which disparate views can be thoughtfully debated and rational consensus sought. I trust that these will always be its strengths."
Craig Mathews is a former partner of Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin & Oppenheimer in Washington D.C. and is currently practicing at the Law Offices of Craig Mathews. He received a L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1967 and received his J.D. and B.A. from Yale University in 1954 and 1951 respectively.
Mathews' environmental interests include birding, white-water canoeing, backpacking and virtually any activity that takes him into the natural world. He is currently engaged in arranging to conserve the environmental values of his old family farm and its surrounding forest land in northern Maine.
