SMU associate professor to lead regional EPA

• Associated Press (AP)
• Published: Nov 6, 2009 - UPDATED: 11:03 a.m.

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DALLAS (AP) — A Southern Methodist University educator has been selected by President Barack Obama to be a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Al Armendariz will lead the region that includes Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and 66 tribal nations.

The agency, in a statement Thursday, said Armendariz is an SMU associate professor, teaching environmental and civil engineering.

On the Net: www.epa.gov