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James Clement Dooge (30 July 1922 – 20 August 2010) was an Irish politician, engineer, climatologist, hydrologist and academic. Dooge had a profound effect on the debate on climate change, in the world of hydrology and in politics in the formation of the European Union. Dooge lived a multifaceted existence with his roles including a period as Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Acting President of Ireland (Presidential Commission), chairman of the report which led to the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht, Chairman of the Irish Senate, Professor of Engineering in University College Cork and University College Dublin, President of the International Council for Science, President of the Royal Irish Academy and Chairman of the Irish Film Board. Dooge was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the Fellowship of Engineering. He worked as an expert consultant to a wide range of specialised United Nations agencies including UNESCO, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He also acted in an expert consultancy role to DGXII (Research) at the European Commission. He is best known in Ireland as only the second Senator to be appointed to the cabinet. In the world of academia and hydrology he is known for his numerous publications in the field with unit hydrograph theory developed by Dooge in 1959〔J.C.I. Dooge, ''Parameterization of hydrologic processes'', JSC Study Conference on Land Surface Processes in Atmospheric General Circulation Models, 243–284 (1959)〕 and is generally regarded as a pioneer in the field.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= ''Jim Dooge, One of the Pioneers of Hydrology passed away'' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNESCO-IHE Honorary Fellow Professor James C. I. Dooge died at the age of 88 on 20 August 2010 )〕 His work in Europe through the ''Dooge Committee'' led to the formation of the SEA and the Treaty of Maastricht.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= ''Godfather of the European Union: Altiero Spinelli-Victory in Sight'' )〕 Upon his death in 2010, UNESCO-IHE described him as a ''"towering figure and pioneer in hydrology"''〔 whilst the Chancellor of the NUI, Dr. Maurice Manning, described him as ''"that rare phenomenon in Irish life, a public intellectual whose life was devoted, without posture, to the public service."'' Professor John Sweeney who was one of the scientists as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 described him as ''"perhaps one of the most important, prolific and distinguished scientists of the past generation."''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''What is Ireland's climate future?'' )〕 ==Early life, career and academia== James Dooge was born in Birkenhead, England in 1922. He was educated in Liverpool before moving to Dún Laoghaire and was educated by at Christian Brothers College there. Dooge's father was an engineer and so were other relatives and at school Dooge convinced the authorities to bring in an Applied Mathematics teacher in to tutor him on the subject.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Profile of Professor James Dooge FREng )〕 He went on to University College Dublin (here he was awarded the Pierce Malone Scholarship in Theory of Structures and Strength of Materials) and qualified as an engineer. In 1942 he obtained a job with the Office of Public Works and in 1946 he began working with the Electricity Supply Board. Between 1954 and 1956 he was research associate at the Department of Civil engineering at University of Iowa and obtained a masters. Back working for the ESB in Ireland in 1956, he worked on a number of projects on the River Shannon. In 1958 Dooge became Professor of Civil engineering at University College Cork. In 1970 he became a Professor at University College Dublin. Between 1984 and 1987 Dooge worked at the Department of Engineering Hydrology at University College Galway. From 1988 he worked at University College Dublin at the Centre for Water Resources Research. From 1987 to 1990 he was also President of the Royal Irish Academy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Dooge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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