Pilkey, Orrin H.

Orrin H. Pilkey

Bio

Orrin H. Pilkey is the James B. Duke Professor of Geology emeritus and director emeritus of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. He has written numerous books, including A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands, and is the editor of the twenty-four-volume series, Living with the Shore. Linda Pilkey-Jarvis is a geologist in the State of Washington’s Department of Ecology, where she helps manage the state’s oil spills program.