VOLUME 13, NUMBER 01 • SEPTEMBER 21, 2001

An Architect of New York City's Disaster-Preparedness Plan Will Give a Special Talk at Rockefeller on Friday

Jerome M. Hauer is one of the nation's leading experts on civil preparedness for, and consequence management of, terrorist attacks. He will give a special talk this Friday entitled "Responding to Terrorism:How We Are Prepared." He will discuss how the city handles a crisis like this past week's, and how New Yorkers can protect themselves in future crises.

Hauer served as the first director and commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) for the City of New York. Reporting directly to the Mayor, Hauer oversaw the office that is designated as the on-scene coordinator of all multiple agency incidents throughout New York City. The OEM directs the City of New York's overall emergency response planning as well as specialized planning for response to chemical, biological and nuclear-related incidents. Hauer also directed the design and implementation of New York City's state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center.

Hauer has extensive training and experience in emergency medicine, firefighting and hazard materials response. Before coming to New York, Hauer worked for the State of Indiana, where he served as executive director of the State Emergency Management Agency, director of the Department of Fire and Building Services, and chairman of the Board of the Public Safety Training Institute.

He has served on the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine's committee to evaluate research and development needs for improved civilian medical response to chemical or biological terrorism incidents. He also is co-author of the rewrite of the World Health Organization's monograph on chemical and biological weapons.

Hauer earned a bachelor's degree from New York University and a master's degree with a focus on emergency medical services at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He conducted extensive research into trauma and cardiac surgery while at Johns Hopkins, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Hauer also served on the faculty of the Northeastern University Paramedic Program.He was recently appointed special assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Hauer's talk will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Caspary Auditorium. All members of the campus community are welcome.