KOPPELMAN

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A documentary about Long Island Planner Dr. Lee Koppelman, directed and edited by Megan Gallagher and Anna Smith, students in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University. • Just recovering from WWII, Long Island in the 1950s became a place of mass urban expansion and sprawl, where our population was booming and our economy was expanding. With development stretching far beyond with massive stretches of land were paved and built upon, our environment was in desperate need of preservation. The water supply and coastline were being polluted, unique forests were being destroyed, and farmers’ lands were being threatened. But in the 1960s, Dr. Lee Koppelman had a vision for a plan to help save Suffolk County and ensure that it would have enough open space for everyone to live comfortably so that it wouldn’t become like Queens. • Megan Gallagher is an Environmental Humanities Major with a Biology Minor, and Anna Smith is an Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Major with an Environmental Humanities minor. The students were mentored by Dr. David Taylor, faculty advisor of Environmental Humanities, and Mark Lang, Senior Systems Engineer at SoMAS. Those featured in this documentary include Dr. Lee Koppelman, Dr. Larry Swanson, Dr. Tara Rider, Dr. Dewitt Davies, and Dr. Richard Murdocco. Special thanks to Dr. Malcolm Bowman, who was the originator of the idea for the documentary, Dr. Kevin Law, and Dr. Seth Forman, who provided key research and background information. • • More information about is available at the SoMAS website: http://somas.stonybrook.edu

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