About Professor Houck

Mr. Houck attended Harvard College (1960) and Georgetown Law Center (l967), with three intervening years in the US Army, predominantly Korea. He served as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office in Washington DC until l971, when he became counsel to the National Wildlife Federation and part of the first wave of environmental law. In 1981 he moved to Louisiana where much of his work since centered, joining the law faculty of Tulane University. He has served on boards and panels of several national science and environmental organizations, and remains active on issues dealing with water, wildlife, coastal protection, and pollution control.

 

Professional Positions

  • Present1981

    Professor of Law

    Tulane University
    New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 19811971

    General Counsel and Vice President for Conservation

    National Wildlife Federation
    Washington D.C.

  • 19711968

    Assistant United States Attorney

    Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.

  • 19681966

    Law Clerk to Judge Timothy Murphy

    Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

  • 19681964

    Military Capabilities Analyst

    Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Defense

  • 19641961

    Military Intelligence

    United States Army

Education

  • J.D. Cum Laude 1967

    Juris Doctor

    Georgetown Law Center

  • B.A., Cum Laude 1960

    English

    Harvard University