Buffalo Niagara WorldConnect Honors Boyer

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Barry Boyer, professor in the University at Buffalo Law School, has been recognized by Buffalo Niagara WorldConnect, a local group that helps entrepreneurs and leaders make global connections.

Boyer recently received the Community Resource of the Year award, given to individuals who meet with WorldConnect-sponsored international leaders and share best practices with their international counterparts.

Buffalo Niagara WorldConnect arranges seminars, conversations and professional programs for people from around the world through a program of the U.S. Department of State. Participants are decision makers and up-and-coming leaders in their home countries who have been recommended for the program by the U.S. embassies in their countries. When they arrive in the U.S., they meet with Americans on a variety of topics. For example, when foreign visitors wish to discuss "water issues," Buffalo Niagara WorldConnect contacts Boyer, whose expertise is in environmental law and administrative regulation.

Denise Hammell, deputy director of Buffalo Niagara WorldConnect, said the group could not run its programs and bring influential people to Buffalo without volunteers like Boyer, who give generously of their time and expertise.

"The award is to express gratitude to a person who goes out of their way and volunteers their time to meet with international people," she said.

A member of the UB law faculty since 1973, Boyer teaches courses in environmental and administrative law, oversees the environmental law externship and concentration and serves as co-director of the State of the Region project.

He served as dean of the law school from 1992-98 and also has been an associate dean and director of the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy.

His research focuses on regional performance indicators for environment, economy and government services, and on the environmental legal history of Western New York.

Boyer holds a bachelor's degree from Duke University and a law degree from the University of Michigan.

He resides in East Aurora.