Orrin H. Pilkey Jr.

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Dr. Orrin H. Pilkey, Jr., is a geology professor at Duke University, co-author of The Beaches Are Moving and other books on island geology and developmental conflicts. He is currently coordinating and co-editing with Dr. William Neal a national state-by-state series of books on “safe,” “unsafe” and “dangerous” beachfront developments. Dr. William J. Neal currently teaches geology at Grand Valley State College in Michigan. Neal previously studied and taught in North Carolina, and co-authored From Currituck to Calabash, a book on North Carolina’s coast, with Dr. Pilkey. (1982)

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