Obama names final 5 members to panel investigating BP’s catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill

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Obama names final 5 to oil spill panel commission

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has named the final five members to an independent commission he created to investigate the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Obama previously named Bob Graham, a former Florida governor and senator, and William K. Reilly, a former Environmental Protection Agency administrator.

The final five members are:

—Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

—Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science.

—Terry Garcia, a National Geographic Society executive.

—Cherry Murray, dean of Harvard’s engineering school.

—Frances Ulmer, chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage.