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served as the deputy director of the Legislative Research Service in the Library of
Congress.
Schad served as the staff director to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on National
Water Resources from 1959 to 1961, producing a report which led to the enactment
of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 and the Water Resources Planning
Act of 1965.
In 1968, Schad was named the executive director of the National Water
Commission, an independent, seven-member study commission created by
Congress to prepare policy recommendations to the President and the Congress on
all aspects of water resources policy. The commission's final report, Water
for the Future, was transmitted to the President and the Congress on June 14,
1973. Many of its recommendations were subsequently implemented to varying
degrees.
Schad became deputy executive director of the Commission on Natural Resources,
National Academy of Sciences, sharing responsibilities with the executive director
for development and administration of academy programs in the fields of
agriculture and renewable resources, environmental studies, mineral and energy
resources, and radioactive waste management. During this period he served also
as executive secretary of the Environmental Studies Board (1973 to 1977) and as
the principal staff officer for committees on Water Quality Policy (1973 to 1976)
and Water Resources Research (1979 to 198 1).
In 1982, Schad became the principal staff member for water resources on the
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources at the National
Academy of Sciences. He became involved in creating and developing the program
of the Water Science and Technology Board in the National Research Council.
From 1984 to 1986, Schad was senior fellow of the Conservation Foundation and
executive director of the National Groundwater Policy Forum.
Schad retired in 1986 but continued work as a consultant.
From 1986 to 1987, he served as a consultant to
Consulting Corporation on
the United States Agency for International Development studies for the Gambia
River Basin Development Commission. He prepared a report on the development
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