Anne H. Ehrlich


Anne Howland Ehrlich is the American co-author of several books on overpopulation and ecology with her husband, Stanford University professor Paul R. Ehrlich. She is associate director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University.

Life and career

Ehrlich was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Virginia and Winston D. Howland. From 1952 to 1955, Anne Ehrlich attended the University of Kansas and performed scientific research on population biology, publishing numerous scientific articles.
Since 1987, Anne Ehrlich has worked as associate director and policy coordinator of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University.
Ehrlich served on the board of directors of Friends of the Earth from 1976 to 1985, the Center for Innovative Diplomacy from 1981 to 1992, the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory from 1989 to 1999, and the Sierra Club from 1996 to 2002. she serves on the boards of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Environment, Development, and Security and the New-Land Foundation. Until 2003 she sat on the board of advisors for the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

Personal life

Anne Howland Ehrlich and Paul Ehrlich were married in 1954. They have one child, Lisa Marie.