for the National Commission on Energy Policy, is a member of The National Academies’ Committee on America’s Climate Choices and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future. Before joining RFF, Sharp was senior policy advisor of the Washington, D.C.-based law and public policy firm Van Ness Feldman. Honors Sharp received honorary degrees from DePauw University in 1986 and Ball State University in 1997. For his work on energy issues while in Congress, Sharp became in 2016 the second recipient of the James R. Schlesinger Medal for Energy Security, an honored given by the U.S. Department of Energy. References External links Phil Sharp at Resources for the Future Biography from the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Philip R. Sharp Papers Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries (PDF) 1942 births 20th-century American politicians Living people Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni DePauw University alumni Ball State University faculty Politicians from Baltimore Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana People from Elwood, Indiana United States congressional aides Resources for the Future Members of Congress who became lobbyists