Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1916, Oct. 3 | Born, Portage, Wis. |
| 1937 | Married Lillian Turner (died 1994) |
| 1938 | B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1942 | Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1942-1968 | Held positions from research chemist to director of Research and Development Division, Development Department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; led research on Dacron polyester fiber and set up first Dacron plant in Kinston, N.C. |
| 1969-1973 | Governor of Delaware |
| 1973-1974 | Member, Commission on Critical Choices for Americans |
| 1973-1976 | Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality |
| 1976-1977 | President, New Directions |
| 1978-1979 | Director, United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment |
| 1979 | Member, President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island |
| 1979-1985 | President, National Audubon Society |
| 1981-1991 | Chairman, Global Tomorrow Coalition |
| 1982-1990 | President, International Council for Bird Preservation |
| 1984-1988 | Vice president, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (now IUCN - The World Conservation Union) |
| 1985-1990 | Founding vice-chairman, Better World Society; president 1985-1987 |
| 1985 | Visiting professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. |
| 1986 | Visiting professor, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. |
| 1987 | Visiting professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1995 | Married June B. Jenkins |
| 1996 | Changed party affiliation from Republican to Democrat |
| 1999 | Published Rebel with a Conscience. Newark, Del.: University of Delaware Press |
| 2003 | Published Patriots, Stand Up!: This Land is Our Land, Fight to Take It Back. Wilmington, Del.: Cedar Tree Books |
| 2011, Feb. 21 | Died, Centreville, Del. |