Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1920, June 4 | Born, Jamestown, R.I. |
1941 | B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
1941-1946 | World War II service, army field artillery |
1948 | LL.B., Columbia University Law School, New York, N.Y. |
1948-1953 | Counsel, Congressional Joint Committee on Revenue and Taxation, Washington, D.C. |
1953-1955 | Clerk and minority advisor, House Committee on Ways and Means |
1954 | Married Aileen Bowdoin |
1956-1957 | Head, Legal Advisory Staff, United States Department of the Treasury |
1957-1965 | Judge, Tax Court of the United States |
1961-1965 | Founded and served as president of the African Wildlife Leadership Foundation |
1965-1969 | President, Conservation Foundation |
1969-1970 | Under secretary, United States Department of the Interior |
1970-1973 | Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality |
1970-1979 | Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society |
1973-1977 | Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency |
1978-1994 | President and chairman of the board, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.) |
1994-2012 | Chairman emeritus, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.) |
2012, Sept. 17 | Died, Bozman, Md. |