Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011

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Birth 1916-10-03
Death 2011-02-21
Americans,

Biographical notes:

Governor of Delaware and environmentalist.

From the description of Russell W. Peterson papers, 1917-2004 (bulk 1973-2002). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71073519

Conservationist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Russell W. Peterson : oral history, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726014

Biographical Note

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.

From the guide to the Russell W. Peterson Papers, 1917-2004, (bulk 1973-2002), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Antinuclear movement
  • Birds
  • Coastal zone management
  • Coastal zone management
  • Conservationists
  • Crime prevention
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Energy consumption
  • Energy policy
  • Environmentalism
  • Environmental law
  • Environmental law
  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental protection
  • Globalization
  • Human settlements
  • Nature conservation
  • Nuclear warfare
  • Ornithology
  • Population
  • Population
  • Poverty
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
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  • Presidents
  • Prison reformers
  • Prison reformers
  • Prisons
  • Prisons
  • Quality of life
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Technology
  • Technology United States

Occupations:

  • Conservationists
  • Governors

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Delaware (as recorded)

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