G. Corry McDonald Papers 1966-1988

Wilderness Society

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The Wilderness Society is a non-profit organization, whose primary purpose is the preservation and protection of wildlands in the United States. Founded in 1935, it has been involved in major conservation battles for decades. Foremost among the Society's achievements was the enactment of the Wilderness Act of 1964, which established a national wilderness preservation system. It has organized citizen conservation groups to help shape government decisions on land use policy; monitors Federal actio...

McDonald, G. Corry, 1914-

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Mechanical engineer and wilderness preservationist. Born Butte, Montana, 1914. From the description of Papers, 1966-1988 (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 19462963 Corry McDonald, a mechanical engineer and wilderness preservationist, was born in Butte, Montana in 1914. He received a BSME from Montana State College in 1939 and studied at Cal Tech and MIT and received his MSME in 1940. He moved to Albuquerque in 1947 and became active in ...

New Mexico Wilderness Study Committee.

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