David Pesonen papers 1921, 1947-1987 1961-1984

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David Pesonen papers 1921, 1947-1987 1961-1984

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The David Pesonen Papers include materials produced and acquired by Pesonen relating to his professional activities as an environmental activist, lawyer, and judge in the San Francisco Bay Area.

9 cartons;; 11.25 linear feet

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Bancroft Library

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Pesonen, David E., 1934-

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David E. Pesonen (b. 1934) was an environmental activist, lawyer, and judge in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from Boalt Hall School of Law, at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1968, he began work at a San Francisco law firm and became involved in the anti-nuclear movement. He was elected chairman of Californians for Nuclear Safeguards, and was one of the authors of Proposition 15, an unsuccessful 1976 ballot initiative to restrict nuclear power production in California. ...