David E. Pesonen papers, 1953-1987 (bulk 1961-1984).

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David E. Pesonen papers, 1953-1987 (bulk 1961-1984).

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Includes materials produced and acquired by David E. Pesonen relating to his professional activities as an environmental activist, lawyer, and judge in the San Francisco Bay Area. The collection consists primarily of environmental reports, court proceedings, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

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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. ...