HAPPY 100th YEAR!

Edgar Wayburn
b. Sept. 17, 1906
Intrepid American conservationist
Creator of Redwood National Park,
Five terms: Sierra Club president
Presidential Metal of Freedom


SOURCE: SIERRA CLUB;LINK
"Wayburn is a doctor by training but an ardent conservationist by heart. He may be the least-known yet most successful defender of America's natural heritage. He played a central role in the establishment of Redwoods National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and in the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For his visionary achievements, he was honored with the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1995.

"Wayburn was the recipient of the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. Upon presenting the award, President Clinton said, 'Edgar Wayburn has worked to preserve the most breath-taking examples of the American landscape. In fact, over the course of more than a half-century, both as President of the Sierra Club and as a private citizen, he has saved more of our wilderness than any person alive.' "