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David Ross Brower (/ ˈbraʊ.ər / BROW-ər; July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends of the Earth (1969), Earth Island Institute (1982), North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of the Earth ...
David Brower. Born in Berkeley, California, in 1912, David Brower joined the Sierra Club in 1933 because of his interest in mountaineering. He had more than 70 first ascents to his credit and served as a lieutenant in the 10th Mountain Division during World War II.
David Brower, the son of two editors at the University of California Press in Berkeley, was born in 1912 [3]. His environmentally-centric life would be molded by early family experiences that pushed to him view nature as something greater than an unending resource.
Aug 1, 2017 · Many historians see David Brower’s early successes in saving Dinosaur National Monument and the Grand Canyon from dam builders as a turning point for the environmental movement.
Sep 30, 2015 · As executive director from 1952 to 1968, David Brower guided the Sierra Club from a small, western mountaineering society to a pillar of the environmental movement.
Berkeley native David R. Brower is considered by many to be the father of the modern environmental movement. Eighty-eight years of courageous, contentious, and joyful activism made Brower one of the most successful advocates the Earth has ever known.
Nov 7, 2000 · David Brower, an uncompromising environmentalist who spent more than half a century fighting to protect America's wilderness areas against speculators, developers, state agencies and the...
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