The first Earth Day without its founder, three-term Democratic senator and former Wisconsin governor Gaylord Nelson.The first Earth Day without its founder, three-term Democratic senator and former Wisconsin governor Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was a Democrat American politician from Wisconsin. He was the principal founder of Earth Day. In 1970, he called for Congressional hearings on the safety of combined oral contraceptive pills, which were famously called "The . Nelson died last July at age 89 from cardiopulmonary cardiopulmonary /car·dio·pul·mo·nary/ (kahr?de-o-pool´mah-nar-e) pertaining to the heart and lungs. car·di·o·pul·mo·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or involving both the heart and the lungs. disease. His obituary in the Washington Post cited his involvement in legislation creating the Wilderness Act, protecting the Appalachian Trail, and banning DDT DDT or 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1,-trichloroethane, chlorinated hydrocarbon compound used as an insecticide. First introduced during the 1940s, it killed insects that spread disease and feed on crops. and Agent Orange. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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