(1) was born on May 27, 1907, on a farm in Springdale, Pennsylvania, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biology from the Pennsylvania College for Women (later Chatham College), and was awarded a full scholarship that enabled her to obtain a master’s degree in marine zoology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore;
(2) was a world-renowned environmental scientist, writer, and educator;
(3) worked as a writer, editor, and ultimately Editor-in-Chief for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s publications department;
(4) published the groundbreaking book Silent Spring in September 1962, which was translated into more than a dozen foreign languages and inspired the environmental movement;
(5) used the National Park Service’s Glover Archbold Park in the District of Columbia for her observations and study of nature and the environment;
(6) accomplished much of her professional work at the United States Department of the Interior in the District of Columbia;
(7) performed research on pesticides, the findings of which were sustained by a Science Advisory Committee appointed during President John F. Kennedy’s administration, and resulted in State legislatures enacting pesticide-regulating legislation;
(8) was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received many other honors;
(9) passed away on April 14, 1964, in Silver Spring, Maryland; and
(10) leaves a rich legacy that will continue to benefit present and future generations well beyond the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring in September 2012.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.6077 as Introduced in House Rachel Carson Nature Trail Designation Act of 2012
