Marion Lane Rogers (5 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked trade paperback.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Environmental Defense Fund [Published Date: 1990]. Soft cover, 187 pp. No other printings listed. In good condition. Grey paper covers with black lettering and tree on front cover. Light bumping and creasing to edges and corners of cover and light overall scuffing and soiling, with moderate soiling to bottom of fore-edge of text block. Binding tight. Light soiling to bottom of fore-edges of most pages but otherwise clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Marion Lane Rogers (1918 - 2019) worked at the Environmental Defense Fund during its fledgling years, and contributed to its development into one of America's most important environmental organizations. This is her personal history of the organization, which includes contributions from other several other colleagues from the EDF throughout the years. Contents include: Foreword; Part One: EDF Takes Root; The Beginning for Me; Trusting Rod Cameron; Sharpened Pencils Waiting; The Executive Committee; Birth and Early Days, by Dennis Puleston; The Eagle's Eyrie; View from the Front Office, by Roderick A. Cameron; Onward and Upward; The Power of an Idea, by Charles F. Wurster; Part Two: Motherhood and Membership; The Woodcocks and the Ameses; "Is Mother's Milk Fit for Human Consumption?"; A Mother Joins the Fray, by Joan Ames Woodcock; Drafted into the Movement, by Amyas Ames; Of Milk and Money, by Roderick A. Cameron; Some New Friends; Membership Has Its Privileges; The EDF Farmhouse; A Physicist Gets Involved, by Paul P. Craig; Conscientious Objectors; A Young God Arrives; Opening the Washington Office, by William A. Buller; Beating a Deadline with Lee Rogers; Racing for the Moon; Toyota Rogers, 1967-1985, R.I.P.; Waging the Whale Wars, by Roderick A. Cameron; The First Annual Meeting; Don't Worry, I'm Happy; Part Three: Branching Out; Another Secretary; Don't Stop Here!, by Violet Paczka; Our First Staff Scientist; An Attorney for Vi; The Black Horn Award; Reminiscences of a Utility Player, by Ernst R. Habicht Jr.; Firsts; The EDF LETTER; Four-Footed Staff Members; Westward Ho!; Opening the California Office, by Thomas J. Graff; Air Pollution and the Black Cigars, by Robert Joseph Pierpont; Two Adventurers; Grab Bag; Epilogue; I Love New York; Defender of Wetlands; My Favorite Physicist; One of Horatio Alger's Own; Orchids to Bob Smolker; Memories of A Christmas Past; APPENDIX; Where Are They Now? The Last Word, by Charles E Wurster.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Environmental Defense Fund trade paperback, 1990, unused and carefully stored, No remainder marks or "shelf wear" (as New). We will bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.

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