Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam

Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam is an American conservationist and founder of the Student Conservation Association.[2]

Elizabeth Titus Putnam
Born
Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam

1933
Sands Point, New York[1]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesLiz Putnam
OccupationConservationist
Years active1957-1990
Known forfounding the Student Conservation Association

Early life and education

Putnam graduated from Miss Porter's School in 1952 and from Vassar in 1955.[2][3]

Founding SCA

As a student at Vassar College in the 1950s, Putnam admired the natural heritage of America's national parks, but worried limited federal financial resources would prevent proper maintenance of the pristine parklands.[4]

In 1955, Putnam wrote her senior thesis at Vassar College, "A Proposed Student Conservation Corps". The idea, modeled after the federal Civilian Conservation Corps program (1933–42), was to take the burden of labor-intensive jobs such as entrance fee collecting or trail work from the National Park Service and shift to the proposed SCC.[5]

Career

After founding the Student Conservation Association in 1957, Putnam served as its President until her retirement in 1990.[6][7]

She currently resides in Shaftsbury, Vermont,[8]

Awards and honors

Gallery of the Student Conservation Association at work - an organization founded by Putnam in 1957

References
  1. "Vermonter remembers roots of youth conservation". Burlington Free Press.
  2. "Archive from Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - Vassar alumna Elizabeth Putnam '55 receives the 2010 Presidential Citizens Medal at White House ceremony. - News - Info - Vassar College". Info.vassar.edu. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. "Miss Porter's School Annual Report July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010" (PDF). Porters.org. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2017-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Roberts, Nina. "titusintvw.htm". www.webpages.uidaho.edu.
  6. "Newsroom". Thesca.org. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  7. "Inside ESF 2006-1". Issuu.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  8. "Obama Gives 2 Chicago Women Citizen's Medals". Nbcchicago.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  9. HERTZ, Larry. "Conservation legend gets her own tree - Liz Putnam '55 joins SCA, Vassar volunteers in Day of Service". Vassar College.
  10. "SCA Founder, Liz Putnam". The Student Conservation Association. 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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