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Connecticut College to celebrate the life and work of Richard H. Goodwin Oct. 20
October 09, 2007
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Alumni, trustees, former students and fellow faculty members will gather at Connecticut College on Oct. 20 to remember Richard H. Goodwin, the former president of the Nature Conservancy and Katharine Blunt Professor Emeritus of Botany, who died July 6. The service is at 1 p.m. in the college´s Harkness Chapel.
The event, which is open to the public, will include remarks by David Foster, a 1977 graduate of Connecticut College and director of the Harvard Forest; Sally Taylor, emeritus professor of botany; Scott Warren, the Jean C. Tempel ´65 Professor Emeritus of Botany; Linda Lear, environmental historian, author and Connecticut College alumna and trustee; and Helen Mathieson ´52, Connecticut College emeritus trustee. Barbara Kohn ´72, chair of the college´s Board of Trustees, will deliver welcoming remarks. The service will also include a musical performance.
A reception will follow in the Ernst Common Room.
Goodwin was an early leader in the field of land preservation, and served as the president of the Nature Conservancy from 1956-58 and again from 1964-66. In 1960, he negotiated the then-largest deal in the organization´s history, protecting several thousand forested acres on the California coast.
A professor of botany and chair of the botany department at Connecticut College from 1944 until 1976, Goodwin helped launch the nation´s first environmental studies program - then called human ecology - in 1969. Goodwin also oversaw the growth of the college´s arboretum from 90 acres to more than 400 acres. Today, the arboretum spans more than 750 acres.
The Connecticut College Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies was renamed in 1999 in honor of Goodwin and William A. Niering, the Lucretia L. Allyn Professor Emeritus of Botany at Connecticut College.
Among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 43 states and 45 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 86-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.
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For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu