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John H. Adams (NRDC)

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John Hamilton Adams (born 1936) is the founding director and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council, founded in 1970. Adams served as executive director and, later, as president of the nonprofit conservation group until 2006.^[1]

Biography

Prior to co-founding NRDC, John Adams served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan. He also served as an adjunct faculty member at New York University's law school.

Adams graduated from Michigan State University and earned a law degree from Duke University in 1962.^[2] He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.^[3]^[4]

Adams is currently chair of the board of the Open Space Institute and sits on the boards of numerous other environmental organizations.^[5]

Works

Robert Cahn; John H Adams; et al., An Environmental agenda for the future, Island Press (Washington, DC), 1985, {{ISBN|978-0-933280-29-8}}, OCLC 12557563
John H. Adams and Patricia Adams with George Black, A Force for Nature, Chronicle Books (San Francisco), August 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-8118-6535-7}}, OCLC 531718647

References

1. ^John Adams, Leading Force for American Environment, Will Pass the Torch in 2006, press release, NRDC, March 10, 2005
2. ^John H. Adams, NRDC Founding Director, NRDC
3. ^http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41604789/ns/politics-white_house/
4. ^Announcing The 2010 Medal of Freedom Recipients, whitehouse.gov, November 17, 2010] November 17, 2010.
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.osiny.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AboutOSI_Board|title=About|website=Open Space Institute}}

External links

Profile at Natural Resources Defense Council
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John H. Adams at SourceWatch
A Force for Nature at Chronicle Books (publisher)

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