| 词条 | Edward B. Garvey |
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Edward B. "Ed" Garvey (born November 13, 1914[1] in Farmington, Minnesota;[2] died September 20, 1999 at Arlington Hospital in Virginia[3] of congestive heart failure)[4] thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1970 and in 1971 published a book about his adventure, Appalachian Hiker, that raised awareness of thru-hiking. Garvey was an auditor for the Soil Conservation Service and chief financial officer for the National Science Foundation and retired in 1969.[2] He lived in the Washington D.C. area from the 1940s.[2] He helped build and maintain the Appalachian Trail and served as a president of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club as well as on the Appalachian Trail Conference board of managers and was a member of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association.[2] He also worked to pass state and federal legislation including the National Trails System Act of 1968 and its 1978 amendments.[3] In 1996, the Wilderness Society and the Izaak Walton League honored him with the American Land Hero Award for his efforts to protect the Appalachian Trail.[2] On June 17, 2011 he was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame at the Appalachian Trail Museum as a charter member.[5] The Ed Garvey Memorial Shelter on the Appalachian Trail at Weverton Cliffs at Weverton, Maryland near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia was built and named in his honor.[6] Bibliography
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References1. ^{{cite web|author=Social Security Death Index | work= SSDI Death Records |url=http://www.mocavo.com/Edward-Garvey-1914-1999-Social-Security-Death-Index/06685704603287264046 |title=EDWARD GARVEY (1914-1999), Social Security Death Index |publisher=Mocavo.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-11}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Garvey, Edward B.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.aldha.org/garvey99.htm |accessdate=June 13, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230095402/http://www.aldha.org/garvey99.htm |archivedate=December 30, 2011 }} 3. ^1 {{cite web|author=BACKPACKER Editors |url=http://www.backpacker.com/october_1999_news_obit_appalachian_trail_eward_garvey/news/1452 |title=AT Advocate Edward Garvey Died | Backpacker Magazine |publisher=Backpacker.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-11}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/45081030.html?dids=45081030:45081030&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+23%2C+1999&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Edward+Garvey+Dies%3B+Was+Conservationist%3B+Worked+to+Preserve+Appalachian+Trail&pqatl=google|title=Edward Garvey Dies; Was Conservationist; Worked to Preserve Appalachian Trail|newspaper=Washington Post|date=September 23, 1999}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.atmuseum.org/Hall%20of%20Fame%20charter%20class.htm |title=Hall of Fame charter class |publisher=Atmuseum.org |date=2011-06-17 |accessdate=2014-05-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312045902/http://www.atmuseum.org/Hall%20of%20Fame%20charter%20class.htm |archivedate=2015-03-12 |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.patc.us/volunteer/garvey/ |title=ED Garvey Memorial Shelter - PATC |publisher=Patc.us |date=2001-04-29 |accessdate=2014-05-11}} 7 : 1914 births|1999 deaths|Hikers|Appalachian Trail|American chief financial officers|20th-century American non-fiction writers|People from Farmington, Minnesota |
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