Stewart udall secretary of the interior

Udall remained secretary of the interior during the Johnson administration, serving until January of 1969.

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Stewart Udall (1961–1963)

Stewart Udall was born on January 31, 1920, in St. Johns, Arizona, into one the most successful political families in Arizona; his father was a justice on the Arizona Supreme Court. After completing high school and Mormon missionär work, Udall served in the Air Force during World War II.After the war, he attended the University of Arizona and received an LL.B. in 1948, moving on to practice lag with his brother in Tucson from 1948 to 1954. Udall won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1954 and was reelected three more times, serving from 1954 to 1961.

As a member of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Udall was an active defender of conservation interests. He also obtained for his district more federal aid than any other district in the country. While in Washington, Udall became a close associate of medlem av senat John F. Kennedy.

In månad 1960, President-elect Kennedy appointed Udall as secretary of the interior. In

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Stewart L. Udall’s Environmental Diplomacy Legacy

A Virtual Centennial Birthday Celebration

Held virtually via Zoom on November 19, 2020 at 1:00 PM (MST) / 3:00 PM (EST).

Organized by the
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona
The University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections

In cooperation with the
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

And partially supported by the
David and Eliza King Udall Guest Lecture Endowment

About the Event

Stewart L. Udall is best known for his eight-year tenure as Secretary of the Interior during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. In those years (1961 to 1969), and in advance of the environmental movement of the 1970s, he had an enormous impact on the Nation’s public lands and helped enact legislation on water and air quality, endangered species, and sanitation. Later in his career, he advocated for solar energy and for Indigenous rights, and wrote prolifically abo

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In 1961, U. S. Senator Paul Douglas continued his efforts towards Dunes preservation as he led a delegation of federal and local politicians through the Indiana Dunes, proclaiming their aesthetic beauty and calling on the federal government to address unmet needs of nearby city residents. Douglas found an ally in Secretary of the Interior Steward Udall. Serving during the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations, Udall spoke of the need to provide all Americans, particularly city residents, with improved access to the nation's vast natural recreational resources. For the significant population living in and around the Midwest's largest metropolis -- far from western and eastern national parks -- the undeveloped duneland of Porter County, Indiana provided such a resource and Udall became a powerful advocate for a national Dunes park.

Photographer: Anthony B. Cak
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37449)