Prompted by a greater public concern for the environment, in addition to influential novels such as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Stewart Udall's Quiet Crisis, the federal government signs several significant acts towards the conservation of…
Spearheaded by Howard Woodin, the Environmental Studies Major first becomes available in the 1965-1966 course catalog. Choosing an focus in human ecology, ecology, or biology, students could now receive one of the first Environmental Studies major…