Rachel Louise Carson
Personal Information
Born: 1907
Died: 1964
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
1929, BA Biology, Chatham University; 1932, MS Zoology, Johns Hopkins University
Professional Life
Field of Study: Marine biology; Conservation
Institution/Corporation: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing; Audubon Society; Oxford Press; The Nature Conservancy; The New Yorker Magazine
Degrees & Memberships: Holds 2 Honorary Degrees; Member: American Academy of Arts & Letters 1963, The Nature Conservancy
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1952, National Book Award for Nonfiction; 1980, Presidential Medal of Freedom; George Westinghouse Science Writing Prize, America Association for the Advancement of Science; 1952, John Burroughs Medal; 1963, Audubon Medal; 1963, Cullum Geographical Medal; 1981, USPS issued a 17 cent stamp with her picture; 1973, National Women s Hall of Fame; 2016, 1st college to bear a woman s named was named after her; 2009, Munich s Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Science established; numerous buildings, wildlife refuges, conservation areas, school, awards, boats are named after her
Achievements: authored numerous books with the most influential, Silent Springs, led to the global environmental movement, the eventual formation of the EPA & the banning of DDT; 2nd female hired by the Bureau of Fisheries for a full-time professional position; helped establish Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy & served as President until her death
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