Patrick Noonan
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Patrick F. Noonan is an American conservationist, and was president of The Nature Conservancy
, from 1973 to 1980, and the Conservation Fund.
He graduated from Gettysburg College
with BS Business Administration, (1965), from American University
with an MBA, and from Catholic University of America, with a MS in City and Regional Planning.
He has served on three Presidential Commissions: the Commission on Americans Outdoors; Commission on Environmental Quality; and the Commission on White House Fellows. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
.
He had a daughter, Karen Elizabeth Noonan (December 26, 1967 - December 21, 1988 Lockerbie
, Pan Am Flight 103
).
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....
, from 1973 to 1980, and the Conservation Fund.
He graduated from Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women...
with BS Business Administration, (1965), from American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
with an MBA, and from Catholic University of America, with a MS in City and Regional Planning.
He has served on three Presidential Commissions: the Commission on Americans Outdoors; Commission on Environmental Quality; and the Commission on White House Fellows. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions is one of seven interdisciplinary research institutes at Duke University located in Durham, North Carolina...
.
He had a daughter, Karen Elizabeth Noonan (December 26, 1967 - December 21, 1988 Lockerbie
Lockerbie
Lockerbie is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately from Glasgow, and from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census...
, Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways' third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport...
).
Awards
- 1985 MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
- 2005 Cornelius Amory Pugsley National Medal Award
- 2009 George Bird Grinnell Memorial Award