Historical Society highlights Nelson resources

The Wisconsin Historical Society's website includes a section on former Governor and Senator Gaylord Nelson, with a biography, links to important Nelson documents (like the 1969 press release announcing the date for an environmental teach-in that became the first Earth Day), photos and more.

Check the Highlights Archives and go from there.

Nelson will be honored at a memorial service in the State Capitol rotunda at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13. It is the first such Capitol service since one held in 1925 for Robert M. (Fighting Bob) LaFollette. That is entirely appropriate and fitting, since Gaylord Nelson is of that stature.

(Photo of Nelson at the Apostle Islands by Frank Wallick)

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For those wishing to make a contribution in his memory, the family suggests the following:

Gaylord Nelson Memorial Fund
c/o The Wilderness Society
1615 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Gaylord Nelson Chair,
Institute for Environmental Studies
c/o University of Wisconsin Foundation
Post Office Box 8860
Madison, WI 53708-8860

Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Post Office Box 1574
Bayfield, WI 54814

Gaylord Nelson Studio of WisconsinEye
Post Office Box 949
Madison, WI 53701