Bob Graham Center for Public Service

The Fall 2009 Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series continues Oct. 8th with a lecture by Joe Browder, principal of Dunlap and Browder, an
environmental consulting firm, and former conservation director of Friends of
the Earth. Browder will present “Everglades Visions, Revisions, and History,” at
7 p.m. in the P...ugh Hall Ocora. It is free and open to the public. Tickets are not
required.
Browder began his career in environmental activism and policy as an
officer in the Audubon Society’s chapter in Miami in the 1960s. From there he
served in national offices with the Friends and the Earth and the League of
Conservation Voters before serving in the administration of Jimmy Carter from
1977 through 1980. Since 1981, he has served as a consultant on national and
global environmental and water management policies.
“Joe Browder emerged from the grassroots in the early 1960s to help
save south Florida's most precious natural wonders from unrestrained forces of
growth.,” said Jack Davis, associate professor of history at UF. “He served as a
principal figure in campaigns to establish Biscayne National Monument (now
Park), win a federal mandate to prevent water diversion away from the dying
Everglades National Park, stop the construction of the biggest airport in the
world in the heart of the Everglades, and create Big Cypress National
Preserve.”
The lecture is the second in this semester’s series on “Florida’s
Environmental Politics.” The series is sponsored by the Graham Center and the
Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.
The lecture series is made possible by generous donations from the Proctor
family and alumni members of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity.

The Graham Center provides students with opportunities to train for future leadership positions, meet policymakers and take courses in critical thinking, language learning and studies of world cultures. Its mission is to foster public leadership and solve issues related to the Americas and homeland security. It also serves as a magnet to attract distinguished scholars and
speakers to Florida.

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