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John Hamilton Adams (born February 15, 1936) is an environmental activist, lawyer, and founder of the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC). He co-founded the NRDC in 1970 and served as the executive director until 1998 when he became the President.
Media Senior Director. John Adams cofounded NRDC, the nation’s first environmental advocacy group, in 1970. A former federal prosecutor and Wall Street attorney, Adams served as the...
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
Mar 29, 2011 · Among these notables was John H. Adams, cofounder and longtime head of the pioneering environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Co-authored by Adams and his wife and fellow environmentalist, Patricia Adams, A Force for Nature offers a timely behind-the-scenes account of NRDC’s wide-ranging accomplishments ...
- Jeffrey K. Stine
- stine@si.edu
- 2011
- Early Years. John Adams: The Early Years. Born in Braintree (present-day Quincy), Massachusetts, on October 30, 1735, to the descendants of Mayflower Pilgrims, John Adams was the oldest of John and Susanna Boylston Adams’ three sons.
- John Adams and The American Revolution. During the 1760s, Adams began challenging Great Britain’s authority in colonial America. He came to view the British imposition of high taxes and tariffs as a tool of oppression, and he no longer believed that the government in England had the colonists’ best interests in mind.
- Diplomatic Missions to Europe. In 1778, Adams was sent to Paris, France, to secure aid for the colonists’ cause. The following year, he returned to America and worked as the principal framer of the Massachusetts Constitution (the world’s oldest surviving written constitution).
- John Adams: America's First Vice President. Although Washington and Adams shared many political views, the vice president’s role seemed primarily ceremonial, and Adams spent the next eight years, from 1789 to 1797, in frustration.
Jul 1, 2010 · The pioneering environmental activist recounts his decades-long fight for our planet through the NDRC—with a foreword by Robert Redford. In 1970, John H. Adams was fed up with the levels of...
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John Adams (1735–1826) Of all the Founding Fathers, John Adams was perhaps the most intellectual and accomplished. He helped craft the argument supporting the independence of the Continental Congress and later served on the diplomatic mission that ended the Revolutionary War.
