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John McConnell was born on March 22, 1915, in Davis City, Iowa, United States.He was the son of a Pentecostal preacher [9] and traveling doctor. [6] His first interest in the Earth began in 1939 while partnering with Albert Nobell, a chemist, in the Nobell Research Laboratory in Los Angeles that built a factory for the manufacture of plastics. [6] Realizing how much the manufacture of plastic polluted the Earth, his concern for ecology grew. Afterward, he was a lifetime believer in care of ...
John J. McConnell is the Burton D. Morgan Distinguished Chair of Private Enterprise (in Finance) at the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University where he has been a faculty member since 1976.
John McConnell (March 22, 1915 [1] – October 20, 2012 [2]) was an American peace activist. He was the founder and creator of Earth Day. McConnell is a luminary with a major passion for peace, religion and environmentalism.
JOHN McCONNELL. Son of an independent evangelist, John McConnell (JohnSaunders McConnell, Jr.) was born in Davis City, Iowa on March 22, 1915. Hisinterest in religion, science, and peace has resulted in a number of projectsand personal efforts to relieve human suffering and promote the common good.
John McConnell. Spring 2011. A longtime senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, John P. McConnell was part of the three-person team responsible for all of the 43rd President’s major addresses, including the speech to the Joint Session of Congress after September 11, 2001 and four State of the Union ...
A longtime senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush, John McConnell was part of the three-person team responsible for all of the 43rd President’s major addresses, including...
by John McConnell, Founder of Earth Day. Stephen Hawkings has answered key questions about time and space in the universe. What we most need to understand is the nature of our planet and the human family -- who will determine its future.
Jul 22, 2011 · John McConnell coined the term Earth Day in 1968, proposed its celebration on the spring equinox to the City of San Francisco in October 1969, and announced it in November at a UNESCO...
John P. McConnell served more than ten years on the White House staff, in two administrations. As a senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, he was part of the three-person team responsible for all of the 43rd President’s major addresses, including the speech to the Joint Session of Congress after ...
John McConnell was born in 1915, in Davis City, Iowa. He has been an minister, author, editor, advocate for the environment, and businessman. He organized Meals for Millions in 1962 in San Francisco to feed displaced Hong Kong refugees and organized the Minute for Peace radio broadcast in 1964.