Stewart Lee Udall (born January 31, 1920) is a former
American politician.
Born in St. Johns, Arizona, he is the son of Levi Stewart Udall. He was educated at the University of
Arizona, and he saw combat as a gunner in the Army Air Corps during the
Italian Campaign of World War II.
Stewart Udall graduated from the University of Arizona Law School in 1948, and
began his own law practice in Tucson shortly thereafter.
Udall became increasingly active in public service, being elected to the
School Board of Amphitheater Public
Schools (District 10) in Tucson in June 1951. He became the President of
Amphitheater School Board in 1952.
Stewart Udall served as U.S. Representative from
Arizona from 1955 to 1961 and then as Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1969, when
he described his nation's ecological attitudes as the "myth of superabundance"[1]. Udall was largely responsible for the enactment of environmental laws in Johnson's Great Society legislative agenda, including the Clear Air, Water Quality and Clean Water Restoration Acts
and Amendments, the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the Land and Water Conservation
[Fund] Act of 1965, the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, the National Trail System Act of 1968, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
of 1968.
He was the brother of Congressman and 1976 presidential candidate Mo Udall; he served as Mo's campaign manager during the primary
election, which Mo lost to Jimmy Carter. Stewart's son Tom Udall and nephew Mark Udall are currently serving in the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Point Udall, the easternmost place in the United States, was named for him.
He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
He is the author of numerous books, including his most well known, The Quiet Crisis, published in 1963. In 1968 Udall
received an LL.D. from Bates College.
Udall, along with Robert McNamara and W. Willard
Wirtz are the only three surviving members of the Kennedy administration
cabinet.
- ^ Vanity Fair, May 2007 issue 561, p. 163
See also
Udall family
External links/References
- Stewart
Udall at the Biographical Directory of the United
States Congress
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