Lehigh Conservaiton and Harry Truman
Truman responds to Whitaker's letter, thanking him for the “practical support” he has offered to conservation efforts by establishing a four-year course at Lehigh on that subject. At the time this letter was written, Truman had been elected President on his own ticket, after completing the term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who died in office. The long history of Lehigh’s dedication and special attention to a sustainable environment can be traced through the relevant course offerings in mining, metallurgy, geology, biology and ecology described in the Lehigh course catalogs.
The physical exhibit also includes a photo of Professor Trembley on the cover of the Lehigh Alumni Bulletin. Pioneer ecologist, environmentalist, and professor of ecology at Lehigh University, Professor Francis Trembley (1904-1978) came to Lehigh in 1928 and, throughout his career until the 1970s, taught courses on Biology, Natural History and Ecology. Also displayed are the Lehigh Course Catalogue on the Natural Sciences in 1950-1951, and a pressed plant sample collected from "Tanglebrook" by one of Trembley's students.
This letter is available on the digital library project I Remain.