Conrad L. Wirth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Conrad L. Wirth

landscape architect, conservationist and park service administrator

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1899

Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1993

Profession: landscape architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Conrad L. Wirth

  • Conrad Louis Wirth (December 1, 1899 – July 25, 1993) was an American landscape architect, conservationist, and park service administrator.
  • He served as the director of the National Park Service (NPS) between 1951 and 1964. Wirth was born in Hartford, Connecticut, where his father Theodore was park superintendent.
  • Seven years later, Theodore moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he became superintendent of the Minneapolis Park System.
  • Conrad Wirth grew up in the Theodore Wirth House, the home built by the Park system for his father, surrounded by city park.
  • Conrad earned a Bachelor of Science degree in landscape gardening from Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst).
  • He first came to the Washington, D.C., area to work for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and he joined the NPS in 1931.
  • With the coming of the New Deal he supervised the service's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) program in the state parks.
  • His administrative ability made him a successor to Director Arthur E.
  • Demaray, whom he served as associate director before advancing to the top job in December 1951.
  • Wirth's crowning achievement was Mission 66, a 10-year, billion-dollar program to upgrade park facilities and services by the 50th anniversary of the NPS in 1966.
  • Wirth submitted his resignation to President John Kennedy in the fall of 1963 and left the directorship in early 1964, after recommending George B.
  • Hartzog Jr.
  • as his successor. He went on to supervise the Interior Department's CCC program.
  • A member of the National Geographic Society's Board of Trustees, he was also active in conservation and Park Service alumni affairs.
  • He died in his sleep in 1993.

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