Marty Hayne Talbot | |
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Born | (1932-08-03)August 3, 1932 (age 92) San Francisco, California, United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | Vassar College |
Spouse | Lee Merriam Talbot |
Children | Russell Merriam Talbot and Lawrence Hayne Talbot |
Martha (Marty) Hayne Talbot (born August 3, 1932) is an American conservation activist,biologist, author, ecologist and co-founder of theStudent Conservation Association. She is also an active participant on Boards of scientific, environmental and community organisations.[1]
Martha Hayne was born in San Francisco, California, United States, the daughter of Francis Bourn Hayne and his wife Anna Walcott.[2] She graduatedVassar College, in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts.[3] While she was at Vassar, she helped her friendElizabeth Cushman respond to minatory remarks byBernard DeVoto on the state of theUS National Parks. Cushman first wrote asenior thesis on the maintenance issue for the parks system andyouth service. Then the two set up theStudent Conservation Association, with funding from theNational Parks Association.[4][5]
After college, went to work for theNational Parks Association.[6] For the first six years of her marriage, from 1959, she worked with her husband Lee Talbot on the ecology of the East Africanplains.[7] They then traveled very widely for several years, backpacking in a number of tropical areas.[8] Marty Talbot went on to conducienvironmental research in more than 60 countries.[9]
Talbot has served as President of theSociety of Women Geographers, Vice President of Rachel Carson Council, part of Rachel's Network Council and Director of the Student Conservation Association, which she co-founded.[10]
Talbot has co-written and edited six books andmonographs and she has spoken at conferences in Africa, Asia, Europe,Latin andNorth America. She has been accredited for her services to conservation and scientific research both nationally and internationally, pioneering inorganic viticulture.[10]
Martha Hayne married the ecologistLee Merriam Talbot on May 16, 1959; and they had two children: Lawrence and Russell Merriam.[2][13]
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