Morton Hilbert

Morton Hilbert
Born
Morton Shelly Hilbert

(1917-01-03)January 3, 1917
DiedDecember 24, 1998(1998-12-24) (aged 81)
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Occupations
  • Professor
  • environmentalist
Known forCo-founder of Earth Day
SpouseStephanie Hilbert

Morton Shelly Hilbert (January 3, 1917 – December 24, 1998) was a professor of public health, environmentalist, and co-founder of Earth Day that was first celebrated on April 22, 1970.[1][2] He is best known for developing public sanitation systems and sanitary public healthcare facilities throughout the United States, Europe, U.S. Virgin Islands, and developing nations.

As a dedicated and determined public health professional, Morton S. Hilbert worked towards the promotion and protection of environmental health. With the U.S. Public Health Service, Hilbert organized the Human Ecology Symposium in 1968. This forum helped to inform students about grave threats to environmental health in the 1960s and 1970s, and ultimately it inspired them to take action. In 1970 their efforts, along with a federal proclamation from U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, culminated in the observance of the first Earth Day.[3]

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  2. ^ "U-M launches campus sustainability Web site". Ur.umich.edu. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
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