Laurie Andrea Wayburn (born September 27, 1954)
is an American author and conservationist. She was born to
Peggy Wayburn
Cornelia Elliott "Peggy" Wayburn (September 2, 1917 – March 21, 2002) was an American author, conservationist, and photographer.
Personal life
She was born Cornelia Thomas Elliott on September 2, 1917, in New York City to Thomas Ketchin Elliott, ...
and
Edgar Wayburn
Edgar Arthur Wayburn (September 17, 1906 – March 5, 2010) was an American environmentalist who served as the president of the Sierra Club five times in the 1960s. He has been recognized as one of the least-known yet most successful defenders of ...
on September 28, 1954.
Wayburn is a direct descendant of Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, a prominent early Jewish leader in San Francisco and rabbi of
Congregation Emanu-El Emanu-El, Temple Emanu-El, Congregation Emanu-El, or variants may refer to:
United States
*Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Alabama)
* Temple Emanu-El (Tucson), Arizona, formerly Temple Emanu-El
* Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Arizona
*Congregation Emanu- ...
. She transferred to
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
after a year at the
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...
, and later graduated from Harvard University.
She was the executive director of
Point Reyes Bird Observatory
Point Blue Conservation Science, founded as and formerly named the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO), is a California-based wildlife conservation and research non-profit organization.
Overview
Point Blue was founded in 1965 to study bird migr ...
from 1989 to 1991. She is the president and co-founder of
Pacific Forest Trust. She received a
James Irvine Foundation The James Irvine Foundation is a philanthropic nonprofit organization that provides grants to other organizations in California.
The foundation was created in 1937 by James Harvey Irvine Sr. (1867–1947), as a charitable organization to hold cont ...
Leadership Award and a Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award
in 2008.
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Living people
1954 births
American conservationists
Harvard University alumni
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