Institute of Ecology records, Lee Botts interview, 1985

Summary

Creator:

Botts, Lee

Date:

1985

Extent:

1 interview(s) (33.0 minutes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, Lee Botts interview, [har-ua97-066-0005-2], University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Lee Botts discusses the Institute of Ecology, including its origins, its approaches to research, its relationship with colleges and universities, its structural and funding challenges, and its demise.

Biographical / historical:

Leila (Lee) Botts is a prominent American environmentalist known primarily for her work related to the conservation and restoration of the Great Lakes. She has founded two successful non-profit organizations, directed a subagency of the US Department of the Interior during President Carter's term in office. She was born in Kansas and raised in Oklahoma before she settled in Chicago in the 1950's. In 1987, Botts was honored by the United Nations Environmental Program for making a difference for the global environment and has received awards from the USEPA and numerous local, regional, and national environmental organizations.

Related

Related material:

Institute of Ecology records, UA07-066 and the Ecological Society of America records, UA97-061

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Oral histories (document genres)

Names:

Ecological Society of America
Institute of Ecology
Botts, Lee

Terms of access:

Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use).

Preferred citation:

Institute of Ecology records, Lee Botts interview, [har-ua97-066-0005-2], University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.