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In honor of Stewart Udall 11/13

by on Nov. 10, 2009, under Politics

Former Secretary of the Interior (and former Arizona U.S. Congressman from 1955 to 1961) Stewart Udall will be honored at the Morris K. Udall Foundation on November 13:

CELEBRATE AN EVENT HONORING STEWART L. UDALL

Friday, November 13, 1:30 pm

Stewart Udall

Stewart Udall

Join the Udall Foundation as it honors former
Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and celebrates
the addition of his name to the Foundation.

Outside of the
Udall Foundation Office
130 S. Scott Ave., Tucson, AZ

~The event is open to the public~

Special Guest
The Honorable Stewart L. Udall

Expected Speakers
Senator Tom Udall (Stewart’s son) from New Mexico
Senator Mark Udall (Stewart’s nephew) from Colorado
Representative Raúl Grijalva
Representative Gabrielle Giffords
Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard

Master of Ceremonies
Terry Bracy

Closing Words
Dr. Anne J. Udall (Stewart’s niece)

Congress enacted a bill recently on October 21 to rename the federal agency the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, in recognition of the historic Interior Secretary’s contributions.
Morris Udall was Stewart’s younger brother who served as Arizona U.S. Congressman for thirty years, from 1961 to 1991.

Stewart Udall served as Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson from 1961 to 1969. “Udall was largely responsible for the enactment of environmental laws in Johnson’s Great Society legislative agenda, including the Clear Air, Water Quality and Clean Water Restoration Acts and Amendments, the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the Land and Water Conservation [Fund] Act of 1965, the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, the National Trail System Act of 1968, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968.”

The Udall Foundation is on 130 S. Scott Avenue below Broadway Blvd. on the west side, and it houses the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.

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  • Carolyn Classen

    About 300 Tucsonans were in attendance today to honor Stewart Udall, who was indeed an environmentalist before his time.  What was particularly moving was his son U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) who spoke of his father and Uncle Mo’s (Udall) actions to integrate the UA Student Union by encouraging Black-American Morgan Maxwell, Jr. (who was present today at this event) to eat with them in 1947. This was part of his father’s “unwavering persistence” in doing what was right according to Tom. Honoree Stewart spoke last after the other speakers mentioned above (except U.S. Congressman Grijalva who was absent) to a standing ovation.  What an incredible family dynasty: two U.S. Congressmen brothers, followed by their two sons, currently both U.S. Senators.

  • Carolyn Classen

    News update: Conservationist Stewart Udall died today at age 90 in New Mexico. Glad we got to hear him speak at this ceremony in November, in his honor.

  • Morgan Maxwekl Jr.

    It happened 63 years ago.  I gratefully remember and give thanks to the Udall brothers, ( Stewart & Morris) who invited me to eat with them at the University of Arizona Student Union to change the policy of not serving Black students.  The not serving Black students was immediately changed because of the  “Tower of Strength” of Stewart and Morris Udall.  Once again, thank you.
    Morgan Maxwell Jr.

  • Carolyn Classen

    How wonderful to hear from you Maxwell about how Morris & Stewart Udall acted to desegregate the UA Student Union, by inviting you to eat with them. Asian people like me wouldn’t have been allowed to eat there either I assume. With the University of Arizona being so multi-cultural now in 2010, it’s hard to believe such racism existed 63 years ago.  Kudos to the Udall brothers and thanks for commenting. You must be saddened that they are both gone now

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