Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam

Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam is an American conservationist who in 2010 won the second highest civilian award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and was the first conservationist to have ever won the honor. [1] She founded the Student Conservation Association in 1957[2] and served as its President until 1990.[3] Ms. Putnam graduated from Miss Porter's School in 1952[4] and from Vassar in 1955.[5] She currently resides in Shaftsbury, Vermont,[6] and the Vermont legislature passed act R-107 in her honor.[7]

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  2. ↑ "Newsroom". Thesca.org. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Inside ESF 2006-1". Issuu.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Miss Porter's School Annual Report July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010" (PDF). Porters.org. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Archive from Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - Vassar alumna Elizabeth Putnam '55 receives the 2010 Presidential Citizens Medal at White House ceremony. - News - Info - Vassar College". Info.vassar.edu. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Obama Gives 2 Chicago Women Citizen's Medals". Nbcchicago.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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