Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall - has died

[Froward69]

Former Interior secretary dead at 90
The Associated Press
Posted: 03/20/2010 11:52:15 AM MDT
Updated: 03/20/2010 11:52:15 AM MDT

SANTA FE, N.M.—Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall—who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary during the 1960s—died Saturday at his home in Santa Fe. He was 90.

His family says that after a fall last week, Udall was confined to his bed. The family says he had been in failing health and died of natural causes.

Under Udall's leadership from 1961 through 1968, the Interior Department aggressively promoted an expansion of public lands and helped win enactment of major environmental laws, including ones to protect endangered species.

He later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs.

Udall is the father of Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and uncle of Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14717983#ixzz0ikQdEoa2

[Octafish]

1. He was a good man.

I was hoping he would have been our candidate in 1976.

[MineralMan]

2. Another of the good guys gone...

[jwirr]

3. He was a great secretary if the Interior. Condolences to this family. nt