timeline | tributes | submit a tribute | press Timeline for David Brower 1912 Born Berkeley CA 1913 Raker Act passes, approving construction of a dam in Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley 1914 John Muir dies 1918 DRB's first visit to Yosemite National Park with family 1933 DRB Joins Sierra Club 1935 DRB participates in an historic mountaineering attempt on Canada's Mt. Waddington 1938 DRB's first conservation campaign, Kings Canyon National Park 1939 DRB leads historic first ascent of Shiprock on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico 1942-45 DRB in 10th Mtn Division WWII 1952-69 DRB employed as Executive Director of Sierra Club 1956 Proposal to put dams in Dinosaur National Monument is defeated 1960 Successfully urges formation of the Sierra Club Foundation 1960 Sierra Club publishes first Exhibit Format book, Ansel Adams's This Is the American Earth 1963 JFK signs Pt. Reyes National Seashore into law 1963 Construction of Glen Canyon Dam is completed on the Colorado River above the Grand Canyon 1964 DRB's years of lobbying succeed with signing of Wilderness Act 1967 Grand Canyon Dams Stopped, Sierra Club loses tax-deductible status for lobbying too hard 1968 Redwood National Park, North Cascades National Park established 1969 DRB Fired from Sierra Club, Immediately forms Friends of the Earth, and creates League of Conservation Voters as part of it. 1970 First Friends of the Earth branches established overseas (UK, France, etc.) 1972 United Nations approves system of World Heritage Sites proposed by DRB, Russell Train and others 1978 DRB Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 1979 DRB Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 1982 DRB forms Earth Island Institute (EII) in San Francisco 1982 DRB founds the Conferences on the Fate and Hope of the Earth ('82, '84, '86, '89) uniting environmental, peace, and social justice activists from around the world 1986 Friends of the Earth closes West Coast office 1986 Great Basin National Park established 1990 EII-led Tuna Boycott ends in creation of Dolphin-Safe label 1990 DRB leads first EII delegation to Russia's Lake Baikal 1996 Lake Baikal becomes a United Nations World Heritage Site 1996 Glen Canyon Institute founded to Drain Lake Powell 1998 DRB nominated a third time for Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with Prof. Paul Ehrlich) 1998 DRB wins Blue Planet Prize from Asahi Glass Foundation of Japan for pioneering the NGO role in solving global environmental problems 1999 DRB co-founds Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment 1999 Labor and environmental groups unite to shut down the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organization