Ben Metcalfe
Organization founder
1919 – 2003
Who was Ben Metcalfe?
Bennett Metcalfe was a Canadian journalist and first chairman of Greenpeace, founded 1971.
Ben Metcalfe was born in Winnipeg. Later he moved to the United Kingdom and at the age of 16 joined the Royal Air Force. He was posted in India and North Africa. After World War II he worked as journalist in France. He moved back to Canada in 1951, living in Winnipeg, West Vancouver, and Shawnigan Lake. He worked as a journalist, editor, and freelance correspondent for Winnipeg Free Press, the Province in Vancouver and other publications. He also started a public relations company with his second wife Dorothy.
In 1971 he joined the crew member of the Greenpeace boat sailing to protest against U.S. army nuclear bomb test near Amchitka island. When the Greenpeace Foundation was established, Metcalfe became its first chairman. He recognized the importance of a media campaign as a tool to gain support for environmental issues. He left his post when Greenpeace changed focus from nuclear weapons to fighting against whaling and seal hunting.
He is the author of a biography of Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown:
Metcalfe, E. Bennett.
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- Born
- Oct 31, 1919
Winnipeg - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Winnipeg
- Died
- Oct 14, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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