Lynton K. Caldwell
Teacher, Author
1913 – 2006
Who was Lynton K. Caldwell?
Lynton Keith Caldwell was an American political scientist and a principal architect of the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act, the first act of its kind in the world. He was educated at the University of Chicago and spent most of his career at Indiana University Bloomington, where he received tenure in 1956 and retired as Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science in 1984. Caldwell was the internationally acclaimed author or coauthor of fifteen books and more than 250 scholarly articles, which may be found in at least 19 different languages. He served on many boards and advisory committees, as a consultant on environmental policy issues worldwide, and received numerous honors and awards.
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- Born
- Nov 21, 1913
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- Lynton Caldwell
- Lynton Keith Caldwell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- University of Chicago
- Died
- Aug 15, 2006
Bloomington
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on July 23, 2013
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