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{{Short description|American judge}}
{{short description|American scientist and politician (1916–2011)}}
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| name                = Charles L. Terry Jr.
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| office              = 65th [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]]
| order              = 66th [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]]
| term_start          = January 19, 1965
| lieutenant          = [[Eugene Bookhammer]]
| term_end            = January 21, 1969
| term_start          = January 21, 1969
| lieutenant1         = [[Sherman W. Tribbitt]]
| term_end            = January 16, 1973
| predecessor1        = [[Elbert N. Carvel]]
| predecessor         = [[Charles L. Terry Jr.|Charles Terry]]
| successor1          = Russell W. Peterson
| successor          = [[Sherman W. Tribbitt]]
| office2            = [[Delaware Supreme Court|Chief Justice of Delaware]]
|birth_name          = Russell Wilbur Peterson
| term_start2        = May 1963
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1916|10|3}}
| term_end2          = August 19, 1964
| birth_place        = [[Portage, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| predecessor2        = Clarence A. Southerland
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2011|2|21|1916|10|3}}
| successor2          = Daniel F. Wolcott
| death_place        = [[Centreville, Delaware]], U.S.
| birth_name          = Charles Layman Terry Jr.
| spouse              = {{Marriage|Lillian Turner|1937|1994|end=died}}<br />{{Marriage|June Jenkins|1995}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1900|9|17|mf=y}}
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (to 1996)<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (1996–2011)
| birth_place        = [[Camden, Delaware|Camden]], [[Delaware]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1970|2|6|1900|9|17}}
| death_place        = [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]], [[Delaware]]
| spouse              = Jessica Irby
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| residence          = [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]], [[Delaware]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Virginia]]
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'''Charles Layman "Charlie" Terry Jr.''' (September 17, 1900 &ndash; February 6, 1970) was an American lawyer and politician from [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]], in [[Kent County, Delaware]]. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and served as [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Delaware Supreme Court]] as well as [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]].
'''Russell Wilbur Peterson''' (October 3, 1916 – February 21, 2011) was an American scientist and politician from [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. He served as [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]] as a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Russell Wilber Peterson The Governor of Delaware|url=http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov5.htm#peterson|website=Delaware's Governors, 1949 to the present|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>  An influential environmentalist, he served as chairman of the [[Council on Environmental Quality]] and president of the [[National Audubon Society]].<ref name="Martin"/>


==Early life and family==
==Early life and family==
Terry was born at [[Camden, Delaware]], son of Charles Layman Sr. and Elizabeth Maxon Terry. He attended [[Wesley College (Delaware)|Wesley College]] and the [[University of Virginia]], receiving his law degree from [[Washington and Lee University]]. At Virginia, Terry was initiated into the Psi Chapter of the [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite book|title=Calyx Yearbook|url=https://archive.org/details/calyx1922wash|year=1922|publisher=Washington and Lee University|location=Lexington, Virginia|page=[https://archive.org/details/calyx1922wash/page/56 56]}}</ref>   Terry married Jessica Irby and had one child, Charles III. They were members of Christ Episcopal Church in Dover.
Peterson was born in [[Portage, Wisconsin]], the son of Emma (Anthony) and Johan Anton Peterson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wiscnews.com/portagedailyregister/news/portage-native-russell-peterson-dies-at/article_4a7fe1be-40a0-11e0-bb5b-001cc4c03286.html|title = Portage native Russell Peterson dies at 94}}</ref> The eighth of nine children, his father was an immigrant from Sweden who worked as a bartender and barber.<ref name="Martin">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/us/politics/24peterson.html | work=The New York Times | first=Douglas | last=Martin | title=Russell W. Peterson, Scientist Turned Environmentalist, Dies | date=February 23, 2011|page=A25}}</ref> Peterson attended the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]] where he received a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in 1938, working as a dishwasher in the chemistry lab to pay the bills and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in Chemistry in 1942.<ref name="loc">{{cite book|title=Russell W Peterson papers, 1917-2004|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2004085115|website=Library of Congress|date=2006}}</ref> In 1937 he married Lillian Turner, with whom he had four children: R. Glen, Peter J., Kristin P. Havill and Elin. Lillian died in 1994. He married his second wife, June Jenkins, who had been recently widowed, in 1995.<ref name=loc/> He was a [[Unitarian Universalist]].


==Professional and judicial career==
At Wisconsin, Peterson was elected to the [[Phi Beta Kappa Society]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Badger Yearbook|year=1937|publisher=University of Wisconsin|location=Madison, Wisconsin|page=50}}</ref>
Terry was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1924 and practiced in Dover, serving as attorney for the [[Kent County Levy Court]] and the [[Delaware General Assembly]]. In 1936, he was appointed [[Delaware Secretary of State]]. He then served as associate justice of the [[Delaware Superior Court]] from December 7, 1938 until April 29, 1957 and, as President Judge from that date, until July 23, 1962. He was then appointed associate justice of the [[Delaware Supreme Court]] and in May 1963 became its Chief Justice, serving until 1964.


Henry R. Horsey and William Duffy in their article on the Delaware Courts described Terry's tenure as Judge as follows: "In his twenty-five years on the bench, Judge Terry, or just plain "Charlie" as he preferred to be called, was, through his knowledge of the legislative process and influence with the General Assembly, instrumental in obtaining numerous judicial reforms. These included an increase in judicial salaries and significant improvements in the judicial pension system, establishment of full-time Courts of Common Pleas in Kent and Sussex Counties, enduring support for the creation of the present separate [[Delaware Supreme Court|Supreme Court of Delaware]] and extensive improvements and enlargements of the judicial facilities in both the Public Building in Wilmington and the Kent County Courthouse.
==Professional and political career==
After graduate school, Peterson was recruited by the [[E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company]] to work as a research chemist at its [[DuPont Experimental Station|Experimental Station]] in Wilmington. For over 26 years he held prominent jobs in research, manufacturing and sales, and finally in corporate management, becoming director of research and development in 1963.<ref name="Martin"/>
 
All the while, Peterson had become a well known civic activist from suburban [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]]. He had been involved in the "New Day for Delaware" attempt at governmental reform in the [[J. Caleb Boggs|Boggs]] administration, and had organized an effort at prison reform known as the "Three-S Citizen's Campaign," salvage people, save dollars, and shrink the crime rate. His leadership skills inspired Henry B. du Pont to appoint him to the executive committee of the Greater Wilmington Development Council. He was put in charge of the Neighborhood Improvement Program, tasked with solving poverty in the black community. By 1968 Delaware had experienced rioting following the murder of [[Martin Luther King Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr.]], and National Guard troops were still on the streets of Wilmington on the orders of the conservative Democratic Governor, [[Charles L. Terry Jr.|Charles L. Terry, Jr.]] Peterson seemed to have a fresh, progressive approach for addressing these and other issues and was drafted by Republican state leaders to run for governor.


==Governor of Delaware==
==Governor of Delaware==
Terry had political ambitions and with the support of the incumbent governor, [[Elbert N. Carvel]], resigned as Chief Justice. He was elected as [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]] in 1964, defeating Republican [[David P. Buckson]], a former acting governor.
Accordingly, Peterson was elected Governor of Delaware in 1968, narrowly defeating the incumbent Governor [[Charles L. Terry Jr.|Charles L. Terry, Jr]]. His first act was to remove the National Guard from Wilmington.<ref name="Martin"/> His administration was one that enacted several substantial changes, with perhaps the biggest change being the successful implementation of the old "New Day for Delaware" plan that transformed the organization of state government. Delaware's executive departments had been run by commissions, appointed by the governor, but with considerable policy independence, and overlapping terms. As a result, the governor had control over his departments only through persuasion and the budget. The newly enacted law provided for an eleven-person cabinet organization, with department leadership provided by persons serving at the pleasure of the governor. In all, Peterson eliminated 100 commissions and boards. Neither Peterson nor his successor, [[Sherman W. Tribbitt]], were fully able to take advantage of this change, but their successors all made it one of the foundations of the present Delaware state government.


As governor the former Justice instituted a major reform of the magistrate courts or justice of the peace court system, transforming a "court once ridden with politics and favoritism" into what eventually became "an efficient system of salaried, full-time judges sitting in a courtroom setting and conducting proceedings under uniform written rules of procedure." In particular, the practice of paying fees to these officials based on the number of cases was ended, and they came to receive a set salary. A second change occurred with the purchase of Woodburn, the official Governor's House. Governor Terry and his family were the first occupants. Terry's other major initiative was the founding of the [[Delaware Technical and Community College]], with a campus in each county. The former judge was proving to be a very effective governor; as deft, charming, and authoritative as appropriate.
Peterson was also a dedicated environmentalist and the guiding force behind the Coastal Zone Act of 1971.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coastal Zone Act Program|url=http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Admin/CZA/Pages/CZABackground.aspx|publisher=Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> This act protected Delaware's inland bays and waterways by banning heavy industry from a two-mile-wide strip of Delaware's 115 mile coastline, about 20% of the state. The major consequence of the Act was preventing [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] from building a $200m oil refinery.<ref name="Martin"/> This piece of legislation has since been used by other states to protect their shorelines. During his tenure as governor Peterson chaired the Education Commission of the States from 1970 to 1971. When [[Maurice Stans]], the [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] under [[Richard Nixon]] complained to Peterson that the Act harmed America's security and prosperity, Peterson listed a dozen ways in which companies could continue their work without harming Delaware's coastline. The Act was unsuccessfully challenged in court, and Peterson led the environmental movement in Delaware by sporting a badge on his lapel that said "To Hell with Shell!"<ref name="Martin"/>


However, Delaware could not escape the key issues of the 1960s, particularly the issue of racial equality. In the [[Delaware General Assembly]] there were lengthy debates about equal housing, but no significant legislation could be agreed upon. In the streets of Wilmington, a few nights of shootings in 1967 resulted in a curfew and a liquor sales ban. Terry went to the Delaware General Assembly and demanded and received the authority to declare a state of emergency with crowd control powers. He immediately put the emergency into effect and although the violence was ended in a week, continued the emergency for another month. Then, a year later, real problems came with the murder of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] on April 4, 1968. A few days later Wilmington exploded in two days of self-destructive rioting, looting and burning. Terry again responded with an emergency declaration and sent the [[Delaware National Guard|National Guard]] in to assist the city police. A week later, when the situation seemed under control, the mayor lifted the curfew and requested the withdrawal of the National Guard. Believing there was more violence to come, Terry refused. It was not until Terry left office, eight months later, that the National Guard was removed from the streets of Wilmington. While all this was simmering, students at [[Delaware State College]] in Dover shouted down Terry during a speech and briefly occupied the administration building. Terry responded by closing down the school for a month. Terry had become known by some as "The Great Divider."
These were a breathtaking number of changes for normally conservative Delaware – Peterson appointed the first person of color, Arva Jackson, to the [[University of Delaware]]'s board of trustees, insisted on the hiring of black people to the [[Delaware State Police|State Police]], pressed for the state's open housing law and relaxed abortion laws. In 1972, Delaware became the last state to outlaw [[flogging]] as a form of punishment, removing ''Red Hannah'', America's last [[Pillory|whipping post]].<ref name="Jerde"/>


Terry was not without considerable support for his notable accomplishments and for the way he handled the violence in Wilmington. He campaigned for a second term and only narrowly lost, believing an October heart attack and a rezoning dispute in Sussex County cost him the election. However, 1968 was a Republican sweep, and Russell W. Peterson, a chemist from New Castle County, was able to defeat the incumbent governor, undoubtedly helped by a large number of Democrats in Wilmington who were seeking new leadership to end the tension and violence.
Meanwhile, in spite of warnings, Peterson seemed to be unaware of growing financial problems for the state. Finally, in June 1971, Peterson admitted he had made revenue miscalculations resulting in a $5 million deficit. The mistake opened the door to opponents of the other changes to unleash a barrage of criticism. As a result, when he sought a second term the next year, he won the Republican primary by 8% of the vote over former [[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware|Lieutenant Governor]] [[David P. Buckson]]. In the general election, he was defeated by the Democratic former Lieutenant Governor [[Sherman W. Tribbitt]] after announcing an unexpected tax increase in the middle of the campaign.<ref name="Martin"/> He left office with Delaware enjoying a budget surplus.


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==Death and legacy==
==Later career==
Terry died at Dover and is buried there in the Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery. The Charles L. Terry Campus of the [[Delaware Technical and Community College]] at Dover is named in his honor.
After leaving office, Nixon, impressed by Peterson's answers to Stans' questions, appointed Peterson as [[Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality|Chairman]] of the [[Council on Environmental Quality]]. Peterson served from 1973 to 1976, leading a taskforce on the elimination of [[chlorofluorocarbons]] and helping to shape environmental reviews as mandated by the [[National Environmental Policy Act]]. In November 1973, Peterson worked with then-[[Governor of New York]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]] to establish the [[Commission on Critical Choices for Americans]].<ref name="Jerde">{{cite news|last1=Jerde|first1=Lyn|title=Portage native Russell Peterson dies at 94|url=http://www.wiscnews.com/news/article_4a7fe1be-40a0-11e0-bb5b-001cc4c03286.html|access-date=29 January 2018|work=Wisc News / Daily Register|date=February 24, 2011}}</ref>
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|quote=Every time something wonderful has happened when I was president and since then in the field of environmental quality in this country or on a global basis, Russ Peterson has been intimately involved in it.
|source= —[[Jimmy Carter]], at the University of Delaware, 1993<ref name="Wisconsin"/>
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A keen [[bird watcher]], Peterson took up the hobby after taking his son to the [[Everglades]] in 1954 and identified over 1,000 birds during his life.<ref name="Martin"/>
Peterson served as the president of the [[National Audubon Society]] from 1979 to 1985.
He fought [[Ronald Reagan]]'s attempts to weaken environmental regulations, pushed the society beyond its traditional remit into areas like energy policy, toxic waste and population control. He hired more scientists, started an environmental curriculum for school children and got [[Ted Turner]] to finance the TV series ''The World of Audubon'', narrated by [[Robert Redford]], amongst others.<ref name="Martin"/>
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|quote=Ever the scientist and always the humanist, you have woven these twin passions into a lifetime of dedication to protecting this earth. Whatever the job, whatever the administration, you have put the environment ahead of politics, supporting pro-environmentalists wherever you have found them.
|source= —[[League of Conservation Voters]], 1995<ref name="Wisconsin">{{cite web|title=Russell W Peterson 1916 – 2011 Inducted 2007|url=https://wchf.org/russell-w-peterson/|website=The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
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Peterson served as a visiting professor at [[Dartmouth College]] in 1985, [[Carleton College]] in 1986, and  the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1987.<ref name=loc/>
He also served as president of the [[BirdLife International|International Council for Bird Preservation]], as a principal officer in three international environmental organisations, worked for the [[United Nations]] on various activities and as chairman of the Center on the Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, working with [[Carl Sagan]], [[Paul Ehrlich]] and [[Peter Raven]] to employ scientists to inform world leaders of the dangers of nuclear weapons.<ref name="Wisconsin"/>
In October 1996 Peterson switched his party affiliation to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], after endorsing Democrats in presidential elections since 1988.<ref name=loc/>
[[File:DuPont Environmental Education Center at the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge.jpg|thumb|DuPont Environmental Education Center at the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge]]
In 1971 the [[National Wildlife Federation]] gave Peterson the ''Conservationist of the Year'' award.<ref>{{cite web|title=NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION NATIONAL CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PREVIOUS WINNERS|url=https://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/About/Connies-Awards/Connie-2015/Connies-WinnersList_2014.pdf|website=NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
In 1974, Peterson received the [[Charles Lathrop Parsons Award]] for public service from the [[American Chemical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Charles Lathrop Parsons Award|url = http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/charles-lathrop-parsons-award.html|website = American Chemical Society|access-date = 2016-01-14}}</ref>
In 1982, Russell W. Peterson was honored to be selected as the [[Swedish Americans|Swedish-American]] of the year by the Swedish Council of America (previously the Vasa Order of America).<ref>{{cite web|title=Swedish-American of the Year 1980-1999|url=http://swedishcouncil.org/awards/swedish-american-of-the-year/swedish-american-of-the-year-1980-1999/|website=Swedish Council of America|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
In 1984 he was given the Robert Marshall Award by the [[The Wilderness Society (United States)|Wilderness Society]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards|url=https://wilderness.org/article/awards|website=The Wilderness Society|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145536/https://wilderness.org/article/awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1995, the [[League of Conservation Voters]] awarded him its lifetime achievement award.<ref name="Wisconsin"/>
In 2007 he was inducted into the ''Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame''.<ref name="Wisconsin"/>
 
The [[Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge]], just outside Wilmington, has been named in his honor.<ref name="Schweriner 2009">{{cite web |first=Jeff |last=Schweriner |url=http://duponteec.org/wp-content/themes/deec/documents/Refuge_history.pdf |title=Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge |date=2019-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726005322/http://duponteec.org/wp-content/themes/deec/documents/Refuge_history.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-26 |url-status=dead |website=duponteec.org}}</ref>
 
In April 2008, a small ship was rechristened "Russell W. Peterson."  The ship, owned by Aqua Survey Inc. was used for the study of migratory bird routes. However, on May 12, 2008, the "Russell W. Peterson" was destroyed in a storm off the Delaware coast, killing one of its two crew members.<ref>Ron MacArthur, "[http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200805/salvagevessels051608.html Salvage crew pries research vessel from Bethany Beach]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}" ''Cape Gazette'' May 20, 2008.</ref>
 
Peterson suffered a stroke on the morning of Monday, February 21, 2011 and died at 8:10pm that evening at home.
He was survived by his wife, four children, seventeen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.<ref name="Martin"/>


==Almanac==
==Almanac==
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and has a four-year term. All judicial positions are appointed by the governor.
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and has a four-year term.


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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Russell W. Peterson
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Charles L. Terry Jr.|Charles L. Terry, Jr.]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Charles L. Terry Jr.
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |102,360
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |49%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Russell W. Peterson
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Russell W. Peterson
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |104,474
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |109,583
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |51%
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |49%
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Sherman W. Tribbitt]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |117,274
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |51%
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== See also ==
* [[Delaware lunar sample displays]]


==References==
==References==
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==Other sources==
*{{cite book |title = Governing Delaware |last= Boyer |first= William W.|publisher= University of Delaware Press |location= Newark, Delaware |year= 2000 |isbn= 1-892142-23-6}}
*{{cite book |title = Governing Delaware |last= Boyer |first= William W. |publisher= University of Delaware Press |location= Newark, Delaware |year= 2000 |isbn= 1-892142-23-6}}
*{{cite book |title = Charles L. Terry |last= Davis |first= Ned |publisher= Delaware Heritage Press |location= Wilmington, Delaware |year= 2000 |id={{Listed Invalid ISBN|0-924177-15-X}}|lccn=00133337}}
*{{cite book |title = Democracy in Delaware |last= Hoffecker |first= Carol E. |publisher= Cedar Tree Books |location= Wilmington, Delaware |year= 2004 |isbn= 1-892142-23-6}}
*{{cite book |title = Democracy in Delaware |last= Hoffecker |first= Carol E. |publisher= Cedar Tree Books |location= Wilmington, Delaware |year= 2004 |isbn= 1-892142-23-6}}
*{{cite book |title = History of Delaware Through its Governors |last= Martin |first= Roger A. |publisher= McClafferty Press |location= Wilmington, Delaware |year= 1984 }}
*{{cite book |title = History of Delaware Through its Governors |last= Martin |first= Roger A. |publisher= McClafferty Press |location= Wilmington, Delaware |year= 1984 }}
*{{cite book |title = Elbert N. Carvel |last= Martin |first= Roger |publisher= Delaware Heritage Press |location= Wilmington, Delaware |year= 1997 |isbn= 0-924117-08-7}}
*{{cite book |title = History of Delaware |last= Munroe |first= John A. |publisher= University of Delaware Press |location= Newark, Delaware |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-87413-493-5}}
*{{cite book |title = History of Delaware |last= Munroe |first= John A. |publisher= University of Delaware Press |location= Newark, Delaware |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-87413-493-5}}
 
*{{cite book | last = Peterson | first = Russell W.| title = Rebel with a conscience| publisher = University of Delaware Press| year = 1999| location = Newark, Delaware| isbn = 0-87413-681-4| page = 416 p}}
==Images==
*{{cite book| last = Peterson| first = Russell W.| title = Patriots, stand up!| publisher = Cedar Tree Books| year = 2003| location = Wilmington, Delaware| url = https://archive.org/details/patriotsstandupt00pete/page/76| isbn = 1-892142-20-1| page = [https://archive.org/details/patriotsstandupt00pete/page/76 76 p.]| url-access = registration}}
*[http://www.state.de.us/research/Tour/information/Governors/govs-41.shtml Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery ]; ''Portrait courtesy of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dover.''


==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014706/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=3519224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States]
* [http://rs5.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2006/ms006032.pdf Russell W. Peterson Papers, A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress]
*[http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov5.htm#terry Delaware’s Governors ]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peterson.html#RKD0HCQW7 The Political Graveyard]
*{{Find a Grave|7367727}}
*[http://www.delawareaudubon.org/about/board_bios/rpbio.html Delaware Audubon Society]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#RKD0HDNTO The Political Graveyard ]
*[http://www.wchf.org/inductees/peterson.html Russell Peterson The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Hame]
*[http://courts.delaware.gov/Courts/Supreme%20Court/?history3.htm The Supreme Court of Delaware ]
 
==Places with more information==
*[[Delaware Historical Society]]; [https://web.archive.org/web/19961231010053/http://hsd.org/ website]; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161
*[[University of Delaware]]; [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ Library website]; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965


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"Russell Peterson" redirects here. For Russell Harold Peterson, see Russ Peterson (gridiron football). For other uses, see Russ Peterson.
Russell W. Peterson
66th Governor of Delaware
In office
January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973
LieutenantEugene Bookhammer
Preceded byCharles Terry
Succeeded bySherman W. Tribbitt
Personal details
Born
Russell Wilbur Peterson

(1916-10-03)October 3, 1916
Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedFebruary 21, 2011(2011-02-21) (aged 94)
Centreville, Delaware, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (to 1996)
Democratic (1996–2011)
Spouse(s)
Lillian Turner
​
(
m. 1937; died 1994)

June Jenkins
(
m. 1995)
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
ProfessionScientist

Russell Wilbur Peterson (October 3, 1916 – February 21, 2011) was an American scientist and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He served as Governor of Delaware as a member of the Republican Party.[1] An influential environmentalist, he served as chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and president of the National Audubon Society.[2]

Early life and family[edit | edit source]

Peterson was born in Portage, Wisconsin, the son of Emma (Anthony) and Johan Anton Peterson.[3] The eighth of nine children, his father was an immigrant from Sweden who worked as a bartender and barber.[2] Peterson attended the University of Wisconsin where he received a B.S. in 1938, working as a dishwasher in the chemistry lab to pay the bills and a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1942.[4] In 1937 he married Lillian Turner, with whom he had four children: R. Glen, Peter J., Kristin P. Havill and Elin. Lillian died in 1994. He married his second wife, June Jenkins, who had been recently widowed, in 1995.[4] He was a Unitarian Universalist.

At Wisconsin, Peterson was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society.[5]

Professional and political career[edit | edit source]

After graduate school, Peterson was recruited by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to work as a research chemist at its Experimental Station in Wilmington. For over 26 years he held prominent jobs in research, manufacturing and sales, and finally in corporate management, becoming director of research and development in 1963.[2]

All the while, Peterson had become a well known civic activist from suburban New Castle County. He had been involved in the "New Day for Delaware" attempt at governmental reform in the Boggs administration, and had organized an effort at prison reform known as the "Three-S Citizen's Campaign," salvage people, save dollars, and shrink the crime rate. His leadership skills inspired Henry B. du Pont to appoint him to the executive committee of the Greater Wilmington Development Council. He was put in charge of the Neighborhood Improvement Program, tasked with solving poverty in the black community. By 1968 Delaware had experienced rioting following the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., and National Guard troops were still on the streets of Wilmington on the orders of the conservative Democratic Governor, Charles L. Terry, Jr. Peterson seemed to have a fresh, progressive approach for addressing these and other issues and was drafted by Republican state leaders to run for governor.

Governor of Delaware[edit | edit source]

Accordingly, Peterson was elected Governor of Delaware in 1968, narrowly defeating the incumbent Governor Charles L. Terry, Jr. His first act was to remove the National Guard from Wilmington.[2] His administration was one that enacted several substantial changes, with perhaps the biggest change being the successful implementation of the old "New Day for Delaware" plan that transformed the organization of state government. Delaware's executive departments had been run by commissions, appointed by the governor, but with considerable policy independence, and overlapping terms. As a result, the governor had control over his departments only through persuasion and the budget. The newly enacted law provided for an eleven-person cabinet organization, with department leadership provided by persons serving at the pleasure of the governor. In all, Peterson eliminated 100 commissions and boards. Neither Peterson nor his successor, Sherman W. Tribbitt, were fully able to take advantage of this change, but their successors all made it one of the foundations of the present Delaware state government.

Peterson was also a dedicated environmentalist and the guiding force behind the Coastal Zone Act of 1971.[6] This act protected Delaware's inland bays and waterways by banning heavy industry from a two-mile-wide strip of Delaware's 115 mile coastline, about 20% of the state. The major consequence of the Act was preventing Shell from building a $200m oil refinery.[2] This piece of legislation has since been used by other states to protect their shorelines. During his tenure as governor Peterson chaired the Education Commission of the States from 1970 to 1971. When Maurice Stans, the Secretary of Commerce under Richard Nixon complained to Peterson that the Act harmed America's security and prosperity, Peterson listed a dozen ways in which companies could continue their work without harming Delaware's coastline. The Act was unsuccessfully challenged in court, and Peterson led the environmental movement in Delaware by sporting a badge on his lapel that said "To Hell with Shell!"[2]

These were a breathtaking number of changes for normally conservative Delaware – Peterson appointed the first person of color, Arva Jackson, to the University of Delaware's board of trustees, insisted on the hiring of black people to the State Police, pressed for the state's open housing law and relaxed abortion laws. In 1972, Delaware became the last state to outlaw flogging as a form of punishment, removing Red Hannah, America's last whipping post.[7]

Meanwhile, in spite of warnings, Peterson seemed to be unaware of growing financial problems for the state. Finally, in June 1971, Peterson admitted he had made revenue miscalculations resulting in a $5 million deficit. The mistake opened the door to opponents of the other changes to unleash a barrage of criticism. As a result, when he sought a second term the next year, he won the Republican primary by 8% of the vote over former Lieutenant Governor David P. Buckson. In the general election, he was defeated by the Democratic former Lieutenant Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt after announcing an unexpected tax increase in the middle of the campaign.[2] He left office with Delaware enjoying a budget surplus.


Delaware General Assembly
(sessions while Governor)
Year Assembly Senate Majority President
pro tempore 		House Majority Speaker
1969–1970 125th Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |Reynolds du Pont Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |George C. Hering, III
1971–1972 126th Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |Reynolds du Pont Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |William L. Frederick

Later career[edit | edit source]

After leaving office, Nixon, impressed by Peterson's answers to Stans' questions, appointed Peterson as Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality. Peterson served from 1973 to 1976, leading a taskforce on the elimination of chlorofluorocarbons and helping to shape environmental reviews as mandated by the National Environmental Policy Act. In November 1973, Peterson worked with then-Governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller to establish the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.[7]

Every time something wonderful has happened when I was president and since then in the field of environmental quality in this country or on a global basis, Russ Peterson has been intimately involved in it.

—Jimmy Carter, at the University of Delaware, 1993[8]

A keen bird watcher, Peterson took up the hobby after taking his son to the Everglades in 1954 and identified over 1,000 birds during his life.[2] Peterson served as the president of the National Audubon Society from 1979 to 1985. He fought Ronald Reagan's attempts to weaken environmental regulations, pushed the society beyond its traditional remit into areas like energy policy, toxic waste and population control. He hired more scientists, started an environmental curriculum for school children and got Ted Turner to finance the TV series The World of Audubon, narrated by Robert Redford, amongst others.[2]

Ever the scientist and always the humanist, you have woven these twin passions into a lifetime of dedication to protecting this earth. Whatever the job, whatever the administration, you have put the environment ahead of politics, supporting pro-environmentalists wherever you have found them.

—League of Conservation Voters, 1995[8]

Peterson served as a visiting professor at Dartmouth College in 1985, Carleton College in 1986, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1987.[4] He also served as president of the International Council for Bird Preservation, as a principal officer in three international environmental organisations, worked for the United Nations on various activities and as chairman of the Center on the Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, working with Carl Sagan, Paul Ehrlich and Peter Raven to employ scientists to inform world leaders of the dangers of nuclear weapons.[8] In October 1996 Peterson switched his party affiliation to the Democratic Party, after endorsing Democrats in presidential elections since 1988.[4]

DuPont Environmental Education Center at the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge

In 1971 the National Wildlife Federation gave Peterson the Conservationist of the Year award.[9] In 1974, Peterson received the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award for public service from the American Chemical Society.[10] In 1982, Russell W. Peterson was honored to be selected as the Swedish-American of the year by the Swedish Council of America (previously the Vasa Order of America).[11] In 1984 he was given the Robert Marshall Award by the Wilderness Society.[12] In 1995, the League of Conservation Voters awarded him its lifetime achievement award.[8] In 2007 he was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame.[8]

The Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge, just outside Wilmington, has been named in his honor.[13]

In April 2008, a small ship was rechristened "Russell W. Peterson." The ship, owned by Aqua Survey Inc. was used for the study of migratory bird routes. However, on May 12, 2008, the "Russell W. Peterson" was destroyed in a storm off the Delaware coast, killing one of its two crew members.[14]

Peterson suffered a stroke on the morning of Monday, February 21, 2011 and died at 8:10pm that evening at home. He was survived by his wife, four children, seventeen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.[2]

Almanac[edit | edit source]

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and has a four-year term.

Public Offices
Office Type Location Began office Ended office notes'
Governor Executive Dover January 21, 1969 January 16, 1973
Election results
Year Office Election Subject Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
1968 Governor General Template:Party shading/Republican |Russell W. Peterson Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |104,474 Template:Party shading/Republican |51% Template:Party shading/Democratic |Charles L. Terry, Jr. Template:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Template:Party shading/Democratic |102,360 Template:Party shading/Democratic |49%
1972 Governor Primary Template:Party shading/Republican |Russell W. Peterson Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |23,929 Template:Party shading/Republican |54% Template:Party shading/Republican |David P. Buckson Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |20,138 Template:Party shading/Republican |46%
1972 Governor General Template:Party shading/Republican |Russell W. Peterson Template:Party shading/Republican |Republican Template:Party shading/Republican |109,583 Template:Party shading/Republican |49% Template:Party shading/Democratic |Sherman W. Tribbitt Template:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Template:Party shading/Democratic |117,274 Template:Party shading/Democratic |51%

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Russell Wilber Peterson The Governor of Delaware". Delaware's Governors, 1949 to the present. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Martin, Douglas (February 23, 2011). "Russell W. Peterson, Scientist Turned Environmentalist, Dies". The New York Times. p. A25.
  3. ↑ "Portage native Russell Peterson dies at 94".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Russell W Peterson papers, 1917-2004. 2006. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ Badger Yearbook. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin. 1937. p. 50.
  6. ↑ "Coastal Zone Act Program". Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jerde, Lyn (February 24, 2011). "Portage native Russell Peterson dies at 94". Wisc News / Daily Register. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "Russell W Peterson 1916 – 2011 Inducted 2007". The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION NATIONAL CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PREVIOUS WINNERS" (PDF). NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Charles Lathrop Parsons Award". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  11. ↑ "Swedish-American of the Year 1980-1999". Swedish Council of America. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Awards". The Wilderness Society. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  13. ↑ Schweriner, Jeff (2019-08-19). "Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge" (PDF). duponteec.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26.
  14. ↑ Ron MacArthur, "Salvage crew pries research vessel from Bethany Beach[permanent dead link]" Cape Gazette May 20, 2008.

Other sources[edit | edit source]

  • Boyer, William W. (2000). Governing Delaware. Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
  • Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
  • Martin, Roger A. (1984). History of Delaware Through its Governors. Wilmington, Delaware: McClafferty Press.
  • Munroe, John A. (1993). History of Delaware. Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-493-5.
  • Peterson, Russell W. (1999). Rebel with a conscience. Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press. p. 416 p. ISBN 0-87413-681-4.
  • Peterson, Russell W. (2003). Patriots, stand up!. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. p. 76 p. ISBN 1-892142-20-1.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
David P. Buckson 		Republican nominee for Governor of Delaware
1968, 1972 		Succeeded by
Pete du Pont
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles L. Terry, Jr. 		Governor of Delaware
1969–1973 		Succeeded by
Sherman W. Tribbitt

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