Gifford pinchot biography summary rubric

He was born at Simsbury House, Connecticut, the summer home of his maternal grandfather, Amos R. Eno. He was given his first name for his parents' friend, the artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, one of the leading members of the Hudson River School.

He was tutored at home in his family's red brick house at Gramercy Park, New York, before entering Phillips Exeter Academy and graduating from Yale (1885). Through his father's influence he became interested in forestry and studied the subject in Europe before returning to America in 1890 for practical experience.

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In 1892, his father's friend, Frederick Law Olmsted, recommended him to George Vanderbilt for the position of forest manager at Biltmore. By 1898, he was the dynamic new Head of the Division of Forestry in the U.S.

Department of Agriculture who increased the number of employees from 60 to 500 and established the Society of American Foresters.

In 1905, Pinchot and his intimate friend President T