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Roderick M Vandivert Jr 1923 - 1983

Roderick Mclean Vandivert Jr was born on August 27, 1923 in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey United States to Virginia Wilson Vandivert and Roderick Mclean Vandivert, and had siblings William W Vandivert and Samuel W Vandivert. He married Beverley Vandivert, and they were married until Roderick's death in December 1983. Roderick Vandivert had a child Roderick Mclean Vandivert 3rd.

Roderick Mclean Vandivert Jr

August 27, 1923

New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08901, United States

December 1983

Oak Beach in Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, Suffolk County, New York, United States

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08/27

1923

Birthday

August 27, 1923

Birthdate

New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey 08901, United States

Birthplace

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Early Life & Education

attended the College of William and Mary.
Military Service

During World War II, he was an Army cryptographer and served in the Aleutian Islands with the Army Air Corps.
Personal Life & Family

He received the Theodore Gordon Flyfishers Conservation Award in 1966, the National Wildlife Federation Award in 1968 and the Hudson River Heritage Award in 1974. Editors’ Picks A New Book Brings Melania Trump Into (Slightly) Better Focus A Portrait of America That Still Haunts, Decades Later A Reckoning at Condé Nast
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1983

Death

December 1983

Death date

Respiratory Failure

Cause of death

Oak Beach in Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, Suffolk County, New York United States
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Obituary

Roderick M. Vandivert, an environmentalist and former executive director of the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, died of respiratory failure yesterday at his home in Oak Beach, L.I. He was 60 years old. Mr. Vandivert led the Hudson conference, a coalition of groups concerned about environmental threats to the river, from 1964 until his retirement in 1975. In the 1960's, he led a long and unsuccessful legal battle against construction of the Consolidated Edison Company's Storm King hydroelectric power plant on the Hudson River, 40 miles north of New York City. He was also a major figure in the fight to enact the Estuarine Protection Act, which guarantees Federal protection of tidal wetlands. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the measure into law in 1968. In the 1970's, Mr. Vandivert helped organize campaigns aimed at protecting striped bass in the Hudson River, blocking construction of the Westway and improving conditions at animal shelters. Worked in Advertising Mr. Vandivirt's father, Roderick, was an advertising executive with the Hearst Corporation, and before he began devoting himself to conservation issues, the younger Mr. Vandivert worked as an advertising salesman for several magazines. Mr. Vandivert's involvement in conservation issues began in 1962, when officials of the Town of Hempstead on Long Island proposed developing wetlands south of Freeport. Mr. Vandivert organized the Hempstead Town Land Resources Council and prepared a plan for a marine nature center on the bay. He was born in New Brunswick, N.J., and attended the College of William and Mary. During World War II, he was an Army cryptographer and served in the Aleutian Islands with the Army Air Corps. He received the Theodore Gordon Flyfishers Conservation Award in 1966, the National Wildlife Federation Award in 1968 and the Hudson River Heritage Award in 1974. Editors’ Picks A New Book Brings Melania Trump Into (Slightly) Better Focus A Portrait of America That Still Haunts, Decades Later A Reckoning at Condé Nast He is survived by his wife, Beverley Hauser Vandivert, and a son, Roderick M. Vandivert 3d. No funeral services are planned.

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Roderick M Vandivert Jr lived 18 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.

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In 1923, in the year that Roderick M Vandivert Jr was born, on September 1, an earthquake - the Great Kanto earthquake - destroyed one-third of Tokyo. Measuring 7.9 and with a reported duration of between 4 and 10 minutes, casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.

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In 1936, he was just 13 years old when on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

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