Background
Blackwelder, Brent Francis was born on January 4, 1943 in Buffalo. Son of Francis Winfield and Evelyn Hellen Blackwelder.
Blackwelder, Brent Francis was born on January 4, 1943 in Buffalo. Son of Francis Winfield and Evelyn Hellen Blackwelder.
AB summa cum laude, Duke University, 1964. Master of Arts in Mathematics, Yale University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University Maryland, 1975.
Chairman mathematics department, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, 1966-1968; founder, Environmental Policy Center, Washington, 1972; chairman, founder, American Rivers, Washington, 1973-1985; founder, staff member, Environmental Policy Institute, Washington, since 1974; vice president, Friends of the Earth, Washington, 1989-1994; president, Friends of the Earth, Washington, since 1994. Board member 20/20 Vision, Washington, since 1990, American Rivers, Washington, 1973-1993.
Board member League Conservation Voters, 1980-1997, chairman, 1981-1991, International Rivers Network, Tax Justice Network, Gender Action, Potomac River Keeper.
Married Teresa Ann Stotzer, April 5, 1975. Children: Matthew, Laura.