Background
Callison, Charles Hugh was born on November 6, 1913 in Lousana, Alberta, Canada. Son of Guy A. and Dorinda (Stuart) Callison. came to the United States, 1918, naturalized, 1937.
conservation organization executive
Callison, Charles Hugh was born on November 6, 1913 in Lousana, Alberta, Canada. Son of Guy A. and Dorinda (Stuart) Callison. came to the United States, 1918, naturalized, 1937.
B.Jour., University Missouri, 1937. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Missouri, 1979.
Editor, Garnett (Kansas) Review, 1937-1938;
Editor, Boonville (Missouri) Advertiser, 1938-1941;
editor, information division chief, Missouri Conservation Commission, 1941-1946;
executive secretary, Conservation Federation Missouri, 1947-1951;
assistant conservation director, then conservation director, National Wildlife Federation, 1951-1960;
assistant to president, National Audubon Society, 1960-1966;
executive vice president, National Audubon Society, 1967-1977;
founder, director, Public Lands Institute, Denver, 1977-1986;
founder, director, Missouri Parks Association, Jefferson City, 1982-1991;
treasurer, Missouri Parks Association, Jefferson City, 1990-1993. Chairman National Resources Council American, 1957-1959. Member organizing and executive committees 5th World Forestry Congress, 1960.
Chairman legislation committee International Association Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners, 1955-1959. Member Federal Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, 1961-1964. Member of President-Elect's Task Force on Resources and Environment, 1968.
Member of New York State Environmental Board, 1970-1975. Legislation representative Missouri Audubon Council, 1989-1993.
Village trustee, 1969-1971. Member Wildlife Society, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, American Ornithologists Union, Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Tau Alpha. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Son of Guy A. and Dorinda (Stuart) C. M. Amelia D. Ferguson, June 7, 1951. Children: Charles Stuart, Joyce Marie Melville, Karen Sue (Mistress Glenn Bater), Bettye Ruth (Mistress Kenneth Palermo).