Denny Wilcher

Background

Wilcher, Denny was born on August 25, 1915 in Asbury, West Virginia, United States. Son of Elmer Allen and Mary (Sizer) Wilcher.

Education

Bachelor, Emory and Henry College, 1936; Bachelor's Degree, Yale University, 1940; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1956-1957.

Career

Assistant to president, Pacifica Foundation, Berkeley, 1947-1949; senior partner, Wilcher, Webb and Moss, Public, Carmel, California, 1949-1959; assistant to executive director, Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1960-1980; president, Pacifica Foundation, Berkeley, since 1968; president, Alaska Conservation Foundation, Anchorage, since 1980.

Achievements

• Denny Wilcher has been listed as a noteworthy conservation foundation administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

National council member War Resisters League, New York, 1950-1968. Treasurer Fate of the Earth, San Francisco, 1980-1986.

Interests

• Avocations: natural history, outdoor explorations, athletics.

Connections

Married Ida Shagaloff, September 1945. Children: Denny 2nd, Hannah, Kita.

Father:

Elmer Allen Wilcher

Mother:

Mary (Sizer) Wilcher

Spouse:

Ida Shagaloff

child:

Kita Wilcher

child:

Hannah Wilcher

child:

Denny 2nd Wilcher