Background
Garrison, Lemuel Alonzo was born on October 1, 1903 in Pella, Iowa, United States. Son of Lemuel Addison and Mary (Firth) Garrison.
conservation and environment educator
Garrison, Lemuel Alonzo was born on October 1, 1903 in Pella, Iowa, United States. Son of Lemuel Addison and Mary (Firth) Garrison.
School teacher, also with United States Forest Service, Alaska., 1929-1931; ranger, Sequoia and Yosemite National Pk., 1932-1939; superintendent, Hopewell Village National History Site, 1939-1941; assistant chief information, National Park Service, Washington, 1941-1942; chief conservation and protection, chairman steering committee Mission 66 study and development program, National Park Service, Washington, 1955-1956; Midwest region director, National Park Service, Omaha, 1964-1966; Northeast region director, National Park Service, Philadelphia, 1966-1970; assistant superintendent, Glacier and Grand Canyon national parks, 1942-1953; superintendent, Big Bend National Park, 1953-1955; superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, 1955-1963; director, Horace M. Albright Training Academy, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1970-1973; professor recreation and parks department, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., Colleg Station., 1973-1984. Free lance writer, 1935-1984. Delegate Vatican-Italian Government Conference on Spiritual Values in Tourism, 1967, special park study site of ancient OlympicGames, Government of Greece, 1969.
Member National Recreation and Park Association, National Conference State Parks (former president), Western History Association, International Union Conservation Nature, Wilderness Society, Izaak Walton League, Sierra Club, Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unltd, National Geography Society, Outdoor Writers American, Masons (32 degree), Shriners, Rotary.
Married Inger Wilhelmine Larsen, March 21, 1930. Children: Lars A., Erik (deceased), Mary K. Garrison Reyer.