Background
Jefferds, Mary Lee was born on July 16, 1921 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of Amos Osgood and Vera Margaret (Percival) Jefferds.
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Mary Lee Jefferds
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Mary Lee Jefferds, American environmental education executive. Recipient Merit award California Conservation Council, 1953; Woman of Achievement award Camp Fire Girls, 1976, Merit award American Society Landscape Architects, 1979, Conservation award Golden Gate Audubon Society, 1985, Benjamin I. Wheeler medal, 1991, Mary's Peak on Brooks Island named in her honor, 1996, Benjamin Ide Wheeler award, 1991; member American Farmland Trust.
Education
Bachelor of Arts California, Berkeley, 1943. General secondary teaching certified, 1951. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1947.
Certified, Washington and Lee University, 1945.
Career
Secretary Fair Play Committee American Citizens Japanese Ancestry, 1943-1944. Administrative assistant University California Alumni Association book students at Berkeley, 1949. Director student union Monterey Junior College, 1949-1950.
Manager national Audbon Society Conservation Resource Center, Berkeley, 1951-1966. Director National Audubon Society Bay Area Educational Services, 1966-1971. Curriculum consultant Project WEY University California Demonstration Laboratory School, Berkeley, 1972-1983.
Consultant Berkeley School District, Alameda County Schools.
Achievements
Membership
Member land-use committee Environmental Education committee East Bay Municipal Utiltiy District, 1968-1987. Member steering committee national Science Guild, Oakland Museum, 1970-1976. Community adviser Junior League of Oakland, 1972-1976.
Member Berkeley Women's Town Council, 1970-1991. Member NSSCP; board directors East Bay Regional Park District, 1972-1991, president, 1978-1980, 88-90. Board directors Save San Francisco Bay Association, 1969-1991, People for Open Space, 1977-1986, California Natural Areas Coordinating Council, 1968-1990, Living History Center, 1982-1985.
Member steering committee Bay Area Environ Education Alliance, 1982-1985, regional planning committee Association Bay Area Governments, 1988-1992. Member executive committee Citizens for Eastshore State Park, since 1985. Vice president Friends of Botanical Garden, University California, Berkeley, 1976-1980, trustee, since 1986.
With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Member American Association of University Women (California committee 1970-1973), Prytanean alumnae, Inc. (president 1969-1971, chairman advisory council 1971-1973, advisory committee Urban Creeks Council 1986-1990), Nature Conservancy (chairman northern California chapter 1970-1971), League of Women Voters, Regional Parks Association (citizens committee to complete the refuge), National Women's Political Caucus, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Sierra Club (environmental education committee Northern California chapter 1973-1977), University California Alumni Association, Institute California Man in Nature, California Association Recreation and Park district (vice president 1978-1981, 88-90, Outstanding Board Member award 1989, "Mary's Peak" naemd for her), Preserve Area Ridgelands, California Native Plant Society, Planning and Conservation League, Urgan Ecology, Cousteau Society, Soroptimists, Mortar Board, Gavel (president), Pi Lambda Theta.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1943
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1945
Awards
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Recipient Merit award California Conservation Council, 1953. Woman of Achievement award Camp Fire Girls, 1976, Merit award American Society Landscape Architects, 1979, Conservation award Golden Gate Audubon Society, 1985, Benjamin I. Wheeler medal, 1991, Mary's Peak on Brooks Island named in her honor, 1996, Benjamin Ide Wheeler award, 1991. Member American Farmland Trust.Recipient Merit award California Conservation Council, 1953. Woman of Achievement award Camp Fire Girls, 1976, Merit award American Society Landscape Architects, 1979, Conservation award Golden Gate Audubon Society, 1985, Benjamin I. Wheeler medal, 1991, Mary's Peak on Brooks Island named in her honor, 1996, Benjamin Ide Wheeler award, 1991. Member American Farmland Trust.