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William J. Whalen was the 10th director of the National Parks Service. He joined the United States National Park Service
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 in 1965 as a Job Corps counselor and advanced to posts in National Capital Parks and Yosemite before becoming superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 1972. His experience in the burgeoning urban parks field contributed to his appointment as director in July 1977, yet the most significant event of his tenure was President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....
's proclamation of much Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
 wilderness as national monuments in 1978, doubling the area under NPS jurisdiction.






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William J. Whalen was the 10th director of the National Parks Service. He joined the United States National Park Service
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 in 1965 as a Job Corps counselor and advanced to posts in National Capital Parks and Yosemite before becoming superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 1972. His experience in the burgeoning urban parks field contributed to his appointment as director in July 1977, yet the most significant event of his tenure was President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....
's proclamation of much Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
 wilderness as national monuments in 1978, doubling the area under NPS jurisdiction. Friction with park concessioners led to congressional calls for Whalen's removal in 1980, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus
Cecil D. Andrus

Cecil Dale Andrus is a former United States Secretary of the Interior and Democratic Party Governor of Idaho. He served a combined 14 years as governor and as United States Department of the Interior secretary from 1977-81 during the Jimmy Carter administration....
 returned him to Golden Gate. He left the NPS in 1983.

A native of Burgettstown, PA, he joined NPS as a job corps counselor in 1965 and became well known in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, as manager of the Summer in the Parks Programs. He was deputy superintendent at Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is a National Park Service located in the eastern portions of Tuolumne County, California, Mariposa County, California and Madera County, California counties in east central California, United States....
 and then managed all NPS areas in the bay Area of San Francisco, including Golden Gate National Recreation Area. As Director he saw the national park double in area. Management of an expanded System including vast new parks in Alaska challenged his best talents. Whalen has returned to San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean....
 Area as general superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service that surrounds the San Francisco Bay area....
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See also

  • National Park Service
    National Park Service

    The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
  • Gary Everhardt
    Gary Everhardt

    Gary Everhardt was the ninth Director of the US National Park Service . He began his NPS career as an engineer in 1957 and rose to the superintendency of Grand Teton National Park in 1972....
     - 9th Director
  • Russell E. Dickenson
    Russell E. Dickenson

    Russell E. Dickenson began his NPS career as a ranger at Grand Canyon National Park in 1946 and served in a wide range of park and central office assignments ? most prominently as head of National Capital Parks, deputy director, and Pacific Northwest regional director ? before ascending to the directorship in May 1980....
     - 11th Director


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