Marvin B. Durning '49,

Marvin B. Durning '49, of Seattle, Wash., receives congratulations from Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson after he was named "Conservationist of the Year" at the President's Conservation Awards Banquet in Washington, D. C., on January 11. Mrs. Johnson, representing her husband, presented Durning with the "President's Award," an American eagle statuette, for "the most out standing individual effort in the cause of conservation." The award carries with it a grant of $2,000. Durning, an attorney in private practice, was selected from 50 State Conservationists of the Year in a nationwide conservation awards program sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and The Sears-Roebuck Foundation.

Durning was honored for his voluntary, unpaid efforts to promote and enlist public support for two major outdoor recreation and open space programs in the state of Washington. He was one of the organizers of the nonpartisan group which drafted the recently enacted State Marine Recreation Land Act and the $10 million Outdoor Recreation Bond Issue of 1.964, both passed by the state legislature and overwhelmingly supported in public referendums. Earlier he was chief organizer of two public symposiums at the University of Washington to discuss outdoor recreation programs in the face of expanding urbanization in the state.

Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller '30 of New York was also present at the January awards banquet. He received a Distinguished Service Award for his leadership in developing an approach to water pollution abatement which is setting an example throughout the nation.

National Wildlife Federation