Lower Falls and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
HORACE MARDEN ALBRIGHT 1890-1987
The NEW YORK TIMES
Horace Albright Dies: Founded Park Service
Published: March 29, 1987
Horace Marden Albright, a conservationist who was a co-founder and second director of the National Park Service, died of heart failure early yesterday at a convalescent home in Los Angeles. He was 97 years old.
Mr. Albright, who was given the Medal of Freedom Award, the nation's highest civilian honor, by President Reagan in 1981, was instrumental in convincing Congress to pass the legislation that established the National Park Service in 1916.
He was appointed director of the National Park Service in 1929. In four years in that post he fought successfully for establishment of three national parks in the area of the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Tetons and Carlsbad Caverns.
He left the Park Service in 1933 to join the United States Potash Company and was its president when he retired in 1956, though he remained active in park and conservation issues.
He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1912 and in 1914 he received a law degree from the Georgetown University Law School.
Mr. Albright joined the Interior Department in 1913 as assistant to the Secretary Franklin K. Lane. He served as the first civilian superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, from 1919 to 1929.
Mr. Albright, who lived in Studio City, Calif., is survived by a daughter, Marian Schenck of Studio City; a daughter-in-law, Mary Albright of Irvine; four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Horace Albright Dies: Founded Park Service
Published: March 29, 1987
Horace Marden Albright, a conservationist who was a co-founder and second director of the National Park Service, died of heart failure early yesterday at a convalescent home in Los Angeles. He was 97 years old.
Mr. Albright, who was given the Medal of Freedom Award, the nation's highest civilian honor, by President Reagan in 1981, was instrumental in convincing Congress to pass the legislation that established the National Park Service in 1916.
He was appointed director of the National Park Service in 1929. In four years in that post he fought successfully for establishment of three national parks in the area of the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Tetons and Carlsbad Caverns.
He left the Park Service in 1933 to join the United States Potash Company and was its president when he retired in 1956, though he remained active in park and conservation issues.
He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1912 and in 1914 he received a law degree from the Georgetown University Law School.
Mr. Albright joined the Interior Department in 1913 as assistant to the Secretary Franklin K. Lane. He served as the first civilian superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, from 1919 to 1929.
Mr. Albright, who lived in Studio City, Calif., is survived by a daughter, Marian Schenck of Studio City; a daughter-in-law, Mary Albright of Irvine; four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Horace Marden Albright
by Marian Albright Schenck (December 21, 1921 – April 17, 2015)
Horace Albright was born in Bishop, California, January 6, 1890. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1912. While confidential secretary to Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane, he attended night school at Georgetown University to attain his law degree, and was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and California.
He was appointed assistant director of the National Park Service when it was established, but was also acting director from 1917 to 1919 when first Director Stephen Mather was absent with severe illness.
Other career milestones included: superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and assistant director, field (1919-1929); director of National Park Service (1929-1933); vice president and later president of United States Potash Company (1933-1956).
He married his college classmate, Grace Noble, with whom he had two children, Robert and Marian, four grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He died in Van Nuys, California, March 28, 1987.
Beginning his career in Washington, D.C., Albright quickly rose from clerk to assistant solicitor and then secretary to Mather. During the summer of 1916, while Mather was away in the West, Albright attended meetings and discussions on the Park Service bill and saw it through to enactment. Four months later, Mather was hospitalized, and Albright, as acting director, organized the new bureau, set policies and procedures, and lobbied Congress for appropriations. He wrote the so-called "creed" for the National Park Service which appeared as a letter from Secretary Lane to Mather. Then as superintendent of Yellowstone, he also served as assistant director, field. When Yellowstone was closed in the winter, his job was to oversee all national park areas west of the Mississippi River as well as serve three on four months each year in the Washington Office.
In 1929 Albright was named director and instituted two far-reaching policies — expansion of national park areas throughout the states east of the Mississippi River and introduction of historic preservation into the National Park Service. In April 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt agreed to Albright's request for the transfer to the Park Service of national monuments from the Agriculture Department and military parks from the War Department. With most of his goals realized, Albright resigned to become vice president, and later, president of the United States Potash Company. He remained with the company until his retirement in 1956.
Horace Albright will be revered for his great contributions to a variety of causes, but perhaps he will be best remembered for his integrity, honesty, sense of humor, idealistic fighting spirit, loyalty, and devotion to his beloved National Park Service, which he had helped to found in 1916.
by Marian Albright Schenck (December 21, 1921 – April 17, 2015)
Horace Albright was born in Bishop, California, January 6, 1890. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1912. While confidential secretary to Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane, he attended night school at Georgetown University to attain his law degree, and was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and California.
He was appointed assistant director of the National Park Service when it was established, but was also acting director from 1917 to 1919 when first Director Stephen Mather was absent with severe illness.
Other career milestones included: superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and assistant director, field (1919-1929); director of National Park Service (1929-1933); vice president and later president of United States Potash Company (1933-1956).
He married his college classmate, Grace Noble, with whom he had two children, Robert and Marian, four grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He died in Van Nuys, California, March 28, 1987.
Beginning his career in Washington, D.C., Albright quickly rose from clerk to assistant solicitor and then secretary to Mather. During the summer of 1916, while Mather was away in the West, Albright attended meetings and discussions on the Park Service bill and saw it through to enactment. Four months later, Mather was hospitalized, and Albright, as acting director, organized the new bureau, set policies and procedures, and lobbied Congress for appropriations. He wrote the so-called "creed" for the National Park Service which appeared as a letter from Secretary Lane to Mather. Then as superintendent of Yellowstone, he also served as assistant director, field. When Yellowstone was closed in the winter, his job was to oversee all national park areas west of the Mississippi River as well as serve three on four months each year in the Washington Office.
In 1929 Albright was named director and instituted two far-reaching policies — expansion of national park areas throughout the states east of the Mississippi River and introduction of historic preservation into the National Park Service. In April 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt agreed to Albright's request for the transfer to the Park Service of national monuments from the Agriculture Department and military parks from the War Department. With most of his goals realized, Albright resigned to become vice president, and later, president of the United States Potash Company. He remained with the company until his retirement in 1956.
Horace Albright will be revered for his great contributions to a variety of causes, but perhaps he will be best remembered for his integrity, honesty, sense of humor, idealistic fighting spirit, loyalty, and devotion to his beloved National Park Service, which he had helped to found in 1916.
Albright's memorial service in 1987 was held at the Peter Strauss Ranch, which became part of the
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
Those attending represented a wide range of conservationist and historical groups, including the National Geographic Society,
the Nature Conservancy, the Sierra Club, Colonial Williamsburg,
the Death Valley 49ers, the Jackson Hole Museum and Historical Society.
Inscription:
National Park Service Memorial Ceremony
Honoring Horace Marden Albright
January 6, 1890 - March 28, 1987
"His footprints are on the United States and the World because all other national park systems are modeled on the one he built."
April 4, 1987 Peter Strauss Ranch (Lake Enchanto)
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
California
Created by: Ghost Town Gal
Record added: September 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42533340
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
Those attending represented a wide range of conservationist and historical groups, including the National Geographic Society,
the Nature Conservancy, the Sierra Club, Colonial Williamsburg,
the Death Valley 49ers, the Jackson Hole Museum and Historical Society.
Inscription:
National Park Service Memorial Ceremony
Honoring Horace Marden Albright
January 6, 1890 - March 28, 1987
"His footprints are on the United States and the World because all other national park systems are modeled on the one he built."
April 4, 1987 Peter Strauss Ranch (Lake Enchanto)
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
California
Created by: Ghost Town Gal
Record added: September 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42533340
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In Memory of Marian Albright Schenck
December 21, 1921 - April 17, 2015
In the early morning of April 17, 2015, Marian Albright Schenck, passed away from natural causes in Red Bluff, California. She was 93. Marian is survived by her beloved husband of 42 years, Roswell Schenck, her children, John Ford and Susan Ford Isaacson, five grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
Marian was born in Berkeley, California, on December 21, 1921. She enjoyed her early childhood days in Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks where her father, Horace Albright, was Superintendent and Field Director for the National Park Service. Few people can say they had a bear as a "pet" and elk in the yard. She met Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover when they visited Yellowstone and years later attended gatherings at The White House where she played behind the scenes with children of the staff. Living near Washington, D.C. and later in New York City, Marian was surrounded by her parents' acquaintances in the National Park Service, historical societies, and other government agencies. This led to an intense interest in the history and preservation of natural and historical places. Marian attended both Stanford University in California, and College of William and Mary in Virginia, graduating from the latter in 1943 with a degree in history.
December 21, 1921 - April 17, 2015
In the early morning of April 17, 2015, Marian Albright Schenck, passed away from natural causes in Red Bluff, California. She was 93. Marian is survived by her beloved husband of 42 years, Roswell Schenck, her children, John Ford and Susan Ford Isaacson, five grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
Marian was born in Berkeley, California, on December 21, 1921. She enjoyed her early childhood days in Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks where her father, Horace Albright, was Superintendent and Field Director for the National Park Service. Few people can say they had a bear as a "pet" and elk in the yard. She met Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover when they visited Yellowstone and years later attended gatherings at The White House where she played behind the scenes with children of the staff. Living near Washington, D.C. and later in New York City, Marian was surrounded by her parents' acquaintances in the National Park Service, historical societies, and other government agencies. This led to an intense interest in the history and preservation of natural and historical places. Marian attended both Stanford University in California, and College of William and Mary in Virginia, graduating from the latter in 1943 with a degree in history.
Marian's adult life is an eventful journey of marriage to Jay Ford and raising their two children, living in Connecticut then California. She filled the roles of Little League Mom, collector of political campaign items with son, John, and horseback-riding cheerleader for daughter, Susie. Los Angeles, California was also home to her parents, Grace and Horace Albright. She immersed herself in her father's massive collection of correspondence and documents from his lifetime at the forefront of the conservation movement. Marian, realizing the wealth of history contained in his paperwork and large library, dove in and became Albright's "pen", recording his memoirs and recollections.
After marrying the love of her life, Roswell Schenck, aka Sam, and later, the passing of her parents, Marian relocated to the beautiful foothills east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They settled into their dream home where research and writing became her true passion. She completed several magazine articles, small books, and a historical recounting of the early years in the National Park Service, entitled The Missing Years. She was a featured oral historian for the PBS program, "The National Parks, America's Best Idea", a mini-series by Ken Burns. That entire experience was an honor and a thrill!
When Marian was not writing, they traveled to Jackson Hole, near the Grand Tetons, and other national parks, visited their children in California, and just had a lot of adventures! In Albuquerque, Ros built beautiful, intricate dollhouses and cork-adorned clocks. (The corks coming from his rather extensive wine collection.) They had many dear friends, neighbors, and visitors from afar. Life was glorious!
It was only one year ago that, at ages 92 and 98, Marian and Ros moved out of their beloved home and to California, near Susie. They have enjoyed many visits with Marian's family as well as Ros's two children, four grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren. It is a blessing that they did not spend one night apart from each other in this last year! It was always their wish to be together, no matter what.
After marrying the love of her life, Roswell Schenck, aka Sam, and later, the passing of her parents, Marian relocated to the beautiful foothills east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They settled into their dream home where research and writing became her true passion. She completed several magazine articles, small books, and a historical recounting of the early years in the National Park Service, entitled The Missing Years. She was a featured oral historian for the PBS program, "The National Parks, America's Best Idea", a mini-series by Ken Burns. That entire experience was an honor and a thrill!
When Marian was not writing, they traveled to Jackson Hole, near the Grand Tetons, and other national parks, visited their children in California, and just had a lot of adventures! In Albuquerque, Ros built beautiful, intricate dollhouses and cork-adorned clocks. (The corks coming from his rather extensive wine collection.) They had many dear friends, neighbors, and visitors from afar. Life was glorious!
It was only one year ago that, at ages 92 and 98, Marian and Ros moved out of their beloved home and to California, near Susie. They have enjoyed many visits with Marian's family as well as Ros's two children, four grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren. It is a blessing that they did not spend one night apart from each other in this last year! It was always their wish to be together, no matter what.