Gifford Pinchot

Japanese: ピンショー（英語表記）Gifford Pinchot

1865‐1946
American politician and the first professional forester in the United States. Born in Connecticut. As Commissioner of the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture from 1898 to 1910, he worked to prevent unchecked destruction of the environment by corporations and to protect the nation's natural resources. In 1908, he served as chairman of the National Land Conservation Committee. In 1909, he resigned due to a dispute over conservation policy with Secretary of the Interior Barringer. He founded the Pinchot School of Forestry at Yale University and taught there from 1903 to 1936. As Governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931 to 1935, he strengthened regulations on public utilities, which expanded the governor's powers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1865‐1946
アメリカの政治家，合衆国最初の専門的林学者。コネティカット州生れ。1898‐1910年農務省の森林局長官として，企業による野放し的な自然破壊を阻止し，国家の天然資源の保護に尽力。1908年には全国国土保全委員長を務める。09年内務長官バリンジャーとの保全政策論争が原因で辞職。イェール大学にピンショー林学部を創設，1903‐36年教鞭をとる。1923‐27年および31‐35年のペンシルベニア州知事時代，知事の権限を拡大した公益事業の規制を強化した。

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