1. By Jordan

2. Picture of Gaylord
Nelson
This is Gaylord
Nelson everyone!

3. • Gaylord was welcomed to the world on June 4, 1916.
• His childhood home was in Clear Lake, Wisconsin.
• When Gaylord was a young boy he loved being
outdoors.
• His best friend growing up was Sherman Benson.

4. School
 Gaylord went to Clear Lake Elementary when he
was young.
 Gaylord also went to Clear Lake High School.
 When Gaylord was in High School he was the
captain of his football and basketball team.
 He also played trumpet in the high school band.

5. School
 Gaylord gave a graduation speech when he
graduated in 1934 from Clear Lake High School.
 He had a rough start in collage in 1935. He tried
2 small colleges in Wisconsin and realized that he
did not have the skills to be a good college
student.
 In 1937 he tried school again and traveled 2,000
miles to San Jose State College in California.

6. Adult
 As a adult Gaylord was into politics.
 Gaylord went to Law School at University of Wisconsin
and graduated from there in 1942.
 He later went to Officer Candidate School and graduated
with a rank of second lieutenant. Gaylord was later sent off
to a training base called Indiantown Gap Military
Reservation in Pennsylvania.
 Back then black troops were separated from white troops .
But, Gaylord didn’t care and the black soldiers became his
friends.
 After he was finished he came back and started to get interested
in the environment even more. After a while he came up with the
idea of Earth Day. On the first Earth Day more then 2 million
people joined in to help.

7. Adult
Gaylord married
Carrie Lee and
had three kids.
There names
were Gaylord
(boy) , Tia (girl),
and last but not
least Jeffrey (boy).
He was also a
U.S. Senator and
a governor during
his life time.

8. Death
 Gaylord Nelson died on July 3, 2005.
 He was a very successful man and was a very
important man to the environment.

9. Fun Facts!
 Gaylord had 3 terms as a U.S. Senate.
 He was a counselor for the Wilderness Society.
 He ran for Congress but was defeated.
 Gaylord lived in a mansion when he was a
governor.
 He was interested in protecting the environment
very much throughout his life.

10. THE END