Stephen Tyng Mather - San Diego, CA - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This plaque has a relief depiction of Stephen Tyng Mather and reads:

"Stephen Tyng Mather - July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good he has done."


Wikipedia (visit link) adds:

"Stephen Tyng Mather (July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930)[3] was an American industrialist and conservationist who as president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company became a millionaire. With his friend and journalist Robert Sterling Yard, Mather led a publicity campaign to promote the creation of a unified federal agency to oversee National Parks administration, which was established in 1916. In 1917, Mather was appointed as the first director of the National Park Service, the new agency created within the Department of the Interior. He served until 1929, during which time Mather created a professional civil service organization, increased the numbers of parks and national monuments, and established systematic criteria for adding new properties to the federal system."

Your impression of the sculpture?: Where is this sculpture?: Cabrillo National Monument San Diego, CA USA Sculptors Name: unknown Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: Not listed Website for sculpture?: Not listed

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