| Lester R. Brown AKA Lester Russell Brown Born: 28-Mar-1934
Birthplace: Bridgeton, NJ
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Earth Policy Institute Father: Calvin C. Brown
Mother: Delia Smith
Wife: Shirley Ann Woolington (m. 12-Jun-1960, div., one son, one daughter)
Son: Brian
Daughter: Brenda
High School: Bridgeton High School, Bridgeton, NJ (1951)
University: BS Agricultural Science, Rutgers University (1955)
University: MS Agricultural Economics, University of Maryland (1959)
University: MPA, John F. Kennedy School of Government (1962)
US Agriculture Department (1959-69)
America Coming Together
Center for a New American Dream Advisory Board
Cosmos Club
Council on Foreign Relations
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Earth Policy Institute Founder
EMILY's List
Institute for International Economics Advisory Board
John Kerry for President
Kerry Victory 2004
MoveOn.org
United Nations Foundation Advisory Board
Worldwatch Institute Founder, President (1974-2000)
Humanist of the Year 1991
Author of books:
Man, Land and Food (1963)
Increasing World Food Output (1965)
Seeds of Change (1970)
World Without Borders (1972)
Man and His Environment: Food (1972, with Gail Finsterbusch)
In the Human Interest (1974)
By Bread Alone (1974, with Erik Eckholm)
The Twenty-Ninth Day (1978)
Running on Empty (1979, with Colin Norman and Christopher Flavin)
Building a Sustainable Society (1981)
Saving the Planet (1991, with Christopher Flavin and Sandra Postel)
Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity (1994, with Hal Kane)
Who Will Feed China? Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet (1995)
Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity (1996)
Eko Kezai Kakume: Environmental Trends Reshaping The Global Economy (1998)
Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge (1999, with Gary Gardner and Brian Halweil)
Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth (2001)
Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (2003)
Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures (2005)
Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (2006)
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