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Register to join us on campus Tuesday, January 17 at 2pm at the Environment and Natural Resources (ENR2) Building for the Udall Center's free film screening of "Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty," filmmaker John de Graaf's new documentary about Stewart L. Udall's legacy.
Steve Hussman, the Special Collections political archivist, collaborated with de Graaf to provide reference assistance for the film. De Graaf extensively researched the Stewart Udall Papers and used images provided by Special Collections in the documentary.
Following the film is a panel discussion and an audience Q & A opportunity featuring:
Karletta Chief, Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental Science, and Director of the Indigenous Resilience Center
John de Graaf, Author, Filmmaker, and Activist
Kirsten Engel, Professor of Law
Katherine Morrissey, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of History
Light refreshments will be served.
Stewart Udall (1920-2010) served as an Arizona congressman for three terms before being appointed Secretary of the Interior under President John F. Kennedy in 1961.
He became well known as a champion for the environment and social justice and, during his tenure in Washington, Udall oversaw the addition of four national parks and 56 national wildlife refuges, along with numerous other monuments and historic and recreational sites.
Udall’s political accomplishments were many – too many to list here – but, before he was top-brass at the Department of the Interior, Stewart Udall was a University of Arizona Wildcat.
Not only did he graduate from law school here, but he was also a star of the University basketball team and famously helped to desegregate the school’s cafeteria with help from his brother, Mo.
Related collections
Stewart L. Udall Papers