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Ernie Dickerman : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ernie Dickerman Ernest Miller Dickerman (December 22, 1910 – July 31, 1998) was an American wilderness advocate and conservationist. Known as the "Grandfather of Eastern Wilderness",〔"(Ernie Dickerman, an Inspiration for Others )". West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. Retrieved on June 15, 2010.〕 he was particularly instrumental in securing legal protection for wild land in Virginia and eastern United States. ==Early life and career== Born in Austin, Illinois, Dickerman moved at the age of three to the Adirondacks. When he was six, his family relocated to Richmond, Virginia, where his mother later died from tuberculosis. Dickerman and his two siblings went to boarding schools. He attended Gettysburg Academy in Pennsylvania, and then Oberlin College, graduating in 1931 with a degree in economics. In 1934 he moved to Knoxville to work for the newly established Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). After three and a half years he left TVA to work as a production manager with the Patent Button Company of Tennessee, and stayed for nearly twenty years. While in Knoxville, Dickerman became enamored of the Smoky Mountains. He spent much of his free time hiking and camping in the mountains, later stating "When I found the Smoky Mountains... I knew I had found what I was looking for on this planet."〔"(Ernie Dickerman: Biographical Information )". Farewell to Ernie, Buffalo Gap. Retrieved on June 16, 2010.〕
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