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Ray Zillmer (April 19, 1887 – December 13, 1960) was an American attorney, mountaineer and conservationist. He is best known as the founder of the Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation, Inc. (later renamed the (Ice Age Trail Alliance )) and originator of the Ice Age Trail. He was also instrumental in the conservation of land in the Kettle Moraine of southeast Wisconsin and had an indirect role in the creation of the (National Trails System ). He died in Milwaukee on December 13, 1960 of heart complications.〔American Alpine Club, http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196134700/print〕 ==Early life and education== Raymond Theodore Zillmer was born in 1887 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the oldest child of Theodore and Kunigunda Zillmer. His younger siblings were Aimee and Helen. His father was a successful businessman and Milwaukee County Board Supervisor including a term as Chairman of the County Board.〔''Men of Progress. Wisconsin.'', Ed. by Andrew J. Aikens and Lewis A. Proctor, 1897, pages 105-106〕 Ray Zillmer graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1910, having served for a year as Vice-President of the Commonwealth Club.〔Annual Report of the U.S. Office of Education, vol 1, 1909, page 71, https://books.google.com/books?id=fgsoAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA71&ots=xi1fYTLeAi&dq=commonwealth%20club%20wisconsin%20ray%20zillmer&pg=PA71#v=onepage&q=commonwealth%20club%20wisconsin%20ray%20zillmer&f=false〕 He attended Harvard Law School in 1910-1911.〔Harvard University Directory, https://books.google.com/books?id=Ia4VAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA1590&ots=KEHjbVS4vi&dq=harvard%20ray%20zillmer&pg=PA1590#v=onepage&q=harvard%20ray%20zillmer&f=false〕 He earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School in 1914, where he taught political science. Published papers associated with his PhD work included: * ("The Significance of the National Bird Law" ), 1913〔''Science'', http://www.jstor.org/stable/1639191?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents〕 * ("Uniform Legislation in the United States" ), 1914〔http://books.google.com/books?id=0DhqAAAAMAAJ&ots=Y27Qoo05dH&dq=%22Zillmer%20R.T.%22&lr&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q=%22Zillmer%20R.T.%22&f=false〕 * ("State Laws: Survival of the Unfit" ), 1914〔University of Pennsylvania Law Review, http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review/vol62/iss7/3/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Zillmer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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