celebrate its centennial in 2016. and the ideas of people like theodore roosevelt, john muir, george catlin, carter watkins, which is some of the names recognized for their contributions to creating america s best idea. national park service. yet it s the name olmstead that is often left off the despite the positive generational impacts of the olmsted s. and more recently we have been reminded of their contributions. the necessary of role necessary role of parks in public spaces during a devastating pandemic with a need to spotlight olmstead legacy. the commissioned a comprehensive study led ethan and ralph and laura meier three incredible authors to better understand these remarkable spanning from the monumental of the yosemite report and the organic act, which helped to create the national park service to enduring conservation efforts to the expanse of design work within park service itself. this report produced a robust of research on the design and planning work of freder
celebrate its centennial in 2016. and the ideas of people like theodore roosevelt, john muir, george catlin, carter watkins, which is some of the names recognized for their contributions to creating america s best idea. national park service. yet it s the name olmstead that is often left off the despite the positive generational impacts of the olmsted s. and more recently we have been reminded of their contributions. the necessary of role necessary role of parks in public spaces during a devastating pandemic with a need to spotlight olmstead legacy. the commissioned a comprehensive study led ethan and ralph and laura meier three incredible authors to better understand these remarkable spanning from the monumental of the yosemite report and the organic act, which helped to create the national park service to enduring conservation efforts to the expanse of design work within park service itself. this report produced a robust of research on the design and planning work of freder
i m going to call everybody s attention. it seems like you re all having great, which is the goal i to hear some talk about leadership at the tables with i want to introduce mr. alvin townley name and as i introduce him i could stand up here and introduce him as you d introduce so many speakers could talk about the six books he s written are the emmy documentary that he was part of or that he s landed on three aircraft carriers in three oceans. but i m not going to do that i m actually going to talk about why we asked mr. townley to be. so i was introduced to mr. townley through mr. sears, the director of innovation leadership innovation, the stockdale center, and he that mr. townley would be a great speaker to kick off our homecoming 50th commemoration and and and as he talked about mr. and his writing of the alcatraz 11 and the p.o.w.s of vietnam and their families. but this is interesting could be a great start. and so i called mr. townley and instantly i felt like i was s