,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #adb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april    
#ba1 #bjae ,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,casey1 and ,ms4 ,mikulski7        
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,honoring 
the life of ,rachel ,carson4  ,whereas1 
,may #bg1 #bjjg1 marked the centennial  
of the birth of ,rachel ,carson1 a      
longtime ,maryland resident1 a noted    
author1 and an environmental visionary2 
,whereas ,rachel ,carson was born on    
,may #bg1 #aijg1 in ,springdale1 of     
western ,pennsylvania1 where she learned
 to love nature while exploring the     
,allegheny ,river with her family and   
friends2 ,whereas ,rachel ,carson       
graduated magna cum laude from          
,pennsylvania ,college for ,women 7now  
known as ,chatham ,university7 in       
,pittsburgh1 ,pennsylvania1 in #aibh1   
and went on to earn her master's degree 
in zoology from ,the ,johns ,hopkins    

,university in ,baltimore1 ,maryland1 in
 #aicb2 ,whereas ,rachel ,carson        
abandoned her pursuit of a doctorate    
degree in #aice when her father died so 
that she could provide financial support
 for her aging mother by taking         
part-time teaching positions at ,the    
,johns ,hopkins ,university and the     
,university of ,maryland as well as a   
position as a writer for the ,united    
,states ,bureau of ,fisheries 7now known
 as the ,united ,states ,fish and       
,wildlife ,service72 ,whereas ,rachel   
,carson continued her writing career    
with feature columns in the ,baltimore  
,sun on the marine life of the          
,chesapeake ,bay until she was employed 
full-time in the ,federal ,government   
where she rose to become the            
editor-in-chief for all ,fish and       
,wildlife ,service publications2        
,whereas ,rachel ,carson's first book1  
,under the ,sea-,wind1 published in     
#aida1 gave readers across the country a
 chance to enjoy her poetic style and   

her careful use of scientific           
information for the first time2 ,whereas
 ,rachel ,carson's second book1 ,the    
,sea ,around ,us1 earned the #aieb      
,national ,book ,award and allowed her  
to fully devote her time to her writing 
career2 ,whereas ,rachel ,carson's guide
 to seashore life1 ,the ,edge of the    
,sea1 was published in #aiee and became 
another best seller2 ,whereas in #aifb1 
while a resident of ,silver ,spring1    
,maryland1 ,rachel ,carson wrote ,silent
 ,spring1 a book that detailed how      
synthetic chemicals accumulate in water1
 soils1 fish1 and animals1 including    
birds2 ,whereas ,president ,john ,f4    
,kennedy convened an expert panel of    
scientists that confirmed ,rachel       
,carson's scientific findings1 leading  
to the domestic ban on the sale of the  
chemical dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
 7commonly known as ,,ddt7 in #aigb1 an 
action that many individuals credit with
 saving the bald eagle from extinction2 
,whereas in #bjae1 there are more bald  

eagles in the ,chesapeake ,bay          
,watershed than there were in the entire
 lower #dh ,states in #aigb2 and        
,whereas ,rachel ,carson passed away on 
,april #ad1 #aifd1 at her home in       
,silver ,spring1 ,maryland1 leaving     
behind a history of tireless advocacy on
 behalf of the natural world1 a legacy  
of scientific rigor coupled with poetic 
sensibility1 and a book that helped     
launch the modern environmental         
movement3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,senate honors the life of ,rachel  
,carson1 a scientist1 writer1 and       
pioneer of the environmental movement4