The Boston Globe, November 10th, 1997
Jon Hall is a Globe correspondent in Michigan. ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Nestled among the hardwoods lies the grave of one of the unsung heroes of the ecology movement. The resting place of Elizabeth Russell Dean is marked by a single, symbolic oak, and her legacy is unknown to many even in this university city. In a simple act, taken long before Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" sounded the alarm to save the environment, Dean virtually saved the greenscape of this city of 105,000, 50 miles west of Detroit and better known as the home of the University of Michigan and its Wolverine sports teams. While...
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