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  2. Stephen Tyng Mather (July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930) [3] was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service. As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a millionaire.

  3. Quick Facts. Significance: Industrialist, conservationist, first Director of the National Park Service. Place of Birth: San Francisco, California. Date of Birth: July 4, 1867. Place of Death: Brookline, Massachusetts. Date of Death: January 22, 1930. Place of Burial: Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Cemetery Name: Mather Cemetery.

  4. Mar 27, 2017 · Stephen T. Mather. Stephen Tyng Mather led a full active life of 63 years, from 1867 to 1930. The years spanning the turn of the century saw vast changes in the country's demographics, as well as the development of modern forms of transportation and communication, and increased leisure time.

  5. www.npshistory.com › publications › mather-plaquesMather Plaques — A History

    Stephen Tyng Mather (4 July 1867—22 January 1930) was born in California of modest longstanding New England roots. He worked to become a self-made millionaire through the promotion and mining of borax. (Twenty Mule Team Borax was his marketing invention.)

  6. Jul 4, 2024 · NPS Director Stephen T. Mather riding in a motorcycle sidecar in Yellowstone National Park (photo by NP Gallery) Mather fostered the legislation that formed the National Park Service in 1916 and then used his position as founding director to protect and enhance the parks.

  7. Apr 15, 2022 · Stephen Tyng Mather, May 16, 1917 - January 8, 1929 A San Francisco native, Mather was a University of California graduate and a reporter for Dana's New York Sun. He entered the borax business, where he became a self-made millionaire and philanthropist.

  8. 16mm, silent, black and white films taken by NPS Director Stephen T. Mather with his Bell and Howell Cine camera. Films document trips to national parks from c. 1924-1929, including Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Redwoods, Isle Royale, and Rocky Mountain as well as trips to Hawaii and Alaska.

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