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Birth:          1919 Minn.

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1920 in St. Paul, Minn.

From: http://www.yale.edu/opa/v28.n31/story1.html

Conservationist's gift establishes
environmental studies professorship 
A permanent professorship in environmental studies will be created at Yale through $4 
million bequeathed by Joan Tweedy of Darien, a lifelong conservationist. 

Under the terms of her will, Tweedy will leave the gift to Yale to endow the 
Tweedy/Ordway Professorship at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. 

"My legacy to Yale is an investment in the kind of world I want my grandchildren to 
live in," she says. "I've seen first hand, both here and abroad, the conservation 
achievements the school's graduates can bring about, and I want to ensure that future 
graduates are equally well-prepared to find solutions to our environmental problems." 

President Richard C. Levin, expressing his gratitude for the gift, said Tweedy's "far-
sighted generosity will have a lasting impact on the School of Forestry and 
Environmental Studies. The Tweedy gift underscores the University's commitment to 
one of the critical needs of our own time and the future. The gift will help ensure the 
school's continuing distinction and leadership as it pursues its vitally important 
mission." 

Since its founding in 1900 by Gifford Pinchot, the School of Forestry and 
Environmental Studies has been a preeminent leader in environmental education and 
research. Under its new dean, James Gustave Speth, former administrator of the 
United Nations Development Program, and the founder and president of the World 
Resources Institute, the school has embarked on an aggressive agenda. Major 
investments are planned over the next several years to expand the size of the faculty; 
increase student scholarships; expand research and policy analysis capabilities; and 
to construct a major new facility that would not only house the school, but also serve 
as an environmental center for Yale. 

"Joan Tweedy's magnificent endowment gift launches the school into its second 
century," Speth said. "Her support will help us nurture new thinking and a new 
generation of environmental leaders needed to solve the complex environmental 
problems our 21st-century world faces." 

Tweedy is a lifelong conservationist with a strong commitment to biodiversity 
protection and land preservation. Both she and her husband, Richard Tweedy, have 
strong individual and family ties to Yale. 

Joan Tweedy is the sister of Gilman Ordway, a 1947 Yale College graduate who 
operates a ranch in Wyoming and has been a generous supporter of the University. 
Her father, Samuel G. Ordway, was a 1908 Yale College graduate. 

Richard Tweedy is a graduate of the Yale College Class of 1941 and of the Yale Law 
School in 1948. Yale graduates in his family include his father, Class of 1897S, and 
sons David B. Tweedy '73, Richard B. Tweedy Jr. '74 and Jonathan W. Tweedy '79. 
Richard Tweedy served many years as a partner with the Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam 
and Roberts law firm office in Connecticut, and has been active in many organizations 
in Stamford and Darien. Richard was a volunteer for the "...and for Yale" campaign's 
Darien and New Canaan committee and has been a generous contributor to Yale. 

Reflecting her wish to help the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies 
now, Joan Tweedy has made a substantial contribution toward her bequest intention. 
The interest from the gift will be used by Speth to advance the initiatives of the Yale-
Environment New Century Fund, which include faculty development and new graduate 
and undergraduate courses. 



Parents
ORDWAY Samuel Gilman (2 Jan 1887 - )
----- Mildred (1891 - )

Siblings
ORDWAY Dorothy (1916 - )
ORDWAY Joan (1919 - )
ORDWAY Gilman ()

Marriage To TWEEDY Richard ()
    m.  

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Children by TWEEDY Richard 
TWEEDY David B. ()
TWEEDY Richard B. ()
TWEEDY Jonathan W. ()

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