Gifford Pinchot [SEP] cause of death
-governor gave advice to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote a book about his life as a forester, and devised a fishing kit to be used in lifeboats during World War II. He even instructed the U.S. Navy on how to extract fresh water from fish.
Death and legacy.
Gifford Pinchot died on October 4, 1946, aged 81, from leukemia. He had a wife, Cornelia Bryce, and a son, Gifford Bryce Pinchot. He is interred at Milford Cemetery, Pike County, Pennsylvania. Gifford
Gifford Pinchot (disambiguation)
Gifford Pinchot may refer to:
- Gifford Pinchot (1865 – 1946), first Chief of the United States Forest Service 1905–1910 and the Governor of Pennsylvania 1923–1927, 1931–1935
- Gifford Pinchot III, grandson of Gifford Pinchot, author of business book "Intrapreneuring"
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest, a U.S. National Forest in southern Washington state
- Gifford Pinchot State Park, a Pennsylvania state park in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania