Richard M. Brett

{{short description|American conservationist}} {{For|the English minister|Richard Brett}} {{Infobox person |name = Richard M. Brett |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|9|3}} |birth_place = Darien, Connecticut, US |death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|9|7|1903|9|3}} |death_place = Hartford, Connecticut, US |spouse = Elizabeth Baldwin; Helen Shaw |father =George Platt Brett, Sr. |children = Clare and Betsy |parents = |resting_place = |known_for = Conservationist and author |occupation = Business |alma_mater = Taft School, Williams College, Yale School of Forestry }}

'''Richard M. Brett''' (September 3, 1903 – September 7, 1989) was an American conservationist and author.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DC113EF931A2575AC0A96F948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Richard M. Brett, 86, Ex-Library Executive | date=1989-09-12 | accessdate=2010-05-22}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life=== Brett was born in Darien, Connecticut<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DtKgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22b.+Darien%2C+Cor+Sept.+8%2C+1903%22|title = Who's who in American Education|last1 = Cook|first1 = Robert Cecil|year = 1956}}</ref> and spent most of his life in Woodstock, Vermont, and Fairfield, Connecticut. Brett was a graduate of the Taft School, Williams College, and the Yale School of Forestry.<ref name="nytimes"/>

===Career===

Brett served as treasurer (appointed 1926)<ref>{{Cite book |title= Macmillan A Publishing Tradition |first= Elizabeth |last= James |page= [https://archive.org/details/macmillanpublish0000unse/page/180 180] |publisher= Palgrave Macmillan |year= 2002 |isbn= 0-333-73517-X |url= https://archive.org/details/macmillanpublish0000unse/page/180 }}</ref> and general manager of Macmillan Publishing. After serving in World War II, Brett was the business manager of the New York Public Library from 1947 until 1953.<ref name="nytimes"/>

===Conservationist===

After retirement in 1953, Brett moved to Vermont, where he set up a tree farm with habitats for wildlife at Hawk's Hill in East Barnard. He served as a trustee of the Vermont Natural Resources Council. Brett later donated his Hawk's Hill tree farm to the New England Forestry Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newenglandforestry.org/newsletters/winte2003.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-04-28 |archive-date=2006-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061222150936/http://www.newenglandforestry.org/newsletters/winte2003.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Military service===

Brett served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.<ref name="nytimes"/>

== Bibliography ==

* Country Journal Woodlot Primer: The Right Way to Manage Your Woodland by Richard M. Brett (1983) * Primer on Aging by Richard M. Brett (1988) * An inquiry into flood plains by Richard M Brett (1973)

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