The Birth of FAIR

John Tanton Video Interview 2006 - Topic 5

Dr. Tanton was invited to become the Michigan chair of the Sierra Club population committee in 1971 and he became the chair of the National Sierra Club population committee from 1972-1974.

He discusses forming FAIR and bringing Roger Conner on as FAIR's executive director. He believes strongly in promoting people he knows and has worked with in the past.