
Jacob
Beuscher
1907-1967
Inducted 1997
Jacob Beuscher
Born in Cudahy, Wisconsin,
Jacob Beuscher spent most of his professional
life as a professor at the University of
Wisconsin Law School. He pioneered in the
field that later came to be known as environmental
law, and was one of the founders of the
university's Water Resources Management
Program. Beuscher worked tirelessly in
the arena of natural resource legislation,
such as the creation of the Department
of Resource Development, the Outdoor Recreation
Act, and monumental water resource protection
laws. Beuscher served on many committees,
including the Natural Resources Committee
of State Agencies and the Wisconsin Legislative
Council.
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