Bob Hunter–one of the founders of Greenpeace–has died at the age of 62. The Guardian of London described Hunter as the most influential of the group’s early leaders. In 1969 he first made headlines when he sailed to the Aleutian Islands off Alaska to try to stop the US testing of a nuclear bomb. He was the first president of Greenpeace, came up with the name Rainbow Warrior for the group’s flagship, and, in 1979, he officially founded Greenpeace International.
Greenpeace Co-Founder Bob Hunter, 62, Dies
HeadlineMay 03, 2005