Book Talk with Professor DC Jackson and Jenn Rossmann "The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy"

We will be discussing Professor DC Jackson's latest book, "The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy". 

"The damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is widely seen as a watershed event in American environmental history. Passionately opposed by naturalist John Muir and his ardent supporters, the massive undertaking succeeded largely through the efforts of John R. Freeman, one of the most important, influential, and politically adroit engineers of the Progressive Era. In The Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy, Donald C. Jackson focuses on Freeman to offer a nuanced account of how the City of San Francisco won the right to transform the bucolic valley into a municipal water supply reservoir that, a century later, continues to serve millions of Bay Area residents."

Professor Jenn Rossmann, Dean of Engineering, whose insights will deepen our understanding will be joining in the discussion.