12 Facts About Ding Darling

Jay Norwood Darling, better known as Ding Darling, was an American cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Ding Darling was an important figure in the 20th century conservation movement and founded the National Wildlife Federation.

In 1886, the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where Darling developed an early appreciation for nature and wildlife during days spent wandering the prairie.

Ding Darling began to learn the importance of conservation as a youth after an uncle admonished him for shooting a wood duck during nesting season.

Ding Darling began college in 1894 at Yankton College in South Dakota and moved to Beloit College in Wisconsin the following year, where he began his studies in pre-medicine and became a member of Beta Theta Pi.

In 1900, Ding Darling became a reporter for the Sioux City Journal.

Ding Darling's cartoons were published from 1917 to 1949 in the New York Herald Tribune.

Ding Darling penned some conservation cartoons, and he was an important figure in the conservation movement.

Ding Darling was elected as a member of the Boone and Crockett Club, a wildlife conservation organization, on December 13,1934.

Ding Darling was instrumental in founding the National Wildlife Federation in 1936, when President Franklin Roosevelt convened the first North American Wildlife Conference, administered by the American Wildlife Institute.

Ding Darling was first awarded the prize in 1924 for his work "In the Good Old USA" and again in 1943 for "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign".

Ding Darling was awarded the Audubon Medal in 1960 by National Audubon Society for "outstanding achievement in the field of conservation and environmental protection".