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Terry Allan Simmons | |
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![]() Simmons at Vancouver Maritime Museum in 2020 | |
Born | Butte, California, U.S. | April 12, 1946
Died | November 14, 2020 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 74)
Resting place | Surrey Centre Cemetery, Surrey British Columbia |
Nationality | American/Canadian |
Education | UC Santa Cruz, Simon Fraser University, University of Minnesota, UC Berkeley |
Known for | Co-founder of the Sierra Club of BC, participant of the "Don't Make a Wave Committee" |
Terry Allan Simmons (April 12, 1946 – November 14, 2020) was a Canadian-American lawyer and cultural geographer, and the founder of the British Columbia Sierra Club.[1][2] In this role, he participated in the Don't Make A Wave Committee, understood as the origin of the environmental organization Greenpeace.[3]
Though unnoticed at the time, Simmons' death was subsequently reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,[4] as well as the French-language Radio-Canada[5]
There is a plaque on the False Creek sea wall in Vancouver, that commemorates Greenpeace's inaugural voyage and the people on the ship. Simmons' name is listed on that plaque.[4]