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Margrit von Braun

American environmental scientist and educator

Margrit Cecile von Braun (born May 8, 1952) is an American retired environmental engineer.[1] She is a professor emerita at the University of Idaho[2] and the co-founder of the public non-profit 501(c)(3) organization Terragraphics International Foundation (TIFO).

Von Braun's research focuses on waste hazard management and lead concentrations within soil and soft surface materials.

Early life and education

Margrit Cecile von Braun was born on May 8, 1952, in Huntsville, Alabama, to Wernher von Braun and Maria Luise Von Quistorp. Von Braun was the middle child out of the three children of Wernher and Maria.

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She had an elder sister, Iris Careen (born December 1948), and a younger brother, Peter Constantine (born June 1960).[3][4]

As an infant (around two years old), Margrit would often accompany Maria and Irene to go to Florida for vacation while Wernher worked. Margri Von Braun’s daughter: Space is great, but climate change ...

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