What is Tim Wirth?
[[File:Moderator Timothy E. Wirth - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg|right|200px]] '''Timothy Endicott Wirth''' (born September 22, 1939) is an American politician and environmentalist. He was born in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]]. Wirth, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] from 1975 to 1987. He was elected to the Senate in [[1986 United States Senate election in Colorado|1986]], serving one term there before retiring in 1993. He worked in the [[United States Department of Education]] for President [[Richard Nixon]] and was the first [[Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs]] for the [[United States Department of State]] for President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unfoundation.org/who-we-are/board/timothy-e-wirth.html |title=United Nations Foundation - Timothy E. Wirth (U.S.A.) |website=Unfoundation.org |date=1992-08-09 |access-date=2017-06-05 |archive-date=2018-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906051456/http://www.unfoundation.org/who-we-are/board/timothy-e-wirth.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He worked with Vice President [[Al Gore]] on global environmental and population issues, supporting the administration's views on [[global warming]]. From 1998 to 2013, he was the president of the [[United Nations Foundation]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wirth, Tim}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:United States senators from Colorado]] [[Category:United States representatives from Colorado]] [[Category:American environmentalists]] [[Category:Politicians from Santa Fe, New Mexico]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Writers from Colorado]] [[Category:Writers from Santa Fe, New Mexico]] {{US-bio-stub}}