Mark Hickok was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922 as Margaret Amy Beaumont. While working as a journalist with United Press International circa 1941, Hickok was given the name "Mark" from a bureau chief who thought it would help her get by-lines in the male-dominated profession; she later changed her legal name to Mark as well. Hickok was known primarily for her activism in environmental and conservation issues. She and her first husband, Gerald "Jerry" Ganopole, moved in 1959 to Alaska from California, where she had been one of the founders of the Sierra Club's Kern-Kaweah Chapter. In Alaska, Hickok co-founded the club's Alaska Chapter and also the Alaska Wilderness Council, which brought conservation groups together to map state lands to be preserved. She broke with Sierra Club in 1976 after the organization opposed letting Alaska Natives continue subsistence living on park lands but later served on its national board from 1977-1980. Hickok also served as a board member for the National Parks and Conservation Association. Her involvement with these organizations led to the establishment of Chugach State Park and Katchemak Bay State Park, among other parks, and she was heavily involved in identifying Alaska lands for conservation following the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. She also served on the boards of the Brooks Range Trust and the Hans van der Laan Brooks Range Library in the North Slope Borough. Mark married her second husband, David M. Hickok, in 1974. She died in 2006.
Mark Hickok was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922 as Margaret Amy Beaumont. While working as a journalist with United Press International circa 1941, Hickok was given the name "Mark" from a bureau chief who thought it would help her get by-lines in the male-dominated profession; she later changed her legal name to Mark as well. Hickok was known primarily for her activism in environmental and conservation issues. She and her first husband, Gerald "Jerry" Ganopole, moved in 1959 to Alaska from California, where she had been one of the founders of the Sierra Club's Kern-Kaweah Chapter. In Alaska, Hickok co-founded the club's Alaska Chapter and also the Alaska Wilderness Council, which brought conservation groups together to map state lands to be preserved. She broke with Sierra Club in 1976 after the organization opposed letting Alaska Natives continue subsistence living on park lands but later served on its national board from 1977-1980. Hickok also served as a board member for the National Parks and Conservation Association. Her involvement with these organizations led to the establishment of Chugach State Park and Katchemak Bay State Park, among other parks, and she was heavily involved in identifying Alaska lands for conservation following the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. She also served on the boards of the Brooks Range Trust and the Hans van der Laan Brooks Range Library in the North Slope Borough. Mark married her second husband, David M. Hickok, in 1974. She died in 2006.
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