Governor Scott M. Mattheson, Cox helped defeat the MX missile project proposed for Utah and Nevada, led the successful effort to establish the 50th U.S. National Park, The National Park of American Samoa, and was a delegate to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Lausanne, Switzerland to protect flying fox species in Pacific islands. Faith As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cox emerged as a prominent voice for biological conservation. He served a mission in Samoa and is active in his church. References Bibliography , in External links Time.com: The Plant Hunter Seacology Brain Chemistry Labs Living people Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Brigham Young University faculty 21st-century American botanists American Mormon missionaries in Samoa Ethnobotanists Samoan chiefs Brigham Young University alumni 1953 births Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Latter Day Saints from California Latter Day Saints from Massachusetts Latter Day Saints from Hawaii Latter Day Saints from Florida Latter Day Saints from Wyoming American expatriates in Sweden Goldman Environmental Prize awardees