- Was the surviving member of President John F. Kennedy's presidential cabinet.
- Father of Tom Udall.
- Uncle of Mark Udall and Kate Udall.
- Brother of Mo Udall.
- He is survived by his sons, Tom Udall, Scott Udall, Denis Udall, and Jay Udall; and daughters, Lynn Udall and Lori Udall and eight grandchildren.
- He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa and Mount Fuji in Japan while heading American delegations to both regions.
- He was an all-conference guard on the University of Arizona basketball team.
- He earned his Bachelor's Degree and Law Degree from the University of Arizona in 1948. He began practicing law in Tucson with his brother, Morris Udall.
- During World War II, he was a gunner in the United States 15th Army Air Forces serving in Europe.
- He served as a Mormon Missionary in Pennsylvania and New York.
- Son of Louise Lee Udall who was the granddaughter of John Doyle Lee who was executed in 1877 for his involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utal in which a wagon train of California-bound migrants were killed in 1857.
- He ran for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in the 1976 election with his brother, Morris K. Udall, as his campaign manager.
- He was elected to the United States Congress to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in 1954. He ran for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 1960 but later switched his support to John F. Kennedy who would be elected.
- Under his tenure as Secretary of the Interior, he helped acquired 3.85 million acres of land including 4 national parks-Canyonlands in Utah; Redwood in California; North Cascades in Washington State; and Guadalupe Mountains in Texas. He also helped maintain 6 national monuments; 9 national recreational sites; 50 wildlife refuges; and 8 national seashores. He also helped save Carnegie Hall from destruction.
- Democrat US Congressional representative from Arizona, 3 January 1955 - 18 January 1961.
- US secretary of the interior, January 1961 - January 1969.
- Served a Secretary of the Interior under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
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