Norman Banks "Ike" Livermore Jr. (March 27, 1911 – December 5, 2006) was an American environmentalist, lumber industry executive, and state official.

[1] His great-grandfather, Horatio Gates Livermore, came to California from Maine during the Gold Rush in 1850, and later became a State Senator from Eldorado County.

His great-grandfather and his grandfather, Horatio Putnam Livermore, who came to California in 1856, used their Maine mill experience to become involved in the earliest days of hydroelectric power, helping to build the original Folsom Dam.

His father, Norman Banks Livermore, was a founding board member of Pacific Gas and Electric.

As a result of Mann's efforts, baseball was selected as a demonstration sport in the 1936 Summer Olympics played in Berlin.

[citation needed] In 1929, Livermore rode a motorcycle up and down the Sierra Nevada, searching for a summer job.

[6] Livermore was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, and participated in the amphibious landings on Sicily, Iwo Jima, Palau and Okinawa.

Livermore worked with Reagan to defeat the proposed Trans-Sierra Highway, which would have divided the longest stretch of wilderness area in the contiguous 48 states and would have bisected the John Muir Trail.

Departing from Red's Meadow near Devils Postpile National Monument, the Reagan party was carried by 100 packhorses.

Although Livermore organized the trip, he did not participate in it himself, because he was serving as a U. S. delegate to the 1st United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm at the time.

Livermore negotiated the compromise land deal that made it possible for the Reagan administration to endorse the campaign for a Redwoods National Park, leading to its success.

Livermore also convinced Reagan to oppose construction of the Dos Rios Dam on the Eel River in Round Valley, saving the ancestral home of the local Indian tribe.

Inside the Cabinet, however, he waged a valiant struggle to educate Reagan on the need to get beyond the minimalist positions of the lumber companies.

"[11] Carl Pope of the Sierra Club summarized the organization's opinion of Livermore's performance in the Reagan gubernatorial administration.

"[12] Environmentalist and author Martin Litton summarized Livermore's role in the Reagan administration, "Ike was a Republican.

"[7] After Reagan was elected President in 1980, Livermore headed his transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Livermore was a longtime advocate of restoring the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park by removing O'Shaughnessy Dam.