ANNUAL REPORT TO CONTRIBUTORS JULY 1, 2003 – JUNE 30, 2004 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON College of Forest Resources C R E AT I N G F U T U R E S S I N C E 1 9 0 7 Because of you Last year, the College sponsored two lecture series to share research results and to encourage debate on pressing issues of the sustainability of our region’s natural resources and environmental services. The Denman Forestry Issues Series, made possible with a gift from Mary Ellen and Richard Denman, explored questions of federal forest land management, wildfire ecology in the inland west, and invasive species that are threatening our natural ecosystems. “Sustaining our Northwest World,” a lecture series co-sponsored by the College and the UW Alumni Association, and made possible with funds from the Rachel Woods Endowment, presented programs on the challenges of forest stewardship in the 21st century and on sustaining wildlife habitat in urbanizing and wildland ecosystems. New programs in these two series are being planned for 2005. Donor support of our role in sharing with the public the exploration and discovery undertaken by our faculty and students is critical. Your gifts contribute to the search for knowledge and its applications and make you a true partner in helping us to achieve our mission and vision. DEAN’S MESSAGE I hope that in reading the following stories you will be inspired and rewarded by the accomplishments that our students, teachers, and researchers have achieved with your generous support. 2004 was a truly outstanding year for the College of Forest Resources. • Ongoing research in forest management and forested ecosystems carried out by the Stand Management Cooperative, the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility, and the Olympic Natural Resources Center. With your private support, we created new endowments for student and faculty support, were well on our way to rebuilding and enhancing Merrill Hall at our Center for Urban Horticulture, recruited a record number of new students to our paper science and engineering program through the generosity of the Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation, and awarded scholarships and fellowships to over 80 students across all of the College’s programs. Donor support helped fund technology transfer to rural forest landowners through the Rural Technology Initiative and provided invaluable funding for research in projects as diverse as saving rare native plants, devising high tech instruments for fiber processing, and studying calcium deficiency as a potential cause of crooked growth in Douglas-fir. Your continued generosity will help us achieve our goal of raising $17.7 million as part of the University of Washington’s “Campaign UW: Creating Futures.” • Increased research funding, with total expenditures of $8,938,191 for fiscal year 2004, an increase of over $1 million from the previous year. The three-way partnership of support from state funding, research grants, and private donors helped the College achieve many successes in addition to the stories that you will read in this report, including: • A successful faculty search resulting in the hiring of internationally known botanist Dr. David J. Mabberley as Director of the Center for Urban Horticulture and Washington Park Arboretum. Dr. Mabberley will hold the Orin and Althea Soest Chair in Horticultural Science. • Approval to begin a faculty search for a new Director of the Precision Forestry Cooperative. This position will receive additional funding through the Corkery Family Endowed Chair in Forest Resources. • The launching of the Northwest Environmental Forum at the College of Forest Resources, to provide a collaborative meeting and work space for the application of scientific and policy information to environmental and natural resource issues. • Enhancing links with our UW campus partners, including international student exchange through the UW Worldwide Initiative and the hiring of Dr. Anne Steinemann in the College of Engineering as the new Director of the Center for Water and Watershed Studies. • Expansion of international experiences for our faculty and students in places as diverse as Costa Rica, China, Berlin, Taiwan, and Scandinavia. • Finalizing a Working Together Agreement for Development with the Washington Park Arboretum, the Arboretum Foundation, and the City of Seattle. Without private support many of these wonderful success stories would not have been possible. Donors to the College of Forest Resources have helped us in “creating futures since 1907.” Thank you for your enduring commitment to this vital enterprise. B. Bruce Bare Dean and Rachel A. Woods Professor Thanks! 1 Creating Futures since 1907 2 Background photo: Morten J. Lauridsen, ‘39. Since its beginnings in 1907, alumni and friends have supported and sustained the College’s mission and vision by creating endowed funds for scholarships, fellowships, professorships, and discretionary use. The College’s first endowment was created in 1924. Each new endowment is a lasting legacy and is an investment in the present and in the future. Today, the College is fortunate to have the invaluable resource of 59 donor-funded endowments. The legacy continued with the following six new invested or planned gifts in fiscal year 2004 to benefit faculty and student excellence: David R.M. Scott Fund for Faculty Support Denman Endowed Professorship in Sustainable Resource Sciences James and Marinelle Bethel Endowed Graduate Fellowship James W. Ridgeway Endowment Lennart A. Lundberg Endowed Scholarship Morten J. Lauridsen Endowed Fund in the College of Forest Resources Photo above left: the late Dean Emeritus James Bethel. Photo above right: the late Professor Emeritus David R.M. Scott. Educating the next generation of resource leaders and scientists Eighty-two students, nearly one in four of the College’s Autumn 2004 enrollment, received donor-supported scholarships or fellowships during the past year. This essential donor support helps the College educate the next generation of managers and scientists who will sustain the economic, ecological, and social values of our forests and other natural resources. Most scholarships in the College are endowed gift funds that will provide income in perpetuity — a truly lasting investment in the future! Stephanie Bohlman, 2004 graduate of the forest ecosystem analysis PhD program, received the Walter B. Nettleton Endowed Scholarship during 2004. Now working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Brazil, Stephanie studied how remote sensing technology can be used to determine carbon uptake and map tropical forest species. Scholarship and grant support made it possible for her to do field research and to participate in the JASON project’s “Rainforests at the Crossroads” location in Panama, where middle school students, teachers, and scientists explored rainforests while JASON’s worldwide network of classrooms participated via televised broadcasts and interactive technology. Stephanie provided scientific oversight for the field broadcasts, which were watched by an estimated 1.6 million people worldwide. Carrie and Brian Spradlin, spouses who are both undergraduates in the College, also received financial support from generous donors. Carrie, a wildlife science student who received the James Ridgeway Endowed Scholarship during 2004, was also awarded one of six UW Library Research Awards for Undergraduates for her project on Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Brian, a forest management student, received the Mackie Memorial Endowed Scholarship, as well as support from the Washington Contract Loggers Association. Each year in spring, the College honors scholarship donors and recipients at an informal luncheon on the UW campus, providing a wonderful opportunity for an exchange of ideas and for giving heartfelt thanks to our generous supporters. 3 Photo below left: JASON project in Panama rainforest. Stephanie Bohlman at back, left with student “Argonauts” in front row. Photo below center: Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep project. Photo below right: Professor Jerry Franklin and ecosystem sciences PhD student Mark Swanson. Mark has received support from several endowed scholarships. Creating a vision for protecting and using the forests of the world The Denman Foresty Issues Series, made possible by support from the Denman Endowment for Student Excellence in Forest Resources, presented three programs during 2003-2004. The programs, videotaped before a live audience for later showing on UWTV and on streaming video on the UWTV website, provide information and discussion on timely forestry issues. 4 A program in October 2003 on federal forest land management policy featured Mark Rey, USDA Undersecretary for Environment and Natural Resources, as the keynote speaker. The program included research by College faculty on topics ranging from fire to endangered species to forestry communities. The dry forests in the interior western United States are vulnerable to catastrophic fire, and the 2003 fire season was among the worst in modern history. The March 2004 Denman program, “Wildfire in the West,” explored how the current fire scenario in the inland west is different from historical scenarios, addressed topics ranging from ecological to social issues, and provided an overview of the latest wildfire research and the desired future condition of these forests from the perspective of environmental organizations and public land and tribal forest managers. Alien invaders in the Pacific Northwest faced exposure in June 2004 during the Denman program, “Invasive species: Impacts of invasive plants, animals, insects, and diseases in the Pacific Northwest.” A number of these invaders are already damaging natural ecosystems, agricultural and industrial forestlands, and shorelines, and the program featured current research by College faculty, as well as a management perspective from alumni working in the field. The Denman Series is an example of how donor support can bring research discoveries to the public. Through its many research and technical transfer programs, including the Stand Management Cooperative, the Rural Technology Initiative, the Precision Forestry Cooperative, the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility, and the Olympic Natural Resources Center, forestry research in the College is truly creating a vision for protecting and using the forests in our region, our nation, and the world. The research covers the broad spectrum of forestry production, management, and science, including forest health and nutrition, forest soil science, pulp and paper processing, and landscape analysis for social, ecological, and economic outcomes. Photo: CFR alumna Connie Harrington (’84), USDA Forest Service scientist, works with the College’s Stand Management Cooperative on tree growth and nutrition studies. “Donor support for Rare Care is a wonderful example of how people can work together to sustain our unique environments.” RARE CARE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SARAH REICHARD. Sustaining our Northwest world Keeping our rural land in forestry Saving our rare and endangered plants Supported by a USDA appropriation and by private support, the Rural Technology Initiative (RTI), a collaborative effort of the College and Washington State University Cooperative Extension, empowers the use of technology in rural areas to manage forests for increased economic and environmental values in support of local communities. RTI is committed to providing usable, cutting-edge technology such as the Landscape Management System, Global Positioning Systems, and Geographic Information Systems to rural forest landowners — technologies that would not be available under conventional outreach structures. Native plant species in Washington are being threatened by rapidly-growing human population and development. Currently, over 450 plant species are rare, threatened, or endangered in the state. The Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program (Rare Care), located at the Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH), is funded almost entirely through private support. Rare Care is dedicated to conserving Washington’s native rare plants through methods including in situ and ex situ conservation, rare plant monitoring, reintroduction, and education. A state-of-the-art seed vault, funded through the generosity of the Pendleton and Elisabeth Carey Miller Charitable Foundation, provides for a “Noah’s ark” to protect seeds of rare and endangered plant species. The Playfair tree farm in Stevens County, Washington has three creeks running through the property. When salmon, steelhead, and bull trout were put on the endangered-species list and the new state Forests and Fish regulations were developed, the Playfairs faced a dilemma. Along their creeks, timberland carefully nurtured by two generations was now off limits for harvest. The economic loss would be significant. The Playfairs also worried about unintended environmental consequences. Their knowledge of Eastern Washington forests, chronically threatened by fire, insects, and disease, told them that the creek-side woods needed a partial “regeneration cut” — now illegal. A member of the national Center for Plant Conservation, Rare Care is the first plant conservation program focused exclusively on vascular plants designated as rare in Washington State. Plant material is collected and grown in the greenhouse for eventual reintroduction into native sites. This method is described as inter situ conservation. Program staff, students, and volunteers also monitor rare plant populations located throughout Washington. The Playfair farm is under study by silviculture PhD student Elaine Oneil. The Playfairs hope to use technical tools provided by RTI to show that an alternate management plan for their creek land is biologically sound. For many small owners, the real “alternate plan” is selling out to developers. For Elaine, “That would be the worst environmental outcome. We’re trying to provide the tools to keep these lands in forestry.” Eatonella nivea, endangered plant species in Washington State. 5 Transforming world-class education in an urban-to-wildland living laboratory 6 Learning across the gradient — city streets to forest soils Sustaining urban ecosystems From studies of wildland soils, to monitoring rare plant populations, to restoration of riparian wetlands, to meeting the challenges of maintaining healthy urban environments, students in the College are exposed to a dynamic array of field experiences. Donor support makes a crucial difference in the quality of the research, teaching, and learning environment, providing support for international travel, scholarships and fellowships, and professorships to attract and retain the best faculty. After an intense four years of planning and construction, the Center for Urban Horticulture’s new Merrill Hall was well on its way to reopening at the end of fiscal year 2004. The new Merrill Hall houses the Elisabeth C. Miller Library, the Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium, and offices and laboratories for faculty and students, including those involved in the College’s education, research, outreach, and rare plant care programs. The Denman Professorship in Sustainable Resources Sciences, an endowment created in 2004 with generous support from Mary Ellen and Richard Denman, will give Professor John Marzluff, the first holder of the professorship, an unparalleled opportunity to enhance his wildlife science and urban ecology research and teaching. This will benefit his students in the College’s graduate and undergraduate programs focusing on the sustainability of our natural and managed landscapes. The building was designed to incorporate the College’s and the Center’s mission of sustainability, and will be the greenest building on the Seattle campus and one of the handful in Seattle built following Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) standards — considered the nation’s gold standard for sustainable buildings. Merrill Hall, which will likely be the second UW building to attain LEED certification, boasts features that include a way to recycle storm water, take advantage of natural ventilation and solar panels, and incorporate recycled and renewable products, such as furniture hand crafted from salvaged urban trees and other certified wood products. The new Merrill Hall will provide enhanced resources for the public and for teachers, students, and learners of all ages in fulfillment of CUH’s mission to “apply horticulture to natural and human-altered landscapes to sustain natural resources and the human spirit.” Truly a part of its urban community, as well as serving as a regional and national horticultural resource, CUH complements other College programs that contribute to sustaining our urban ecosystems for future generations. Photo left: Forest soils class on one of many field trips. Photo above: Urban ecology faculty and students studying in Berlin with their counterparts at Humboldt State University. Photo right: Merrill Hall, just prior to formally reopening in January 2005. 7 The New Merrill Hall — a Public-Private Partnership Support for rebuilding Merrill Hall at the Center for Urban Horticulture came from many sources — the UW, the College, the Northwest Horticultural Society, the Bullitt Foundation, Patsy Collins, the Peach Foundation, Washington State University, the Seattle Garden Club, and over 500 other individual, corporate, and foundation donors. In-kind gifts included vertical-grain Douglas-fir doors donated by the Office of the Chairman of Simpson Investment Company, bamboo flooring donated by Chen Ragen, LLC, and office furniture donated by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Book collections to replace volumes lost in the fire or to enhance the Miller Library’s collection came from the Arboretum Foundation, the Seattle Public Library, the Bellevue Botanical Garden, St. Martin’s College, and individual donors Phyllis and John Chambers, Emelie Cherry, Robert and Phoebe Day, Arthur Kruckeberg, Steve Lynn, and Ed Poquette. We are truly grateful for this tremendous outpouring of support. Donor Acknowledgement Generous Supporters July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004 The nearly $2 million raised during fiscal year 2004 helped us to meet our critical challenges — making it possible for us to attract and keep an outstanding and diverse faculty with opportunities for professional growth and well-prepared and motivated students with ample opportunities for enhanced learning, and to provide all of our teachers, researchers, and learners with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure. We are grateful to each of you who share our commitment to discovery and exploration in a rapidly changing world. 8 INDIVIDUAL DONORS $2,000 AND OVER (PRESIDENT’S AND DEAN’S CLUBS) Alan and Ann Adams James and Dorothy Bethel Raelyn and Dale Cole Paul and Debra Cressman Paul Cressman and Lee Kraft Mary Ellen and Richard Denman Ardis Grunow Benjamin and Doris Harrison William Hatheway Arline and Thomas Hinckley David and Pamela Johnston Morten Lauridsen Kristin Likus and Jon Gross Hans and Kristin Mandt Ruby McLachlan Carey K. Miller Mark Plummer and Catherine Phillips Emery Rhodes and Charlene Short James Ridgeway Lily and Bobby Takatsuka Thomas Unfried Gary and Karla Waterman Robert and Janet Witter Melissa Ye $500-1,999 (DEAN’S CLUB) Anonymous Gifts Alison Andrews Lois Andrews Dianne Arnold Barbara Asmervig and Michael Thanem Richard and Marie Atkins John and Charlotte Behnke Gordon and Irene Bergum Todd and Zeecha Brooks Clifford and Burna Dean Bryden Gloria and Jerry Cahill Hou-Min and Anne Chang Robert and Helen Curtis Sally and Franklin Draper James Ellis Robert Franklin Thomas Friberg and Shannon Johnson Richard Gustafson and Laura O’Hara John and Elaine Hanby Josephine and Thomas Hanson David He and Amanda Huang Sara Hinckley Thomas and Patricia Hoesly Jocelyn Horder Charles and Jessie Hotes James Howard and Nancy Winder Gretchen and Lyman Hull Daniel and Darlene Huntington Brooke and George Kennaugh Anne Knight Jack Labbee John and Rachel LaFond James Lassoie and Ruth Sherman Henry and Lina Louie Richard and Elizabeth Lyons Enar and Helen Magnuson Thomas and Catherine Mentele Margaret Mickelson William and Frances Murdock David and Sue Nicol Rose Peck Jane Puccinelli Sarah and Brian Reichard Patricia and Walter Riehl Walter and Carol Sande Carolyn Scott Meredith and Helen Smith Jim and Burnley Snyder Brian Thompson Richard and Merridee Vuori Stephen and Linda Whybrew Bill and Alicia Winchell John Wott $100-499 Anonymous Gifts James and Wendy Agee Ellsworth and Nancy Alvord Stephen and Bonnie Anderson Steven Anderson William Anderson Deborah and James Andrews Donald and Lorraine Andrews Kenneth and Brenda Arnold Rose Bailey and Peter Thorn Bethel Family Gifts Through the wonderful generosity of James (Jim) and Dorothy Bethel, the James and Marinelle Bethel Endowed Graduate Fellowship will help the College recruit and support students in all of its graduate programs and fulfill its vision of providing world class knowledge and leadership for environmental and natural resource issues. Jim Bethel, who teaches civil engineering at Purdue University, is the son of the College’s late dean, James Bethel, Sr. The memorial endowment honors the strong research legacy instilled and nurtured by Dean Bethel and, through its unrestricted nature, wisely allows for flexibility and future change. The gift joins other generous gifts made by the Bethel family, including the Bethel Scholarship Fund and the Bethel Endowment for Streamside Studies. Norma and Sidney Baker Douglas and Mary Bayley Eloise Beachell Bruce Beckstrom Edward and Patrice Benson Morris and Dorothy Bergman Phillip and Marilyn Bird Eleanor Boba and Alan Humphrey Gloria Boettcher Elroy and Marcelline Bohlin Margaret Bohlin Paul and Bonita Bourgault Wade and Nanbeth Boyd James Brain Peter Brebbia David and Anne Briggs Julie Briselden and Rob Bayuk Carol and Mitchell Brittnacher Mason and Joan Browne Walter and Dona Bubelis Robert and Laurie Buhl Jennifer Burgess Deborah and Roger Campbell William Carlson and Constance Harrington Barbara Carman Virgil and Edna Carrell Michael and Janice Carter Douglas Chatfield and Kea Rehn Kenneth and Sue Chisholm Carl and Catherine Christensen Margaret and George Cloud Michael and Suzanne Cohen Harold and Madeline Coleman Karen Comings Kathleen and Robert Conard Carrie Cone Maureen Connors Marguerite and John Corbally Jean and Patrick Cummins Barbara and David Decaro Craig Delphey Mark Difford James Dole Ronald and Linda Dowden Walter and Barbara Dryfoos Sylvia Duryee Elissa Dyson and Clark Ashworth David Eastman 9 Douglas-Fir Sinuosity Research Have you ever seen a tree leader that looked like a corkscrew? Such growth is known as sinuosity, which is defined as the bending of a plant between any two whorls. Sinuous stems have a large amount of reaction wood, which is high in lignin and low in cellulose. Severe reaction wood tends to warp sawn lumber and reduce pulp and paper value. One theory of why sinuosity occurs is that calcium availability is low. Calcium is a nutrient essential for strong cell walls, and if adequate calcium is not available, then bending could occur. Sinuosity occurs in Douglas-fir stands along the coast of Washington and Oregon, and is widespread in some Weyerhaeuser and other timber company tree farms. Currently, Weyerhaeuser Company is supporting graduate research through private support for the College to determine if inadequate calcium is a cause of sinuosity in Douglas-fir. Both greenhouse and field experiments are underway to assess the effects of low available calcium and calcium additions to young, rapidly growing Douglas-fir. 10 Robert and Deborah Edstrom Sherrill and Andrew Elliott Michael and Deborah Feeder Charles and Rose Finkel Kevin Fischer Elizabeth and Charles Fitzgerald William and Verna Francis James Fridley William and Patricia Fuller Steven and Margaret Garber Paul Garner and Clair Hector Cynthia Gilbert D. Jean Gillespie Leslie and Michael Gillespie Marilyn Glenn Elbridge and Gloria Gockerell Andrew and Michelle Goerdel Keith Gormezano Carol and James Green Randall and Linda Greggs Raymond and Cesarina Guries William Hagenstein Judith Hance Dorothy and Jerome Harrigan Robert Hay James and Ellen Heneghan John Henry Jacqueline Hightower Roger and Diana Hillstrom Sandra and Gary Hines Ann Hirschi and Kraig Schwartz Eric Hoberg and Margaret Dykes-Hoberg Roger and Catherine Hoesterey Judith Hooper Keirdwyn Hooper Donald and Gene Hopkins Karl Howard Frederick Hoyt and Michelle Barry Marie and Stephen Hubbard Carol and Joseph Hudson George and Wanda Hughes Thomas Hundley Dinah Hutchinson George Hutchinson Billee and Dean Irwin Martin Jacobsen and Laurel Harrington Peter Jameson Keith Johnson and Patricia Crockett Dick and Donna Jordon Carl and Lynn Jorgensen Clyde and Jean Kalahan Beth and Leonard Kashner Jennifer Kay Kathy Kelley Roxanne Kenison Irwin Kleinman Lloyd Knutson Suzanne Kotz and Stephen Tarnoff Arthur Kruckeberg Jack and Eleanor Krystad Thomas Kuykendall Gregory and Mary Lambert John Landon George and Carla Lankow Paul Lantz Ernest and Alice Lauber Carrie and Dean Lee Jeanne and Rhoady Lee Karen Lee and Dale Weiss Arleyn and Newton Levee Victoria and Bart Likes Barbara and Bruce Lippke Karen Long George and Millie Lonngren Louise and Ralph Luce Richard and Wilma Lund John MacKean and Mary MacKean-Krock Lawrence Maechler and Nancy Timson William Malloy Mary and Ralph Marshall Gillian Mathews Paul Mathews Cara Mathison Douglas and Kristi McClelland Tom and Karen McCullough William McJohn Kenneth McKay J. L. McLachlan Ruth Mikels Janice Miller Ralph and Susan Minnich Sara and Paul Mockett David Mohler and Jennifer O’Neal William and LaVonne Mohundro Egon and Laina Molbak Margaret and W. Robert Moore Ian and Clare Morison Donald and Jean Morrow Robert and Susan Moss Frances and Harold Myer Timothy Myers Leo Nagan Lee and John Neff James and Janette Nelson Jeanne Neptune Allen and Sally Noel Charles Novak Brian and Carol O’Keefe Elizabeth Olson John and Rosemary Olson Patricia Olson Donald Olsson Barbara and Desmond O’Neill James and Marshelle Ordl Carol Orion and R. Jeffrey Wenk Michael Oster Douglas and Suzanne Owens-Pike Jerry and Carole Packard Susan Papanikolas and Richard Sohn Berkeley Parks Chitra and Zakir Parpia Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert Maryann and Charles Pember Frank and Mary Peters Jocelyn Phillips and Warren Bakken Mary Pinkham George and Susanna Pinyuh Donald and E. G. 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Bruce Bare Frederick and Kimberlee Tebb David and Geraldine Thomas William and Susie Thorness David and Valerie Trzil Donald Turton and Jacqueline Fletcher Lewis and Connie Ulrey Nancy and Fred Utter James and S. Julienne Valentine Theresa and L. Scott Valentine Estelle and Robert Vollmecke Elizabeth and Thomas Waggener Elizabeth Walker Scott and Lorna Wallick George and Charlotte Warren Raymond and Meredith Webster Greg and Peggy Wendt Susan Wheatley Lyn and S. Tom White Carolyn and Arthur Whittlesey Robert and Betty Wing Thomas and Sandra Wolford Jay Worth Frank and Sue Wright Pamela Yorks and Stephen West Glen Youell Joanne Young Gary and Carolyn Zielke Tara and Paul Zimmerman G. L. Zyskowski and Diane Cook $1-99 Anonymous Gifts Hiroko and Masamichi Aikawa Marytherese and Gary Aldinger Meredith Auerbach Glenn Baker Robert and Marilyn Baldwin William and Joan Ball Paul Banko Steven Banks Marion Barber Marilyn and Steven Barnowe-Meyer Paul Basom W. H. Beeman Philip and Angela Beguhl Mary and Kenneth Beil Mark and Amber Benner Linda Bentley Arthur Beres Carol and Arthur Berg Laurel Berger Judith and John Bergvall Emily Bishton Karen Black Norman and Melanie Bliss Daniel and Renata Bloom Paul Bocek Sandra Bowman Evelyn Brockman Patricia Brown Gary Buechner Robert Bulchis Kathleen and Robert Caldwell John and Judith Calhoun Suzanne and Brian Carbaugh N. Eric and Brenda Carlsen Robert Carlson Kathy Carr Carli and Tim Castellani Laurie and Rodney Chambers Steven and Beverly Chandler Michael and Dianne Chaney Richard and Margaret Chapin Ruth Chaus Kuang-Lu and Jey-Chin Chu Ashley Clark Hugh and Suzanne Clark Glenn and Cynthia Clements Robin Coen Harold and Muriel Cone Eleanor Connolly Lewis Consiglieri Philip Cook Janelle and Stephen Corn John Corso Kaleen Cottingham Craig and Carol Covic Wendy Coyle Peter Crimp and Paula Cullenberg Richard and Mae Culbertson Amy and Paul Curtis David and Alicia Dankel Nancy Davenport Jerome and Andrea Davies Richard and Geraldine Davison Margaret DeDecker Mary and Peter Deuel Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Danielle and Mustapha Dibba Malcolm and Janet Dick Carolyn Dillman Rosanne Dixon Tena and Earl Doan Kenneth Dodd and Chantal Blumel Diane and Dudley Doss Edward and Janet Drake Jeanne Dryfoos David and Anita Dunn Ward and Anna Eason Molly Edgerton Robert and Victory Edmonds Rae Edwards and Samuel Gardner Lisa Egtvedt and Daniel Smith Douglas and Anne Erickson Jerome and Christie Ernst Shelley Evans Tamra Faris Northwest Environmental Forum at the College of Forest Resources The Northwest Environmental Forum at the College of Forest Resources is being designed as a collaborative meeting and work space to bring together decision makers and stakeholders to apply scientific and policy information to critical environmental and natural resource management issues. Potential users include resource and environmental agencies; energy, forest, agriculture, and real estate interests; and land conservancies, environmental groups, tribes, and NGOs. The core functions of the Forum include serving as a centralized information repository, enhancing collaborative research aimed at long-term solutions, and providing space for educational projects and programs — all furthering the goal of decision making about complex and often contentious issues in a neutral and science-rich setting. Donor support will be key in the development and implementation of Forum programs and will include both public and private agencies, foundations, and natural resource organizations. Dale Farley Peter Farnum Deborah Ferber Margaret Fleenor Thomas and Margaret Fleming Janice and Richard Fong Shane Forsyth John Fox and Sheila Justen-Fox Susan Frankel David and Theresa Frazer Peter Frenzen and Denise Fidel Sue and Steve Funk George Gearhart Robert and Jacquelyn Geimer Zia Gipson and Richard Davis Betty and Kenneth Giske Bruce and Belinda Givan Heidemarie and Wolfgang Glasser Robert and Joanne Goertz Marcia Goldoft Gary Goodall and Sharon Kettells Deborah Gordon Allan Gray Thomas and Tamara Gray Angelo Greco Samuel Greeley and Julie Wade 11 Byron and Alice Lockwood Endowed Fellowship Trustees of the Lockwood Foundation, recognizing Byron and Alice Lockwood’s lifelong interest and livelihood from forestry, felt it fitting to support graduate students at the College. The Lockwoods arrived in Seattle in 1911, and Byron Lockwood worked first for the Stetson and Post Lumber Company and then for the Balcomb Lumber Company, where he was foreman of the Sumas, Washington lumber camp. He then developed a retail lumberyard, whose biggest sale was to the UW for the framing of the stadium. On their recreational property in Bothell, the Lockwoods developed an 88-acre duck pond which was sold to the Weyerhaeuser Company for an industrial complex, the source of the greatest asset in establishing the Foundation. Each year, the College recruits the best and most promising graduate students using funding from the Lockwood Fellowship. Deborah Brown (photo at right), one of twelve 2004 Lockwood Fellows, is a master’s student in the environmental horticulture and urban forestry program as well as the UW’s campus arborist. 12 Shannon Greene and William Fisher Stephen Greenway Phil and Barbara Gregg George Grimes Dee and Don Gross Robin Haaland Nancy Haigwood Juliet and Dimitri Haloulos Pamela and Jonathon Harlow David Hartmann and Cynthia Hartman Gary and Lynne Hartshorn Ronica and Jeff Hathaway Albert and Sandy Hedin Charles and Marlene Heimbigner Rose and Robert Helmer Frederick Herber and Joylee Vaughn-Herber Mark Herkert and Beth Bisigmano Suzanne and Aaron Herold Daniel Hickey Dave Hipp Olive Hitchcock Jean Hobart Michael and Jana Hobbs Mary Hoff Richard Hopkins Roberta Hopkins Stephen and Gail Hopley William and Helen Hough Natalie Houghtaling Carol and Theodore Houk Kay and Stanley Humann Philip Hurvitz and Margaret Sweeney Vito and Karen Iacobazzi Jack Irby David and Elva Jay Sara Jensen Joan Jevnikar Ray Johnson Doris Johnston Katherine Johnston Jeffrey and Diane Jones Nicholas and Audra Jones Donald and Judith Jordan Kathleen and Peter Kalapaca Keith Kaufman Wesley and Barbara Kellie Thomas Kelly Mary and Philip Kemp Dorothea Kewley James and Suzanne King Michael King Sandra Kirchner William Kitto Richard Klein William Kleindl Franklin and Linda Knight Harold and Lorna Knight Josef Kolar Gregory and Deanna Konkel George and Carla Kritsonis Arild and Ruby Krystad Anne Kuntz Lauren and Gaylle Laakso Charles and Jan LaMay Harriet Langlois Laura and Jay Laughlin Larrie Lavoy Donald Lee Peggy and Matthew Leonard Ann LeVasseur Virginia and Sidney Levy Frank and Geraldine Lewis Caroline and John Lofgren John and Patricia Loper Rosella and Daniel Lyon Anne MacArthur William and Mayumi MacDonald Darcy MacPherson Andrew Magnuson Arthur and Joyce Mahlum Dave Maltos Marshall and Joan Marley Margaret Marshall William and Kristina Marti David and Barbara Martin Robert Martin and Betsy Seidel Eve and Jean-Paul Mauger Richard and Wilda McAninch Elizabeth McCall Harry and Charlotte McCormack Patrick and Joann McCrary Paul McFarland and Laurie Bergvall Darcy and Joel McNamara James Meador and Susan Picquelle Calvin and Lynne Meier Janet Millard Joshua Millspaugh Bryon Monohon Candace Montoya John and Sally Morbeck Donald and Loral Morgan Jeri Morgan-Reiner William and Margaret Mori Nicolas Morin John and Michelle Morrell Ciscoe Morris Megan Moynihan and Timothy McDonald David and Marlene Munger Louise Munson Linda Mycek Paul and Daphne Myhre Justine and Charles Nagel Susan Neill Thy and Tien Nguyen Elizabeth Nichol Kathy and Charles O’Briant Patricia and Edward O’Brien Ralph and Katherine Oldroyd Kimberly Olmstead Annette Olson and Charles Halpern Diana Olson Lloyd and Lucile Olson Richard and Barbara Olson Kathleen O’Neill and David Laskin Roger and Jamie Ottmar James Overby Lisa Pageler Thomas Palm Carol Palmer Duane and Patricia Partee Paul and Naomi Pascal H. Irving and Phyllis Pierce Ina and Carl Pipkin Charles Plummer Alice and John Poinier Allen Poole and Sandra Bryan Michael Pope Lisa and Chad Port Dixie and W. Thomas Porter Teresa Pottmeyer and Geoffrey Trowbridge Vincil Powell Kenneth and Lois Prestrud Chen Ragen James and Melinda Randles Jorji and Anthony Raskob Gregory Rau Richard and Janet Read Henry Reasoner Graham Richmond Walter and Lavon Ring Ann Risvold and Lawrence Donovan Kenneth and Melanie Roan Martha Robbins Joy Robertshaw Jean and Thomas Robins Phillip and Athena Rodbell James and Patricia Rogers Clark and Kyra Rogerson Kenneth and Deborah Romberger John Rombold Lisa Rose Daniel Ross Ernest and Ruth Rotter Betty Roundhill Aaron and Joan Rowe Karen Russell William and Carol Rust Crystal Rutherford Erikka and Scott Sagor Stanley and Marilyn Sandvik Dennis and Ginger Sanford Sammy and Annie Saunders Douglas and Judith Schaad Joseph and Lori Scherschligt Mary and Harry Schmitt Gary and Rebecca Schuyten Gale and Marcel Schwarb N. Roger and G. Jolene Scott Leontina and Patrick Scrivanich Jane and William Sebring V. Scott Senter George and Kathryn Serfess Richard and Nancy Shaffer James and Cynthia Shank Grant and Wenonah Sharpe Blair and Janice Shaw Alyce and Jean Sherrard Madeleine Shindle Michael Shiosaki Stephen Shipe and Marta Pasztor Gary and Judy Shirley Anthony Shoffner Eric and Maribeth Shofner Mari Short Gary Siemion Mark Simard Keith and Evelyn Sipher Branden and Kathleen Sirguy Nils and Shirley Sjoberg Lindley and Georgiana Smith Margo Smith Dorene Snyder Stephanie Snyder Genelle and Warren Spangler Robert and Marybeth Spector Akiva Spektor Martha Spencer Margaret and Tom Stanlick Brian and Vicki Staton Laura Steinmann Karen Stephens Robert and Erlene Stevenson Richard Stivers Laila Storch and Martin Friedmann August and Beverlee Storkman Orville Strandoo Helen and James Strang Douglas and Barbara Sundin Leahe Swayze Daniel and Lore Swett James and Claudia Swift Rush Taggart and Dorothy Bedford Elaine Talbot Katie and Thomas Talbott Reba and Milton Tam William Tashima Linda Tate Shawna Tate Stephen Tatham Robert Teagle Joseph and Evelyn Terry Donald and Florence Theoe Robert and Julie Thomas Howard and Gayle Thronson Jane Tobin Edwin and Reitha Tolstrup James and Beverly Trappe Michelle Trudeau Jeanne-Marie and Edmund Tulley Dennis and Dorene Tully Roberta Ulmer Alvin and Barbara Umphenour Helga Van Miegroet Kathleen Van Veen Anne Venables Harry Venables Valentina and James Visscher Helen and Weiland Von Behrens Paul Wagner and Phyllis Reed Janet Wainwright Lois Wall Marilyn and Harry Wall Claire Waltman Henry and Linda Walton Dana and Michael Webb Van and Robin Webb Ralph and Virginia Wedgwood Ronald and Patricia Welsh Wilhelm Welzenbach Roy West Irene White Paul Whiting Chester and Phyllis Whitman Ayn Whytemare Karen Wiggins Deborah and John Wilson Mary Wilson Franklin and Janet Wright Helen and Peter Wutzke Clarence and Gladys Yarnell William and Cristina Yeager Elvira Young and David Fuller Laura and Matthew Zybas Tamra Zylstra James Ridgeway Endowments Jim Ridgeway (’38) wanted to make a difference, and he has done so — for his profession, his community, and his alma mater. Ridgeway, who passed away on December 26, 2004, will be greatly missed by his family and friends, including many in the College. During his lifetime, he cruised timber, served as a Forest Service lookout, drove a Seattle Transit bus, and was a B-24 navigator in the China-Burma-India theater before spending 32-plus years with the State of Washington Division of Forestry and the Department of Natural Resources. He was a great friend of the College, planning his class’s 60th reunion at Pack Forest and serving on the College of Forest Resources Alumni Association Board. Sixty years after his graduation from the UW, Ridgeway still remembered how tough it was for him to find the funds to pay for his college education. In 1998 he contributed over $220,000 to establish the James Ridgeway Endowed Scholarship, as well as a charitable gift annuity that culminated in a major gift to the College in 2004. These gifts will ultimately result in an endowed Ridgeway Professor to teach our Ridgeway Scholarship recipients — a wonderful tribute to a generous alumnus and friend. 13 Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation and the Lennart Lundberg Endowed Scholarship The Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation (WPPF), an organization of member companies, alumni, and friends continues its strong support for the College’s Paper Science and Engineering (PSE) program. The WPPF represents an investment in the future through students and technology and is committed to bringing highly qualified graduates into the paper and allied industries. Generous donations over the years have provided an endowed fund value for student scholarships of over $2.1 million, with a growth goal of $1.3 million to fully fund program scholarships. A key contribution in 2004 was a gift of $120,000 from the will of Lennart Lundberg that, along with a $60,000 UW Founder’s Initiative match, established the Lennart A. Lundberg Endowed Scholarship. Lundberg was president and chairman of A.H. Lundberg and Associates, an engineering design and services firm he founded with his father in 1954. The firm still is a major supplier of services to the pulp and paper industry. Lundberg was also one of the founders of the WPPF. He helped promote industry support for its formation and was one of the original signers of the “Agreement of Association” in 1968. He served as an officer and board member and served as president during 1978-80. Lundberg’s vision and generosity will live on in the opportunities and successes enjoyed by students in the PSE program. CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION DONORS 14 A. H. Lundberg Associates, Inc. ABB Industrial Systems, Inc. Acrowood Corporation Albany International Alderwood Garden Club Andritz, Inc. Arboretum Foundation Arboretum Foundation Unit 16 Associated Forestry Consultants Bank of America Foundation The Boeing Company Boise Cascade Corporation Boise Paper Solutions Buckman Laboratories, Inc. Buhl Insurance Services, Inc. Burpee-Heronswood, Inc. Capstone Technology Corporation Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society CH2M Hill Foundation CH2M Hill, Inc. ChenRagen, LLC CIBA Specialty Chemicals Clark County Farm Forestry Columbia River Carbonates Country Ecology Deltic Timber Corporation Eaton Cutler-Hammer EKA Chemicals, Inc. Ekono, Inc. Engelhard Corporation Fairmeadow Nursery, Inc. Familian Northwest, Inc. Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club Flower Growers of Puget Sound FMC of Canada Garber and Associates CPAs Garden Club Unit No 95 (TWIGS) Garden of Eve Georgia-Pacific Corporation Greenberry Industrial Hancock Natural Resource Group, Inc Harris Group Hercules, Inc. Hilltoppers Honeywell, Inc. Hughes Electronics Corporation IBM Corporation J. H. Kelly, LLC Janet E. Wainright Public Relations Johnson Controls Foundation K. and F. Thometz Charitable Foundation Kemira Chemicals Key International Kimberly-Clark Corporation Kimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc. King County Iris Society Labbeemint Lake Forest Park Garden Club Lake Washington Garden Club Lake Washington Garden Club #2 Lakewood Garden Club Landscape Design by Susan Stroh Lignin Institute Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Foundation Longview Fibre Company McKay and Son Contractors Menasha Corporation Metso Paper Micromed Laboratories Microsoft Corporation Mill Creek Garden Club Miller/Hull Partnership Minerals Technologies, Inc. Missouri Botanical Garden Molbak’s, Inc. Monsanto Company Munro Nursery Nalco National Fish and Wildlife Foundation NativeScapes NORPAC North American Rock Garden Society, Northwest Chapter North Pacific Paper Corporation Northwest Horticultural Society Olympic Peninsula Water Watchers Ondeo-Nalco Chemical Company Pacific Earth Works, Inc. PacifiCorp Parametrix, Inc. Parson’s Public Relations, Inc. Patrick Dunn and Associates, LTD Pendleton and Elisabeth Carey Miller Charitable Foundation Pilchuck Tree Farm Pima Research Company Pima, Pacific Coast Division Pioneer Americas, Inc. Plum Creek Timber Company Ponderay Newsprint Co. Port Blakely Tree Farms, L.P. Port Townsend Paper Corporation Potlatch Corporation Professional Forestry Services, Inc. Puget Sound Energy Recovery 1, Inc. Redmond Garden Club Republic Underwriters Insurance Company Sasquatch Books SCA Furniture Supply, Inc. Simpson Fund Solvay Polymers, Inc. Sue Moss Garden Design Tacoma Garden Club TAPPI Pacific Section Taylor Associates The Harris Group, Inc. The Hilen Foundation The McGrath Family Trust The Peg and Rick Young Foundation The Rayonier Foundation The Wollenberg Foundation Univar Universal Pulping, Inc. URS Voith Paper Vopak W W W Foundation Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs Washington Fly Fishing Club Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation WELCO Lumber Company West Seattle Arboretum Unit #83 Western Polymer Corporation Weyerhaeuser Company Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Wild Steelhead Coalition 15 Corkery Family Endowed Chair The Corkery Family Endowed Chair in Forest Resources was established in 1991 by the Corkery family to permanently commemorate their long involvement in forestry and the College of Forest Resources. The donors are all UW alumni: Jack (’39, Forest Resources), his wife Vada May (’42), his sister Alberta (’37), and brother Gregory (’41, Forest Resources). Jack and George owned Corkery Brothers Painting Company in Seattle. The family wished to enable the College to attract and/or retain distinguished faculty members who have achieved national or international recognition in the field of forest resources and who are expected to make contributions to teaching and research in the field. In past years the Corkery Endowed Chair has provided additional funding for the Director of the Center for Water and Watershed Studies. In 2004, the Corkery Chair was allocated to provide funding for the Director of the Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC). The PFC, part of the Washington State Advanced Technology Initiative funded by the Legislature, conducts pioneering research in forest production, management, and manufacturing at a new scale of resolution and accuracy with the goal of producing economic and environmental benefits. Dean’s Club Contributions to the College of Forest Resources help in tangible ways to shape the future of the Pacific Northwest. Last year, more than 80 students received gift scholarship support for their studies in all of the College’s graduate and undergraduate programs. Gifts also contributed to ensuring the survival of Washington State’s rare and endangered native plants, helped rebuild Merrill Hall, and provided for student travel to international conferences. The Dean’s Club recognizes individual donors who contribute $500 or more annually and lifetime members who contribute $25,000 or more to the College. As a member of the Dean’s Club, you will receive invitations to quarterly events with the Dean and invitations to private receptions before the Winter Quarter evening lecture series, “Sustaining Our Northwest World,” co-sponsored by the UW Alumni Association and made possible through support from the Rachel A. Woods Endowment. You can become a member of the Dean’s Club by making a gift of $500 or more to any fund within the College. For more information, please give us a call at 206.543.9505 and vist www.cfr.washington.edu. PLANNED GIFTS 16 Grateful thanks are also extended to the following donors who have made planned gifts to the College. Planned gifts include future gifts provided under a will, retirement plan, or similar arrangement, as well as irrevocable gifts, which pay lifetime income to a donor or named beneficiary, with the remaining assets directed to the College in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Asplund Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Bergum Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Bohlin Mary Ellen and W. Richard Denman Everett L. Ellis, PhD Thomas Friberg Daniel Hinkley and Robert Jones Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Junk Morten Lauridsen, Jr. Jane Puccinelli James Ridgeway Mr. and Mrs. Orin H. Soest Estate of Phyllis Treuer Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vance John Wott For information on planned gifts, such as bequests, gifts of real estate, or retirement assets, contact Tom Mentele, CFR Director of Development, at 206.543.9505, tmentele@u.washington.edu, or a member of the UW Office of Gift Planning at 1.800.284.3679, giftinfo@u.washington.edu. Photo: Tom Friberg (’70, ’76), right, signs endowment agreement with Dean Bruce Bare and WPPF Director John Hanby looking on. COLLEGE OF FOREST RESOURCES AT A GLANCE STUDENTS MAJORS FEMALE ETHNIC MINORITY INTERNATIONAL Undergraduates AUT 2003 227 106 36 3 Graduate Students AUT 2003 186 89 13 Totals 413 195 49 DEGREES AWARDED CENTERS AND COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS: 84 BS Center for International Trade in Forest Products 20 44 MS, 10 PhD Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest 23 138 Center for Water and Watershed Studies Center for Urban Horticulture FACULTY Olympic Natural Resources Center RESEARCH TEACHING TOTALS Professors 3 30 33 Precision Forestry Cooperative Associate Professors 3 8 11 Rare Plant Care and Conservation Assistant Professors Totals 4 2 6 10 40 50 Restoration Ecology Network Rural Technology Initiative Stand Management Cooperative DEVELOPMENT (FY 2003-2004) Individual Contributions: Corporate/Foundation Contributions: Total Urban Ecology IGERT 971,524 1,009,602 Number of Endowed Funds as of 12/31/04: 59 Value of Endowed Funds as of 12/31/04: $16,540,605 $1,981,126 INTERAGENCY PROGRAMS: PNW Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (PNW-CESU) USFS Demonstration of Ecosystem Management Options Study (DEMO) USFS Fire and Mountain Ecology Lab USFS Forest Systems Engineering Cooperative USGS Cascadia Field Station College of Forest Resources Administration B. Bruce Bare Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL OR WRITE: DEAN Robert Edmonds ASSOCIATE DEAN Stephen West Tom Mentele Director of Development 107B Anderson, Box 352100, Seattle, WA 98195-2100 206.543.9505, email tmentele@u.washington.edu ASSOCIATE DEAN Rick Gustafson FACULTY CHAIR Visit the College of Forest Resources website at http://www.cfr.washington.edu/ David Briggs FACULTY VICE CHAIR We have made every effort to be thorough and accurate in our fiscal year 2003-2004 donor listing. We appreciate the opportunity to update addresses and apologize for any errors or omissions. Please use the enclosed self-addressed envelope for corrections. The College of Forest Resources published this report without the use of tax dollars. PHOTO CREDITS: Michael Andreu, Kirsten Atik, Phil Higuera, Dave Hogan, Mary Levin This report is printed on paper stock that contains 30% post-consumer fiber. 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