OREGON STATE
FORESTER
Volume XXX II
Corvallis, Oregon, January 1979
Number 1
Fernhopper Day 1979
The 47th annual Fern hopper Day will
be held on February 24, 1979.
The OSU Forestry Alumni Board of
Directors, meeting in September to outline t he activ ities for Fernhopper Day
1979, recommended a series of short onehal f hour semi nars on forest ry education
be provid ed as the focus of the day's
activities at Peavy Hall.
In addition
arrangements have been made w ith
personnel of the U.S. Forest Service
Forestry Sciences Laboratory for a tour
of their facilities which are located just
west of Peavy Hall.
Govern or Atiyeh has been invited as
the guest spea ker at the Banquet and will
attend if his schedule will perm it.
As indicated previously in a lette r
from Bill Ho ltsclaw, '49, o ne of the
emphases of the 1979 Fernhopper Day
will be a reunion of the classes of 1948
and 1949. Rooms wi ll be reserved . in
Peavy Hall where members of t h ese
classes can meet, remi nisce, and social ize
w it h friends and classmates.
There is no basketball game scheduled
for the evening of February 24.
The main lounge of the Memorial Union
the music lounge on the east, and the '
quiet lounge on the west will be available
to alumni who wish to get together
after the Banquet.
FERNHOPPER BANQUET
5:30p.m., Satuiday, Februaiy 24, 1979
Memorial Union Ball room
Featuring 3 Mini-Seminars
On Forestry Education
At Peavy Hall And A
Tour Of The U.S. Forest Service
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Reserve Tickets By Mail
Or Buy Before 2:00 p.m.
February 24, 1979
At Peavy Hall
President MacVicar prepares to present t he Distinguished Service Award to Loren
"Stub" Stewart '32 as Dean Stoltenberg reads the citation.
L. L. Stewart Receives .
Distinguished Serv ice Award
Th e Disti nguished Service Award is
C?regon St~te University's highest recogniti o n. It IS awarded to ind ivi duals who
have made outsta nding contribut ions of
public service to t he people of Oregon.
Selected by t he Facu lty Senate four
individuals received th is award ~t t he
1978 Un iversity Commencement. One of
those was L.L. Stewa rt.
He re is the
citation:
LOR AN L. STEWART. .. just call h im
Stub.,.but no one has stood tall er during the last 40 years in Orego n ... his
pa rents were pioneers in the Willamette ~alley ... his efforts in forestry,
education: business, youth programs,
and public service have helped keep
that Valley among the choice spots on
ear~h ... 1 ~32 OS U graduate in logging
engrneenng ... started career with the
U.S. Forest Service ... served for fo ur
years durin g World Wa r II as a field
artill e ry officer, decorated by both t he
U.S. and t he Repu blic of China ... president of Bohemia Lumber Com pan y
from 1946 to 1976 ... president too of
the National Forests Products Association, Western Wood Products Association, Timber Operators Counci l, and
Associated Oregon lndustries ...chairman fo r the U.S. State Department
Log Export Conference and of the
Forest Products Industry Economic
Council, Pacific Northwest T rade
Association, and the OSU Forest
Research Laborato ry Advisory Committee ... legis lator, president of the
Oregon Tra il Council of Boy Scouts of
Ame rica, ch airman of the Oregon
State Parks and Recreation Advisory
Comm ittee and a dozen othe r agencies
and public service bodi es ... mernber of
the State Board of Higher Ed ucation ...
strong supporte r of Oregon State Un i·
vers ity in man y known and u ndisclosed ways ... recognized t h is day by a
proud alma mater for h is distingu ished
career and his good deeds to mank ind.
Stub's continuing concern with education
is refl ected in Peavy Hall's "Stewart
Auditorium," named in appreciation of a
generous and timely gift from Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart when bids for Peavy Hall
came in - and it looked like we would
have to redesign the bu ild ing because of
insufficient constru ction funds!
His
current chai rmanship of our Research
Advisory Committee is typical of his contin u in g interest and support for t he
School.
Congratulat ions, Stu b! And
Th anks.
Carl St oltenberg
The Dean's Corner
Jack Hann Elected
Alumni President
The President's Message
Fernhopper Day, February 25, 1978,
marked the Annual Meeting of the OSU
Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Vice-President Jack Hann, '42, presi ded
over the meeting since President Orin
Palmer, '62, had an out-of-state assign·
ment with the Forest Service.
Vice-President Hann reviewed the
fin ancial sit u ation of the Alumni Association. He pointed out that of the 3,000
plus Forestry Alumn i scatte red throughout the wo rld, less thaA 10 percent were
pay ing dues. This does not cover t he
publication costs of the Oregon State
Forester Newsletter.
Board members,
after discussion, voted unanimously to
increase Forestry Al umni Association
dues from $4.00 to $5.00 pe r yea r.
Reports we re presented by th e Individual Achievement Award Committee
and the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award Committee and approved by
the Board.
Jack Han n, '42, was elected President
of the Board of Directors. Hann is Conservation Director of the Oregon State
Forestry Departmen t. Wesley J ennings,
'50 Maintenance Coordinator-Weyerhae'user Company, Ke lso, Washington,
was elected Vice-President.
Newly elected Board members are
Thomas Radcl iffe, '42, Tree Fa rm Famil y
Manager,
Weyerh aeuser
Company,
Klamath Falls; Donald Smith, '52, Supervisor, Rogue River National Forest,
Grants Pass; and B. Bond Starker, '69,
Partner, Starker Forests, Corvallis.
Appreciation was expressed for the
contributions of retiring Board Members
Chick Hibbs, '53; Paul Waggoner, ' 64;
and Orin Pa lmer, '62, who completed his
term as President of the Board
Financial Statement
December 3 1, 1978
366.87
Ba lance Jan. 1, 1978
I ncome:
Dues
Banquet
Misc.
1,158.00
2,176.50
156.50
Total Income
Tota l I nco me & Beg. Bal.
Expenditures:
Newsletter
Banquet & F .H. Day
Misc.
Athletic Prog.
818.00
2,408.30
33 .94
60.00
Total Expended
Balance Dec. 3 1, 1978
3,320.24
537.63
Total Exp. & Ending Bal.
3 ,857.87
Fe ll ow Fernhoppers, this past year has
been an interesti ng one for the Forestry
Alu mni Association . The School of For·
estry has continued an outstan_ding teaching program for an excellent group of
students. Enro ll ment in the School has
declined slightly from previous years and
job opportunities h ave remained fairly
steady.
The Board of Directors, past presidents
and the school fac ulty h ave been most
coope rative in carrying on the alumni
program this past year. At the Directors
meeting on February 25, 1978, three new
Directors we re welcomed to the Board,
Bond Starker, Tom Radcl iffe and Don
Smith. Appreciation was expressed to
retiring Directors Chick Hi bbs and Paul
Waggoner and to Past President O rin
Palmer fo r thei r service on th e Board.
Alumn i Assoc iation fin ances were discussed at some length. Less than 10 percent of the School Al um ni have been
d ues paying members which is resulting
in inadequate funds to run the affairs o
of the Association. Alumni are urged to
su pport the group with their dues.
Although the Associatio n is not carrying
on any scholarship, special education or
school betterment programs, we shoul d at
least be able to pay our own way fo r the
modest expenditures needed fo r the
annual news letter and for Fernh opper
Day miscellaneous expe nses. Hopi ng not
to exceed th e point of dim inishi ng
return s, the Board app rov ed an increase
in dues to $5.00 annua ll y.
Reports of the several Departments ot
the School of Forestry completed the
meeting.
Bil l Wheeler reported that
enrollment was down by six percent fro m
the same time the previo us year wi th 999
registrations for the winter term. Job
placement improved sli ghtl y over the
previous two years with Engineering, Forest Products and Forest Management
showing th e highest placements for
graduating sen iors. Ed Heath reported
for the Department of Resource Recreation Management with an undergraduate
enro ll ment of 270 students. Continuing
education for recreation specialists in
State and Federa l agencies is a p roposed
program of the Departmen t . Jim Krygier
reported on the Forestry Extension program includi ng special education in e?onomics, reforestation, wa tershed, loggmg
and prod ucts.
Additional extension
special ist funding is needed to serve the
needs of the small wood land owner and
provide contin u ing ed ucation for the
fie ld forester.
The Distinguished Faculty Achieve·
ment Award was conferred on Professo r
John O'Leary of the Department of
Forest Engin eering by the Board for his
outstanding work in engineering education, consu ltin g and student advisory.
Th e Fall Board of Directors meeting
was held at th e Forest Research Center
on September 9, 1978. Discussion cen·
tered around th e fo rmat for the 1979
Fernhopper Day. It was decided t o hold
the meeting p n February 24, "nonconfl ictin g" with other campus activities.
It was further decided to include an afternoon program of probably three minisemin ars on t imely subjects where
students and alumni could meet in discussion.
The Ju ly 1978 retirement of Rudy
Kal lander, Assistant Dean, SecretaryTreasurer of t h e Association for 11 years,
occasioned the appointment of Bill
Wheeler in his place. Rudy has served the
Schoo l and the Alumni with great dedica·
tion and he wi ll be sore ly mi ssed by all .
Dean Stoltenberg expressed some
thoughts on the future course of the
School-Alumni
Association activities.
Board members were asked to consider
the desira bil ity of any changes in
approach wh ich would continue t he
strong relationship between the School
and t he Association.
It has been an interesting and rewarding experie nce for me to serve on the
Board during the past three years. My
t hanks to all of t he members and the
Alumni for your support.
Jack Han n
Preside nt
Reflecting on School developments
an d activities of the past year, I fi nd most
described elsewhere in the FORESTER.
Su rely among the more sign ificant were
the Crown Zellerbach seminar last w inter,
the new "Silviculture Institute" of t h is
fall, a somewhat welcome "settl ing" of
enrollment after almost 10 years of
growth, faculty changes (particularl y in
FE), several curriculum changes; initi at ion of the Fl R Program in Southwestern
Oregon, successful placement (aga in) of
al l students in summ er jobs, and improvement of job opportunities for graduating
se niors.
Likel y my year's most gratifying
activity personally was at Commencement, helping President MacVicar confer
the University's Distingui shed Service
Award to L. L "Stub" Stewart, '32.
OSU 's h ighest awa rd is richly deserved by
this most supportive friend of th e University and School-and of mine!
I miss Rudy Kallander! He retired in
Jul y and his vacant shoes are large. However, Dale Bever has taken over responsibilities for Fern hopper Day; Bill Wheeler
is handling th e FORESTER and is treas·
urer of the Forestry Alumni Association;
and others are helping.
But we mi ss
Rudy.
School enro llment still exceeds 900
students and the planned "capacity" of
Peavy Hall - but 900 is more than 100
below levels of t he last 3 years. Both
facu lty and students are enjoy ing the
return to somewhat sma ller classes!
Over ha lf of our new students come
from outside Oregon, more than double
the proportion for any other OS U School.
And with OSU's high out-of-state tuition,
this su rely reflects respect for th e School
of Forestry.
The year seemed to be one of more
than usual off-campus activity for
faculty . For example, I continued my
involvement with the Board of Forestry 12th year as member, 5th as chairman.
Denis Lavender provided exceptional
leadership and stimul ation for Willamette
SA F Chapter programs. Mike Newton
became a favored TV and radi o personali ty-re 2.4,5-T.
Tony Van Vliet
remained frequently in the news as one of
the "Legislature's most promising freshmen"-and as th e new Director of Un iversity Placement.
Following George
Brown's "208" review, he was freque ntl y
involved with related testimony before
state and federal legislative groups and
others. Jim Krygier's efforts succeededa fede ral Forestry Extension bill became
law. O'Leary continued consulting inte rnationall y,
Adams
nation ally,
and
Froehlich and others regionally.
Th ese
come to mind, in addition of course to
the regular p articipation of almost all
faculty with industry and agency foresters in research, teaching, and other
School activities.
Fo r some time we have sought to
improve forestry educational opportunities for public school teachers. Dick
Dilworth h as offered n ight school cl asses
in Leba non for years. And last summer,
at the Forestry Center in Portland, Walt
Hopk ins offe·red a "forestry issues"
course for sch ool teachers; it wi ll be
repeated this year. In addition, several
years' wo rk with the School of Educat ion seems to be paying off; hopefully,
before long elementary teachers graduating fro m OSU will be required to know
someth ing of the importance of forests
and their ma nagement to the people of
Oregon.
Hope to see you on Fernhopper Dayor whenever you can drop in at the
School! Say hello; talk with faculty and
a few students; keep us info rmed about
you and where you are; and give us your
views on courses and deve lopments at the
School.
Carl Stoltenberg
Fernhopper Banquet 1978
The 46th Annual Fernhopper Day wa..s
held on February 25, 1978. Followi ng
the recommendations of the Board of
Directors of the OSU Forestry Alu mni
Association, an open hou se was held at
Peavy Hall , including a sem ina r with t he
t heme "Equipping Future Fernhoppers".
This was in itiated in Stewart Auditorium
at 1 :30 p.m . with present atio ns by representatives of the Departments of Forest
Engi neering, Forest Management, Forest
Prod ucts, and Resource Rec reation Management, a nd was followed by group
departmental discussions.
Approx imately 400 persons attended
t he Banquet and heard
President
MacVicar p rovide an updating of activities at OSU during the past year.
Jack Han n, Forestry Al umni VicePresident, presented the Distinguished
Faculty Achievement Award to John
O'Leary. T he award, established by the
OSU Forestry Alumni Association, is
given ann ua lly to a facu lty member who
is recogni zed as outstanding in teaching
or research. O'Leary has been noted for
his effective teaching in undergraduate
forest engineering courses, the conti nuing
success of the For·e st Engin eering Institute, which he helped establish, and his
contributions to improvement of forest
engineering pract ices in Southeast Asia.
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Resler New V.P. of AFA
Rex Resler
Rex ford A. (Rex) Resler '53 has been
named the new Executive Vice President
of the American Forestry Association.
Effective January 1, Resler left his duti es
as Associate Chief of the Forest Service,
USDA, and assumed the day-to-day m anagement of this organi zation of nearly
80,000 members.
Resler succeed s Will iam E. (Bill)
Towell, who is retiring after 12 years as
prime mover of t he national conservation
organization dedicated to the wise man agement and use of the nation's forests,
waters, wild life, and other natural
resources.
After receiving a BS degree in Forest
Management and an MF degree in Forest
Engineering from OSU he joined th e For·
est Service in 1954 as a forester in the
Wa ldport Ranger District of the Siuslaw
Nation al Forest. He served as supervisor
of t he Rogue River, Willamette, and
Malheur National Forests before be ing
ass igned to the Washington office where
he was with the Division of Recreation
and ass istant di rector of th e Division of
timber Management. After a brief return
to the West as Pacific Northwest Regional
Forester, he returned to Washin gton in
1972 and was appointed Associate Ch ief,
No. 2 man in the Forest Service.
announcing the appointment by t he
group's Board of Directors, AFA President Carl H. Reid el said, "O nly a man of
Rex Resler's credentials and broad ca pabilities could possibly step into the position that Bill Towell has manned w ith
such h igh achievement. We're proud and
pleased to have Rex aboa rd .'"
In
In early 1978, Verus' daughter Mary
Larsen of Eugene contacted the School of
Forestry to determine the feasibility of
OSU or the School providing an "Honorary Fernhopper Degree" or certificate
of completion which could be presented
to her father on hi s 73rd birthday. After
checking the records, it was the
unanimou s decision of Dean Stoltenberg,
Forestry School faculty, OSU Registrar
Bud Gibbs, the Academic Requirements
Committee, and President MacVicar that
Verus did indeed merit reclassification
from "special" to "regular" student
status and the removal of one credit hour
of "incomplete" in Forest Administration
in view of his 33 years of dedicated service in forestry.
Verus Dahlin
"-It Was a Special Day-"
June 4, 1978, was the occasion for a
"homecoming" reunion of the Verus
Dahlin family at the 109th Annual OSU
Commencement. Gathered to honor t he
newest graduate in the group were Verus'
wife and family, including Joel '63, Dick
'65, Lewis (BusAd OSU - '69). and Mary
Dahlin Larsen (U of 0 '75).
Verus first entered the School of
Forestry at OSU in the fall of 19~0 after
working ten years as a lumber p1ler, log
deck scaler and farmer-and without the
benefit of completing high school. He
attended for four years and at the end of
spri ng term 1935 h ad completed_ all but
20 of t he 204 credit hours reqUired for
graduation. From 1935 to 19~1 he was
em ployed on the Fremont N_at10nal ~or­
est where he was urged by h1s superv1sor
to return and complete his degree requirements. At the time Verus entered OAC,
students without a high school degree
were assessed extra credit hours as a
means of compensating for lack of a high
school education.
In the spring of 1941, Verus took temporary leave of the U.S. Forest Service,
returned to OSC and comp leted 19 credit
hours-one hour shy of the magic 204
total hours but sti ll lacking the credit
h ours required in lieu of a h igh school
d iploma. World War II came, t~e family
increased and with promotion and
increased responsibil ity, the id ea of
obtaining a college degree fad~d . After
33 years with the Forest Serv1ce, Verus
retired in 1967.
Eel Schroeder Honored
Forest Products
Because Helmuth Resch is on sabbatical leave until December 31, 1978, I will
make a few comments concerning activities in the Department. Helmuth's sabbatical this fall term is exposing him to
many impressions, ideas and technical
developments as he visits universities and
industries in Europe. Reports from him
indicate that he is fin ding the experience
highly beneficial so we wi ll all have a
chance to learn something from him upon
his return .
Murray Laver returned in July from a
year's sabbatical leave . He was involved
with the research center at the Massac husetts General Hospital, a part of
Harvard Un iversity, in the area of carbohydrate chemistry as it relates to the
development of cancer cells. The chemical isolation tech niques and advanced
technologies are applicable to Murray's
research program on wood carbohydrates.
· Dr. Yorio Shigematsu returned to
Shinsh u University, Japan, in July after
spending a sabbatical leave with us. He
conducted research in bark morphology
with an emphasis on sclereids and cork
cell wall structure.
Tony Van Vliet was appoi nted Director of the Placement Center here at OSU
following the retirement of Lou Edwards.
Tony also was reelected to the Oregon
Legislature and continues to teach two of
our courses.
In the last report Helmuth mentioned
two items in progress. Results of the
departmental questionnaire cqncerning
curricular matters have been submitted to
the journal Wood and Fiber for publication. The Pulp and Paper Technology
option has been a!)proved and imp lemented in our program. If you know of
prospective students interested in this
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J. Ed Schroeder
State Fo rester J. E. "Ed" Schroeder,
'47 was awarded the 1978 Western Forest;y Award December 7, 1978 in Sacramento for current achiP.vement in
forestry.
The award was made by the Western
Forestry and Conservation Association,
an association of public and private foresters in the western United States and
Canada. The current achievement award
has been presented only ten ti mes since
1962 to honor individuals who have made
a significant contribution to the advancement of forestry in western North
America.
The award is one of the
nation's lea ding forestry awards and is a
much coveted honor. Announcement of
the award to Schroeder was made at the
69th Western
Forestry Conference,
December 7, in Sacramento.
Enrollment Statistics
Forest Management
At the close of Fall term regi stration ,
905 students were enrolled in the School
of Forestry. This represents a drop of
slightl y less than 15% for the same period
in 1977. Of the total, 40% are majoring
in Forest Management, 25% in Resour.ce
Recreation Management, 23% in Forest
Engineering, 8% in Forest Products, and
4% in Forest Science. Th e latter department includes 34 grad uate students
majoring in forest biology. Compared to
the Fall of 1977, changes in enrollm ent
by department are : Forest Management
-17%, Resource Recreation Management
- 18%, Forest Engineering - 10%, Forest
Products -8%, Forest Science +13%.
Undergraduate enrollment for Fall
term 1978 was 797, a drop of 157 stu dents from Fall term 1977. Graduate
students c u rr~ n tly number 108; there
were 109 in 1977 and 108 in 1976.
Seventy-four of these are master degree
candidates and the remaining 34 are
involved in Ph.D. programs. There are
219 women enrolled in the School, of
whom 106 are in Resource Recreation
Management.
Numbers of students transferring to
the School of Forestry from Oregon
Community Colleges have declined over
the past three years. At present there are
25 transfers representing 9 Oregon community colleges. This compares with 41
in 1976 and 33 in 1977 . Transfers into
the School of Forestry from other
school s at OSU num.ber 36 compared to
66 transfers out of Forestry. Non -res ident
students comprise 28% of· the undergraduate student body-two percent
below last year. As in the past three
years the number of veterans and marri ed
students continued to decline.
The number of ethnic minority students has increased from 21 to 24 in the
past year and includes three Black Americans, seven His panic Americans, two
Native Americans, and 12 Oriental students.
Last year in this space I wrote at
length about a proposed change in the
Forest Management curriculum. Thanks
to the hard work' of Bill Ferrell and his
curriculum co mmittee, the changes have
been completed and will be in effect for
the class of 1983. The curriculum now
consists of a forest management core of
about 152 credits (varies somewhat
dependin g on student's background) and
about 52 credits of free electives. The
core wo uld be fa miliar to most alum s
with the exception of such new courses as
"Analytical
Techniques for
Fore.s t
Resource Analysis," "Group Dy namics,"
"Applied Statistics," "Organizations and
Human Relations," and "Government
Institutions and Resource Policy."
Students will have several alternatives
for using their free electives. They may
choose to concentrate on the study of a
discipline related to fo restry (a minor).
or they may use the ,electives as they
wish. Minors have been developed in the
following areas: Business, Forest Biology,
Fo rest Harvesti ng, Forest Products, Public Administration, Recreation, Statistics,
and Wi ldlife.
The Department has been more active
in co nti n uing education this year. As
usua l, John Bell and Dave Paine's short
courses on Variable Probability Sampling
and Aerial Photos have been fully subscribed. In fact, John Bell had to hold
h is twice this year to keep up with the
demand.
In addition to his short course, Dave
Paine teaches remote sensing in the Forest Engineering Insti tute conducted
annually by the Forest Engineering
Department for Forest Service engineers
and others.
Phil Tedder put on a successful short
course in June, which gave participants
"hands-on" experi ence using the TREES
computer model which was used in the
Ore!jon Timber analysis.
Incidentally,
Bill Wheeler
Head Advisor
field, or as a matter of fact any other
forest p roducts field, we wou ld appreciate your pointing them in our direction.
We could accommodate more students in
our program to meet the job needs we
continue to receive.
We aga in thank you for providing
meaningful summer employment for our
undergraduate students. Please continue
to let us know of these opportunities, as
well as permanent posit ions following
graduation.
Thank you.
Robert L. Krahmer
Acting Department Head
School of Forestry
Registration Statistics
Fall 1978
FM
FP
Class
M
F
M
F
M
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Post-Bac
Special
Grads
47
30
44
49
6
2
1
3
63
34
57
83
11
21
19
17
25
2
15
6
6
14
1
Sub-Total
Total
FS
F
M
F
RRM
M F
TOTAL
M F
STUD.
153 59
96 42
136 43
191 56
15
3
1
2
94 14
120 42
26 11
22 9
4 --
131 106
686 219
202 67
237
905
269
28
26
29
45
3
31
20
25
27
2
22
192 13
205
21
5
24
270
87
66
359
70
4
28
6
28
6
34
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M
John Beuter will be in charge of a t)IIIO
week session of the Silviculture Institute
in January, 1979. Th e sessio n will cover
ana[ytical methods. Othe r teachers for it
inc lude Phil ledder and Jonna Gourley
from the FM Department and Bob Marty
from Michigan State Un iversity.
S ince research is covered extensively in
the F R L Annual Report, I won't say
much about it here except to note that
you should watch for Darius Adams'
contributions to the 1980 assessment cur·
rently b eing conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. Darius and Richard Haynes
of the Forest Service has built an econometric model which will provide a
much more comprehensive analysis of
national timber supply and demand than
has been possible in the past.
Doug Brodie's report of animal
damage in young Douglas-fir stands was
we ll received. He spoke on the results at
the Western Forestry and Conservation
Association meeting in Sacramento and at
an SAF meeting in Eugene.
In terms of general news, the Department's extension program was dealt a
blow with the resig nati on of Larry
Streeby, our extension specialist. Potlach
made Larry an offer he couldn't refuse so
he is now "at home" in Lewiston, Idaho.
On th e positive side, we acquired David
Hann, formerly of the Intermountain
Experiment Station of the Forest Service.
Dave will be concentrating his
research on forest growth and yield analysis with the objective of producing the
kind of information forest managers need
to make decisions for managed stands.
Overall, it has been a year of progress.
We have an excellent facu lty working
closely together to make this one of the
best, if not t he best, forest management
departments in the nation.
John H. Beuter
Depa rtment Head
NEW
FE
full documentation of the TREES model
should be published in early 1979.
Chuck Sutherland has been busy making presentations around the state on the
impact that actual or proposed changes in
tax laws have on forest management. Incidentally, Chuck -spent part of la st summ er
working with the Forest Service · in New
Orleans on tim ber tax issues.
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Forestry Extension
Extension education continued to find
increasing acceptance for its application
to problem-solving in forestry.
During the past two years, the small
woodland owner has become an impor-
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tant, but not singul ar, audience of the
OSU program.
The program has
expanded as a result of accomplishments
through the establishment of field extension agents.
There are now eight agents conducting
forestry educational programs in cooperation with counties. The agents and counties are as foil ows: Dan Green-Ciacka·
mas;
Mike
Bondi-Ciatsop;
Steve
Wickham-Coos-Curry;
Bob
LoganDouglas; Steve Woodard-Lane; Allan
Campbell-Jackson-Josephine;
Ken
Brown-Marion-Polk; Marty ShearerWashington-Yamhill.
Regeneration problems in southwest·
ern Oregon are the target of a new cooperative research-extension program.
Specialists have been employed with
Extension responsibilities and are located
in the Medford office of the Extension
Service. The staff and speciali zation are:
Steve Hobbs-reforestation; Ken Wears tier
-silviculturalist; and Dave McNabbwatershed-hydrology. A forest engineer
is being recruited.
This past year we increased our per·
sonal teaching contacts (non-media) to
bring us to a new level of about 40,000
each year. In addition, about 2,300 professionals participated in 26 different
short courses, conferences, etc., offered
from the campus.
Increasing use of
media has brought forestry to uncounted
thousands of Oregonians.
The Federal Extension Service had an
additive change in its mission this year.
Passage of the Renewable Resources
Extension Act of 1978 has resulted in the
creation of an organizational structure
within Extension to accommodate forestry programs. Oregon wi ll benefit substantially shou ld the Act be funded.
James T. Krygier
Extension. Forestry Coordinator
Forestry Media Center
The Forestry Media Center has been
active this year in both resident instruction and extension .activities. Students
have been using the Self-Learning Center
more than ever; there are se ldom fewer
than 20 or 30 there at any time of the
day or night.
To accommodate this
increase in use, we have reorganized the
Center and given it a general face lift. If
you are on campus for Fernhopper Day,
or any other time for that matter, be sure
to stop by for a tour.
We continue to work on improving
instruction within the School by encouraging faculty to participate in teaching
workshops and by helping them implement the new techniques they learn.
Some of these techniques involve the use
of audio-visual media, but just as many
don't. This year Ken Gibbs, a resource
economist in the Resource Recreation
Management Department, attended a
three-week Criterion Referenced Instruction Workshop in San Mateo, California.
In addition, Bo Shelby, a resource sociologist in the same department, attended
the OSU College and University Teaching
Workshop held on campus each summer.
As a result of their workshop participa·
tion, both Bo and Ken have restructured
courses they teach. Although we can't go
into the details of each approach here,
some of the important features common
to both are individualized study, frequent
feedback to students, and mastery learn·
ing; neither course relies heavily on audiovisual media. Although they are teaching
quite different courses, both instructors
report that their restructured classes have
not only proved more effective for students, but have also resulted in greater
satisfaction for t hem as teachers.
The participation of these two faculty
members brings to 30 the number of For·
estry faculty who have completed major
instructional training programs.
This
represents most of our teaching faculty,
emphasizing the continuing dedication of
the School of Forestry to high quality
instruction.
In addit ion to training and support for
implementing new instructional methods,
the FMC continues to help instructors
obtain feedback on the quality of their
teaching through the student Course
Reaction Survey. This year we assisted a
group of faculty in the development of a
new questionnaire which focuses on spe·
cific teaching principles. This new ques·
tionnaire has been well received by
students, and is providing more useful
information for the evalu ation and
improvement of instruction.
Most of you are probably aware that
for the past few years the FMC has been
involved in helping faculty produce
aud io-v isual materials for use outside the
School. Our work in this area began with
grant support from the Northwest Area
Foundation and has continued with support from the School and revenue from
the sale and rental of materials. Use of
these presentations has more than
doubled over the past two years and
shows no indication of leveling off. A
new 14 part slide-tape series by Dave
Paine on aerial photography is in exceed·
ingly high demand, and we expect a simi·
lar response to a new 8 part series on
adhesives developed by J.D. Wellons. In
addition, our continuing efforts with the
USFS PNW Forest & Range Experiment
Station has resulted in publication of
new slide-tape programs in the areas of
fertilization and brush control.
These and other new audio-visual pub·
lications are listed in the 1978 edition of
our catalog, Forestry Educational Mate·
rials. If you would like a copy of this
catalog, as wel l as periodic announce·
ments about new audio-visual publications throughout the year, write us at the
School of Forestry, or call
(503) 7544702.
Ed Jensen
Director FMC
Dr. Bob Reichart, founder ' and first
Director of the Forestry Media Center,
pays a visit.
Resource Recreation
Management
One of the projects undertaken by the
faculty of Resource Recreation Management during the past year was a FIVEYEAR PLAN. A first draft was completed early in the year, and a major
revision was completed in the spring. The
study includes a statement of purpose
and departmental goals, historic and pre·
sent status of the department, department
organ izational structure, undergraduate
education, graduate education, students,
departmental research program, extension and continuing education, facu lty
and the future of the department.
. Although it is difficult for any faculty
faced with the press of academic life to
develop a polished Five-Year Plan, the
Recreation faculty made substantial progress . The plan will be of significant
help in the broad areas of departmental
staffing, curriculum development, the
advancement of research, and hopefully,
the reinstatement of the extension program.
The plan call s for a continuation of
th.e refinement of the undergraduate curriculum in park administration, outdoor
recreation planning, and environmenta l
interpretation.
It also provides for a
vita l se rvice program in support of the
non-major students in the broad area of
leisure education.
As the department has a strong commitment to the development of a quality
research program, a substantial amount of
time was committed to research planning.
The general goal of the research program
is to provide information useful in the
management of outdoor recreation
resources. This usually means exploring
the ways in which different management'
alternatives affect the .natural resources
recreation
experiences
and/or
use;
behavior.
Although projects generally
attempt to solve specific problems,
every effort will be made to design
studies w h ich will further theoretica l
knowledge and are, therefore, relevant to
similar problems in other areas.
Currently, the general thrust of depart·
mental research is the application of the
social sciences to resource management
problems.
The il'lterests of current
faculty underlie the more specific areas
in which research is, and will be, conducted.
These include econom ics
sociology, planning, cultura l resources:
and interpretation. Current studies are
underway which have as their major
objectives (1) the determination of u se
allocation
of
recreation
resources
(2) analysis of factors· affectin g th~
quality of the recreation experience,
(3) evaluation of recreation resources
and (4) management of cultural resources:
In summary, the department's gains in
research involvement have been the most
important aspect of growth during the
past year.
Curric ular changes have been modest,
as the department is attempting to stabi1ize the baccalaureate program after a
period of change and adjustment.
There is also an effort to stabilize the
facu lty . The only tenured faculty person
off-campus this year is Dr. Mike Freed.
Dr. Freed accepted an · In te ragency Personnel Act (I PA) appointment with the
Forest Service in Washington , D.C. His
responsibilities include the nation-wide
management of th e Visitor Information
Service (VIS).
As the intelligent use ot' le isure is an
ever increasing challenge to this society,
the department welcomes the opportunity to play a positive role in the quest
for quality living for the people of Oregon, the Northwest, and the nation.
We look forward to the development of a
balanced and strong department contributing full y to the future well -being of the
people of this region .
Edward H. Heath
Department Head
Forest Science
The year has changed the Department
of Forest Science substantially. We suffered a serious professional and personal
loss as a result of the death of Ed Hooven.
Ed's contributions to animal ecology and
reforestation persist and grow in importance, but we will be unable to replace
him as a uniquely valuable member of our
group.
Dick Dilworth officially retired, but is
still with us 10 percent or more of his
time and conti nues to be "our man in
Alaska" through his cooperative research
project in that area. Hu gh Black left OL!r
staff to become U.S. Forest Service w ildlife specialist for Region 5, and is report·
edly enjoying the Bay Area of California.
His leadership in completion of t he Cooperative Animal Damage Survey report
established an important milestone in the
way to better understanding of the relationship between forests and mammals.
On the gain side, we were fortunate to
add Tom Adams to our Corvallis staff.
Tom is a forest geneticist and a San
Francisco native, so we've evened the
score with California for taking Hugh
Black. Tom will work on improving the
genetic and cu ltural efficiency of tree
improvement programs. Susan Stafford
will join us from Syracuse this winter as a
consu lting statistician.
Among the several faculty members
who have joined us for shorter times are
Dave DeYoe, a post doc (and an alum)
working with Joe Zaerr (who has become
a half-time Assistant Dean of the Graduate School), and Alan Crozie r, who is a
visiting scientist from Britain. AI Berg
has continued his research on thinning,
and has a lso become Director of the Silvicu lture Institute and Mayor of Corvallis.
Kim Ching, working with TeMay Ching,
has been awarded a U.S. Department of
Agriculture grant to work on symbiotic
nitrogen fixation. Gary Pitman and Dick
Warin g h ave begun studying the relationship between nitrogen nutrition and
insect populations in pine forests. Bill
Whee ler, with colleagues across campus,
has initiated a study of compatibi lity
between timber and beef production in
Eastern Oregon.
Denis Lavender has
complete ly revised one of the undergraduate silviculture courses to emphasize
reforestation techniques, and has completed a major analysis of reforestation
problems in Western Oregon.
Dick
Hermann spent a sabbatical year in
France studying nursery and outplanting
procedures for firs, and wi ll teach under·
graduate silviculture this year.
Mike
Newton spent the first portion of his sabbatical leave at the University of Maine.
Mike is writing a book that will synth e7
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size his many years of research experi·
ence in chemical silviculture. Warren
Webb has started a new study of t he
physiology of large trees, and Ke~mit
Cromack continues to direct a major NSF
funded project on the effects of harvesti~g on nutrient cycling. Brian Cleary continues to lead reforestation extension
efforts, and Gary ·Sander has contin ued to
provide Christmas tree growers · with
inform ation. Two new half-time extension, half-time research faculty members
wi ll join us to participate in the Fl R pro'gram. Steve Hobbs is the F l R reforesta·
tion specialist, and Ken Wearstler wi ll be
the si lvicultural-speciali st when he arrives
in February from North Carolina. Both
Ken and Steve wi ll be stationed in Medfo rd . Bill Ferrell has continued his tenure
as Editor of Forest Science, and is, as
usual, heavily involved in undergraduate
teaching and research .
All in all, it has been an active year for
our faculty, and they and I look forward
to opportunities to tell you more.
John Gordon
Department Head
Forest Engineering
In the annals of the Forest Engineering
Department, 1978 will be recorded as the
year we did the faculty shuffle. We have
never experienced a year in which t h ere
has been so much change. Dennis Dykstra
accepted an assoc iate professorship at
Yale. Ed Aulerich will head a new logging
engineering program for a consulting
firm. Penn Peters will assume leadership
of a USFS forest engineering research,
project in Morgantown, West Virginia.
George Wingate joined the BLM in California . Ken Mclaren retired from fulltime teaching. Bill Davies, who has been
teaching one class a year for us, has
decided to devote his full energies to
enjoying his retirement.
On t h e bright side, we have recruited
some of the finest young faculty I have
ever had the pleasure to work with.
Loren Kellogg joined us in late June to
lead our smallwood harvesting research
project and teach Logging Methods.
Loren got his MS in Forest Engin eering
at OSU and was working as a logging
engineer for Scott Paper Co. when we
recruited him. Chris LeDoux joined us in
August to lead our harvesting system
modeling project and teach operations
research. Chris is also one of our alums
and was a forest engineering instructor at
Stephen F. Austin University. He has
also worked as a logging engineer for
BLM. Roy Sidle joined our faculty in
September as our Watershed Extension
Specialist. Roy has a Ph.D . in soils with a
minor in hydrology and was e mployed by
USDA in their research program. We are
very pleased to have such top·notch
people on our faculty and we look for·
ward to their contribution.
At the request of the forest industry,
the Forest Service, BLM, and county
governments, we are particip_ating in the
adaptive research and extension program
for Southwest Oregon headquartered at
Medford. Dave McNabb has joined our
faculty 'tO 'le·ad the soils and hydrolo~y
portion of this effort: Dave has a BS m
forest management, an M~ in forest soi ls
and additional graduate work in soils and
hydrology. We hope to have a timber
harvesting specialist in Medford also.
They will work with the silvicultu re and
reforestation specialists in the Forest
Science Department.
We hosted the first National Workshop
on Forest Engineering and Harvesting last
August. The objective of this workshop
was to lay the groundwork for a professional organization for forest engineers.
We have formed a Ioosely-structured
Council on Forest Engineering w hich we
hope will lead to a more for~al org.a~iza­
tion . If you are interested m partiCipating, let me know.
Continuing education and extension
remain an important part of our program . The Skyline Symposium, host_ed
by OSU this past December was a m_aJor
contributi on.
John Garland prov1ded
outstanding leadership in organizing
running this program. Our Forest. Engineering Institu te, led by John 0 ~ear.y
and Don Studier of the Forest Serv1ce, 1s
now bulging at the seams. We have 52
people enrolled for winter term and
another 50 for spring term . Our enrollment now includes loggers .and engineers
from industry and from foreign countries
as well as from the Forest Service and
BLM.
Our teaching program continues to go
full blast with large u ndergraduate and
graduate . classes.
One of our biggest
classes, term after term, is surveying . ~ob
Wilson continues to do an exce llent JOb
with this class. Bob has recently published a new text for forest land survey.
His old book has . sold 30,000 copies!
We continue to be extremely proud of
the caliber of students we graduate from
our undergraduate program. Four years
ago we made some substantial ch?nge~ in
curriculu m that added more engmeenng
science. And it has really paid off. Last
year, 90 percent of our graduates taking
the EIT exam passed; 93 percent passed
the LSIT exam.
This year we will graduate the largest
class of forest engineers in recent history.
They are, without doubt, better trained
than any class we have ever graduate?.
We have every confidence that they will
an?
make major contributions to the profession and industry they were trained to
serve. Because of the class size, we wi ll
need your help in making sure this class
gets an opportunity to serve yo~. ~e
hope you will contact us about Jobs m
your organization or if you hear about
jobs elsewhere.
.
We have a reputation for produc1ng
the finest forest engineers available anywhere. Th at reputation was earned, not
by us, but by you. You are ~he best
advertisement we and our graduatmg class
have. We solicit your help in advertising
our program so that we can get this big,
energetic, well-trained class jobs.
George W. Brown
Department Head
DALE BEVER says: "Welcome back
- I'm still teaching dendra and tree ident.
Drop into t he SLC on Fernhopper day
and take the refresher (ego-deflater) exam
for dendo-green exam only! I promise
that the results will not be published in
the next issue of the Western Forester."
WALT BUBLITZ indicates that the lab
is getting a bit better. "We now have
complete electrical control on our intermediate digestors, which is a big improvement over steam.
Also, a Sheffield
Smoothness Tester for paper is a new
addition . We're starting a pulp and paper
option in Forest Products, but it's too
early to predict results."
KIM CHING was the co-organizer for
the 1978 International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (I UF RO) Provenance Working Groups meeting in Canada
last summer. Scientists from 17 countries
gathered at the University of Brit.ish
Columbia for the first part of the meetmg
that lasted for five days, and the conference was concluded with a grand tour,
visiting natura l stands and provenances
experiments on Vancouver Island . Te
May, Kim's better h alf, became a rock
hound during a non-scheduled bus breakdown, somewhere on the island. In cidentally, we could feel the' Beaver State
impact, via many OSU alumn i, on various
forestry operations t here.
Forest Engineering students operate a
model cable logging system.
School Personalities
ED AULERICH writes: "I have continued to work on small wood harvesting
systems utilizing multispan skylines. I
also taught logging methods and oper~­
tions analysis courses to FE's. My decision to leave the University at the end of
1978 was prompted by an opportunity to
work with a couple of "old" FE classmates, Bill Lyche and Jim Bussard. I will
be opening a Forest Engineering consulting office for CENTURY WEST ENGINEER ING CORP. in Corvallis on January 1."
JOHN BELL continues to teach the
Mensuration courses. This past summer
he spent two months on a consulting
assignme nt for longview Fibre Co.,
reviewing their forest inventory program.
John is looking forward to seeing classmates at Fernhopper Day when the
classes of '48 and '49 will get together.
He also enjoys visiting with forme r students.
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P.M . DUNN (retired):
"Someone
asked what I did to keep busy in my
office-Peavy Hall 1 05. I have a title of
Courtesy Professor, OSU; am Chairman
of the South Santiam Forestry Scholarship Advisory Committee; Trustee of .the
OSU Foundation, the Good Samantan
Hospital Foul"!dation and th~ Western
Forestry Center (Portland); D1rector of
the American Forestry Association and
Forest History Society; and Chairman of
the Corvallis City Watershed Management
Advisory Committee. I am a consultant
to the President of St. Regis Paper Company (New York). with responsibility for
the Forestry Education Program and corporate interest in a 2 1,000 acre timber
tract in Alabama. We are happy to be
back in Corvallis again."
BILL FERRELL reports that the big·
gest news item of this year was his marriage to PAM CASE in November. They
have set up a home in the forest outside
of Philomath where ecology and forest
policy get practiced. How well the forest
will stand up u nder this onslaught is still
to be determined.
JOHN GORDON: "The Silviculture
Institute and the Southwestern Oregon
Fl R Program, in addition to routine
administration, teaching, and a bit of
research have made it an interesting and
enjoyable year."
ED HEATH, Head of the Department
of Resource Recreation Management,
received the Oregon Park and Recreation
Society's highest award, the Professiona l
Honor Award, at the Society's annual
conference held in Astoria in early
October. The award is given for outstand·
ing professional service in the Park and
Recreation field.
WALT HOP KINS keeps busy with
In trod uction to Forestry and was
involved as an instructor this past summer w hen for the first time ever the OSU
School of Forestry offered a course at the
Western Forestry Center.
ROYAL JAC KSON worked as an Historian in Region 6 office, U.S. Forest
Service, during summer 1978. He was
involved in cultural resource manage·
ment, planning, and research with the
Regional Archaeologist.
MURRAY LAVER reports:
"I returned on July 1 from a year's sabbatical
leave at Harvard University. The laboratory I worked in was in t he Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston. Thi s was really
interesting because I had never spent any
time in a big hospital complex before. I
had no contact with patients, but it was a
different world all the same. The research
involved the partial synthesis of a Carbohyd rate-Lipid Intermediate. These compounds represent an intermediate stage in
the cell biosynthesis of glycoproteins,
wh ich are important biological materials,
particularly in mammalian tumor cells.
It was a very inspiring, exciting year."
MAC McK IMMY is still teaching wood
properties (FP 314) and Forest Products
merchandising. He presented two papers
at the national Forest Products Research
Society meeting in Atlanta . One was on
strength variation in different ponderosa
pine provenances and the other was on
inheritance of average wood density in
the USFS 1912 Douglas-fir Heredity
Study.
BOB McMA HON says: "Research projects this year have included studies in
the economic value of the hardwood
industry in the Pacific Northwest, markets for treated wood products, the economics of utilizing beetle-killed timber in
NE Oregon, and the availability of mill
residues as a fuel source in the Corvallis
area. Collaborated with Prof. Bob Shirley
of the OSU School of Business in organiz-
ing a seminar in Portland on the reporting
and control aspects of a futures trading
program. I am collaborating with Prof.
Phil Tedder, Forest Management Depart·
ment, in developing and teaching a new
graduate course on the structure of the
forest products industry. I served as
chairman of the University Committee on
Faculty Reviews and Appeals, was elected
chairman of the Forest Products Research
Society's national technical committee on
Economics and Financial Management;
have continued to serve on t he Lum ber
Advisory Committee of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange; and I assisted an
eastern, diversified manufacturer and distributor of forest products to develop a
futures hedging program."
RICH MEGANCK reports: "This past
summer I collected data from recreationists in the Long Creek District of the
Malheur National Forest in an attempt to
learn if various management techniques,
aimed at increasing optimal use of the
range resource, affected visitor perceptions of scenically desirable landscapes.
The project is sponsored by the USFS as
part of the Range Validation Project. I
have also been involved in revising the
Park Systems Planning and Development
course, working with open space task
force of Benton County and in helping to
prepare a series of development options
for the Bruce Starker Arts Park; the result
of the Starker family donation to the
City of Corvallis.
MARVIN ROWLEY, the School Forests Properties Manager, had quite a busy
year this last year. Some of his activities
included the 6th Grade Conservation
Tour, arranging and conducting field trips
for the Small Woodlands Association;
teaching a Small Woodlands Management
course at Linn-Benton C.C. for 10 weeks;
president of Benton County Chapter of
Small Wood lands Association; Forestry
Club Advisor.
Marv just retired after
being an active member for 14 years on
the Philomath School Board; was a guest
speaker for the SAF meeting in Coos Bay
and for the Extension Agent in Hood
River. He attended the TREES Workshop, PAC Forest Logging Conference in
Eugene, Logging Congress in Spokane,
Skyline Symposium in Port land.
BO SHELBY is teaching "Social
Behavior and Resource Management" and
"Recreational Use of Public Land." He
worked with Ken Gibbs last year to
develop a course in "Forest Recreation
Decision-Making" for the FM Department.
Research in progress includes a carryingcapacity study on the Rogue River, a
design and development project at Crater
Lake, and a use allocation study in Hel ls
Canyon for the Forest Service.
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ED SLEZAK, after his summer session
teaching, travelled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan, his Alma
Mater. He also visited the University of
Michigan Fresh Air Camp, Patterson
Lake, Michigan, wh ich he directed at one
time. Later he served ·as a consultant for
Sleeping Child Hot Springs, .H amilto n,
Montana-in the heart of the Bitterroot
National Forest. He also visited several
summer cam ps operated by univer~ities,
agencies, and private people for the purpose of bringing current trends to the
attention of his students.
CHUCK SUTHER LAND worked for
the Southern Forest Experiment Station
for two months last summ er. He wrote
two articles on joint ownership of forest
property and its relationship to Federal
estate taxation and had an interest ing
to ur of southern pine forests. He had an
even more interesting tour of the French
Quarter in New Orleans.
PHIL TEDDER gave a workshop on
the use of the TREES simu lation pro·
gram. TREES is the program that John
Beuter, Norm Johnson, and Lynn Scheurman used to answer the questions posed
in the "Beuter Report". Manuals have
also been prepared to guide others in the
implementation of the program.
BOB WILSON tells us: "After having
heart surgery almost two years ago, I am
feeling fine, but having trouble pushing
myself away from the table. Finally fin·
ished and published my second book on
surveying for Forest Engineers. I now
have the answer to the question "What
have you been doing?" In the time that I
have been on the staff, which is longer
than I wou ld care to admit, I have had
4668 students in 13 different courses and
I have taught a total of 16,956 student
credit hours. I hope that this accounts
for most of my time."
RAY YODER, Professor Emeritus,
tells us that he intended to use his retirement years for fun and consulting.
Instead, his former involvements in tax
work have him up to his ears in the same
kind of thing in Arizona, where he is serving as president of the statewide Arizona
Federation of Taxpayers Associations,
and as a member of the Senate Committee on School Finance and Taxation. No,
the former is not a Proposition 13 kind of
organization. Both assignments provide
ample opportunity for restructuring taxation and spending programs along con·
structive lines.
CROWN ZELLERBACH SEMINARS- 1978
Dr. Helfert; Mrs. E.S. Lynn, Vice President, Wainwright Securities, N.Y. and
C.s: LaFollette, Senior Vice President,
Crown Zellerbach, lead the discussion as
John Beuter looks on.
Wit The Classes
The OREGON STATE FORESTER serves as a clearing house for Fernhoppers'
messages to their classmates and friends. Each year forestry alumni receive a selfaddressed, double-postcard so they can comm unicate with u.s and their fellow Fernhoppers. We are still bucking the increased costs of postage and printing and hope
that we wil l not h ave to eliminate the postcard and the message section in the NEWSLETTER. If more Fernhoppers would contribute to the Alumni Association,. we may
not have to discontinue the enjoyable tradition.
Thi s year we we lcome 158 students wi th bachelor's degrees and 4 7 with advanced
degrees to the growing ranks of Fernhoppers. We hope you will continue to keep in
touch with your classmates and with us through the NEWSLETTER and through coming back to OSU on Fernhopper Day.
1910
LLOYD C. REGNELL retired in 1965
T.J. STARKER wri te s:
"Wil l miss
after 37 years in Federal Civil Service, 34
Rudy Kallander. He was an excellent
of them with the Bureau of Public Roads .
source of information. Most of us forest
He has lived in Arlington , Virginia for the
owners are awaiting President Carter's
past 15 years.
signature on the new Tax Law. Capital
gains is a lifesaver."
1922
1914
JAMES C. EVENVEN is stil l living at
607 West Lakeshore, Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho. He is enjoying good health, but
finds th e miles are much longer and the
hills much steeper than they used to be.
Dean Stoltenberg and John Beuter chat with Mr. C.R. Dahl and Dr. Erich Helfert,
Chairman and Assistant to the -C hairman, respectively, of Crown Zellerbach
Corporation-leaders of the seminar series.
W.E. GR IFFEE writes: "Sorry, but
no exciting news to report. We spend
winters at our condo on Kihei or Maui
and much of the rest of the year at our
home in Lake Oswego, Oregon, or taki ng
trips. We are we ll and happy. Hope our
many OSU friends are the sa me."
PERCY E. ME LIS says: "After more
than a half century out of school, I am
still an active woodsman. I fa ll and buck
fireplace wood for friends and neighbors
who split, load and haul for me in
exchange for my college trained expertise
with chainsaw. I have finally given up
golf for bowling because the player
doesn't need to chase his bowling ball.
Even after a bad shot, th e ball returns to
you and you don't even need to stoop
over to pick it up."
1923
HARRY C. PATTON S!Jys: "I am the
last remaining member of the Logging
Engineering class of 1917 th at is alive
today. Dr. George W. Peavy was Dean of
the Forestry School and J.P. Van Orsdel
was the Logging Engineering Professor
at that time. I am stil l enjoying life-trap
shooting, bowling, and hunting. I also
keep busy with my land development and
subdivision work in the North Santiam
area, especially the Detroit Lake area. I
am registered in Oregon both as a Professional Logging Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor."
1920
Students and Faculty listen attentively
to presentations by Crown Zellerbach
personnel.
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EARL H. CHAPMAN writes: "Too
old and di sab led through paralytic strokes
(2) .
The first in '72, the second in
November '77. As the poem goes: 'Teeth
all gone and his face caved in, but a
damned good old man of 83 for the shape
he's in'."
1924
1917
Dr. Helfert, seminar leader, listens as
R.A. Brandes, supervisor, Forest Management Sciences; W.S. Hicks, Operations
Manager NW Timber and M.S. Denman,
Executive Vice President, T imber and
Wood Products, explain basic policies
and objectives of timber management.
The d inner meetings, though relaxing, involve active discussion.
• • •
Pop. I am avoid ing night driving when I
can, so will make an over-n ight stay on
the 24th. Ha ve a grandson at OSU now,
a sophomore in Engineering, perhaps a
granddaughter next year. Regards and
best wishes to all."
DONALD N. MATTHEWS writes: "I
graduated from the Forest School in
1920. I married Goldie L. Matthews of
Newberg. I taught science in the Newberg High School for four years, and t hen
graduated from Yale School of Forestry
in 1925. I we nt to work for the U.S. Forest Service on the Umpqua National
Forest. I worked for 17 years with headquarters in Portland for the branch of
Research. Later worked for the Forest
Service, Region One in Missoula, Montana.
I retired in 1955 and developed a home
near West Linn, Oregon. Both of our two
chi ldren and their families with greatgrandchildren reside within 50 miles of
our home here. We are over 80 years of
age."
GORDON A. DUNCAN writes: "Have
just received a letter from DeWitte Jones,
'23. He has recently moved to: Apt. 914
Oracle Villa, 11 E. Orange Grove Rd.,
Tuscon, AZ 85704. He is retired and laid
up w ith arthritis, and I'm sure he wou ld
appreciate Newsletter.
Best regards."
ERNEST E. FISCHER says : "Since
my wife of 54 years passed away last
winter, I have "fallen heir' to the task of
maintaining our home and grounds. My
trout fish in g days are over as well as the
former long trips in our motor home.
However, I do find time to work as a
volunteer to aid in the various projects at
the Hoyt Arboretum where I was curator
for 30 years. During my spare time I
visit various rest homes where my wife
was a former patient and bring the
patients each week 'edible goodies' such
as ice cold watermelon, oranges and
applies, ice cream and cookies as well as
strawberry shortcake in season. Guess
I'm the world's worst 'thumb twidd ler'-1
like to keep active.''
Lloyd Reynolds ' 24, master calligrapher
and first recipient of the OSU Forestry
Alumni Association Individual Achievement Award, died in Portland, October 4,
1978.
1925
ERNEST WR IGHT says :
"Dear
Brother Fernhoppers"
I am marking
February 24, 1979 down on my next
year's calendar. Hope to be there to visit
old friends once again. I see Pop Day and
Jack Graw, fellow Fernhoppers, quite
frequently. Bowl now and then with
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VERN E. McDANIEL writes:
"Hi
Fernhoppers. I still live at the same place.
Keeps me busy taking care of the yard
and house. Of course, I have to fish once
in a while. Stop by when you can. Good
luck."
1927
JA Y B. HANN w rites: " Dortha and I
are cele brating our 50 year wedding
anniversary Dece mber 22, 1978. Our son
and daughter are hosting this event at
their home in Pi edmont, California. Hope
we can ma ke the Fernhopper Day. If
so, it will b e another first. Had a nice
trip to New Orleans and the Virgin
Islands, culminated by a week in Baltimore, MD, a ll in Septe mber."
1928
W. RE X DENNEY h as moved to
Yreka, Ca lifornia (Klamath National Forest ) and married Ha rriett Davidson in
May, 1978. He still travels wi th Airstrea m. His new ad dress is 331 S. West
Street, Yreka, CA 96097 .
PHILIP L. PAINE attended 50th reunion of the class of '28 last June. In
reviewing th e 1928 Annual Cruise he
found there were 18 in the class. Five
members attended the reunion :
Rex
De nny, Bill Hornibrook (pic ture not
shown in Ann ual Cru ise ), Reed (Rabbit)
Hill er, Carl Rawie, and Phil Paine. A good
time was had by all-especially by Rabb it.
Fernhoppers: Be bold, gleeful, and kee p
dreaming.
It's t he battle scars t hat
count. "
WILLIAM RUHMANN adivses: "For
you retirees-try writing about your
experiences-that wil l keep you occupied.
I know, I've tried it ."
AL LEN C. SM ITH writes: "I'm just
finish ing my 8t h year of retirement from
Med ford Corporation and am enjoying
every moment of it, especia ll y not having
the environmental boys to deal with. Am
beginning to look forward to the 50 year
anniversa ry of us 1930ers."
1931
ALBERT ARNST says: "Portland is a
good place to meet the clan. Have regular contact with Forest Service retirees at
monthly 30-Year Club meetings. Al so
make regular stops at Reg. Office on
Smokey Bear business and Volunteer Se rvice check-ins (talks to schools on forestry caree rs). Still editing 80 page Western Conservation Journal 5 ti mes yearly
and othe r editorial consulting projects.
Also am member of Forestry Commi ttee, Chambe r of Commerce."
1929
LORANCE W. EICKWORT H w ri tes:
"No extended trips in 1978, fa r too busy
in the political fie ld protecti ng t he Coos
Bay Estuary from being fill ed to make
larger airport. We have been winning, but
it is very expensive and tim e consum in g.
Being a school boa rd member, I spend a
lot of time in this category . Still do a lot
of surf fishin g and crabbing. Any extra
time is spent cl ean ing underbrush and
managing my seven ac re forest. Slowing
down on Christm as trees-too much
work. See you all in February."
NORMAN R. HAWLE Y says: "Seventy
years of age is the cake and five more
add s the frosting. Each year thereafter
adds a ca ndle. I'm now busily working
on that first cand le. Last week I stepped
off a 12-mile hike in 3 hrs., 15 minutes.
Doing okay !
Pl an ning to drive from
No rth Caro lina to ·oregon for t he "50th"
at OSU next June. I'll be see ing you, I
trust."
GLENN VOORHIES has a new address: Box 4098 N.A. U., Flagstaff, AZ
86011 .
1930
HOMER J . HA RT MAN is still camped
at Mission Point, near St . Maries, Idaho.
He w rites: "To all full y mature fellow
JIM KIMMEY says: "Hazel and I
took a cruise to Alaska thi s past summer.
It was her first visit to that state. We are
still headquartered at Westport, Washington."
1932
PHILIP K. BERGER wr ites: "I have
no special message outside of greetings to
members of the Class of '32. 1 hope to
see many of you at the reun ion of 1982.
I retired in 1970, but am still going
strong. Was in the Regional Office (R-9)
the other day and they were al l strangers
to me. So t ime is march ing on ."
H.N. CORY has been retired since
January 1, 1974. He keeps busy with
grandchildren, yard, travel, a nd whateve r
comes along. They have a travel trail e r
and go w herever their fancies dictate
look ing for agates and other interesti n~
stones. They are still living at 235 Myoak
Drive, Eugene, OR 97404.
HARRY FOWELLS had a little bout
with ca ncer last winter, but is going
strong again . "Pretty hard to keep old
fernhoppers down. "
LEE 0. HUNT w rites : "Everyone is
climbing on the bandwagon to help the
small woodland owner do a better job of
practicing forestr y. As presiden t of the
Douglas Small Woodland Ass'n. and chairman of the technical advisory committee
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to the County Commissioners, I'm fi nding the bureaucrats and surveys by
government and academia haven't made
contact with woodland ow ners to
identify th e problems.
Still testing
exotics, hybrid s, etc., on o ur tree farm to
find species with better surviva l and faster
initial growth."
EVERALD E. NELSON is retired and
living near Sequim, Washin gto n on the
Strait of Ju an De Fuca. His home is only
a short way from Weyerhaeuser's seed
tree farm. It was started t here about four
years ago when it was dec ided that the
climatic conditions there we re most suitable for this project.
WILLIAM N. PARKE says: "Sorry I'll
not be able to attend the Fernhoppe r
fu nctions as I'll be going south agai n t his
winter. Will miss seeing many of my
former students. From all my accounts,
they are doing fine in their profession,
w hich is as I expected."
VELDON A. PARKER is livi ng at
Susanvi lle, Califo rnia . Susanville is 85
miles north of Reno. The shortest driving
route to Reno from the Pacific Northwest
is thro ugh Susanvi ll e . Fernhopper fr iends
are welcome to vi sit on your way to or
from the gambling city.
WALTER J. PUHN had an interesting
field t rip on the Eldorado National Forest with U.S.F.S. retirees w hich b rought
renewed contact with old Fernhopper
friend s who had al so migrated to California to solve its forestry problems.
· Among them:
Reed Miller '28, John
Buck, '3 1, Joe F lynn, '47, and Charlie
Yates, '48.
1933
GAlL C. BAKER has b een retired for
8Y. years now at 5100 SW Chestnut Avenue, Beaverton, OR . He sti ll e njoys hunting, fishing, golf, and OSU Beaver sports.
He has been a Beave r Club m ember for 10
years now and gets to Corvallis for some
games.
CAR LOS T. (TOM) BROWN tells us:
"Alice (Alice Jacobs, ex-34) and I have
had a nostalgic year. We vacationed at
Spirit Lake, Wash. w here I started work
fo r the Forest Service in '28; to Eagl e
Cree k Campground as Campground Host
where I worked while atte nding school
and we also vacationed at Bagby Hot
Springs (Mt. Hood N.F.) where I was District Ranger in '38-40. We also travelled
to Kali spell, Montana,· in July for a
reunion with t he folks we worked with in
Ketch ikan , Alaska. All th ese travels were
in our mini motor home. We also flew to
Denver, Cheyenne and Pittsburgh to visit
our three boys. We tried to spoil our
grandchildren but didn't have too muc h
luck,"
..
HENRY L. HOMOLAC says: " I am
still livi ng on my tree farm near Coquille,
Oregon, where I am doing some thinning,
tree pruning, a nd planti ng as time permits. Am getting rid of my old D-4 cat
and have purchased a new John Deere
350 C which is an ideal machin e for the
work which I am doing. Other than going
on a Caribbean Trans-Panama Canal
cruise last winter, I have been staying
pretty close to home. Did get to Corval1is to attend the class of '33 reunion."
MERLE S. MOORE is in retirement at
Capital Manor, Salem, after serving in the
Wenatchee,
Olympic
a nd
Siuslaw
National Forests . Still interested in Foresters and the School of Forestry,
although he doesn't get ove r to Corvallis
much since the death of his sister,
Wil le tta, who ta ugh t camp cookery fo r
Foresters in the 1a29-30's .
NORMAN SPANGENBERG writes:
"My home is still in Fresno, California,
and a call from visiting Fernhoppers
would be we lcome. Principal activities
continue to be travel and golfing. Spent
most of the sum mer in Oregon and just
returned 12-3 from Wisconsin, where son
Earl is teach ing. With him, I visited a
very sophisticated waste treatment plant
at one of the paper mills."
HARRY ZOLLMAN w rites: "Gl ad to
hear that the Organization is doing better
and bette r and that the Forestry Industry
is getting more scien tifi c year by year to
take care of t he constant demands of all
types of industry. Always enjoy getting
any news about the latest happenings
around Peavy Hall. Will not be able to
make it to the meeting. Am still work ing
- selling steel-instead of lumber or wood
products. My work in t he office makes it
very easy to work beyond retirement age.
Do hope that you all have a wonderful
get-together."
1934
STANLEY BISHOPRIC!< is offic ially
retired, but hasn't lost a day at work.
Righ t now he is busy fi na ncing a plant in
Kansas City to manufactu re reconstituted
railway ties, wh ich are testi ng out
extremely wel l. He hopes to get the plant
off the ground by March of 1979-and
one plant will lead to more.
GEORGE
CHURCHILL
writes:
" Greeti ngs to all Fernhoppers. Bee and I
moved to Scotts Vall ey (seven miles from ·
Santa Cruz) a bout a year ago in search of
mo re sunshine . We found it and are
enjoying living among the redwoods in
th e wa rm, sunny climate. Have extra
beds and th e latch st ring hangs on outside. Stop by when in the area."
HORACE G. COOPER has retired for
t he third time and is now doing nothing.
He can't get his work done and can't get
any help.
FRANCIS R. McCABE says: "Took a
trip to Italy and Switzerland in September and October. Lots of scenery and
history. Smog and traffic as bad or worse
than here. Took 2Y. hours to get from
Rome to t he airport (20 miles). Venice
was flooded by a storm two days after we
were there.
Water knee deep in the
streets. Hope to get to the banquet next
February."
1935
HOWARD W. BULLARD wr ites:
"Sti ll around . Still buildi ng mills. Northern Idaho this year. Wife wants me to
quit. I don't want to, but have agreed to
completely reti re when I reach seventy.
Two more years to go."
BOYD L. RASMUSSEN continues to
represent the National Association of
State Foresters in Washington, D.C.
wh ich keeps his hand in. Otherwise he
travels some, plays golf, fishes and tries
to hunt pheasants in Eastern Oregon,
spend a month at McCall , Idaho, and then
go salmon fishing.
CLARENCE RICHEN writes: " Thank
you for th e opportunity to greet my fellow foresters from the greatest forestry
school in the country. I taught a course
in Forest Policy at Univers ity of Florida
wi nter quarter '78, which is a good forestry school also.
Presently MetroPortland chairman of National Alliance of
Business and on Management Board of
Navajo Forest Products Industries in New
Mexico.
GEORGE H. SCHROEDER writes :
'Work ing on the 5 small family tree
farms, serving Oregon Small Woodlands
Association as executive secretary, serving
as a director on the Washington County
Soi l and Water Conservation District, on
the Oregon Association of Conservation
Districts, as co-chairman of the Forestry
Committee, as a mem ber of the Forestry
Committee of the National Association of
Conservation Districts and on the
counseling group of the Small Business
Adm inistration in Portland, working with
the Washington County Small Landowners Association, as a council member of
the OSU Ex tension Service in this
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county, me mber of the county Economic
Development Committee; member of the
Water Resources Task Force of CRAG
(now part of MSD). So far managing to
stay out of trouble and in good shape
physically. Clara is a Deaconess in the
First Congregational Church of Hillsboro
and I help hold down the bass section in
the choir. We enjoy wo rk ing with our
mini ster and wife recently back from
African service. We also work with the
American Field Service Sherwood Chapter. The Lo rd is good to us!! "
JACK SAUBERT writes: "The tenth
year of retirement life is rather routine·
golf and hunting at McCall, Idaho, in th~
summer and fall and golf at Rio Verde
Arizona during the winter mont hs. 1 se~
Boyd Ra smussen, my four year classmate,
each August as he takes a break from
Washington, D.C. - I am building a new
house. Boy! Those trees have become
va luable with 2 x 4's at $380.00 perm."
1936
VERNON A. FRIDLEY writes: "Dear
Foresters: Th ings are humming here at
P~rtola Heights (Mob il Home Park) and
With our traveling, Virginia and I are very
busy. Had a great time at the Fern hoppers day last yea r and wi ll try to make it
m 1979. Best wishes."
1937
MARVIN G. ANGLE retired October
1, 1975 from lnte,.rn ational Paper Comp~ny a_fter 30 years. He is keeping busy
w!th h1~ gar?en, greenhouse, yard, visiting
w1th h1s children, and painting pictures.
He is on the Board of Texas Forestry
Association.
VAL GARDNER is in his second year
of retirement and seems to be as busy as
when he was working full-time. They
have a home and two rentals to take care
of. They have a new travel trailer and do
considerable traveling, and will probably
be in Arizona on Fernhoppe r Day.
CARL L. HAWKES writes :
"The
State Legislature aboli shed my part-time
job as Exec utive Secretary for the Columbia River Gorge Commission-thus retiring me for the third time. So Helen and I
decided to build our cabin on our 80 acre
tre e farm 25 miles west of Portland. We
sold our King City house and bought a
ca mping tra iler to be on the site dur ing
the summe r a nd long Ind ian summ er. We
hope that by the time th is is published we
wil l be in the house. At any rate , our
present address is Rt. 3, Box 332 C, Hill sboro, OR 97123."
GUSTAV J . KRAUSE is a general
contractor with operations covering
Southern California (commercial construct io n).
D. LESTER LYNCH w rites: " I am
bu il ding airstrips for the State of Alaska.
This is very inte resting as each project has
its own problems with accessibility,
water both from above and below, and
often lack of good dirt or gravel. One
more year will probably complete my
tour here, but I will retire outside where
there is some good sunshine . Looking
forward to Fe rnhopper Day."
KARL OEDEKOVEN is glad to report
on September 12, 1978 the Society of
American Foresters and the German Forestry Association awarded the Fernow
Medal to him fo r "extraordinary merits
for intern ational forestry". He is still in
office as Chief of the Division for Forestry, Timber Industries, Wildlife Manageme nt, Environment and Protection of
Nature with in the Federal Min istry for
Food, Agricu lture, and Forests, but will
reach retireme nt age (65) on February
12, 1979 (you know he is a Lincoln
boyl). If his health and if other circumstances p ermi t , he will revisit his old
"alma mat er" in early summer 1979,
toget her w ith his wife. For the moment,
he se nds warmest regards to former c lassmates and forestry friends.
J.R. STEVENSON has now retired
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and has
moved to Flagstaff, Arizona. He is currently getting a Docto r of Education
degree at Northern Arizona University,
so won't be here in February. He lives
five minutes off 140 and wou ld like old
friends passing t hrough to stop and say
hello.
FRED H. VOGEL w rites: "The previously indestructible old forester fell
prey to medicos and hospitals at last,
escaping with th e loss of a few feet of
right ascending colon.
Ahead Iies a
regime of ch emo-therapy following which
we ex pect to attend the 50th homecoming at Corvallis in 1987. Daughter Kathy
now on economics faculty of Williams
College in Massachusetts, consulting for
Joint Council on Economic Education.
Daughter Suzy currently in London.
Helen as spry and active as ever, here in
he r native Florida."
VINCENT D. "BEN" WARD says:
"Only comments I have are that my 65th
went by la st month (October) and I've
bee n lucky to be healthy. Keeping busy,
physically and mentall y are just as important as freque nt checkups with a good
doctor. Best wishes to all classmates."
K.O. WILSON writes : "Wilson family
status nearly same. Eld est son, Greg, wi ll
be married Decembe r 2, this year. Young
son, Bob, now in construction business
here in Portland . Mom and I thoroughly
enjoying reti reme nt and our two grandkids. Planning to head south for the
winter. Will probabl y miss- Fernhopperstoo bad!"
1938
KEN BURKHOLDER is enjoying th e
sunshin e and clean air in Lake County,
Oregon. They are living seven mil es south
of Lakevi ew and he is busy with garden,
woodcutting, hiking, and trail er trips. He
also h as time to do more letter writi ng
and reading. They have full hookup for
RV'S, so stop in.
Karl Oedekoven
CHARLES LOOMIS retired f rom Boeing Company, wh ere h e was a f ield se rvice
engineer, in June 1978 after 35 years. He
is spe nding his time between travel, fishing and hunting. He would like to h ear
from fellow foresters.
His phone is:
206-387-541 1; his address is 206 E. Wall,
Camano Island, WA 98292.
GENE PET ERSON w rites: "On November 7 , 1978, I was elected for a two
year t e rm to the twel ve member counci l
for the tri-county Metropolitan Service
District. This is the first elected regional
governing body in the United States.
BERNARD
McC LENDON w rites:
"Have abo ut reached that point of winding up 24 y ears public service as Councilman and County Supe rvisor, with retirement in the offing. Having traveled about
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as much as I wanted, expect to relax and
enjoy the fruits of accomplishments.
Wish all classmates and fellow fernhoppers t he best of good fortun e and happiness."
B. SAM TYLOR w rites: "My wife
Ruth and I are still at the same old stand
where we have lived for 32 years at 3404
Chicory Lane, Central Point, Oregon.
Plan to try a little Arizona sunshine this
win te r with some friends and will most
likely not return in time for Fernhopper
Day.
We can accommodate a travel
trail e r with all hookups so any friend
going by this spring or summer is welcome to stop in, visit, and make use of
the facilities. Give us a call at 664-2650.
HAROLD "RED" THOMAS says :
"When I retired fro m the Rogue River in
1963 as Ashland District Ranger for 15
years, I was fortunate in August '63 to be
able to work for Medford Corporation for
8 years under th e d irect supervision of
Howa rd Mitchell , '52. We h ave kept in
touch ever since. When my wife, t wo of
my children and grandkids went to
Hawaii in August, I stayed home in order
to spend full time with Howa rd. Was I
amazed to learn what he has done in
T.M."
STEPHEN D. WA ITE retired January
1, 1978 and he a nd hi s wi fe have traveled
in Oregon a nd pa rt of Western U. S. They
plan to see some more of Oregon and the
U.S. ·and maybe catch a few fish.
1939
GRAYDON ADCOCK retired Octobe r
3 1, 1978. He was form erly resid ent forester for Will amette Industries, Inc., on
th ei r Trask Mountain Tree Farm at Carlton, OR . He will keep active in community affairs, many hobbies, and the ten
acres on whic h they live. Friends are
invited to stop in if passing near Carlton.
GILBERT M. BOWE is Senior Partner
in t he firm of Mason, Bruce, and Girard .
He is also tru stee of OSU Fou ndation and
Ch airm an of the Real Property Management Co mmittee.
He now has seven
grandchildren.
BARTON H. BROWN says: " I reti red
last spring after 37 years with Pacific
Northwest Bell . Am enjoying my leisure
playing golf at Will amette Va ll ey Country
Club wh ere we have a new home in
Canby on the fi rst fairway. We are pl anning a trip to Spain next March. I cont inue to enjoy news of the old school."
RALPH B. CLARK was just re-elected
to the Orange County Board of Supervi-
sors (third term). He served as Mayor of
Anahe im 1969-70 and serves as chairman
of Orange County Transit District. His
current project is creating a coord inated
system of irrigated greenbelts to act' as
buffer zone between urban ized areas and
the wildland fire hazard areas.
FLOYD
"SCOTTY"
EDMISTON
writes: "I retired in December '77 from
B LM after m ore t han 20 years wi th the
Bureau. He len and I spent Apri l, May
and June in Mindanao in the Philippines,
whe re I was working on a reforestation
project for Pa pe r Industries Cor p. of the
Philippines . My introduction to tropical
forestry was an extremely interesting
experience and I found that many of
t heir reforestation problems are simil ar to
ours. Am now work ing on another project involving planting techniques for the
same company. Spent severa l days in
Hong Kong on the way home. Present
p lans include a tri p to Sp ain in t he
spring. Otherwise we spend much time at
our beach place near Florence, w he re we
beachcomb a nd rockhound . Helen paints
and I fish . Retirement has been busy for
us. Regards to all."
MYR L A. HAYGOO D says: "I have
been doing some traveling and VISiting
relatives in th e southern states and ex pect
to spend the winter in Foothill s subdiv ision of Yuma, Arizona, but m y h ome is
still Philomath, Oregon 97370."
ANG US L. WARE is retired and working part-time in tree farm management.
He is doing a little traveling and enjoying
the lack of pressure.
1940
LY LE HARRISON conti nues into
36th year at F HWA road design. He
drives from West Li nn daily to Vancouver
office. He has one boy, 15, at home who
is looking forward to World Scout J am boree in Iran next summe r.
MA UR Y ISTED w rites: "I want to
congratul ate you at the Sch ool in giving
th e old graduates a chance for having
the ir cards published. I reall y enjoy reading the newsletter. My invitation still
stands if a nyone comes to South ern Cal iforn ia for the winter, incl uding Stub
Esselstrom. Give me a call in Escondido.
Have many interesting thi ngs to show
you."
J OE M. LEBO te lls us: " I retired last
July. Leta and I a re enjoying life withou\
interruptions of p hones and radios ! Our
home is at 539 NE 1st St., To ledo, OR
9739 1."
JOSEPH F. S IMPSON is enjoy ing
ret irement, particularl y the snow mobiling
here in British Columbia.
LAWRE NCE W. ZACH writes: "We
are winding d own the 40-odd years of
forestry and related activities to fit reti rement on ou r tree farm. We find this a
most satisfyi ng climax to a forest management and tree farming career during the
period when these fields came into thei r
own. This well wo rn forester cou ld ask
no mo re. The we lcome mat is out to our
classmates and associates from over the
years. We are secluded, but not remote,
at 18153 Powers Creek Loop N E in the
Silverton Hills."
1941
LOY A. CO LE retired from the Oregon State Police as a Station Commander
in Decembe r 1974. He entered t he real
estate busi ness as a salesman in July of
1975.
RODNEY 0. FETY w rites: "This
winter m y wife (Jean Platt Fety '43) and
I pla n on touring Southeast Asia. This
will include a Christmas visit with our
daughter's family on duty with the U.S.
Naval forces at Subic Bay, Philippine
Isla nds. Poss ible side trip into Red China .
Will be gone a bout 2% months."
CAR L PETERSON sold the plant in
February. He is now free fa rming, travel ing, and office wholesaling and says al l
t hese activities are great p leasu res.
A. HAROLD SASSER says:
" No
c hanges in work or home. I gu ess it could
be said I a ni working fo r pleasure fo r
reti rement is very close to the horizon -a
year or t wo at the most. Still bicycling
to wo rk_ most of the time. Surpassing
9,600 m1les and second set of ti res. Good
ga s mil ea ge. "
1942
DAVE BURWELL w rites:
"This
year's big event in Rosboro's little forest
was the Cane Prairie fire. A 50 mph E.
wi nd bl ew loggers' tin hats like frizbees
a nd a 'safe' slash burn for a quarter m ile
in less seconds than an Ol ympic record.
Changes our logging plans for the next
two years. Gale still doing public relations for Willamette National Forestshe reports fires; I fight them . Dit to for
RARE II , the herbicide controversy, etc.
Vacationed in Tikal, Guatemala, and
Tequcigalpa, Honduras where I rode with
Don Hopkins, ex-Washington DN R for est
advisor to CODHEDFOR.
Have good
slides of white pine forestry /logging in
Honduras and Mayan archeology in
Tikal."
D EAN FORD says : "I retired from
t he Forest Service in June 1978. Remarried in Sept. (I was widowed in
1976). Zo na and I would welcome visits
from our frie nds."
RICHARD C. DUNLAP is now in the
Fiji Isla nds on a one to two year project.
He has been there since January 1978.
He is working fo r the Nat ional Fo rest for
Fiji, and finds it a very interestin g and
chall engi ng job.
GE NE HOFSTED wri tes : "The forests of Siberia were the destina tion of
three Fernh oppers and their wives last
July.
Clyde Walker's, Ray Crane's,
Geraldine (G ilmore ) a nd I were among
t he Ca li fo rnia Peopl e to People Fo restry
Delegation visiting Swede n, Fin land,
Ru ss ia, Pol and, and Germany. Finland
came out on top forestry-wise in my
boo l<.
Since th e second Redwood
Nation al Park take, our whole Arcata
Redwood Company has experienced a
comp lete ' land rotation'; a completely
new resource base is now nea rly com plete. If you pass th rough Orick, stop
in."
HAL GOODYEAR pl ans to retire
fro m retail lumber b usiness soon and
devote tim e to prope rty developme nt and
tree farms. He regrets miss ing reunion
and Fe rnhopper Days and will try harder.
ROBERT A. HORN says: "Hi-the
welcome mat is out to any Fernhoppers
getting East... R.A. Horn, Buchart-Horn,
Consulti ng Engineers, 612 W. Market St.,
Pork, PA 17405, Tel e phone - 717-8435561."
FR ITZ M. MORRISON retired June
1!:174 in Boise, Idaho, from Inte ragency
Fire Cente r. Now living in Bend , Oregon.
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CHARLES S. LEWIS writes: "Wood
fibre mark eting, consulting, and Christmas tree farming keep me gainfu ll y
employed. Serving on the · Corvallis ai rport commission and the steerin g committee of a politica l c andidat e keeps me
occupied. Wife Lila is first grade teacher
at Fairmont in N. Benton County. Our
child ren are off on their own with o ne
d a ughte r still home and a freshman in
high school."
NORMAN McDONALD had two massive coronaries and a stroke 2% years ago.
He is living at home with his wife and
son, but is bedridden and is learn ing to
talk and walk. Previous to th is, he was
sem i-retired and raising black a ngus. He
wou ld welcome calls and lette rs from
former classmates. The address is Rt . 3,
Box 698, Aurora, OR 97002, phone
678-5120.
JOHN S. PRESCOTT writes: "Semi·
retired. Still have minority interest in
West Coast Vancouver Island logging
outfit. We log about 35 mill ion/year.
Also look after revenue-producing real
esta te acquired along the way. Not much
resemblance between logging and forestry
today and 1942 when we graduated.
Who would have dreamed then of a lumber market like we have now?"
ALFRED A. WIENER w rites :
"I
retired th is year after 37 years with
USFS. Like more retirees, I am keeping
as busy as need be: At present writing a
history of FS timber appraisal process
1897 to now, an article or two for forestry journals, and seminars as opportunity offers."
1945
ROBERT H. FORBES says : "My
switch from sil viculture to writing about
fo restry (free lance) and forest products
(at Canada's Western Forest Products
Lab) is paying off, but Father Time is
going to put a stop to that in a few years .
Yes, retirement is staring me in the face.
Maybe when that time comes, I can go
back to 100% free lancing, as 20+ years
ago wh en I was a fairly regular contributor to the Oregonian, Oregon Journal,
and Seattle Times magazines, among
other publications."
SPENCER T. MOORE ha s retired
from the USFS. Hi s last assignment was
Forest Supervisor, Gifford Pinchot
National Forest. He is now serving (until
1-1-79) his second term as National
Councilman, SAF. He is concerned and
involved in national debate on forest and
publ ic land issues.
HUBERT (HUGH) 0. PESSNER
writes: ·"seems Iike most of my friends
are retiring and taking life easy; but at
present I have no thought of doing so.
Guess I just enjoy doing what I am doing
and plan to keep on doing so, at least as
long as we can keep the governmental
regulations from strangling the forest
products industry. Yes, I'm still on the
o ld stand as President and Manager of
West Coast Timber Products, Inc., P.O.
Box 2848, San Rafael, CA 94902. "Since
1950' the stationery says; but it doesn't
seem that long!"
1946
LOUIS 1<. BATEMAN is still with the
Department of Revenue.
His home
address is 4646 46th Ave. N. E., Salem,
OR 97303.
WALLY EUBANKS is continuing to
work for Oregon Department of Revenue.
His latest effort has been implementation
of the new western Oregon Severance Tax
Laws .
MARSHA LL TURNER w rites: "Stil l
active in forest products as President of
Western Wood Structures in Beaverton,
Oregon.
I stil l remember - struggling
through Pat Patterson's Forest Engineering classes. Little did I kriow about the
valuable computer of the future that
wou ld solve the toughest timber engineering problems while you watch the sweep
second hand count out a minute. Does
anybody need a first class glulam timber
bridge?"
1947
DARYL FARNHAM and his w ife,
Arlene, own !<locker Printery in Medford.
He sees former Fernhoppers every once in
a wh ile. He has a stepson at OSU in
business-Jon Havey. He still likes to
keep in touch and looks forward to the
Newsletter and info on the past.
JOSEPH V. FLYNN writes: " I was
e lected El Dorado County Supe rvisor
NovembEjr 7. This is the position Raymond E. Layer held prior to his death.
Ray was class of '42 or '43. Retired as
Deputy RF, Region 5, USFS in 1973.
Have been occupied in many local affairs
since returning to my old horne county ."
ARNOLD G. GIBSON is now retired
from the Oregon State Forestry Department, but is sti ll doing consul ting work
for them. In addition, he is managing 30
acres of forest land near his home. He
sends season's greetings to a ll fellow
Fernhoppers.
HARRY L. MERTENS is semi-retired.
He is active in real estate and money management. Recent travels include SE Asia
Taiwan, Phi lippines, Japan, Korea, North
Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Italy,
Spain by freighter. He contin ues to have
a summer residence at Canyon Ferry,
Montana, and winter residence in
Arizona. They welcome any and all Fernhopper-s to stop in for a visit.
ROBERT E. FLYNN says : "No c hange
address, marital status, etc.-just a year
older."
WAYNE G. HUBBARD is doing overseas manpower recruiting. He still li ves
in the same house in Sacramento. He
enjoys the travel to Europe and the Middle East, but misses the forests of the
Northwest.
EARL JOHNSON writes: "Life on
Ch ehalem Mountain has much quality,
but we can watch the steady progress of
population moving in our direct ion across
the Tualatin Va ll ey. We have built near
the center of an 80 acre farm, so we can
retain some secl usion w ithin our own
borders. We are keeping another farm
near Vernonia in reserve should the population pressure here become too great.
Our career years were spent far afield
from the forestry profession, but we are
now back at work on our own wood lot,
planting, thinni ng, protecting, ha rvesting,
and, of course, planning. We also take all
opportunities to preach conservation utilization rather than economic exploitation . Preaching is often an unproductive
activity. We have hopes of traveling to
Scandanavia next year, where we wi ll be
interested in observing intensive forestry
practices. It does seem incredible that
t h ree decades have passed since we last
walked the halls of the old forestry bu il ding."
BOB K ISCHE L writes: "Had a real
back-handed compliment paid to me by
the chairperson of the local 'birdwatchers society'. One of my employees
was told that she was glad that he was not
a graduate of the OSU Forestry School
like his boss, and therefore would not
exploit our 'little feathered friends'.
After 26 years of government service, am
firm ly convinced that you can't win them
all. Three grandchildren, same wife, same
job, lots more gray hair. Ride my bike to
work, cut lots of wood. New breed of
foresters is puzzling."
1948
FLOYD J . "J IM" LYNE wi ll retire
January 2, 1979, after 35 years with the
USFS-the last 22 on the Siuslaw
National Forest. He has a fifth wheel
trailer and wi ll travel-perhaps Arizona
will be a new home.
GEORGE S. BURSON writes: " It is
good to hear from Oregon Staters who
pass through or live in Texas. I am sti ll
teaching math and coaching golf in the
pub lic school system. Spend most of
Becky's and my spare time in Colorado
visiting friends and children who live in
Aspen or Denver. Hope to visit Oregon
again this summer."
HARRY "SWEDE" PEARSON writes:
"My four years as mayor of Canyon City
are up December 31 !!
Now I'm into
county government as I won election for
Grant County Commissioner. Still do a
bit of air patrol for State Forestry
Department.
Also am involved with
Grant County Resource Council. Happy
Ho lidays to all!"
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DAVID H. ROGERS writes: "Edy
and I retired in June '78. Have been
appointed special representative for
Ouestar Corporation in Northern Cali fornia, Oregon, and Wash in gton . Questar
manufactures reflecting tele scopes and
telephoto lenses. Fine for looking into
outer space and watc hing wild li fe . We
are alternating demonstrations w ith
explorations into inte resting byways of
the West."
ALVIN (AL) SORSETH tells us:
"Arlene and I have been en joying our
new life-style since my retirement from
the U.S. Forest Service in 1977. We h ave
taken some trips and have more on schedule. Steel head fishing still remains a great
challenge. We still make our home in
Eugene where we see many Forestry
friends often."
WARD C. "BALDY" WILLI AMS
wr ites : " It doesn't look like I wi ll be ab le
to attend the Fernhopper's Banquet this
year so I 'II send my best greetings to o ld
classmates in absentia. During the last
year I made a sl igh t alteration in my professional si tuation he re in Europe and am
now employed fulltime b y Benn Bros.,
Ltd., of London as European Editor of
Paper and Timber Trades Journal. This
means a lot of travel around the continent and even to Brazil, which I've visited
three times in the last 2 years. Of special
interest to me are the new wood based
panel plants in Europe. It is interesting
to see the direct chain of technical knowhow from t h e Pacific Northwest to
Europe. When not pecking out a yarn on
my Smith-Corona I can be found on a
nearby sk i hill polishing up techniques
practiced eons ago on Mary's Peak, Mt.
Hood and at Hoodoo. Regards to all ."
1949
NORM CAREY writes : "Am working
for Uni ted Guarantee Corp. , a nationwide residentia l insurance company, as a
regional consultant. I am responsible for
th e entire state of Oregon. Our regional
office is in Portland, but I still li ve at
1170 S. Walnut in A lbany. Son Ron
teaches school in A lbany, son Brad works
for American Business Machines in Portland , son Chris is sti ll at home. Wife
Betty (Betty Long) stays busy being wife,
mother, and organizer. Between travel,
basketball, golf, hunting, and fishing we
are a busy fami ly."
HENR Y G. DAV IES says:
"The
teaching of Chemeketa Commu nity College Forest Tech. and Forest Products
Tech . students goes on, maturing and
improving most of the time. Daughters
Sallie and Marilee in the Lake Oswego
area . Granddaughter Amber Rose arrived
in September. Son Jon with us and liking
forestry better all the time."
JOHN S. FORREST writes : "Greetings to all 'old' friends-young and o ld.
Now living in 'Summerfield', a retirement
community south of Tigard. Have not
retired yet in my estimate. Betty th inks
otherwise. Come and see us at 'Menopause Manor'."
P. HOLTSCLAW says:
of '48 and '49 are having a
reun1on th1s year, so I hope that so me of
you wh o haven't been back for a w-hi le
w ill show up."
DONALD D. WOOD wr ites: "Still in
Lands and Recreation on the Siskiyou
National Forest in Grants Pass. 1'm now
a Grandpa as of last January by number 1
daughter.
Number 2 daughter is with
U.S . Forest Service, Siuslaw _National
Forest-Bonnie Wood, Class of '73 or
'74-don't remember which-time fl ies.
Anyway from School of Forestry OSU
Marylou (Paetzhold) '48, the wife and
still boss and I are very busy in our work
and organizations. He ll o to all."
" WILLIAM
Th~ class~s
~OB LARSON is kept busy by consu ltmg forestry work . He is building a
home . near Camp Sherman, Oregon at
~etolius Meadows and plans on moving
1n June or July. His wi fe, Edith, is lookIng forward to not teach ing after about
20 years of it. They both look forward
to having old and new friends stop by for
coffee, grog, and grub.
DEAN MEADOR
located at 7830 E.
Scottsdale, Arizona.
is temporarily
Camelback Rd.,
SAMUE L W. RAYMOND writes:
"This was a busy year w ith a $20 million
mill modernization program underway, a
new Iumber sander to sta rt up, and a peak
demand year for our wood products from
the Weyerhaeuser Klamath Mill . Marian
and I enjoyed a great five week vacation
to Tah iti, New Zealand, Australia and
into the interior of New Guinea! Doug,
our oldest son, graduated from WSU,
and David is a senior in Engineering at
OSU, Roger at O IT, and Carol in high
schoo l.
Hope to attend February 24
Fernhopper Day."
HERMANN C. SOMMER writes :
"Early this year I accepted a t ransfer to
Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters as
Manager, special projects, woods and raw
materials . We are building a new home
on Chambers Creek in Lakewood, which
shou ld be finis hed in early January. Our
new address is 6908- 75th Street SW
Tacoma, WA 98498."
'
NORMAN "PETE" SORENSEN says :
"After 30 years in the woods I have
finally changed occupations to 'manager
~f the Port of Tillamook Bay, which conSists of 650 people-40 tenants and a
great deal of Federal Regulation because
of ra ilroad, a irport, and debt to the GSA
plus sewer system and water, all regulated
by DEQ, OSHA, FAA, ICC-you name it.
But I do love th e job. See you February
'79."
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1950
DAN ABRAHAM wr ites: "1977 was a
big year.
Divorced, re-married, and
retired from the USFS. Enjoying the new
life of leisure in Mari n County but
haven't been able to catch any of 'those
peacocks yet."
JIM BAGLEY says: "Wilma and I still
live in Berlin area. That's just east of
Lebanon. If you get a yen to see these
two p laces-wi th out international travelcome visit us. Call 258-8708 for guide
service. Best to all. "
JIM DENISON is li ving in Corvallis,
trying to find a way to solve all of forestry's headaches, not too much success
though.
His wife, Betty, is active in
Women for Timber, an activist group
hopefully headed in the right direction"Trees as a renewable resource."
HAROLD H. (B ILL) I<EIL writes:
"After quite a few years of rambling all
over the world, I finally got to Rome,
Oregon last summer. Rome, Ita ly, I had
visited several times. Work with BLM is
taking me to spots around the state that
are entirely new t o me-some of the
rangelands which I had on ly flo wn over or
driven through in a hurry. Got down to
Corvallis one night in October when we
took sons Greg and Dick down to watch
Wi lson High-Corvallis High football game.
(Corvallis trimmed them 46-0.)
Both
Dick and Greg are on honor roll at Wilson, something their old man never even
approached! l<eil family didn't get to
backpack last summer, the week they had
schedu led in August brought snow down
to 5,000'. We skied most of last winter
but a basement remodeling project kept
us out of t he canoe last summer."
LLOYD H. LARSON says: "Exporting to the Far East continues strong with
1979 appearing to be a banner year. Our
international orders continue to mount
with no letup. Our on ly daughter was
married last Jul y so we have had .a busy
and enjoyable year. Have turned into a
Seahawk and Sonic fan and love to go to
the games whenever possible. Hope to
re new old acquaintances at Fernhopper's
this w inte r."
ALFEO E. MINATO writes: "Since
June 1, 1978, I have been worki ng for
Charles T. Main, an inte rnational consulting engineering firm located in Portland.
This year, I have worked on forestry pro·
jects in Colombia, Honduras, and Mexico.
Last May I presented a paper at the International Conference on Improved Utilization of Tropical Forests held in Madi·
son, Wisconsin . My three boys David
Rick, and Marco are 21, 19, and 13. Pia~
to move to Portland ,soon from Grants
Pass."
RON RING moved to Corvallis in July
1978 and is now a consultant specializing
in logging systems-both production and
cost ana lysis. His p hone number of 7534275.
DOUGLAS S. SMITH is beginning his
seventh year as legis Iative assist ant to
U.S. Senator James A. McClure of Idaho.
The public's interest in forestry and other
land iss u es continues to be debated in
Congress. Next year the Forest Service
Roadless Review (R ARE II) will provide
Congress with an opportunity to finally
d ispose of this issue. His two oldest boys
are in the Navy and Marines, respectively,
daughter works in a Virginia bank, only
one boy left at home to take bird hunting. Goose hunting on the eastern shore
of Maryland is tough to beat. Several
Fernhoppers work in the D.C. area and
many others visit on t he many issues that
shape forest policy.
LAWRENCE M. WH ITFIELD is
Regional Forester for the Southern
Region in Atlanta, Georgia.
1951
Bl LL BUTLER is still with Champion
International and is now working out of
the home office in Stamford, CT. Th ey
live nearby in Wi lton, CT.
GORDON FRUITS is assistant timber
staff, Fremont National Forest, Lakeview, Oregon. He has t hree girls and a
boy; one girl sti ll in high schoo l. Wife
(Wanda Hardin) and he are weathering
th e storms.
CARL W. ~ICKERSON says : " Having
served as Director, Aviation and Fire
Management, Region 6, Forest Service
USDA, si nce 11/25/ 73, and havin~
accumu lated more than 35 years creditable service, I retired effective 1 / 12/79!
The many years of firefighting, starting in
July 1942, culminating in two Regional
''Fire Chief" assignments in Atlanta and
Portla~d, finally paid'off
t~ . ret1 re at age 52 under
in my eligibi lity
the special pro·
VISIOns of 5 USC 8336(c). Bobbie and 1
plan to remain in the Portland area, presently on Bull Mountain and later on in a
new home we plan to build on Bald Peak.
Visitors are we lcome!"
WILLIAM V.D. "DON" HICKERSON
w rites: "I'm retired after 30 years U.S.
A.F. service and am now into Christmas
trees and small logging and firewood
operation on my 20 acres in Rainier
Washington. Fernhopper Day falls on th~
same day as the trails end marathon in
my. hom_e town of Seaside. I 'II be running
In It agam this year, so will be with fellow
Fern hoppers in sp irit only. I'II wear my
red tie to the awards banquet."
BOB JENSEN and his wife, Gail, were
busy this year as they spent six months
aboard their sail boat traveling to the
Marqueses Islands, Tahiti, Ha wai i, and
back to San Francisco. Upon returning,
they purchased a 1 ,200 acre ranch and
spent the summer logging. "After 25
years it felt good to be back in the
woods."
. WILLIAM V. JONES is Forest Supervisor of Lassen National Forest with
headquarters in Susanville, California.
WYMAN WILLIAMS writes: "I'm still
selling wood products in paradise. Hawaii
stays beautiful, but it's becoming more
c rowded with people every year. Do any
of you Fernhoppers have wood products
you want to sell in Hawa,ii? Please drop
me a lin e at:
Honsador,lnc., 9 1-151
Malakole Road, Ewa Beach, HI 96706."
M.E. (BUD) UNRUH, for the past several years, has been Transportation Construction and Maintenance Engineer for
the U.S. Forest Service in the Washing·
ton, D.C. office.
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1952
. HO~ARD MITCHELL is sti ll livi·ng
With w1fe Naomi in Dark Hollow country
on Southwest corner of Medford. He is
working for Medford Corporation and is
concerned with all aspects of management of the company's 87,000 acres of
forest land.
He has two sons making
p lywood in Medford area· one son m
Marines at El Taro, California.
. DONALD H. SMITH w rites: "Contmue as Forest Supervisor of Rogue River
~ational Forest. Couldn't ask for more
l~ te resting times with RARE II, HerbiCides, FMA, etc. Have installed a hot tub
to soak it all away. See you at Fernhopper's."
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children enrolled at OSU.
His home
address is 43 North River Drive, Roseburg, OR 97470.
GLENN S. SMITH is Planning Coordinator w1th Forest Service at Lake Tahoe
Basin Management Unit. The focus of his
work is in coordination of Federal
agencies programs in the Tahoe Basin and
working with state and local govern ments.
He remains active in church
activities and U.S. Coast Guard Au x iliary.
1953
JOHN CHRISTIE writes: "With only
one left at home, we rattle around in all
the space. Daughter Catherine graduates
from OSU in the fie ld of Nutrition in
December. Son Peter graduated from
t hat other school in Eugene in June and is
now ~nrolled in the Masters program
there m psychology. Son Pierce has his
own life to lead in Astoria as a musician
and e_mployed in a music store. Daughter
_Rett IS a sophomore at Skidmore College
m New York State. I e njoy puttering
around on the tree fa rm and catching
crabs and salmon from the Columbia.
Glad to see anyone who happens to be in
the Astoria area."
. WILLIAM (BILL) MALTBY is workmg for B LM now. He is assigned to their
Oregon State Office as State Maintenance
Engineer. His primary responsibility is
the overall road maintenance of the Western Oregon B LM timber access roads
(O&C). He is living in Vancouver, Washmgton, and has one daughter in last year
of h1gh school and another a junior at U
of W. His job is always interestin g, even
when the storm emergencies overtake
him. "One thing about road maintenance, it never is boring, also never ending."
He often runs into other "old
grads" in his travels.
. . REXFORD A. RESLER te ll s us: "This
IS 1t ! . I hang up my corks 12/31/78 when
I ~etlre from . the position of Associate
~h1ef of the Fo rest Service. After enjoyIng an extended vacation, I wi ll start a
new ~ar~er w ith the American Forestry
Assoc1at10n as Executive Vice President.
After 25 good years with the FS, this
move 1s a gut-w rencher, but I am looking
forward to a new chall enge with another
gr_eat organi zation. By the way, 1 start
w1th AFA on January 1, 1979. Family is
m great health and doing we ll -wh at more
can an "~I" Fernhopper ask for but the
opportunity to say Merry Christmas and a
great new year to all other Fernhoppers."
IRV ING A. STEERS moved to
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest
in Janua ry 1978. He is Lands Staffman
for forest.
His home address is 412
Flicker Drive, Ft. Collins, CO 80526.
BILL STILES has a ll three of his
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RUSSELLS. WALTERS w rites: "I 've
been in Burlington, VT, for 8 years now
working as a si lvicultura li st for the NE
Forest Experiment Station at the George
D. Aiken Sugar Maple Laboratory. My
work has been with the plastic pipeline
and vacuum pump system for collecting
sugar maple sap. Now we are c hanging
our emphasis to sugar maple silvicultural
problems."
1954
LAURI HEMMI w rites: "Last summe r was extremely dry and we had diffic ulties with the river driving, but we
succeeded to float all logs with reasonable
costs to the industry because we have
started to use forest tractors to do the
clearing work on those rivers where the
water leve l was too low. In September I
had a wonderful opportunity to visit
China w ith 14 other Finnish foresters.
We were treated very well and everything
there was very interesti ng and different.
With best regards."
GENE HOLLOTER is still at Colville,
WA, with the Forest Service on the Colville National Forest as Asst. T.M. Staff.
He was re-united recently with an old
co-op housemate frorn Schooi-Je.rry
Holdgrafer. Jerry is now on the Colville,
too, as the Forest Logging Specialist.
1955
JIM BRADY is Assistant VP-Timber
Management for Burlington Northern in
Seattle, WA. BN has timberland operations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and
Montana. Jim lives in Issaquah, Washing·
ton, with wife and three children, 9, 10,
and 11.
WILLIAM GLEASON writes: "Hello.
Muriel and I are living in Tsawwassen,
B.C., just up on the hill above the Vancouver to Victoria Ferry Terminal. My
work as a Forestry Consultant takes me
all over the U.S. and Canada. Our firm,
Forestal Inte rnational Limited, wo rks
world-wide and the people and situations
are fascinating. Give us a call when up
this way-maybe we can crack a crock.
You can find us in the Vancouver book."
RICHARD H. SPRAY writes: ''The
famil y (minus one) is still in Albuquerque. I'm responsible for recreation and
wilderness management for the South·
western Region, Forest Service.
Son,
Doug, is taking forestry at the University
of Montana (OSU was first choice, but
too
expensive
for
out-of-staters).
Daughter, l< aren, is a high school senior
and getting ready for the U of W. Need·
less to say, both Bette and I are working
to help finance all this."
1956
DALE R. CHRISTIANSEN says: "I
am presently Director of Parks and
Recreation for the State of Id aho. While
not exactly forestry, the role I play in
charting the future quality of life in this
beautiful state is exciting."
JIM FISHER writes:
"It's quiet
around the house with all four kids away
at college. Jeff is a fifth year senior in
graphic arts at the University of Oregon,
Sue is a junior in education at OCE and
after a long dry spell, we even have two at
OSU-Dave, a sophomore transfer in forestry, and J erry, a freshman in business.
Dorene and I enjoy the freedom and
spend all of our free time at our new second home near Sisters. As a desk-bound
forester, I enjoy being outdoors and
recalling w hy I became a forester-to
work outdoors."
Columbia in Vancouver now. 1 cou1a nm
convi nce them to come back to OSU."
DUANE WELLS says: "I'm getting
further away from forestry, but my heart
is still where it should be. I ran for
County Assessor this year and won in the
June primary election. Now California
has three licensed foresters as assessors
and all in the redwood region."
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NEIL Z IMMERMAN says:
"Been
involved with engineering at Seaside for
the last couple of years with Crown
Zellerbach. Now it's back to "tree hugging" at Cathlamet, Wash. Got a new
assignment as a forestry manager. Been
out of the state of Washington for 10
years and it's almost like living in foreign
country!"
1957
JOCKO BURKS is still with Silviculture Engineering Departme nt, Weyerhaeuser R&D (Industrial Engineering for
forestry) . Projects last year took him to
the South so many times he can't stand
breakfast without grits!
EDWARD A. HAMILTON was promoted to Captain in the U.S. Navy in
1977 . Ed is assigned as Commanding
Officer, Navy and Marine Corps Reserve
Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and enjoying
the area.
ROD CARTER retired from the Air
Force in March and is now an aviation
consultant to American Airlines Flight
Academy. Hi s address is 6153 Walla
Ft. Worth, Texas 76133.
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ROBERT I. KERR is still superin·
tendent of Grand Teton National Park in
Wyoming. "A beautiful place to live, but
a hard place to be a 'fed'. Lots of snowgood skiing ahead this winter in Jackson
Hole."
FRED GEHRKE is enjoying the sunshine and hospitality of the South. He is
now Woods Planning Coordinator with
Weyerhaeuser in the Mississippi/Alabama
Region. He transferred from Corporate
Headquarters in Tacoma . He can't get
away from pine trees for too long
(Columbus, Mississippi).
DOUG MORRISON says: "Acquisition of lands and interests in lands for the
Bureau of Land Management gets more
campi icated and interesting every day."
Bl LL PADGHAM, although involved
in banking for the past 13 years and now
assistant manager of First National Bank
of Oregon's International Division, still
has a chance to be involved in forestry
through ownership of tree farm property
in C.urry County, where the trees grow
fast, but the brush grows faster.
WARREN DAVIES w rites: "We're
still in Montana and enjoying it more all
the time. Pamela graduates from OSU
this June. Greg is a freshman at the U. of
Montana. Hope to make it to Fernhopper Day this year."
PHILIP C. SMITH says:
"Still in
Bri tish Columbia and still trying to get
another load of logs to town. Our three
daughters are at the University of British
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CHUCK HILL writes: "Still in John
Day helping sell Malheur National Forest
timber sales. Feel like a dinosaur these
days. There are some sharp kids coming
out of school lately. Got 30 years in as
of 10-24-78. Five more and I quit. Then
back to Albuquerque for retirement."
FRANK TORKELSON writes: "We've
been in Sacramento, California, now for
18 years and find it a nice place to live.
Currently I'm deputy director of the Cali·
fornia Department of Forestry-an inter·
esting job. Best wishes to all of you!"
WILLIAM H. WRIGHT recently moved
to Sandpoint, Idaho, to assume new
responsibilities as Vice-President1of Marketing and Sales for McFarland 'cascade
Co.
1958
PAUL BUFFAM writes: "It's great to
be back in the PNW after 13 years away
touring the USA with the Forest Service.
I hope to be settled down now as Direc·
tor of Forest Insect and Disease Management for Region 6 . By the way, Bill
Klein recently reveal ed to me that he was
'Benny Beaver' during our good old days
at OSU."
in John Day, Oregon, with the Malheur
National Forest-Forester on the Land
Management Planning team-we have
completed final statem ents on the three
planning units of the Forest.
That,
RARE ·11 and Appeals along w ith outside
activities in BPOE, and various youth
groups keeps me busy ."
TEMPLE T. HAHN w rites: "Britta, I,
and the kids still hold forth in Falls
Church, Virginia.
Beca me even more
Potomacised this spring being promoted
to Leader of the Programs Group of the
Forest
Service,
Washington
Office
Administrative Management Staff."
VERNE CHURCH says: "After 17
years buying and selling lumber products,
we can't seem to convince the buyers we
can't produce two by twelve's out of a
10" Douglas-fir log. Grow 'em biggernot faster."
CHAR LES H. HARDEN says: "Still
holding forth as Prevention Officer, Aviation and Fire Management Staff Group,
Forest Service, Washington; D.C. Both
Colleen and I are e njoying the historic
East, especia ll y Washington, Virginia and
Pennsylvania. J ob involves a lot of travel,
but would be glad to see visiting Fernhoppers if they can catch me in ."
LARRY MERRIAM says:
"Best
wishes to all the Fernhoppe rs from an old
Oregonian in St. Paul, Minnesota. This
past year one son and daughter graduated
from University of Minnesota, th ough not
in forestry- landscape architecture and
French."
WILLIAM H. SAGER writes: "We're
still in Hawaii.
Busy remodeling the
hou se. You build'em-then you change
'em. Two youngest are deeply involved
in theatre and p lanning careers in the
fie ld-star struck maybe. The last year
has been an education in the realities of
politics and people. See you in Boston in
1979."
JOHN TERPSTRA writes: "This year
marks a big change for the Terpstras;
retirement from the Army followi ng 20
years of active service and a chance to
gain some 'roots'. Roots hopefully will
take in Olympia, Washington, where we
have settled in a comfortable home overlooking Budd Inlet. I'm now beginning a
'second career' in engineering and constructi on as a S!Jpervisor of Contract
Administration for Washington Public
Power Supp ly System, which is build ing
two nuclear p lants at Satsop, west of
O lympia. Certai nly happy to have been
able to spend the past seven years in the
Northwest and now to settle here!"
LEO N. WILSO N is still living in
Philomath and commuting to Forestry
Department in Salem, where he is Fire
Prevention Director.
1959
C HET BENNETT, JR . writes:
"Still
R. KIRK EWART writes:
" I am
pleased to report big news! My wife
Ruby and I now have two boys, Geoffrey,
10, and Adam, born May 14, 1978. I
am Director of Industry Affairs at Boise
Cascade Corporation headquartered in
Boise, Idaho. All is going we ll for us, and
I wish the same to my classmates."
JERRY F. FRANKLIN and his wife,
Carol, are still at home at 8090 Ridgewood in Corvallis. Visitors are very welcome. He is currently working on studies
of marginal commercial forestland, subalpine forests, and old·growth.
RONALD C. GALDAB INI writes:
"The family and I still live in Juneau,
Alaska . · I still am working for the US
Forest Service.
The current changing
land ownership patterns reminds one of
our old freshman Gene ral Forestry class
and how 'in the old days' public lands
changed hands into large private ownership or shifted from multiple-use to lockup. History is repeating itself in the 'Last
Frontier' and it appears nobody has
learned anything from history looking at
the way things have gone here in the
1970's."
FREDERICK R. LABAR writes:
"Come January and I'II be starting year
number four on the Logan Ranger District. Except for inflation, times couldn 't
be better.
Utah's Cache Valley and
Wasatch Mountains are fulfilling all our
interests and desires. Then there's skiing
'the greatest snow on earth', which
beckons family and I to its downhi ll
slopes and cross-country trails . If ever
with occasion to visit Utah State University, let us know. We're on ly ten minutes from campus."
1960
MICHAE L ATK INSON is still work ing
as Timberlands Auditor fo r Weyerhaeuser
Co. in Springfield, t~nd Grace and he are
raising trees, kids , and cows on the home
ranch sout hwest of Eugene.
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PAUL HANSON writes: "My family
and I are still living in Forks, Washington,
w here I am the agent for State Farm
Insurance. Have not been in any type of
forestry work since 1971. However, we
do have a 17 acre Christmas tree farm.
Wife, I, and our oldest son spent a week
in the Costa del Sol region of Spain in
May of 1978.
Right on the Mediterranean Sea. Between work, the activities
of our three boys, and church we keep
pretty busy."
RAY HOL MSEN says : "Am now selfemp loyed in my own independent business here in Alaska. Lampl ighter Enterprises is a sales and service distributing
organization. We have worked it 8 years
on a part-time basis and now freedom I
Come up and visit us."
Dr. JOSEPH D. KASI LE writes:
"Returned to Oregon State for a visit
after an 18 year absence. The campus
is more spread out now, but the people
are just as nice as ever. To paraphrase
Wi ll Rogers, 'I never met a forester who
wasn ' t a nice person ;' however, Dr. Paine
and his family were exceptionally nice to
me and my family during our visit. Maybe it's the Oregon environment that contributes to exceptional people. Here at
the Ohio State University we are moving
ahead w ith a high quality gr.aduate program and can provide financial assistance
to many of our forestry graduate students. Let me know if you are interested!"
BARRAT SCOTT writes: "Continue
as logging engineer for Ch ampion International Corp. in the mid-Willamette
area, he adquartered in Lebanon.
I've
served as a chapter officer in the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon for the
past two years and will be chapter president in 1979. In March 1979, daughter
Julie and I wifl visit my 'old stomping
grounds' on the islands of Oahu and
Lanai, in Hawaii, with my parents who've
lived in the Islands si nce 1936."
DALE A. WOOD became logging su perintendent for Snow Peak Division of
Willamette Industries in February of
1978. He is seeing lots more sunrises as
he commutes from Foster to Snow Peak
Camp.
1961
WINSTON D. BENTLEY writes: 'We
are beginning our seventh year in Spokane; the longest time we have made our
home in one place. I am still Resource
Manager for Long Lake Lbr. - Division of
Pack River Corp. Judy keeps busy working for Blue Cross as medical claims
secretary. Becky, a junior at Shade Park
High School, had the privilege of travelin g
to Europe last summer, including a vis it
to relatives in Norway. Tony, a fourth
grader, is active in all sports (wrestling,
football, and soccer) at present plus
scouting.
Our regards to you all. We
love reading about you in the alumni
news, but how much better it would be
to visit with fellow classmates."
GARY BLANCHARD writes: "Dear
Classmates and Friends: It seems.that not
only is the dol la r shrinking, but the years
are getting shorter as well. We have a
long list of things to do and people to see
that will just have to wait till next year.
The most noteworthy event at our house
is Marlene's new career-she is now a
real estate salesperson and really enjoying
it. I am stil l helping the Starkers search
for that legendary ten foot leader so we
can prove once and for all that Douglasfir has the potential to make it big in the
Coast Range . See you on Fernhopper
Day."
JAMES C. CONDIT is currently an
advisor to the Imperial Iranian Air Force
(II AF) at Bushehr, Iran. He has had the
opportunity to work with some very
ta lented and hospitable people. Next
year h e wi ll be joining his fam ily in
Germany, where he will work three years
for NATO. At Bushehr, he is also instructing for the University of Maryland and
teaching himself electronics. His wife ,
Janet, is obtaining an M.S. in Computer
Science at Cal Poly, San Lu is Obispo,
while he is Iran.
ROBERT M. CRON writes:
"Wife
Jane, daughter Ch risty (7), and I live in
Bozeman, Montana where I am District
Ranger for the USFS on combined
Bozeman-Gallatin District. Management
challenges include a mounta in pine beetle
epidemic, wilderness, blue-ribbon trout
stream, petrified forest, dude ranches, subdivisions, ski areas, etc. Such fun. Finall y
drew a moose permit and bagged a n ice
young bull. Winter is long-summer short
here (-6° F with 30 mph w ind today
11 -1 9-78 ), but if you visit our area just
northwest of Yellowstone National Pa rk,
stop for a visit."
EUGENE FERGUSON writes: "Am
now the general manager of Mili lani
Town Inc., the largest bui ld er of tract
homes in Hawaii. Continue to carry on a
running battle with Dave Rinnell (cl ass of
58) on the use of treated lumber in our
product. Those damn forest products
guys are persistent... Anyone coming to
Honolu lu for fun or business is welcome
at my house (I promise not to sell you a
new home in the project).
Aloha."
VERN FRIDLEY says: "It's been an
extremely busy year with RARE II public
involvement and social analysis responsibilities in the Intermountain Region, Forest Service.
Environmental Education
Program has been continuing at the same
level by shifting more 'do ing' and 'planning'
responsibilities to out-service
people. J ean and I bought an older home
in Salt Lake City, which we have been
busy restoring.
Building materials are
sure expensive, whew!"
FRED GRAF and wife Ann are now
settled in Prineville. They are hoping to
renew acquaintances w ith any Fernhop·
pers who've made t heir home on that' side
of the mountains. Stop by for coffee on
your way to that favorite hunting spot.
JOHN HENDEE is now living in Asheville, North Caro lina, as assistant director
of the Forest Service, SE Forest Experiment Station. He says it's a real change
from Washington, D.C. and legislative
affairs, but good to be back near the
field.
FR. JAMES P. HERRMANN writes:
" I continue to meet people here in Minnesota who either have met or studied
with foresters from Oregon. And, in each
case, they express a real respect for the
way things are done out in Oregon and
the Pacific Northwest in general. 'Foresters from Oregon' have had a good
image; it is something to continue to try
to live up to."
DAVE OSBORN writes: "Still at G-P
in Portland. Getting m ore involved with
foam plastics as these products are
becoming big in building insulation. I
often see Romer Adolf of Dow Chemical
- he is one of our best foamboard sheathing suppliers. Barb enjoys teaching preschool and our two girls, 7 and 10, enjoy
grade school."
HUBERTUS WACHTER writes: "I
should like to send greetings to all in Cor·
va llis and elsewhere who still remember
me! I am certain some day I shall come
over again to the States to sh ow that
beautiful country, especially the 'Pacific
Wonderland' to my wife and two kids
(daughter 7, son 5). We live in Wolfenbuttel, Luisenweg 24, in a small 'Eigenheim'. My wife is teaching English and
French in a secondary school. I am working with the State Forest Service of
Lower Saxony being in charge of forest
site-mapping for Lowe r Saxony. Be sure
to contact me w henever coming to
Europe and Germany at:
Niedersachsisches Forstplanungsamt, 3340 Wolfenbuttel."
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1962
LARRY CRON is still District Ranger
at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and enjoying the
opportunities and challenges of managing
a chunk of national forest. There is
always somethi ng new and different. His
office and home have easy access to and
from the freeway, so plan to call and stop
by.
ORIN F. PALMER writes: " I have
been transferred from the Ochoco
National Forest in Prineville, to the Malheur National Forest at John Day, Oregon as of December 4, 1978. Same job
though, Forest Timber Staff Officer. As I
write this, we are in the mid st of house
hunting and preparing to move. Betty is
working part-time, and the family has
nearly flown the nest, only one at home
now, our youngest son, Joe, who is a senior in high school. Best wishes to all
Fernhoppers and c lass of '62."
WILLIAM D. PLATT w rites: " I fin ished my neurology residency at the University of Washington in June 1977. We
spent one year in La Crosse, Wisconsin
where I practiced neurology with a large
multi specialty clinic . In July, 1978, I
moved my family to Hillsboro, Oregon,
where I am presently setting up a neurology practice. Forestry is still one of my
major inte rests. I have recently become
acquainted with George Schroeder-an
amazing fellow!"
DAVID M. PRICE _is sti ll managing
Forestry Operations for Potlatch in Idaho.
He reorganized the 28 man forestry staff
in June to provide a more decentralized
organization with increased geographic
accountability. Dave Jr. will enter L.A.
Art Institute in February 1979. Kelly
competed for Lewiston Jr. Miss this fall.
Pat down ed 5 pt. bull e lk on 15th birthday. David and Joan sai l any chance they
get. Th ey are in good health and continue to enjoy living in Idaho.
EARL SPANGENBERG is stil l in Wisconsin at U.W.-Stevens Point.
He is
teaching forestry and water courses in the
College of Natural Resources there. Any
Fernhoppers in the neighborhood are welcome to drop in.
GEORGE E. WARD is stil l at Crown
Zellerbach, Camas, Washington.
1963
DOUGLAS N. BARTON is stil l working in LaGrande and working with Chet
Sater, also a 1963 grad. Address has
changed to: PO Box 96, Cove, OR 97824.
E. RICHARD BODYFEL T w rites:
"After one year with Weyerhaeuser and
two years as a safety engineer with a San
Francisco Casualty Insurance Co., I
entered U of 0 Law School, w here I
graduated in 1969. I have been engaged in
private law practice in Portland, specializ·
ing in products liability, since that time,
first as a partner in Tooze, Kerr, Peterson,
Marshall and Shenker, and since January
1, 1978, in my own firm, Bodyfelt and
Mount."
ROBERT WOLFSKI LL is sti ll with
the U.S. F .S. working on the Medicine
Bow National Forest. He lives in the his·
toric town of Medicine Bow in Wyoming.
LARRY G. BROWN says: "Hello fellow Fernhoppers, My wife Paty, Jen·
niter (8). and Jimmy (5),, and I are living
in Vancouver, Washington, and would
certainly like to have old friends drop by.
I find my job as Area Manager, Woodlands and Manufacturing, for International Paper Co. most rewarding. Hopefully, I will see some of you February
24."
STEPHEN A. FITCH tells us: "Moving to Redding to be District Ranger on
the Shasta Lake District-Shasta-Trinity
N.F. Leaving S. California with mixed
emotions. Will be glad to get our two
active boys where they have some elbow
room. Was deeply saddened to hear of
Fernhopper Ted Erickson's death. Great
forester and super guy."
BOB DUNN left coll ege teaching last
year and joined International Paper Company in New York. In January, he will be
moving to Longview, Washington, as the
Marketing Manager of IP's Cabinet Division (part of the old Long Bell Lumber
Company). He and Diane always have an
open invitation for any Fernhopper.
BOB FECHTNER writes : "The fami ly
and I are about to complete our 1Oth
year north o! the 54th, you know, the
land of the midnight sun. I'm Logging
Manage r for Peace Wood Products at Fort
St. John, B.C. Two years here follow 8
years in and a round Burns Lake as Engineer, Logging Superintendent, and Man·
ager. We all like it very much here and
have been citizens for four years now."
ROBERT MACY SR. is still living in
Warm Springs, Oregon. At present, he is
Operations Manager at Warm Springs Forest Products Industries. He is looking
forward to a big modernization year
during 1979.
JOHN W. REED is currently working
as a structural engineer for Engineering
Decision Analysis Company in Palo Alto,
California. It is a long way from forestry
but he and his wife do a lot of hiking and
fishing.
He sends best wishes for the
coming year.
G. LYNN SPRAGUE writes:
" I'm
currently on a long term training assignment for the U.S. Forest Service in the
"Managers of Resource Affai rs Graduate
Training Program" at Colorado State University. Will receive M.S. in May. Real
challenge to make the transition from a
bureau crat to a student after all these
years!"
1964
CARROLL D. CROPLEY says : "This
has been another big year. I am still
worki ng for the State Department of
Revenue but I am stationed in Salem
now. If you get by here look me up, but
I am on the road most of the time."
T.D. HINTHORNE received his MBA
in 1966 and Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Oregon. He is currently Man·
ager, Wood Supply Planning, MacMillan
Bloe.del Ltd. His responsibilities include
coordination of wood supply planning
and administration of log scaling tunc·
tions in B.C. operations.
MICHAEL D. JACKSON says: " Hello
from Olympia, WA. Still enjoying management and appraisal work with Professional For·estry Services Inc. Marilyn is
now helping in the office. Kelli is now in
kindergarten. Moved into our new house
last January. Hopefully everything wi ll
be completed by Christmas.
If any
Beavers have a chance to stop in Tumwate r, would be glad to show them some
of the tree farms under our management."
MAJOR TED R. KINNEY writes:
"Am assigned to the UNC/ USFK Engineer staff in Seoul, Korea, working in the
Real Estate/SOFA Branch.
Deal primarily with real estate transfers and negotiations with the Korean government. In
July, will be relocating my family from
Maryland to Anchorage, Alaska , where I
will be assigned to Elmendorf AF8."
TERRY A. LITTLE recently moved to
Belleview, WA, to begin work with
Weyerhaeuser's Western Lumber Trading
Center location at Tacoma. A new job
and the opportunity to travel the Southwestern United States h as kept life in teresting.
REV. DR. ELSBERRYW. ("JERRY")
REYNOLDS writes:
"Situation unchanged since 1977. Still priest-in-charge
of a growing church on windward Oahu,
and sti ll dabble in education (high school
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teaching, and directing a pre-school
operation). Same faithful wife {praise the
Lord!) and same two healthy, bright boys
(ditto!)"
ROBERT A. WRIGHT says: "Promoted to Area Forester for the Sacramento Area office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Sacramento , CA, effective January , 1979. "
ROY SCANTLEBURY has been in the
Seattle, WA, area since 1968. He is married and has two fine daughters. He has
been a manufacturer's representative selling fishing tackle and sporting goods.
RONALD E. STEWART writes: "''m
now a research silviculturist in the Division of Timber Management Research,
U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. We
are liv ing in northern Virginia with two
chi ldren, two cats, two horses, and on-e
dog. We are loving it here, but it's hard
getting used to seeing logs loaded crossways on the truck. Stop in if you're in
the nation's capital."
1965
DAVE
KNOWLTON {Major-USA)
writes: "Completed Command and Genera l Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kansas last June and then moVed Linda,
Mike, and Melissa to Ft. Rucker, Alabama, where I had a mont h-long refresher
course on holll! to fly lhelicopters (again)!
Am now stationed in ·s eoul, Korea for
one year and in charge of an Air Traffic
Contro l Uni t . Wife and kids are staying
in Steil acoom, WA. Ran into Ted Kinney
('64) and Kevin Mihata ('65) over here!
We are disc ussing when t he best time
would be to have a reunion cruise of this
Korean Timber! Surely miss the Pacific
Northwest!"
JOHN H. McGHEHEY has joined
Georgia-Pacific Corporation as their manager of governmenta l affai rs for Oregon.
His office is in Sale m, but he and his
family continue to reside in Newberg.
ROBERT W. NELSON writes: "Stil l
serving as a real estate investment consultant and investor's broker in the Eugene
area. The recent changes in the Federal
income tax law should rea lly stimulate
my speciali ty-excha nging of business and
investment properties. I haven't hopped
a fern in at least 15 years-1 wo uld
really like to meet some of the old gang
shou ld they ever be in Eugene. Still
single, but growing weak and out of sh ape
from lack of fern hopping."
DAVID E. SCOTT writes:
"After
leaving in 1965, Uncle Sam took his two
years of my life. Quite an expenence.
Have bounced all over the Northwest
with large and small firms in wood products. Have been married, had two children , and have since divorced. Presently
Vice-President and General Manager of
Rellim and Miller Redwood Companies in
Crescent City, CA.
See you 2-24."
NORMAN E. VOGT is still Distr ict
Forester for Weyerhaeuser at Snoqualmie.
Good job, good country, and good people.
Many varied forest management
activities create an interesting job for
him. Two daughters continue to grow,
and bring him enjoyment. "Stop and see
us if up our way. We're 25 miles east of
Seattle and 5 miles north of Issaquah."
STANLEY WATERMAN has a new
addition to his family-a girl born in
September. They still live in Olympia,
WA, and he still works for Weyerhaeuser.
1966
JERRY BEHM says: "Greetings to all
old classmates and friends. Connie and I
are still representing the Beavers in the
land of the Huskies, but are enjoying life
in the Puget Sound country none the less.
The company and the kids are both continuing to grow and both are continuing
to keep us more than busy."
RICHARD J. CLANTON writes: "Hi
Fernhops. Still live in_ Placerville, CA,
and still work for the California Department of Forestry. I am now the Operations Officer in charge of fie ld operations
in the Amador/EI Dorado Ranger Unit.
Family is fine-son Jeff is now 16 and
driving! I would like to hear from Ralph
Osterling! Since his marriage, haven't
heard much. Come in Ralph!"
DENNIS P. DYKSTRA writes: "My
family and I are now 'transplanted Fernhoppers', living in New Haven, CT. where
I'm teaching courses in logging systems
and mathematical programming at the
School of Forestry, Yale University. So
far (we've been here since July) we're
enjoying it very much. The New England
autumn has been breathtaking, and Yale
is a very stimulating, exciting place to
teach. Nell and I took out a week to visit
Holland in October, where I attended a
meeting on 'Computer Simulation in Forest Management'. Since Nell was born in
The Hague and hadn't been back since
she was 8, it was a nostalgic trip as well as
a nice working vacation."
CARL T. MASAKI is a Service Forester with th e State of Hawaii Division of
Forestry, working out of Honolulu,
Hawaii.
E. DEAN "BUCK" NELSON writes:
"Back in the woods trying to save road
construction costs. I am da ily remind ed
of Bill Davies' three primary road problems, 'Drainage, Drainage, Drainage'. It's
always true, but multiplied up here on
the Olymp ic Peninsu la (Forks), where we
get 120 inches of rain in some locations.
Sure is great to be involved with production again, especially since design and
F.S. redesign is also required."
LARRY RICHARDS is still with Tim·
ber Section of Oregon Department of
Revenue, but is now living in Salem and
working out of the main office.
MICHAEL J. ROGERS writes: "Another year hqs slipped by and I have yet
to make it back for a Fernhopper
reunion.
I returned to Southern California almost two years ago as fire management officer on the Ange les National
Forest. I e njoy the job, but we all miss
the beauty and slower pace of Northern
California. All four of our children have
become involved in soccer and love it.
We liv e at 217 East Fourth Street, San
Dimas, CA 9 1776,phone 714-599-7189:'
LLOYD TANGEN is now working as
Forest Engineer for Arcata Redwood
Company out of Klamath, California.
STEVEN WERT is doing forest practice work for State of California in Del
Norte County. Enjoyi"ng life and steelhead fishing is great. Any Fe rnhopper is
welcome to stop in and visit anytime.
JAMES W. "BI LL" WILL writes:
'78 still finds the Will Family living in
Veneta, Oregon. Bill is the Woodland
Manager for S.P. in the Vaughn-Gardiner
area. It keeps him very busy with very
littl e spare time. Did have time for an elk
hunting trip in November to the Snake
River. Best wishes to everyone in the
New Year."
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1967
CRAIG M. NICHOLSON writes: "Still
with the Coast Guard in Virginia, coordinating telecommunications services for
the Guard and the marine public. After
11 years, I found the forester is still
within me. Visited my dad's small tree
farm in the Hood River Valley during
October and was almost ready to give up
the sea. Some areas in Virginia remind
me of the Willamette Valley and timber
is a viable ente rprise here, too. Please
extend my fond regards to my friends
and prof's at OSU. I prize highly my
OSU experience and wish I could be there
in February to share Fernhopper Day."
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DAVE SCHM IDT writes:
"Since I
so ld Timberland Services, Inc., last April,
I have been splitting my working time
between the management of our tree
farms and commercial property, and timber appraisal and trial consulting work.
Nancy, the kids, .and I would welcome a
visit by any of our out-of-town friends as
you may trave l to the Albany, Oregon,
area."
JOHN L. SHOBERG, his wife Vera
and daughters Wendi (9) and Holly (6) are
still at John Day, Oregon. He is working
for the Forest Service and after finishing
the Timber Resource Plan for the Forest
in August, he went to work for the Long
Creek Ranger District. School activities
are beginning to be the center of fami ly
life style, along with some hunting and
fishing. They have purchased a house this
past summer, and their new address is
266 NW 9th, John Day, OR.
DALE STENNETT says:
"We are
still enjoying the good life in the John
Day Vall ey. I have been logging engineer
for Edward Hines Lumber Co. for the last
two years. Lots of skyli ne logging around
here these qays. Many challenges trying
to operate off of government timber and
still maintain your sanity."
GARY L. STRODT Z is currently in
research and development with Weyerhaeuser Company in Tacoma, WA, acting
as a project manager in wood products
strategic ana lysis. His responsibilities are
evaluating wood product R&D projects
and efforts. His family is growing with
Jennifer now 7 and Peter 4. Activities
keep him and h is wife, Beverly, quite
busy.
However, they can always find
time to do some fly fishing.
G. ELTON THOMAS writes: "Terry,
Rusty, Amy, and I moved to Winthrop in
March of 1977, where I am the District
Ranger. The job i~ a very interesting one,
full of chall enges, &nd I'm fortunate to
have Jeff Blackwood and Ryland Hardman to work with, We added on to our
house and now have plenty of room for
any Fern hoppers to stop by. Our address
is Rt. 1, Box 315, Winthrop, WA 98862."
TERRY N. TRANTOW continues to
enjoy his work. 1-je recently finished a
catalog of lumber company tokens, the
company money used in the lumber company sto res. The book, nearly 300 pages,
wi ll be available in January. He looks
forward to hearing from some of his old
chum s-P.O. Box 524, Ell ensburg, WA
98926.
KENT C. TRESIDDER writes: "Dear
Fernhoppers: We're living in Salem within
bicycle range of the Capitol. I have completed m y 11th year with the Dept. of
Revenue.
I am in Timber Valuation
which continues to challenge me . Our
daughter, Alicea, is 4 and keeps Caroline
busy with her pre-school and swimming
classes. Caroline enjoyed a part-time job
this year during the State Fair in coordinating the International Sa lon of Photography. May the rhodies and vineys be
sparse and the oxalis lush in your paths
for '79."
1968
DAN APPLEBAI<ER says:
"Still
working as Timber , Manager at Alpine
Veneers, Inc. at their Klamath Falls mill.
Our family now includes a new daughter
6 months old, joining Joe, 4 years.
Bonnie and I welcome visitors!"
DENN IS BYERLEY writes: " Hello
fellow alums. There have been many
changes in my career this year. I started
(with a partner) my own who lesa le brokerage firm, North Star Forest Products,
Inc.
My wife, Sherrie, and daughter,
Erica, 4 years, are doing fine. I would
like to hear from all of you-please call
at 415-820-6600 anytime."
MICH IAL T. CARNAHAN says:
"We're expecting our fo urth child in
June, 1979-can't believe it! Would love
to make it to Fernhopper's this yearhope you can too."
moment. Kids are growing fast and keeping us busy. Both are into scouting."
as Vice-President of her OSU Home
Extension Club and works as a free-lance
graphic designer.
Firth's humor.
I enjoyed seeing you,
John. Tom, I enjoyed talking with you
and Joanne."
ROBERT B. MARTIN writes: "Been
a long time since I've brought you up to
date as to my whereabouts! I got an M.S.
in Engineering (U of W) in 1971 and have
worked as a Sanitary Engineer since then.
Am presently with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation in
Juneau (since 1976) and administer a program for providing water and sewerage
services to Alaska's communities. Alaska
is a truly remarkable place to live , and I
am certain I'II be here a long time. As a
board member of the local chapter of the
Alaska Conservation Society, I had some
involvement with the recently passed
Alaska Forest Practices Act."
JOE L C. WOODS says: "Howdy again.
One difference this year in my status, am
living out on our nursery in a mobile
home. I certainly would have preferred
to build but I expect that w ill come in
time. I am still finding it quite satisfying
to plant and grow trees for a livi ng. I
have no plans of changing my occupation
in the future. See you at the "hopper."
BILL DRYDEN writes: "Sue and I
are back in T ill amook where I am the
Assistant District Forester for the Tillamook District. Rachel, our first child, is
nearly a year old and showing us a new
side to life."
BIJAN PAYANDEH w rites: " I am
still with the Canadian Forestry Service
in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, working on
growth and yield modeling and serving as
biometrician. My wife (Simin) and I have
gotten used to the cold climate here
and enjoy cross-country skiing in the wi nter and cottaging in summer. Our three
children (one girl and two boys) and both
of us working keep us very busy. We
love to have any of the old friends visiting us -especiall y during summer when
the we.ather is very enjoyable around
here."
ROD DAV IDSON w rites: "Nancy and
I still live in Jun eau, Alaska. Nancy is
now teaching fifth grade full-time and I'm
now a computer systems analyst for the
Forest Service. Bought our own airplane
last year and really have been e njoying it.
Rt. 6, Box 6009-2,
Write to us at:
Jun eau, AK 99803."
JOHN L. SM ITH, after having gallantly fought the battle of RARE II for
the Industria l Forestry Association,
elected to take a job w ith a local firm.
He is now Timber Manager for Nikkel
Lumber Co. of Central Point. He keeps
busy with two children and a third due in
J anuary , working on an MBA degree at
SOSC in Ashland, and serving as Vice
Chairman of Siskiyou SAF Chapter. They
have grown very attached to Medford and
e njoy the lifesty le of Southern Oregon.
PETER GANAHL writes: "I am i.n
the process of renegotiation of my ann ual
management contract for the job of maintenance man for Ganahl Lumber Company."
STEVE SORSETH is now a vocational
programs officer at Timber! ine Job Corps
Center, Mt. Hood National Forest. The
change of pace is challenging and refreshing. "See you in February."
RODNEY F. GREENE continues to
work as assistant logging manager for Sun
Studs Inc. at Roseburg. He and his w ife,
Sue, along with their three children, thoroughly enjoy their home on the North
Umpqua River. They would be glad to
visit with former classmates. If you're in
the Roseburg area, take time to stop by.
BOB LATHAM writes: "Thanks for
the opportunity to keep in touch w ith
our c lassmates. Jeannie , the two kids,
and I have been in Oakridge, Oregon, for
three years now. Enjoying the job with
U.S.F.S. - never seems to be a dull
ROGER & LESLIE (LONGFELLOW)
VLACH live in Bend with their two sons,
Jeremy and Travis. Roger is Assistant
Director of the Bend Metro Park & Recreation District. He is also a member of
the APRS Constitution & By-Laws Committee, a member of t he Board of Directors and Legislative Committee Chairman
for OPRS, Chairman of the Recreation
Citizens Advisory Committee fo r Deschutes County Comprehensive Land Use
Plan and President of the Kiwanis Club of
the Deschutes. Besides "raising children
at home in h er spare tim e," Leslie serves
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1969
ORAND. ABBOTT writes: "1978 has
been a busy year. I'm involved as chairman for the Mazama Whitewater Committee, Activities Director for a Jr. High
Youth Group, elected Precinct Committee person, executive in a citizen's committee on education. Enjoying choir,
made two 'classic' mountain climbs, and
was rained out on all others planned,
made a few nice wh itewater and camping trips, and am looking forward to
cross-country and downhill ski season.
Preston is doing well in first grade, and
Tymun is in 4 year old preschool. Have
completed 11 blissful years of marriageworking for a 100. Continuing classes,
have not had a chance for a vacation. A
h ighlight of the year was receiving a large
polish sausage complete with a large
candle and ribbon for a birthday cake
from John Aldens (OSU Forestry)-great
friends. Best w ishes to all."
SUE (PETERS) ANDERSON is a
Human Resource Officer for the San
Gorgonio Ranger District of the San
Bernardino National Forest. Her position
involves coordinating all manpower/work
intensive programs for the District,
includin g a YCC and close work with the
Californ ia Conservation Corps.
Other
responsibilities fall into the area of timber management, fire prevention and preparing
Environmental
Assessment
Reports for 20 year development plans
for organization camps under special use
from the Forest Service. She is enjoying living in the mountains, raising her
colt, skiing, hiking, and trips to the city.
ROLLAND BENSON is in the reforestation contracting business (Occidental
Forests) in Roseburg. After working for
Champion Timberlands for four years, he
is enjoying being his own man. His wife,
Carol, teaches third grade and they have
two sons, 2Y:. and 5 years.
JIM BLAKE writes: "Same job, same
place, same wife, one more boy. I enjoyed
Fernhopper Day last year. It's good to
see some things don't change, like John
DAN FERGUSON is working as Coordinator of Activity Therapy in the
Acute Treatment Program of Ea stern Oregon Hospital in Pendleton. Dan is also
working on his dissertation for a Ph.D.
in therapeutic recreation from the University of Oregon.
PAUL FREEMAN writes: " It appears
I'm late again in sending this card in. Ann
got after me last year for sending the card
in late. I'm. at Weyerhaeuser in Tacoma
in the new Technology Cente r. I'm in the
C.E. Raw Materials group. We live in
Puyallup and have Janice and Kim (9 and
7) signed up for sk~ lessons over Fernhopper Day. 1980 will be our year to get
back for the banquet."
N ICO LA FREDRICKSON LAIRD
Iives in Eugene and works at the Lane
Education Service District as Department
Head of the Teaching Resource Center.
She has a daughter, Chelsea, who will be
two in January 1979.
DWIGHT L. MAK INSON is now a Professional Land Surveyor for the Idaho
Panhandle National Forests, USFS, stat ioned in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He is
one of three land surveyors respo nsib le
for search, eva luation, and recommendation of the original G LO corners that
define National Forest boundaries from
the North Fork of the Clearwater River
to Canada. He and his wife, Doris, reside
at 3677 Pine Ridge Drive, Coeur d'Alene,
Idah o.
HARRY MciNTIRE says: "Hi! Enjoying my work as forester in Weyerhaeuser's high yield forest program. I've
been heading up th e 1978 fertilization
project for the Willamette Region. Please
drop in and see us at Cottage Grove. God
bless you all."
J IM NIELSEN says: "We are still at
Wind River where I have been serving as
Other Resource Assistant for the last
four years. I have just started the Region
1 continuing education program (CEFEs)
in preparation for a move back into si lvicu lture. Sally and the kids are just fine.
Julie is now 9 and in th e third grade whi le
Craig is 7 and in second. Hope to attend
Fernhopper Day this year."
JI M SIMONET is working in law
enforcement now as an FPO (Forest
Practices Officer) for the State of Oregon
at Forest Grove. This is a different and
new experience for him, which he is thoroughly enjoy ing. He has also made many
new friends.
with my wife Sheryl and our three children. I wo rk on the Winthrop Ranger District with two other OSU graduates,
Elton T homas (District Ranger) and J eff
Blackwood (Other Resource Assistant).
We would welcome a visit from any Fernhoppers w ho come by this way ."
OLIN S. (SAM) WALRATH writes:
"Judy and I are still both wo rki ng for
Bendix F orest Product Corp. (formerly
American Forest Products Corp.), Hwy.
49, Martell, CA 95654. We just pur·
chased a new house with lots of room for
guests if any of our classmates are in the
area. We would welcome a visit. We are
anxiou sly looking forward to our second
annual vacation in Hawaii in late November. Aloha!"
MIKE McDOWE LL says: " It's sti ll
two moonlight rid es and a picnic lunch in
the forest every day for me, plus 150
miles a day in a yellow and green pickup.
He llo to Doug Stout and Steve Reed."
WILLI AM D. WILLIS says: "Greetings to all. My w ife, Nancy, and I have
moved to our new 40 acre tree farm on
Larch Mountain. We enjoy the peace a nd
quiet, and the work that it takes to operate such a farm. Our address is PO Box
194, Corbett, OR 97019. Our busi ness,
VW Timber Services Inc., a lso keeps us
busy. We would enjoy hearing from any
of you and hope we may be able to get
together sometime. Best wishes to all."
1970
HARRY CODY writes: "This was a
big year for us w ith a little girl arriving on
Jul y 7 and a move to Sweet Home a week
later. I'm now a silviculturist with the
U.S. F.S. Hope to hear from classmates in
the a rea."
JOHN Fl RTH wri tes: "1978 has been
a busy, exciting year for me. I'm still
with Josephi ne County Forestry Dept.
We joined the I FA 'plus' tree cooperative
and picked 120 trees for possible su perior
,9enetic tree qualities. Besides that, we
picked our own trees fo r general reforestation. We started a we lfare crew and
work release (jail crew) cutting firewood
for senior citizens, and we have a YACC
crew working o n various projects. We sti ll
have 60+ CETA men thinning. Hi to Joe
Wiederhold and Jim Blake."
KENNETH GALLOWAY JR . hopes to
make it down this year, but it depends on
planting. He would Iike to see Mike Macy
and Rex Reno. This h as been a real good
year occupationally as he has tried several
t hings on the H. R. County Forest that
were new. It will take a few years to see
the results. He and his wife also had their
third child, a daugh te r, who is very
healthy and growing.
RYLAND S. HARDMAN tell s us: "I
am sti ll living in Winthrop, Washington
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LARRY G. SEARS writes: "Norell
and I are still in NW Montana, w here I
work on the Fortine R.D. , Kootenai
National Forest.
On October 19 we
became parents again. Gary joins Charles,
3, and Collene, 1. God has been very
good to us and we have much to thank
him for."
JACK L. STIVERSON writes: "Well
since college I have kicked around from
the state parks to the Forest Service to
BLM and back to the Forest Service. I
am work ing on the Sweet Home Ranger
District in Sweet Home, Oregon. Close to
OSU again. I am in the Resources Assistant position here. My department is
responsible for the Recreation, Law
Enforcement, Wildlife, Range, Minerals
and manpower programs, with specia l
uses thrown in. This is the most challenging position I have faced. Seems I
keep meeting old friends from Forestry
School as I change positions in Forestry
work. (There are even several OSU grads
here on the District). Maybe one of these
days members of the "good-ol OSU Fo restry Grads" will be running all of the
Forestry business (our Prof's taught us
we ll) . Hope to attend Fernhopper Day
sin ce I am so c lose now. Darlene and I
have 2 children now: boy 2 and girl 7."
STEVE THOMAS is still working with
t he Oregon State Dept. of Forestry, only
he has moved again. He is working in
Prineville, howeve r he covers all of Eastern Oregon in his travels. He figured up
recently that in the last 11 years, the
longest he's stayed in one place has been
11 months before mov ing. He commends
the School of Forestry for keeping up
with him.
JOE WIEDERHOLD writes: "I am
now working for St. Regis Paper Co.,
Lumber & Plywood Division, at Klickitat,
WA, as the sawmill night supervisor. The
Klickitat operation cuts ponderosa pine
excl usively. My wife Terry, 2Y:. yr old
son, Joey, and I are enjoying liv ing in the
great Northwest again now that we are
out of the Air Force. If anyone wants to
find out where Klickitat (pop. 300) is,
...
.--------------
look on a Washington map near The
Dalles, Oregon. Come and visit us, we've
got lots of room."
1971
RICHARD COON is still a State Forest Ranger working as a Battalion chief
for the Cal.iforni a Dept. of Forestry in
Fresno, CA. He looks forward to seeing
all of you at Fernhopper Day in February.
DENNIS GOLIK w rites: "Greetings.
I've recognized many Fernhoppers' names
on the Oregon Stater Alumni Newspaper's list of OSU FUND contributorshooray for us woodbutchers. Finished
another season as a USFS smokejumper
this year at Redding, CA (slow fire year
in N. California). Work 5-6 months a
year, vacation and travel rest of yearcould be habit-forming."
GARY L. JOHNSON writes: "Am
still living in Baker, Oregon, and working
for Ellingson Timber Co. I think I have
found a permanent home. My family is
al l well and doing fine. I recently received
a promotion after the sudden death of
Curt Stone. We all m iss him very much ."
RALPH D. KECK is curre ntly living in
Yakima, WA, where he works as a sales
representative for Container Corporation
of America in the corrugated packaging
division. Ralph is married and has two
children.
JIM Kl LMARTIN moved back to Corva llis after spending 3+ years in Reno,
Nevada, as the sales manag~r for a medical company. Hi s wife, Carol, and he
we re presented with a strong baby boy
on 8-17-78.
The Kilmartins opened
Ki lm artins' Amusement Center in downtown Corvallis on May 27, 1978.
ROBERT L. MAGATHAN is still
working for Willamette Industries as Resident Forester on the Mohawk Tree Farm
near Springfield. His two boys are growing faster than his trees. They would li ke
to hear from old fr iends, especially Bill
Hollowell.
BOB McRAE writes:
"We are a ll
doing fine. We are still in Eureka, California on the Six Rivers N F. Hope
everyone is doing well and keeping busy.
Hope to get a chance to see some of my
old classmates during the coming year."
JERRY OBENDORF writes:
"We
have been in Shelton, Wash. , five years
now. I'm in my 3rd job with Simpson
Timber Company. S ince Jul y I've been a
foreman in a planer mill. Our daughter is
15 months old now. Most of the time
she is a joy to have around. Best wis he~
to f ellow Fernhoppers."
tunity
to
schedule
forestry- related
seminars, workshops, and conferences in
Central Oregon.
. JI_M SORENSON writes: "Everything
1s gomg well for us in DeOu een Arkansas
Weyerhaeuser Company's SW Arkansa~
Region. I have 10 cutters, 9 rubber tired
skidders, 1 D-6 cat, 1 track loader, and a
mechanic . We are logging mostly shortleaf pine and some mixed hardwood.
Work is fun! We have three children in
school this year and one at home with
mom!"
~ERRI L~E JACOBS is working as
recreation therapist at Sharp RehabilitatiOn Center in San Diego. She is
primari ly responsible for supervis ion of
recreation therapy interns and coordinating the R.T. portion of t he Chronic
Pai n Program. Merri Lee is also pursuing
he r mast~r's degree in Clinical Psychology
at San D1ego State University. Her recreati~~al pursui~s include river rafting, wa ter
sk11ng, travelmg, running, and in general
having fu n in the sun of Southern Cali~
fo rnia .
JOHN E. THOMAS writes: "Lots has
happened in this past year. I passed the
Professional Land Surveyors Exam-qu it
the DNR , and am now employed with
David Evans and Assoc. in Ke nnewick.
The business address is 6855 W. Clearwater, Kennewick, WA 99336-Phone
509-783-2271."
DIANA ZUBER recently transfer red
to Mount Scott Community Center,
Portland Parks. This is an exciting, busy
place to work as building director. Home
is up in the hills by Estacacla.. where the
Zubers have recently planted 9,000
potential -Christmas trees. Diana wou ld
very much like to hear from frie nds in
college at Rt. 1, Box 276A Beavercreek
OR 97002.
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1972
M IKE BORMUTH says: "Hi tellow
Fernhoppers. I have been moving rapidly
for the last few years. I think I may have
found a 'home' with Medford Resources
Inc. in Medford, Oregon, wo rk ing as a
timber cruiser and government sale
appraiser. My address is 635 Rose Valley
Ct., Central Point, Oregon 97502."
DAVE EBERHARDT writes: " I am a
paper rustling bureaucrat for t he State
Div. of Forest, Land, and Water Mgmt. in
Fai rbanks, AK, my hometown. Since
building a log home with some pipeline
money, I have not been too involved with
trees, or rain, or brush. All rumors of big
land 'giveaways', big money, and opport unity in Alaska are absolutely false.
Oregonians show us Alaskans how to discourage the outsiders (from down South)
from migrating North where the weather
is foul. That F.M. degree sure pa id for
itself many times over."
RAY HOYT is c urrently an ·admi n istrator at Central Oregon Community College working as the Bend Coordinator for
Community Education and Special Pro·
grams. As such, he is no longer in forestry, however, he does have the oppor-
s~~1or_
V IC MUSSELMAN says: " I am still
a_ consulting f_orester involved mostly with
t1mber appraisal, inventory, and manageme nt. However, in July my wife Debbie
and I made the big move to the Portland
area when I joined the partnership of
Sanders, Cronk, and Holmes. We are now
residing at 5688 River St., West Linn."
TERRY OXLEY is currently employed with Puget Sound Power and
Light as Recreation Land and Facil ities
Planner. Te rry is a lso active in the Washington State National Guard, with rank of
Captain. His wife, Gail, works part-time
at a private psychiatric hospital as a
recreation therapist.
SANDI SMICK still remains the Community School Coord inator at J oy Hills
Gubser Community School in Salem. Her
home address is 599 Greenwood Dr. NE
#30, Salem, OR 97303.
BOB WIL DER (Ph.D. 1972) is Administrato~ for Washington State Interagency
Committee for Outdoor Rec reation. Bob
says that recreation is better than ever
and t hat those in the p rofession should
remain 'positive and proud' of the contribution that recreationists make to the
economy and to the hea lth, happiness
and etual ity of life of the individual. The
Wilders a re enjoying the activity of the
Washington State capitol and are looking
forward to re model ing their new home
an active high school swim season and
salmon fish ing.
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1973
MICHAEL V. BROWN writes: "1978
has been an excell ent year. Kay and 1
are expecting a future Fernhopper in the
spring. I am now employed as Corporate
Safety and Train ing Specialist by Publisher's Paper Company in Oregon City.
Kay has been promoted to F isheries Staff
Biologist with the Oregon Fish and Wi ld-
life Department. As usual, we are looking
forward to the banquet and hope to see
many there."
GARY CANDELARIA tells us: 'I am
still in Missouri at Ozark National Scenic
Riverways with the National Park Service.
Charlotte is teaching h igh school in a
sma ll town west of the park. We are fine,
but miss the Great Northwest."
SCOTT W. WISE is a Realty Specialist
employed by the U.S. Fish and Wildl ife
Service stationed at the Portland office.
He resides in Aloha, Oregon with w ife
Diana, employed at U of 0 Health Sciences Center, and two year old twins
Eri c and Wendi. They would sure like t~
see everyone again.
1974
SCOTT HAYES is working in Medford
as a Serv ice Forester for the State Forestry Department. He got engaged last
~pring on a starboard tack, th en married
111 June ... good c rew is hard to find !
LARRY I<LAR (Ph .D. '74) is still
ensconced in the snows of New England
at the Un iversity of Massachusetts. As
Director of the Leisure Studies and Resources Program, he continues to work on
refin ing the recent merger of Leisu re Stu dies w ith Park Administration. So far, so
good; in fact, the sea rc h for an add itional
facul ty member in outdoor recreation
planning wil l rema in in progress until
March.
·
JAKE CEB ULA says: "Dear Friends:
Emily and I are fine. I'm still working
with oaks and eastern redcedar here in
Southern Missouri.
I haven't seen as
much of Gary Candelari a (another Southern Mo. resident) as I hoped. Gary, let's
go for a float trip on the Jacks Fork this
spring!"
DAVID BERNKLAU, after three years
in the Peace Corps in the Philippines
where he was work ing in national park
planning and development, is presently
working on the fami ly farm in the Northern Wil lamette Valley.
AL LAN P. DREW is an assistant professor of forestry at Michigan Tech and is
en joying the academ ic sphere.
He is
finally able to put some roots down and
says it is pretty nice-tenure w ill be even
bette r!
JILL (FLOYD) CARROLL is working
in Salem at the Oregon Statesman as the
agriculture writer. October 21, she married Phil Carroll, a professional photographer who has returned to school to
work on a journalism degree at OSU. Jill
and Phi l are res id ing in Independence.
CAROLYN M. McB EE is presently
employed by Port land School District #1
as Ou tdoor Specialist Teacher's Aide for
low-skill students at Jefferson High
School. This is her second year. During
the summer, she worked at Willamette
YCC in Salem with 30 high school students from vari ous parts of Oregon. Long
range plans include missionary work.
JUDY(RASMUSSEN) CHAVEZ is an
instructional aide in special education.
She is return ing to college to obtain an
elementary education credential, possibly
for special education also. Judy just
celebrated the first anniversary of a
happy marriage.
GARY MILLER writes: "We are back
in Weaverville now, hope t o stay here for
awhile.
Add ress is : P.O. Box 1463
Weavervi lle, CA 96093. Hope to se~
everyone at Fe rnhopper Day."
NE IL F. ELDR IDGE says: "Several
new happenings in my life this year. First
of all , I got a new job last April working
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in
Everett, Washington. I have a great boss;
and we just started the Forestry program
here, so my job has lots of rewards. I'm
sti ll hoping to live and wo rk in Oregon
sometime in the future; however. My
w ife and I also had our second son in
November, so I'll have lots of company
when I go hunting and fishing. If you 're
ever in the Everett area, give me a cal l at
344-8674."
EARL EMERSON is sti ll at McCord
AFB but has been reassigned as Executive
Office in the 25th A ir Defense Squadron.
DENN IS H OWARD (Ph. D. 1973),
after teaching stints at Western Illinois
Unive rsity and Texas A&M University,
has finally made it back to Oregon with
his fa mily in th e fall of '77. He is currently res iding near Eugene with Lin and
sons Tim (8) and Dan (5) and holding
down a n Assistant Professorsh ip with the
Department of Recreation and Park Management at the Un iversity of Oregon.
PAMELA J. F INNEY writes: "I am
work ing with the Forest Service in
Juneau, Alaska.
The prospects for
women foresters are good. Would love to
hear from lost-touch fr iends at Rt. 3, Box
3863, Juneau, AK 99802. The more
specialities you can verse yourself in fo r
recreation, the better job open ings you'll
find .
Alaska is great, wild country."
NEIL HAGADORN writes : "Greetin gs: I have finally surfaced way up here
in Juneau, Alaska. I'm working for the
Forest Service in Visitor Information Services out of the Regiona l Office's Division
of Recreation, Soils, and Watershed here
on the Tongass National Forest. Average
rainfall up here is about 100 inches- and
you thi n k that Corvallis is wet!"
A LAN H. ME INERS has been working
wi th the Alaska Division of Parks in
Anchorage for almost three years. He
married Penny L. l<rkoska, whom he met
whi le doing graduate work at the Unive rsity of Wash ington.
JAMES A. HA LLSTRO M received an
MBA in Forest Products Management
from the U of 0 in 1975. He marri ed
Diane L. Farquhar February 18, 1978.
They live in Beaverton, Oregon, and he
works at Decision Dynamics Inc., as a
senior production analyst.
KATHLEEN (KAY) L. STOWERS
writes:
"I am employed as reporterphotographer for the Capital Press in
Salem, Oregon, covering agriculture and
forestry iss ues ."
SCOTT E. HARRIS writes: "Hello to
forester friends from Atlanta, Georgia,
future home of Georgia-Pacific.
Carol
and I are enjoy ing Atlanta , but we miss
the Oregon mountains."
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JIM MOORE (Ph .D . '74) lives in Bellingham, Washington, with his son, Peter
(7). J im is Directo r of the Center for
Leisure St udies at Western Washington
Un iversity.
JAMES F. MURPHY (Ph. D. '74) was
promoted to full professor this fa ll. He
is on sabbatical leave fo r th e fal l semester.
J im presented a paper at the Le isure
Research Section of the Internatio nal
Sociological Association in Uppsala,
Sweden in August; then he and his wife
traveled in Europe fo r two months. Jim
conti n ues to publish artic les in professional journals and this spring will present
a paper at the 3rd Van Cle' World Congress on Leisure, titled, " Leisu re , Recreation, and Future Possibilities ." Jim is
with Ca li fornia State Univers ity at San
Jose.
RANDALL L EE O'TOOLE writes:
"Al though my career of t each ing environmentalists about forestry and foresters
about economics has been grati fying, 1
am broadening my interests. As I wr ite, I
am about to go on a seven week tour of
North America by train, trying to learn
how Amtrak can be imp roved to better
se rve the country. I a m al so prepa ring a
se ries of public education workshops on
growth issues in Eugene and Medford Ashland. My activities as a 'public inter-
,
est forester ' wil l continue at a somewhat
lower level ."
DEANA REED writes: "Hello from
Minnesota! As I continue working on a
college campus with Campus Crusade for
Christ Int., I daily see the need to continue growing in the three dimensions of
our lives-our physical, mental, and spiritual. None can be neglected if we are to
be fulfilled people. It 's been a good year
and Minnesota has given me a new
friend-an old English sheepdog!"
ROBERT VANCE is still in Longview
running Longv iew Fibre.'s Clatskanie Sort
Yard. He hopes to see Steve Price, Roger
Welsh, and Steve "Country" Scott at the
Banquet.
JOHN T. WHITE is teaching natural
history and geology at Sandy Union High
School, Sandy, Oregon.
JOAN (GLASCOCK) YOUNG is living
in Milwaukie, Oregon, with husband John
Young. She works at Good Samaritan
Hospital as the Recreational Therapist.
Her leisure time activities are refurbishing
their old farm house and acreage and
building a sailboat.
1975
JIM CARR is Lands Forester for Publish ers Paper Co. in the Tillamook Division. Jim, Linda, Andy (3}'2), and Lisa
( 1 Y,) extend an invitation to all classmates to drop in any time you're in the
area, (503) 842-2859.
FRANK GUADAGNOLO (Ph.D. '75)
has found completion of four years as a
member of the Pennsylvani<J State Unive rsity faculty a most rewarding experience.
With a fairly large faculty, the diversity of
interests and level of expertise provides
for an exciting environment. The winters
are a little bleak back in central Pennsy lvania:-so the Guadagnolos have
become involved in indoor tennis,
racquetball, and cross-country skiing.
VON HELMUTH transferred from
BLM, Eugene, Rehabilitation Forester to
Ketchikan, Alaska, USFS, Presale and
Sales Admin istration Forester and trophy
fish sampler.
STEVE HUTCHISON indicates that he
and KELLY TOWER put out 5 .5 million
seedlings this year at Georgia-Pacific Cottage Grove container operation. They are
looking forward to more trees next year,
and hope to see many classmates at this
year's banquet.
DIANE JENNINGS is working as
Camp Administrator fo r Wilani Council
of Camp Fire in Eugene.
CONNIE JOH NSON is currently a
graduate student at University of Oregon,
completing a secondary teaching certificate in Biology and a Masters in Special
Education .
NICK LUNDE has just moved (December 1) to Hebo , Oregon, and is working as
a forester in lands and special uses for the
Forest Service. They have a baby girl,
born April 20, 1978, named Erin.
MAR ILYN J. MOHR writes: "I'm
greatly enjoying work ing for the Cooperative Extension Service in Eastern Oregon.
Stop by and say hello w hen you're in
Ontario. Have married a great man who
farms near Vale. Changed my last name
from Mohr to Moore!"
KATHLEEN MONAHAN says: "Hi
Fernhoppers! I returned to school this
past fall at the University of Washington
in Seattle . I am taking communications
courses. Hope to combine forestry and
communications. Past highl ights of my
year between tramping about in the
woods include the month of March in
the Caribbean and sailing a 40' yacht in
the Hawaiian Islands in July. Tentative
plans to sail the South Seas this summer.
Guess I sbould have majored in Tropical
Forestry, I love those palm trees!"
LANCE J. (JIM) MOORE writes : "For
the past two years I have worked as a
labor supervisor for the Oregon State Forestry Department in Forest Grove. I am
living in Hillsboro with my wife (Cindy)
and daughter (Season)."
ROBERT
SCOTT RICHARDSON
writes: "I am sti ll working as a temporary timber marker for the U.S. Forest
Service in Williams, Arizona. During a
quick trip to Oregon (for my best friend's
wedd ing) , I was reminded w hat trees
really look like. Seeing forestry work
here in the Southwest is a real challenge.
I'm excited by the many professional and
spiritual lessons God has taught me as I've
waited on him for a permanent position."
MARLA HAST INGS RYBURN, after
her marriage in December, is continuing
to work for California Department of
Parks and Recreation as State Park
Ranger I, Pt. Mugu State Park, Malibu,
California.
LT. ANTHONY J. START says: "By
Fernhopper Day, I wi ll be stationed in
South Korea with t he U.S . Army Corps
of Engineers. Best wishes to everyone
back home at OSU."
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CARYN TALBOT is liv ing in Bend,
where she is biologist and education co·
ordinator for a newly planned natural
history museum to be composed of outdoor exhibits of living, native plants and
The Oregon High Desert
animals.
Museum w ill open its doors in 1980. She
is also working on two books, and hopes
to publish the first this w inter.
JEFF VAN HOY is obtaining a Master of Business Administration from the
University of Oregon. He is married, and
has worked for the Bureau of Land Management, and the Wasco County Board of
Commissioners since graduation.
BONNIE WOOD writes:
" I'm still
with U.S. Forest Service at Mapleton as
an outdoor recreation planner. I would
really like to hear from others in the
field, as to what they're doing and the
type of positions they are finding. People
continue to find it ironic that a woman is
in the field and even more ironic following father's foot steps-class of '49 (Don
Wood)."
GEORGE W. WYNN writes : "Because
of vacancies, I am now the Acting Forest
Manager on the Northern Cheyenne
Indian Reservation. Staff is short and the
winters are cold, but the experience wil l
be valuable. Stop in at Lam~ Deer any
time (if you can find it)."
DR. CARL TONS. YEE writes: "I'm
sti ll at Humboldt State University,
Arcata, California, on the Forestry
Faculty. While the job keeps me busy, I
did find time to get my private pilot's
wings this year. Flying is a very su re way
of legally beating t_he 55 mph speed
limit."
. 1976
CHUCK ANDERSON is working as a
small sales forester with the U.S.F.S. at
Diamond Lake Ranger Station, Umpqua
National Forest. He married Mary Ewing
of Maupin, Oregon, in 1977.
LINDA BELLMER writes: "Greetings
to all. We're hot and heavy into our controlled burning season now, and I'm living, eating, and breathing that great
fragrance known as diesel. Am currently
the Fuels Specialist on the Idaho City
Ranger District of the Boise National Forest, but as soon as the snow piles in , I' ll
resume my duties as snow bunny at
Bogus Basin Ski Area, which is also on
the Forest. Would love to see anyone
that happens to stumble into town (be
sure to bring your cowboy hat and boots
for some lively steppin!)."
JOHN A. BUTZ is now working for
the BLM in Idaho Falls, Idaho as a w ild erness review special ist.
at 1838 N. Lincoln Way, Coeur d'Alene,
ID 83814.
1976
GREG WILLI AM MILLER works for
Weyerhaeuser as Grave Yard Supervisor
of their new sand in g plant.
MISS LAURA C. CASSENS has a
change of name to Mrs. Laura C. Baxter.
Married to Mr. Karl E. Baxter on December 23, 1978 at Hermiston, Oregon. They
are now living at 200 AL St., Umatilla,
Oregon 97882.
MARGAReT M. HENKLE says:
" Howdy Fer.n hoppers ! I am currently
working at the Peoria Park District as a
Park Planner and a Youth Conservation
Corps Coordinator. Ill inois definitely-has
a different environment t han ol' Mac
Forest! If any of you ol' Fern hoppers are
ever in Peoria please look me up! Good
wis hes for '79!"
DOUG PATTISON writes: "In May
1978, I left ·Potlatch Corp, in. Lewiston,
Idaho, to become General Manager of Mt.
Shasta Mall in Redding, Californ ia. The
air conditioned mall sure beats the
brush. Friends, be sure to drop in and see
me."
CONNIE
CAVAGNARO
extends
greetings from Portland where she is employed by Waker Associates, an engineering firm, as a planner.
JAMES COLLINS writes : "Department of Natural Resources, State of
Washington at Forks, Washington from
June 1976 to September of 1977.
I
became a Cl:lristian in September of 1976,
and so I decided I needed some formal
Bible and theology training, so I have
been attending Prairie Bible Institute in
Three Hill s, Alberta since September
1977. My plans are to serve as a missionary to Ind onesia after graduation in
1981."
CYNTHIA COWAN is "finally permanent" at Bandelier National Monument,
where she is dispatcher for the Protection
Division. She was previously employed
as a seasonal for Carlsbad Caverns
National Park, New Mexico and for
Guadalupe National Park, Texas (where
she had a poster and· two postcards publish ed). A move towards Oregon is part
of her wish list, although she enjoys the
Southwest.
PAT CREEDICAN writes: "Hi! to all
my old friends from forestry, espec iall y
those in the Forestry Club. I hope to see
some of you sooner or later in the line of
work or just visiting. Drop by, write or
call, we're usually home."
ERIC
G.
CZERNOWSKI writes:
"Howdy all!
Left Quality Control in
Roseburg Lumber this year and probably
the industry for good. Working for Uncle
Sam leaving me more time to enjoy home
and h obbies on the N. Umpqua River.
Really have to be a "fern jumper" up
here. Lots of good fishing and hunting!
Stop and say hello on the way to Diamond Lake."
JACK DALTON is with the Idaho
Department of Parks and Recreation in
· Coeur d'Alene administering the Land
and Water Conservation Fund for the 10
northern counties of Idaho. Last year
brought an addition to the family:
a
little girl named Kelly. She joins son
Ryan and wife Kathy.
If in Coeur
d'Alene, stop by, or write Jack and Kathy
BRUCE HOLSER has spent three sixmonth seasons in Sequoia-Kings Canyon
National Park as a Ranger-Naturalist. He
spent three months last winter traveling
in Mexico , Yucatan, Guatemala, and
Belize. He is in Baja, California now for a
month, then to Colorado for a month of
ski ing. Life's tough! He has put together
some great slide shows.
SU-CHERNG HU has an address in
Taiwan:
ARFD, JCRR, 37 Nan Hai
Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
RHONDA (GUSTAFSON) HUGGINS
married Jim Hu gg in ~ in 1976. Rhonda
has been working at Away Travel, Corvallis, since graduation and was recently promoted to Office Manager.
Jim and
R·honda have traveled to Hawaii, Mexico,
and plan to return to Hawaii again this
January.
Rhonda has been to Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and just returned
from a tour of Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
GLENN KOPPANG is wo rking for the
BLM, Salem District, as a Work Coordinator for a 75 person YACC program.
A LAN LICKLIDER isworkingforthe
Bend Metro Park and Recreation District
as the Records and Information Supervisor and is enjoying working and playing
in the great out-of-doors, imbibing gulps
of clean .and pure mountain air.
A LBERT LoRUSSO writes : "I am in
Erie, PA, and will not be able to attend
Fern hopper Day. I have spent the last
two years with Geo rgia-Pacific. A year in
sales and a year in production have been
very educational experiences."
JANET (O'BRIEN) MEGANCK, after
a year and a half with Oregon State Parks
working on public relations for the Wi llamette River Greenway Program, is
anticipating a graduate program at OSU
in Geography w ith an emphasis on
remote sensing. She works part-time in
the
Environmental
Remote Sensing
Laboratory on campus while pursuing her
MS degree.
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MIKE SEEDS tells us : " I am working
for
Ganah l . Lumber Company · in
Anaheim, Calif. My forestry background
is paying dividends- l'm in charge of
waterin g the Redwood trees in the front
yard."
JOE STONEBURG and his w ife,
Donna, are having their first house built
and ex pecting their first child in April,
1979. Joe is the engineer for Coos Head
Timber Company, and Donna teaches
second grade in Coos Bay, Oregon.
SCOTT TAYLOR is presently working
at Coronado National Memorial as a Park
Technician (NPS) in Arizona. He and
Jeni Smith (University of Wisconsin) are
planning a J anuary wedding in Wisconsin.
BRAD A . TORSON misses the forests
of Oregon, but is enjoying life in Southern California. He is presently working
for a large residential home building firm
as director of sa les. He sends best wishes
to al l.
RANDY ZANON writes: "Hi everyone!
I'm stil l working for Burlington
Northern T imber and Lands in Missoula,
Montana, and enjoy ing it very much . We
also had a new addition to our family
this past November-a beautifu l daughter,
Julie Ann. Another one for our son,
Jared (1Y. years), to pick on! "
1977
DAVE BLAKE has just finished five
months as wilderness guard in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness in Eastern
Oregon. Now residing in Corvallis, Dave
is involved in recycling education while
pondering how to save the world.
MARY (McCAULEY) AND DAVE
BUCY have been traveling in Europe and
Britain since September 24, 1978. They
wil l be in Cameroon, West Africa, with
Mary's sister, Jane, and her husband for
December. They return to Corvallis and
OSU to work on their master's degrees
winter quarter . Earlier in 1978, their
book on coastal trai ls was finished.
CINDY (FIELDS) F INERAN is living
in Salem w here she has spent the last 15
months working wi th the Planning
Department; a challenge which she plans
to continue for the present.
BILLGAVELIS writes: "Last March I
began worki ng for the Quinault Indian
Nation on the Olympic Peninsula. As
regeneration forester, I have begun the
planting season: with an objective of
establishing 800,000 ha ppy trees this year
on the reservation, using both tribal crews
and local contractors. I saw lvars Steinblums at the recen t Cali,f ornia Forester's
Licensing Exa m and I bumped into Daryl
Olson at a local SAF dinner.
Doug
Brodie and Ann stopped by Moclips in
September and brought me up to date on
the happenings in Corvallis. I ran for
county commissioner in the past election,
but was more than a little sh ort of winning.
Otherwise, life on the beach is
pleasant."
MICHAEL D. HI LL is presently working at Masonite Corp. in Tow anda, PA as
a Process Engineer. He also is Member·
ship Chairman for the Northeast Section
of the Forest Products Research Society.
The Towanda facili ty is the l arge~t dryprocess hardboard mil l in the world. He
and his wife Joyce extend greetings to all
the faculty and friend s from OSU.
MICHAEL A. HOW E works for
Simonson Lumber Company in Smith
River, CA, as a forester and lives in Smith
River with hi s wife, Beverly, and 18
month old son.
He has worked for
Simonson since October 1977. Beverly
teaches at Brookings-Harbor High School
in Brookings, Oregon.
BOB JOHNSON wri tes: "I spe nt last
winter catching Mt. Boomers o n t he coast
and last summ er in hot pursuit of the Mt.
Pine Beetle, putting up sales in NE Oregon. Nciw I've secured a permanent job
w ith the State in Astoria, where I'II rust
away the years cuttin' and burnin'."
JOHN A. JOt-JNSON is currently
working for Chembond Corp., in Springfield, OR.
He previously worked for
Masonite Corp. in Spring Hope, NC, until
Jul y 1978.
He married Leslie Moyer
(OSU '77 ) on November 25, 1978. He
would like to hear from Ken Johnson
Clark Caffa ll, Tim Anderegg, and Ke~
Carns. His address is: 3200 Marvin Drive
Eugene, OR 97404.
'
BRUCE MADISON married Bronwyn
Richard on August 20, 1978.
TOM MINTY is emphasizing his training in terests for the Oregon Emergency
Services Divisi on by conducting statewide
seminars on handl ing hazardous materials
emergencies. Besides continuing survival
lectures, he is working contractuall y as a
cold weather consultant to Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., North west Alaskan Pipeline Co. and as a survival consultant to
Pilot Personnel Internation al.
STEPHEN
O'ROURKE
departed
November 19, 1978 for a two year stint
with the Peace Corps.
He will be in
Africa-Upper Volta, and will function
there as a village forest resou rce person.
NANCY PETERSON moved, with her
husband Jeff, to Vashon Island, Washington, last August. Jeff is a National Bank
Examiner in Seattle, while Nancy is workin9 at Beall greenhouses on the island.
They plan to buy about an acre to build
on as they find Vashon a "very beautiful
place".
DEN I RAUW finds herself half-way
through
her
Masters
in
Forestry
~esources and Environmental Interpretation at the Univers ity of Washington. The
Olympic National Park is home for her
research project which led her to spend
sumn;er on the Peninsula distributing
questionnaires about fire management
P?licies.
Deni has c urrent plans for a
sllde-tape1program for the park explaining
the role of.fire and fire management, then
back to the field for the summer to evaluate the program.
DEBBI SJOSTROM is an Interviewer
II ~ith a lo~al employment agency in
Col~1lle, ~ashmgton . She is re$ponsibl e
fo r mterv1ewing clients for job placem"ent
counseling claimants in caree r paths and
placing them in classes, workshops, etc.
April will find Debbi once again directing
the summer recreation program 1n
Chewelah, Washington.
1978
BILL ADIX recently finished a one
year job w ith Oregon State Willamette
Greenway Program and is now working
with the Sa lem Community Schools Program. " If all goes wel l", Bill will pursue a
Master of Socia l Work in .1979.
WILLIAM BOODT writes: "I am still
in Portland and am involved in severa l
resource and regional economic assignments. We are also bui lding a new home
in the 'west hills' of Portland- He llo to
all!"
FRED CARANI is alive and well in
Leavenworth, Washington. He is working
for the US Fish and Wild Iife Service at
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the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
as the crew leader of the YACC program.
He is also a landowner in the Leavenworth area (5 acres ) and as such plans to
spend several years there.
RALPH ELTING is working for St.
Regis in Kapowsin, Washington, where he
is involved in compass, trans it and office
work . Ralph, his wife, Cindy, and one
year old daughter, Alyssa, are enjoying
their new life in Puyallup.
JON EVERETT writes: "Laying out
timber sales for BLM has kept me busy
working and learning this summer. Wi ll
start as a tree planting inspector for
Weyerhaeuser in December."
RAYMOND D. FILBEY does environmental analysis for Lockheed Electronics
Company. He performs extensive land
use mapping, vegetation damage assessment studies, and Natural Resource
Inventory Analysis, with the aid of
remote sensing, utilizing color, color
infrared ae rial photography and an 11Ban multispectral scanner.
His wife,
Colleen, is teaching in a private children's
day care center close to their new home
in East Las Vegas, Nevada.
TER I GROSSE is currently working as
a Park Technician at Redwood National
Park on the Park Planning Team. Since
graduating in Jun e, she has worked as a
Park Ranger/Naturalist, as a Park Technician in Administration, and now as a Park
Planner-all at Redwood. Teri will be
empl oyed at the park at least until the
end of January 1980 with the planning
team, helpin g to write up the "GMP"description of the environment for the
Park.
PAUL JESKE's studies for the Southern Regional Training Program in Public
Administration at the University of Alabama are drawing to a close. Next year,
Pau l wil l begin work on his final semester
of work towards a Masters degree in Public Administration.
A high light of his
present activities is the participation in
regional interviews for the Presidential
Management Internship Program.
RICH WALKOSK I, after graduation in
the sprin g, went to work for Oregon State
Parks. The job was seasonal and it ended
in November. He is now working with his
father selling firewood. As to the future
in February, Rich wil l be part of th~
three man U.S. Outhouse Racing Team.
The team is traveling to Canada to defend
its world championship. In April, he and
a friend will begin walking the 2,500 mile
long Pacific Crest Trail, then ... who
knows?!
IN MEMORIAM
. Robert Sterling Adams '33
Bernard Lee Nutting '23
Stephen Bickle '78
Dwight L. Phipps-Honorary Fernhopper
Alexander " Ted" Erickson '65
Lloyd J . Reynolds '24
Walter A. Gustafson '32
Fredrick Curt Stone '64
Theodore H. Herzog '29
Henry Tiedemann '33
John Brannon '50
Richard Sykes, Jr. '61
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OREGON
STATE FORESTER
Oregon State Un iversity Forestry Alumni Association
Annual newsletter of the OSU Forestry
Alumni Association mailed to the last
known address of a ll OSU Fernhoppers.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERMS EXPIR E APRIL, 1979
Owen P. Cramer '41 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3327 Dosch Road
Portland, OR 97201
John H. Hann '42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon State Forestry Department
2600 State Street
President
Salem, OR 973 10
Howard K. Hopkins '55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Longview Fibre Company
784 Bridge Street
Vernonia, OR 97064
TERMS EXPIRE APR IL,1980
Russell L. Ellwood '49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giustina Brothers
Lumber and Plywood Company
P.O . Box 989
Eugene, OR 97401
Weyerhaeuser Company
Wesley Jennings '50 . . . . . .. . .
Vice President
1 005 N. 20th Street
Kelso, WA 98626
Fred L. Robinson '68 . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S.W. Oregon District
Oregon State Forestry Department
Central Point, OR 97501
TERMS EXPIRE APR IL, 1981
Thomas H. Radcliffe '42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weyerhaeuser Company
134 Dahlia
Klamath Falls, OR 9760 1
Rogue River National Forest
Donald H. Smith '52 . . .
2496 Bora Bora Way
Medford, OR 97501
Starker Forests
B. Bond Starker '69.
P.O. Box 809
Corvallis, OR 97330
ADVISORY
School of Forestry
Carl H. Stoltenberg .
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
William P. Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . School of Forestry
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
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