OREGON STATE
FORESTER
Volume XXII I
Corvallis, Oregon, January 1970
Number 1
ALUMNI AND STUDENTS
DISCUSS FERNHOPPER DAY
For almost a year now information has
bee n assembled on Fernhopper Day and
the Banquet. This effort was culminated
in November with two separate discussions
to try to find out how alumni and students
feel abo ut Fernhopper Day and the Banquet. The comments that follow should
give you a good idea of the viewpoints
of the two groups.
Alumni Viewpoint
The Board of Directors of the Alumni
Association and the Student Selection
Committee met jointly on November 1 to
talk abo ut the Fernhopper Banquet and
abou t recruitment of forestry students.
Twenty alumni participated in the meeting.
After a pleasant luncheon, the group
attended the OSU-Stanford football game.
The discussion about the Fernhoppe r
Banquet was most interesting and revealing.
Concensus was that the tradition
should cont inue. The opportunity once a
year to share the fellowship of former
c lassmates and friends was considered an
important part of the day's activities.
After hearing comments from all alums
present, Don Malmberg '47 gave us his
viewpoint on the Fernhopper Banquet.
We've reproduced his remarks for your
benefit.
" It's time for constructive criticism .
Times have changed and our once proud
banq uet needs a fresh start. Today many
are faced with too many meetings of one
ki nd or another. In the pursuit of our
perso nal and employer goals there simply
is no time to waste. Therefore, it seems
to me it is time to ask the question: " What
is th e goal of the Fernhopper Banquet? "
Is it a clear and concise one which we can
support or ignore? I failed to uncover a
wr itten up-to-date objective but d id receive
some 'coaching' on why the Fernhopper
Banquet is a 'must' and historically is an
event worth supporting. No quarrel with
that point of view but it is a little on the
fuzzy side when alumni and students alike
are wondering 'what does the banquet buy
us' in these busy times. The money and
ene rgy might well be spent on other act ivities, but is that true?
Proposals for
improvement which req uire more cost,
more committee assignments and more
work to hopefully accomplish fuzzy objectives hold less chance for success than
those aimed at one clearly defined goal.
" To get the ball rolling, and determine
what it takes to improve alumn i-student
support of the Fernhopper Banquet, here
is what I think the goal should be:
GOAL
FERNHOPPER BANQUET
TO PROMOTE ALU MNI-STUDENT RELATIONS BY TAKING ONE OR MORE STUDENTS TO DINNER FOR THE PURPOSE
ON
OF
EXCHANGING
VIEWPOINTS
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND OBJECTIVES.
"Others in the alumni world might like
to suggest a goal. Their efforts would
be well received. The cause is worth the
time it takes to write a goal and mail it
to Rudy Kallander, School of Forestry,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
97331.
"About the banquet, here are a few
suggestions or points of view for your
co nsideration :
1. Take a student to dinner (with help
in the arrangements by the faculty).
2. Disconti nue scholarship awards at the
banquet. Instead, list the names of
the donors and recip ients on the program giving full recognition in writing.
3. No buffet, serve dinner, thus giving
more time for visits with students and
alumn i.
4. No long speeches; a short, sharp
message put over with a little levity.
5. Keep support of the occasion on a
vol untary basis, no pointed effo rts to
recruit support.
6. Hold the banquet on a basketball
game night.
"There is avai lable a good looking
orange and black stripe tie on campus .
A few more of us might want to add one
to our collection as we gear up to support
alumni activities which are certain to
increase when the new School of Forestry
building comes on line in 1971."
If any of you Fernhoppers have comments or suggestion, we'll be glad to have
them .
Student Viewpoint
On November 13, Dean Stoltenberg and
Rudy Kallander met with a committee of
forestry students to discuss Fernhopper
Day and Banquet. Students part icipating
were the President of the Forestry Club,
Editor of the Annual Cruise, Forester of
Xi Sigma Pi, Editor of the High Lead,
Chairman of the Honor Board, and Forestry
Senator on the OSU Student Senate.
Members of the Committee we re asked
to give their viewpoints of the occasion.
Although the students were unaware of
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Dean Peavy Receives
Distinguished Service Award
Charter Day 1969, the beginning of the
second
century
for
Oregon
State
University, saw the presentation of Distinguished Service Awards to four people.
One of the rec ipients was Dean George
Wilcox Peavy. The citation was read by
Dean Emeritus Paul M. Dunn and accepted
by Darwin Peavy, the Dean's oldest son.
The citation is reproduced here so all
can read it. Those of you who attended
the School of Forestry while George Peavy
was Dean of the School or President of
the College wil l well remember what a
dynamic figure he was in the fields of
education and professional forestry.
A CITATION
"George W. Peavy . . . first dean of
OSU 's world-recognized School of Forestry . . . Oregon State president for six
years after 25 years as forestry dean .. .
member and leader of the State Board of
Forestry from 1911 to 1941 . . . Civil
Defense coordinator for Benton County
during World War II ... mayor of Corvallis
from 1947 until his death in 1951 at age
82 . .. direct, dynamic, and defi nite always
but kindly and fiercely fair also . . .
remem bered for his booming voice and
buoyant spirit ... he towered among men
as do some giant majestic trees in the
forests . . . " the business of the School
is not d iplomas but the development of
men," he insisted ... a dreamer, yes, but
a doer as well who helped make forestry
a great profess ion and Oregon State a
great institution of higher learning."
A Letter From
The President
OREGON
STATE FORESTER
Oregon State University Forestry Alumni
Association
Annual newsletter of the OSU Forestry
Alumni Association mailed to the last
known address of all OSU Fernhoppers.
You Are Invited To
Fernhopper Day
I would like to personally invite you on
behalf of the Forestry Club to the 38th
Annual Fernhopper Banquet, to be held
February 21, 1969. Roger DeVille, this
year's Banquet Chairman, has promised
th is to be one of the biggest and best
Fernhopper Banquets ever.
I hope that while you are here, you
w:ll have time to visit the Forest Research
Lab, the new Forestry Building, and the
present Forestry Building. The club has
also planned a short tour of McDonald
Forest so that you will be able to see some
of the research and projects carried on
out there.
Members of the Forestry Club w;ll be
in the Forestry Building all day Saturday,
February 21 , to assist you in any way
possible.
Patrick Tomlin, President
OSU Forestry Club
Board Acts on Dues
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERMS EXPIRE APRIL, 1970
James L. Bagley
(President)
U. S. Plywood-Champion
P. 0. Box 672
Eugene, Oregon 97401
Ronald E. Smith
State Forestry Dept.
P. 0. Box 2289
Salem, Oregon 97308
Bob H. Underwood
Woods Products Divis:on
Weyerhaeuser Company
Longview, Wash. 98632
TERMS EXPIRE APRIL, 1971
Austin McReynolds
701 Walnut Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
Glenn B. Parsons
Box 557
Island City , Ore. 97851
Kenneth 0. Wilson
3110 S.W. Florida St.
Portland, Oregon 97219
TERMS EXPIRE APRIL , 1972
James Overbay
District Ranger
Alsea District
Alsea, Oregon 97347
Clyde Stratton
(Vice-President)
Wilco Fire Equ ipment Co.
1123 S.E. Market
Portland , Oregon 97214
Garwin Woolley
Pacific Logging Congress
American Bank Building
Portland, Oregon 97405
ADVISORY
Carl H. Stoltenberg
(Dean)
School of Forestry
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
R. M. Kallander
(Sec-Treas)
School of Forestry
Corvallis , Oregon 97331
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Greetings Fernhoppers!
A year ago President Bob Underwood
called attention to the importance of our
alumni forces to the operation of the OSU
School of Forestry. He pointed out the
reasons for this importance. As alumni
we can provide valuable assistance and
advice, thus helping our school to continue
to produce effective foresters of equal
ability and productivity to those graduates
of the past.
This is still true , but further, it is
becoming more clear that the school is
being called upon to produce foresters
educated and prepared to face even greater challenges than those of the past.
Today's foresters are required not only
to be specialists in their own technical
fields , but also, to achieve the respect of
the public and to communicate with groups
interested in the forest resource and the
natural environment. This is necessary to
provide a flow of understanding concerning tile work, interests, endeavors, and
goals of professional foresters to areas
outside of their circle of activity. There
is a great need for a common ground of
confidence and understanding between
foresters and the public.
We need foresters, engineers, and wood
products specialists with the ability to face
today's challenges realizing that there
must be changes in the interests and
attitudes of both the professional forester
changes toward that
and the public common ground of understanding.
The school needs the counsel of the
alumni and other interested groups to
point out the strengths and weaknesses
of our educat ional programs . There are
needs for direction in research. Do we
need research emphasis placed upon production techniques, stand management
methods, wood utilization , genetic improvements, or some other phase of our field?
Do we need more emphasis on projecting
a clear picture of the overall forest situation, for instance, fifty years from now?
On Fernhopper Day, February 22, 1969,
the Board of Directors met to hear a
progress report from Dean Stoltenberg
covering the School of Forestry and the
Forest Research Laboratory. Board members also heard from Herb Willison,
Chairman
of
the
Student
Selection
Committee.
Herb reviewed activities of
the Committee and described progress
being made.
After hearing the Secretary-Treasurer's
report, Board members concluded that
action was needed to improve the financial
position of the Alumni Association. Income
was insufficient to defray costs of printing
and mailing the Oregon State Forester
Newsletter. Other sources of support had
to be found to cover expenses.
Official action of the Board consisted
of raising annual dues to four dollars. The
increase was scheduled to go into effect
on January 1, 1970.
We certainly hope that all of you who
have been supporting the Association will
continue to do so and that others of you
will begin to take an active part. Fernhopper Day and Banquet, and the Newsletter are long time traditions of the
School. Your dues are used to keep these
Support your
worthy traditions alive.
Forestry Alumni Association!
What changes or activities should foresters
pursue to assure the public that their concerns will be satisfied? How can we encourage the public to become informed and
involved with us in our efforts in wise
forest management and use? How can we
acquire the aid of all affected and include
associated and other dependent industries
as part of this involvement?
These plus many other challenges mold
us into an active alumni-faculty team ,
working together to assure that our school
remains an efficient producer of men prepared to tackle these problems and find
solutions.
Let's keep our lines of communication
open and warm between the job and the
school. See you on Fernhopper Day.
Sincerely,
Jim Bagley '50
President
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Student Selection Committee
Moves Ahead
The Student Selection Committee, concerned with recruiting superior high school
students, has been functioning for a year
now and district groups throughout the
state are well organized. Although this
important alumni program is geared to the
availability of the new forestry school
building in 1971, some results are already
apparent. Bill Wheeler says that two students have enrolled in forestry this past
fall because of the work of Fernhoppers
serving on the Committee.
A few changes in membership have
taken place. Oscar Weed '46 has moved
from Coos Bay to Longview to become
Area Manager for the Weyerhaeuser Company. Bill Ruhmann '30, Public Relations
Director for the Coos Bay Division of
Georgia Pacific Corporation, has moved
into the vacancy. Ashley Poust '37 has
moved from Bend to Portland and is now
in the Regional Office of the USFS. Bill
Holtsclaw '49, Area Director, Eastern
Oregon Area of the State Forestry Department, has taken over the assignment.
Wayne Harris resigned as Northeast Oregon representative on the Committee
because his engineering firm is heavily
committed in Idaho.
We 're looking for someone in the
Pendleton-La Grande area to take over the
Committee assignment in Northeast Oregon. If you have any ideas, drop us a
line. In fact, if you are aware of any topflight young men in high school who are
interested in a forestry career, let us know
about them. We'll see that a Fernhopper
contacts them and provides information on
the forestry program at OSU.
During the November 1 joint meeting of
the Committee and the Alumni Board, Dale
Bever discussed the interest of the Columbia River Section, SAF Education Committee in working with the Student Selection
Committee. Many of the Committee district boundaries coincide with those of SAF
Chapters. This should prove helpful in
coordination of activities between the two
groups and add strength to the overall
program.
Bill Wheeler described the Junior Forestry Institute held at OSU for one week
each summer and explained how the
Institute is supported by the forest industry.
He mentioned that a number of scholarships are available that could be offered
to high school juniors and seniors interested in attending the early summer program. The Institute can serve as an excellent means of acquainting young people
with the various fields of forestry.
Financial Statement
JANUARY 1, 1970
Balance, January 1, 1969
Income:
1969 Dues
$ 818.00
Newsletter Sales
855.00
Annual Cruise Sales 390.00
Banquet
839.85
Miscellaneous
370.81
Total Income
Expenditures:
Newsletter
$2,276.65
Mailing Costs
119.82
Banquet and
Fern hop-per Day
752.70
Annual Cruise Costs 382.50
Miscellaneous
313.61
Total Expenditures
Balance, January 1, 1970
$1,097.21
3,273.66
$4,370.87
$3 ,845.28
$ 525.59
THE DEAN'S
CORNER
It has been an interesting year. Peavy
Hall is beginning to take shape. Alumni
efforts to attract strong students into forestry brought us a larger and stronger
freshman class, despite the adverse effect
of a tuition increase.
Faculty and
students are experiencing both satisfact :ons and frustrations as they work throug:·1
the first year following curricular and
course revisions. Faculty changes have
brought the School both gains and losses.
Although total funds for University salaries
and program expansions were minimal,
support from industry and the legislature
significantly strengthened our research program. The structure and direction of some
of our research is changing; the same is
true of our continuing education programs.
Continuous change - sometimes bring ing
approval and satisfaction sometimes
otiler responses - but always making life
interesting!
This year we welcomed new faculty
members George Jemison and forme r dean
Paul Dunn, outstanding foresters who bring
to Oregon State powerful professional
experiences, intellects and competencies.
World-wide leaders in forestry, these men
contribute talents which strengthen our
School significantly.
But 1969 also brought Mac McCulloch 's
retirement, a year early for health reasons.
After several months' hospitalization for
Parkinson's Disease, Mac is now at home,
with a full-time practical nurse-housekeeper
to help out. More recently Mac has been
receiv ing a new test drug, and ile appears
to be responding well. He drops in at
the School every week or two.
We also miss Jim Jensen 's leadership
as University president. And we'll miss
Eve rett's administrative contributions in
Products as he returns to full-time teaching and research. We're now aggressively
seeki ng replacements for both men in
these important and difficult jobs.
It's too early to have a full evaluation
of the curricular changes that were instituted this fall but I'm persona l ly pleased
w;th the success of the faculty's efforts.
I'm fully confident that by next year thes3
will be consolidated into a stronger program in all areas.
Other efforts to improve undergraduata
forestry education include moving our best
teachers into the freshman-sophomore
co urses, and placing more stress on creat ive planning and innovative teaching of
all courses. Faculty efforts in course
planning and in teaching improvements are
a!ded by Rob Reichart, Phil Crawford and
the staff in the School's Self-Learning
Center. Their Teaching Improvement Project has been drawing wide interest from
other schools and universities, too . Recognit:on of achievement came this year in the
form of a strong verbal commendation and
an eloquent financial commendation from
the Hill Foundat ion-$200,000 to support an
expanded program for the next four years.
Finding more effective ways of achieving
clean air and water together with a healthy
forest products industry and multiplepurpose management of Oregon's forests
is the goal of a growing segment of i he
School 's research effort. The results of
Jim Bagley Elected President
TV in the Self-Learning Center
Jim Bagley was elected President of
the Alumni Association during the February 1969 Board of Directors Meeting. Jim
is a Forest Engineering graduate, Class of
1950 and is Manager, Land and Timber
Department, for U. S. Plywood-Champion
with headquarters at Eugene.
Clyde Stratton, Forest Management, Class
of 1947, was elected Vice-President. Clyde
is Vice-President of Wilco Fire Equ ipment
Company in Portland .
Members of the Board extended their
thanks and appreciation to Bob Underwood
for the fine job he did as President and
to Dave Burwell who completed his threeyear term on the Board. Dave, you w ill
recall , was President of the Association
in 1968.
Newly elected members of the Board
are: Jim Overbay '56, District Ranger,
Alsea District, Siuslaw National Forest; and
Garwin Woolley '42 , Executive VicePresident Pacific Logging Congress. Clyde
Stratton was reelected , after co mpleting
the unexpired term of Rex Resler '53. They
will serve a three-year term, which began
April 1, 1969.
Exploring the teaching possibilities of
television in forestry educat;on is the
newest activity of the Forestry SelfLearning Center. In a short six months
our closed-circuit TV, which aims at
special ized presentations rather than general entertainment, has demonstrated its
effectiveness.
The Center has been investigating
educational television for some time, but
the delay in entering the field has turned
out to have some advantages. We waited
until equ ipment costs had decreased
sharply, though they still are high. More
important, we waited until portable television equ :pment b ecame available . Then , too,
by learning from the experience of others,
we hopa to avoid some of the operational
errors of earlier educational television .
For instance, our video tapes will not
be limited to showing instructors lecturing
the ir classes. On the contrary, our portable
equipmant enables instructors to demonstrate equipment in the classroom, giving
explanations of operations and methods
as they are being shown on the screen.
Under some conditions this teaching
methoj is actually preferable to taking
students on field trips.
Besides, such
trips are not always practicable for large
groups of students.
Making good television presentations,
however,
is
a
complicated
matter.
Televising a plywood plant in operation
took a three-man crew three full-day trips
to the Bohemia Lumber Company plant
in Gulp Creek, Oregon . The pictures then
had to be edited and a teaching script
prepared for the narrative to accompany
the picture. Our product is no challenge
to Hollywood , but it will enable students
to understand plywood plant operation
better than has been possible in the past.
Other television tapes that have been
made dur ing the summer include: Western
Kraft Corporat'on paper mil, Boise-Cascade
Corporat;on tree harvester, the futures
market in the wood products industry (two
talks in Portland), demonstration by Professor Bill West on wood identification,
Willamette Industries, Inc., scragg mill,
Bohemia Lumber Company lumber mill,
Simpson T imber automatic plywood layup
process, Weyerhaeuser Company laminated
beams plant, L. D. McFarland Company
pole and piling treatment plant, Western
Homes, Inc., construction of prefabricated
homes, Shipler Logging Company torpedo
skyline logging system .
We have really just begun production.
The equ :pment is still new; all the
mec hanical problems have not yet been
worked out. Our staff has to learn how
to operate the gear efficiently. We are
tackl ing television as we have almost
eve rything else , with little professional
help. We get our training on the job. This
enables us to keep in sight our goal :
teaching ef'rectiveness. Our aim is teaching, not super-professional technical or
artistic production. These are not always
equated.
One sidelight on television use shows
how valuable television can be to students.
In one required class the schedules of two
students made it impossible for them to
attend. The Self-Learning Center made
special arrangements with the instructor
to televise the class sessions in their
entirety. The students viewed the presenWithout TV this
tations the next day.
would not have been possible.
our two-year "wigwam burner project" are
now being published. In addition to defining ways of modifying and operating wigwam burners without excessive air pollution, the study described and evaluated
alternative methods of dispos ing of millsite residues. Shifting resources from this
project, we plan to strengthen our efforts
to define profitable systems of forest reading, yarding and utilization which are
compatible with sound stream and fish
management, improved air quality standards, and more complete utilization of
timber and other forest resources. Success
will require close coordination of the
efforts of our Engineering, Products, and
Management researcl1 faculty, but we feel
our Forest Research Laboratory is un iquely
qualified to contribute effectively in this
area.
George Jemison is currently heading up
a comprehensive analysis of our School's
continuing education and extens:on efforts.
As a result of these efforts I am sure the
University's resources will be made more
readily and effectively available to you
foresters throughout the Northwast.
A closing thought about students. I am
continuously impressed with how unfortunate it is that those of you who are away
from the campus are not able to keep in
touch with the fine young men and women
who comprise the student population of
Oregon State University. The news headlines go to atypical minorities. This does
not mean that all of our students today
are without complaint, nor that they would
fit your visual picture of a "model student " .
But most of these young men and women
are intell igent, well educated, hard working, and a group of whom we can all be
proud. Sure, some of them make mistakes
- different mistakes than you made when
you were in school , but on the whole no
more serious. I hope many of you will
take advantage of the opportunity to get
acquainted with some of our current
forestry students at tha Fernhopper Banquet this year.
A desire for closer
communication between Fernhopper alumni
and students has been expressed by both
See you on Fernhopper Day,
groups.
February 21, 1970!
Carl Stoltenberg, Dean
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Charles W. Fox Receives
Alumni Centennial Award
There was an extra special occasion
added to the 1969 Commencement Ceremony this past June.
OSU Alumni
Association Centennial Awards were presented to 16 alumni or their representatives. Among these 16 was our own
Charlie Fox, Class of 1927.
The introductory statement for the
awards that appeared in the Commencement Program read as follows:
Centennial Recognition
"Throughout the ninety-four years of its
existence, the Alumni Association has been
fortunate in having many outstanding
individuals working for the betterment of
Oregon State University.
Those selected for the special OSU
Alumni Centennial Awards were chosen
from an extensive list of alumni who were
graduated more than thirty years ago. All
have displayed high professional competence, distinguished citizenship, and deep
devotion to their Alma Mater and to the
Oregon State University Alumni Association. "
The Individual citation presented to
Charlie Fox outlined clearly his contributions to his Alma Mater and to his
profession. Here it is:
A Citation
"Charles W. Fox ... Contributor of time
and talent to his profession, to social and
civic responsibilities, and to his Alma
Mater . . . Life member of the Alumni
Association . . . Active in the forest products industry; former president of one of
the major plywood operations in Oregon
. . . Civic leader in Coos Bay, Lebanon ,
and Portland . . . Past president and
current member of the OSU Foundation
Board of Trustees; member of the Oregon
State University Presidents Club ... Member of the Advisory Committee of the OSU
Forest Research Laboratory, the State
Board of Forestry, the Forest Protection
and Conservation Committee, and the West
Coast Lumber Commission of the War
Labor Board. "
Your fellow Fernhoppers extend their
hearty congratulations and best wishes!
Alumni and Students
Discuss Fernhopper Day
(continued from page 1)
tl1e viewpoints of alumni in their November
1 meeting, conclusions were quite similar.
The students expressed themselves as
follows:
1. The banquet in the even ing is the
major occasion as far as the students
are concerned.
2. Students would like to meet more
alumni and have an opportunity to
talk with them about professional
forestry activities.
3. There are so many alums at the banquet who are visiting with each other
that students are re luctant to "butt
in' '.
4. How about a reception in the main
lounge of the Memorial Union building one-half hour before the banquet
so students and alumni would have
a chance to meet under better circumstances than on the stairway or
in the chow line?
5. How about seminars in the afternoon
conducted by alums interested in
talking to students on a selected
forestry subject?
6. How about eliminating the recept:on
for scholarship donors in the afternoon and inviting them to the banquet
instead?
7. A good speaker at the banquet would
be fine, however, a little levity and
entertainment would also be appropriate .
8. Considerable work of students goes
into the Open House in the Forestry
School.
Alums come around, but
seem more interested in visiting with
other alums rather than looking at
exhibits and talking to student hosts.
Plans for Fernhopper Banquet 1970
Taking into considerat:on both alumni
and student viewpoints, we plan a few
changes in the Fernhopper Banquet format.
We 'll have a served dinner, some lively
entertainment, and possibly a short - sharp
talk. Alums will have an opportunity to
take one or more students to the banquet.
The order form for banquet tickets will
have a pl ace to indicate your preference.
One-half hour before the banquet starts
we 'll have a reception in the main lounge
of tile Memorial Union building. This will
give Alums and their forestry student
guests an opportunity to get together
before the banquet. Th is should make for
pleasant and interesting dinner conversation .
We've tied in the Fernhopper Banquet
with the Saturday, Fe bruary 21 basketball
game between Oregon State and the University of Southern California. The banquet
program will be over in plenty of time
for you to get to the 8:00 p.m. tip off.
Incidentally, we have a block of 100 tickets set aside for Fernhoppers. They're
available on a first come - first served
basis. Your request for tic kets and payment can be mailed to the Forestry Alumni
oft:ce when you order your banquet
t c kets. Don't order basketball tickets for
students; they have them.
If we get some alumni " takers " , it may
b3 possible to set up a Seminar for students and alums in one of the classrooms
of the forestry building. Th is is one of
the suggestions from the students. You
can find out about this activity when you
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pick up your name tags and banquet
tickets.
There are a couple more things Fernhoppers should be thinking about. How
important are Open House at the School
and the Lab? How many of you want to
tour the McDonald Forest? The students
would like to know whether the time spent
in setting up these activities is worthwhile.
Make your comments in the space provided on the banquet ticket order form. We'd
like to know too!
Enrollment Statistics
Fall term enrollment for 1969 is 478
compared to 481 last year. For a number
of reasons the proportion of students
registered to those admitted is lower than
that experienced for several years.
A
substantial increase in tuition, particularly
for non-resident students, more "shopping
around" by prospective students and
incorrect assignment of students to other
major schools during computer registration
appear to be contributing factors.
Undergraduate enro llment is at the sa me
level as last year (420) while numbers of
graduate students have declined slightly
(57 compared to 61 ). Enrollment of both
freshmen and transfers shows a drop of 5
students in each of these categories.
Transfers
from
Oregon
Community
Colleges number 10 this year compared to
18 in 1968. Whether this represents a
temporary situation or a trend resulting
from increased emphasis on the technicalvocatio nal programs in these schools is
unknown.
The 1969 Junior Forestry Institute was
attended by 55 high school students
representing 10 states.
(11 seniors , 31
juniors, 12 sophomores, 1 freshman.) Of
the 11 seniors 5 are currently registered in
the School of Forestry.
Similar to last year, out-of-state students
represent 37% of the student body.
Veterans and married students constitute
14 and 27 percent, respective ly, of the
student body - a very slight increase in
each category over 1968.
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22
62
7
91
22
Junior
36
54
16
106
14
Senior
31
57
19
107
4
42
12
57
15
Grads
3
54 117 478 172
Totals
92 215
*Co mmon freshman program-Department
not specified.-Bill Wheeler, Head Advisor
Forest Engineering
Enrollment in forest engineering is about
the same as last year. However, there is
an increase in the senior class over the
class of 1969. Enrollment by classes as
of fall term is shown elsewhere in this
issue.
There have been no changes in curriculum or staff from those reported last year.
The reported addition of courses in the
operat ions research area went into effect
this year. Bill Davies, John O'Leary, Bob
Wilson , and Ken Mclaren constitute the
teaching staff.
Job opportunities in forest engineering
remain good, with demand greater than
supply.-Bill Davies, Department Head
Forest Research
Dr. lrgens-Moller's miniature chambers may provide an early guide to seedlings with
drought-resistant characteristics.
The increase in water temperature from
exposing streams to direct sunlight sometimes poses serious problems in water
quality. Forest hydrolog 'sts James Krygier
and Dr. George Brown have been studying
water temperatures after various types of
timber harvesting to determine part of the
environmental impact
This initial study in the Alsea Bas in
Study area revealed that exposure of very
small streams to full sunlight through clear
cutting or burning increased the mean
monthly maximum temperatures an average
of 14 degrees F during June, July, and
August Maximum daily temperatures in
August often exceed 72 degrees F. Diurnal
changes were severe for exposed stream s,
where, during more than half of the
summer days, fluctuations exceeded 13
degrees F.
During the same period ,
logging that did not disturb the vegetatio n
along the stream had only a minor effect
on water temperature.
To devise practices that will most effectively increase the growth rate of trees,
the phys:ological characteristic that influences growth rate should be known.
Furthermore, physiologists need to learn
what affects growth rates under various
f:eld conditions. Dr. Helge lrgens-Moller
has developed portable equipment for
measuring photosynthesis and respiration
in the field. Thus far, results of the study
have confirmed that differences in photosynthet ic efficiency exist among different
fam il 'es of Douglas-fir seedlings and
indicate that moisture stress in summer
greatly reduces photosynthetic rate. This
bas:c information may be helpful in selecting seedl ings with drought resistant
characteristics.
Seed orchards should be located where
there is little danger of frost after April ,
states Dr. Will iam Wheeler. Temperatures
below 50 degrees F appear critic al, and
extended periods below that level coincide
closely with protracted development of the
embryo.
Alan Berg, silvicul turist , has found that
properly thinned stands of young-growth
Douglas-fir are capable of producing an
increased volume estimated to be 70 percant more than from an unthinned stand.
Heavy thinnings give greater growth in
volume than do either light thinning or no
thinning. Not on ly is loss from mortality
salvaged, but there is increased growth on
the residual trees. For the past 15 years ,
annual growth on unthinned plots established at age 40 years was 1 ,650 board
feet per acre, compared to as much as
1,900 board feet per acre for heavily
th inned stands .
s:milar thinnings in Douglas-fir about 20
years of age have resulted in immediate
ac celerated growth in diameter, basal area,
and cub:c volume.
Forest products research engineers
George Atherton and Anton Polensek have
comp leted research on 40 full-size resident:al floors to establish va lues for strength ,
stiffness , and vib rational response. Vibrat:on of floors caused by persons walking
on them is important because it strongly
influences the liveability of a house.
Spec ial tests involving adhesive bonding
of sub-flooring to joists have indicated that
th is practice stiffens residential floors ,
improves vi brational characteristics and
l"veability, eliminates floor squeaks, and
may reduce installation costs.
Research by Robert Graham , specialist
in wood treating, on the effect of variou s
treatments on the corrosion of metal
fasteners shows that little or no corrosion
oc curs in normal use indoors or under
cover, but serious corrosion can occur in
moist situations over a wide range of
temperatures.
Haymond Currier, specialist in residue
6
utilization, has produced experimental
pressed panels and molded products from
bark which show interesting commercia l
opportunities.
Bark, with and without
fertilizer or modifying components, has
been pelletted, and agricultural field trials
have been started.
The disposal and utilization of wood and
bark residues continue as a major research
activity of the Laborato ry.
Forest products research eng ineers Stanley Corder
and George Atherton have studied improved combustion in wigwam burners ;
disp osal in incinerators and in land-fills;
steam generation; transportation costs and
survey of residues in Oregon; the economics of extracting wax from Douglas-fir
bark, and the use of wood and ba rk
residues on the soil. A series of reports
on the several phases of the stud y will
provide detailed information on appropriate
economic factors , design criteria, and
recommendations.
Research in bark chemistry involving
exposure of a bark f lavanoid to gammaradiation has led to the observation that
certain components show very special and
highly desirable characteristics, such as
sensitivity to color change arising from the
application of pressure or light. Commercial products based on these compone nts
might find use in reproduction papers
requiring no carbon, in light-sensitive
materials, and in computer memory systems. Further work may provide a natural
red coloring agent from the chemical conversion of dihydroquercetin, an extractive
from Douglas-fir bark.
Results of stud ies on small Douglas-fir
thninings by Dr. Walter Bublitz show the
possibility of profitably using for pulp the
vast quantities o f wood that will be
available from thinnings when the state's
young stands are managed intensively.
The Graduate Program
Enrollment of forestry stude nts for graduate work this year is similar to that of a
year ago. There are 42 graduate students
in Forest Management, 14 in Forest Products, and two in Forest Engineering.
Classifying these men a bit differently: 22
are in forest b'ology of some sort, four in
mensuration and photogrammetry, six in
general forest management, 11 in som e
aspect of forest economics, two in watershed management and hydrology, three in
pulp and paper technology , five in some
aspect of the phys'cal properties of wood,
six in wood chemistry, and two in forest
engineering.
There are two significant trends in the
graduate program th is year. One is the
increased number of inquiries and appl :cations from students from fore 'gn countries.
The other is the rather small
number of applications received from
servicemen returning from Vietnam. Expectations were that servicemen would be
attracted by the Gl B ill and many wo uld
be returning to school for advanced
degrees. After World War II and Korea,
large numbers of young men returned to
undertake graduate work.
We are constantly assessing our course
offerings in graduate study to see if they
are meeting changing needs.
Limited
University resources dictate that old programs be eliminated if we are to offer new
courses. We are in the process of doing
th is a few courses at a time. For the same
reasons of meeting new needs, some
courses are being modified to cover areas
of current interest and importance.
Forest Products
Since the last newsletter there have
been a few staff changes in Forest Products. Dr. M. D. Laver, our new Wood and
Bark Chemist came in March and is very
busy carrying on research and teaching as
well as taking care of severa l advanced
Dr. Laver's doctoral
degree students.
work was done in the field of Carbohydrate
Chem istry at Ohio State University. He is
no newcomer to Forest Products, however,
since he has had experience at Rayonier,
Weyerhaeuser, and the University of
Washington before coming here.
Dr. Harvey Aft resigned in September to
take up a full-time teacl1ing position in
organic chemistry in the State of Maine.
With the ass istance of a departmental
committee, we are looking for a replacement to help fill out the ranks in wood
and bark chemistry.
Dr. Krahmer is back from an interesting
year spent with
the Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organizations in Melbourne, Australia. He was
co-author of a research paper covering
some of the work he did. The paper was
presented at the International Wood
Chemisrty Symposium held in Seattle in
September.
Dr. T. C. Scheffer, a Forest Products
Pathologist recently retired after a career
spent with the Forest Products Laboratory
in Madison, Wisconsin , has joined the
forest products research staff on a halftime basis. Ted is working with Bob
Graham and Don Miller in evaluating
treatments for utility po les in service. Later
he will assist in review of the research
program in Wood Preservation and make
suggestions concerning future research.
Several staff members are working on
advanced degrees. These inc lude:
Instructor Bob Kunesh, who is nearing
completio n of his Ph.D. in a comb ined
Engineering and Forest Products program.
Assistant Professor Bill Lehmann, who
is currently on leave at Colorado University
and expects to compl ete his Ph.D. in June,
1970.
Instructor Anton Polensek, who is expecting to complete his Ph.D. in Structural
Engineering in 1971.
The Forest Products staff has been well
represented at wood products meetings
this year. Particularly, since the Annual
Meeting of the Forest Products Research
Society was in San Francisco. Another
increase in faculty contacts with industry
has occurred with the activation of the
local Willamette Valley Chapter of the
Forest Products Research Society. The
Chapter meets ten times a year in the
Eugene, Albany, and Portland areas.
Walter Johnson se rved as the first
Secretary-Treasurer of the Chapter, and
Don Miller is currently serving in that
capacity. The activities of the Chapter
have received national attention and may
form a pattern for greater local activity
for members of this national organization.
In June of 1969 there were 14 Bachelors
degrees granted in Forest Products. Current en ro llment includes 42 undergraduate
and 12 graduate students. Seniors graduating in 1970 will complete the curriculum
they started on . All others are being
switched to our new programs which permit choosing between Wood Industry
Management and Wood Science options.
These students will take newly-designed
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and demonstrations of various types of
plotting equ ipment
Johnny Bell will be giving the Variable
Plot Cruising short course at about the
same time . Dates will be March 16-18,
1970. The course will cover basic principles of variable plot cruising, field
techniques, and computational methods;
one-half day in field. Introductory session
on Three-P sampling covering basic
principles and field application s.
Dr. M. D. Laver
Research in chemical utilization of bark
disclosed several compounds with promising commercial applications.
Conferences, Short Courses,
And Symposia
You probably read in the Dean 's Corner
that a study is being made to determine
the needs of profess'onal foresters for
programs in continuing education. This
shou ld lead to the development of an even
more comprehensive program in the area
of continuing education.
As usual , early bird Charlie Kozlik has
already given his short course in Lum ber
Drying. The course covered b asic information and up-to-date techniques in lumber drying. Lectures and laboratory work
are employed in providing information on
wood structure and its relationship to
drying, and on mechanics of kilns and ki ln
schedule deve lopment.
The Aerial Photo short course will be
offered under the direction of Dave Paine
March 16-20, 1970. Included in the program are photo interpretation for engineering, forest types and classes, forest management, and remote sensing; photo
measurements for forest inventory, and
road location; map making from photos;
Ray Yoder is back from a year's leave
of absence and is collaborating with les
Stickler of the School of Business and
Technology in developing a two-day conference on Financing Forest Industry in
the 1970's. Tentative ly, the conference
will review some of the more important
problems, p olicies, issues, and opportu nities in both short and long-term financing
of forest industries.
The date will be
sometime in May, 1970.
The short course in Management of
Young-Growth Douglas-fir and Western
Hemlock will be presented by AI Berg on
June 15-1 8, 1970. AI is changing the
format slightly to accommodate suggestions from former participants. The program will be comprised of two days of
lectures
and
discussions on
rece nt
developments in young-growth management; a one-day field trip to discuss
marking, levels of growing stock, and
operational procedures, and a one-day
field trip to current operat ion to view
management practices.
Jim Krygier's symposium on Forest land
Use and Fish Habitat Relations is being
moved to J'une 22-24, 1970. Discussions
will include the impact of forest land use
on water quality, sedimentatio n, and stream
flow with particular reference to fish
habitat and fish populations.
The Forest Recreation short course
directed b y Bill Parke continues to be well
received. The dates set aside are September 9-11 , 1970. Some changes are planned
in course content and will cover two days
of lectures and class discussion concerning management considerations in coordinatin g commodity uses w ith public
enjoyment of forest recreation areas, and
a one-day field trip.
In February of last year a short course
in Land Use Planning and Zoning was
offered for the first time. A definite date
has not been set for the next offering.
However, there is a good possibility that
the course will be given in November, 1970.
Chuck Sutherland is a like ly candidate for
short course director. He gets back from
sabbatical leave in September.
Schedule of Conferences, Short Courses and Symposia
Program
Lumber Dry ing
Aerial Photo
Variable Plot Cruising
Financing Forest Industry
in the 1970's
Management of Young-Growth
Douglas-fir and Hemlock
Forest Land Use and Fish
Habitat Re lations
Forest Recreation
Land Use Planning and Zoning
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Tuition
Days
Time
$ 75
5
5
3
Dec. 15-19, 1969
Mar. 16-20, 1970
Mar. 16-18, 1970
TBA
2
May (TBA), 1970
50
4
June 15-18, 1970
25
40
TBA
3
3
June 22-24, 1970
Sept. 9-11 , 1970
Nov. (TBA), 1970
50
30
2
Peavy Hall
There is considerable activity at the
southwest corner of Jefferson Street and
The Mall these days. The new . forestry
building project is underway, fmallyHurrah!
.
Late in A ugu st shovels began snortmg
and trucks roared as a formidable hole
was excavated. Thousand s of yards o f
rock backfill were poured into the hole
and compacted.
Progress was slow because of ~eavy
rains in September and October. .Fmally
the base rock was in shape to pe~m1t placing foundation forms and remforcmg st~el;
then cement po uring began. The project
was out of the mud. Currently, basement
wa lls are going up; plumbing and e.lectrical
conduit lines are being installed m preparation for pouring the basement floor.
By Fernhopper Day, we hope the base:
ment w ill be well along in order that alumni
and friends will have something of interest
to see .
It was gratifying to see so m~n y contrac;:ting firms interested in our bulldmg - S IX
each general and m ~c hani c~ l. and four
electr ical f irms subm1tted b1ds July 23,
1969. The low bidders were Lantz Construction Co., Salem, General ; Western
Mechanical, Medford; and Electric Co rporatio n, Salem. As no dou.bt man~ of
you read in the newspapers, b1ds receP~ed
w ere $200,000 aboye the budget. By takmg
all of t11e deductive alternates bu~ one,
along with cutting here and there, 11 was
possible to sign contracts August 25.
A timely and genero~s gift fro.m an
al umnu s made it poss1ble to remstate
several key alternates and deleted items.
We are most grateful f!:!r ~his co ntri~l!tion ,
since it br ings the bu1 ldmg a s1gn1f1c~nt
step closer to b eing completed as o n gmally planned. The crystal ball indi cates
comp letion by the end o f March, 1971.
Bill West, Chairman
Building Committee
Forest Management
The highlight of departmental activities
this year has been the impleme.ntation of
ou r new integrated courses 1n Forest
Management Operations and Forest Economics and Regulatio n, capped by a
course in Multiple Use Dec isions.
As
prev iously descri bed , seven core forestry
courses are combi ned into these two
integrated courses using a team-teaching
approach .
The fac ulty feels this new
approac h will avoid subject compartmentalizat ion and help the students approach
problem solution from a broad frame of
reference. T he capstone course, Multiple
Use Dec is ions w ill blend decis ion making
techniques, s~ch as operation~ research,
and the students' backgroun d m sc1ence ,
socio-economics, and forest~y courses.
The department offered S IX conferences
and short courses during the year serving
NORMAN A. BELFILS ' 43
ROBERT P. CONKLIN '23
BENJAMIN C. CULVER '15
RALPH W. DE MPSEY '38
WILLIAM C. GRAY '43
JOHN L. JEFFERSON '38
WALTER W. JEFFERY '56
over 550 partic ipants from thro ugho~t the
West. This year we moved the s1te of
o ur short course on pine regeneration to
the campus of Central Oregon Com.m.unity
College in Bend. The college ~dmm ls t.ra­
tion was particu larly helpful 1n makmg
suitable facilities availab le for our use.
Some 250 foresters attended this short
course. The new short course on Land
Use Planning and Zon ing was very successful with 96 participants representing a
w ide variety of public and private agencies.
Al l the other short courses were fully subscribed . Although the department has had
an act ive continuing education program
since 1949 it is apparent that our program
wil l have t~ expand to assist profess ional
foresters in meeting the rapidly changing
needs of modern soc iety.
Fac ulty changes during the year include
the appointment of Dr. George M. Jem ison.
former Deputy Chief of the U. S. Forest
Service in c harge of Research , as Professor of Forest Management and the
departure of Dr. Jerry Zavitkovski for th e
Northern Institute of Forest Genetics at
Rhinelander, Wisconsin. We wi ll welcome
Resource Economist L arry Streeby to our
fac ulty shortly afte r the first of . the. year,
1970. Larry is now at the Un1vers1ty of
Wiscon sin finish ing his doctoral dissertation. -Dick Dilworth, Department Head
Forest Products
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or revised co urses throughout their programs.
A Fo rest Products m inor lor
students in Business and Technology has
been approved and should develop into a
popular prog ram. Many Forest Products
graduates take an additional year to earn
a Master of Bus iness Ad ministrat ion degree
in the School of Business and Technology.
Graduate programs and courses have
been approved so the Dep artme nt can
offer Ph.D.'s in the Wood Science area and
Masters degrees in this and related processing and technology areas.
The Lumber Drying short cou rse was
he ld in December. This year Ray Currier
felt there would not be sufficient inte rest
to offer a Veneer Drying course. A sp ecia l
Wood Science introductory course for
people in the Wood Preserving field will
be held in early spring. Partial financ ial
support w ill be provided by the State Techn:cal Services Act a Federal program
designed to bring the results of re:>earch
and new knowledge to industry.
New laboratory fac ilities include a
comp leted TAPPI standard room lor
researc h and testing in Pu lp and Pap2r
and Wood Physics, completely remodeled
chemistry laboratories, and a nu mber of
new pieces of equipment and apparatus ,
including an lnstron testing machine, new
analytical
chemical
apparatus,
new
mach ines in Pulp and Paper, and electronic gear for Physics and Phys :cal Properties
research.-Eve rett Ell's, Department Head
MILTON L. LEI SCHMAN '32
JOHN E. McCOLLUM '17
GAYLORD D. NI XON '51
JAMES D. SHAVER '26
WILLIAM J. WAKEMAN '17
DAVIS P. WH ITLEY '30
LLOYD D. YATES ' 17
8
School
Personalities
JOHN F. BELL is looking forward to the
challenge of teach ing the new senior
course- Multiple Use Decisions- spring
term.
The combination assignment of
teach in g and research, with emphasis on
teaching is most enjoyable. His popular
Variable Plot Cruising short course is again
scheduled for March.
Last July John
attended a workshop at Colorado State
University and in October the Miami SAF
meeting where he saw many alums. An
active family keeps life busy and meaningful. He says that news an d visits from
former classmates and students are much
appreciated.
DALE BEVER writes: " For those of you
in the Class of '42 or older who claim the
old brain is just as sharp as ever - come
on b ack and teach a c lass o f fres hmen
and take a course w ith a class of freshmen
in a completely new field. I'm trying to
do both this term and the damage to my
ego m ay never be repaired!"
GEORGE BROWN has been co nduct in g
studies relating stream temperatu re to the
forest envi ronment continued througl1 the
su mmer of 1969 in the Coast Range and
Southern Cascades. A stu dy on Cedar
Creek, a tr ibutary of the North Umpqu a,
forc used upon the cool ing effect of shade
as heated water flowed from a clearcut
into a forested reach.
The degree of
shading provided by streams ide strips was
studied on nearby Little Rock Creek. In
the Coast Range, temperatu res were
monitored on Needle Branch, a study
stream in the A lsea Basin, to ascertain the
effect o f regrowth three years after clearcutting. A ll three studies seek to help
foresters better understand the effect their
operations have upon water qual ity.
RAY CURRIER writes:
" I have been
busy try ing to develop ne w uses for bark,
and have bee n working particu larly with
finely divided material. This has to be
prepared from bark in chunk form, so you
could characterize my activities as 'the
same old grind'."
KIM K. CHI NG rep orts the year 's
activities reached a cl imax between the
months of Aug ust and September when a
gro up of 40 forest geneticists and tree
breeders from every corner of the world
converged in Corvallis as they ended their
Post-FAO 2nd World Consultation on
Forest Tree Breeding tour. We met many
old and new friends and had a wo nderful
(contin ued on page 9)
Constitution Amended
L ast year yo u voted on several changes
in the Constitution of the Al umn i Association . You 'd be interested in the vote 600 yes; one no! How about that?
We dropped mention of the Annual
Cruise in the constitution, since this is a
forestry student-Forestry Club activity. We
got our dates o f nominating and elect ing
members o f the Board of Directors in line
with practice, and made the office of
Secretary-Treasurer appointive.
With both the Secretary-Treasurer and
the Dean o f the Sc hool advisory, yo u'll be
voting fo r three Board members each year,
none of whom are directly co nnected with
the school.
School Personalities
of the large gluel am beams were completed and a repo rt shou ld be available now.
Currently, I am working with industry on
a project in which we ar~ tryinQ to more
efficien tly
utilize adhesives
1n wood
construction."
(Continued from page 8)
time showi ng t;·,em our research program
and facilities here at Oregon State.
BOB KRA HMER was on sabbatical leave
fro m July 1968 to July 1969 at the D ivision
of Forest Prod ucts, CSIRO, Melbourne,
His research activities there
Austral ia.
were pr imarily on the location of extractives in the fine structure o f wood and
their possible relatio nship to so me physical
properties and heartwood formation . Free
time was spent with the fam ily out looking
for wild ka ngaroos and koala bears, along
with trips to Sydney to the n!:!rth and
Tasmania to the south. On the tnp home,
several days were spent in New Zealand ,
driving from Wellington to Auckland , plus
a co uple days' vacatio n in both fiji and
Hawaii.
BILL DAVIES continues to teach the
senior sequence co urses in forest engineering and manage the School forests. He
reports that there are 27 stude nts in the
He also
senior FE courses this year.
reports that Marvin Rowley, Class of. 1950,
is st ill under co ntract to do thmnmg,
salvagi ng, and other chores on McDona ld
and Dunn Forests.
EVERETT ELLIS contin ues busy with
teaching and research activities in the
Forest
Products
Department.
Spring
Quarter he taught FP 310, Wood Utilization,
and really enjoyed getting back mto the
classroom . In November, Everett asked to
be relieved of administrative duties in the
FP Department to return to full-time teaching and research.
He has agreed to
function as head until a successor can be
found. An increasing number o f visitors
to the Laborato ry represented eve ry continent except Africa this past y~a r .
Professional activities included partlclpat'on in several Forest Prod ucts meeti ngs
~n the West Coast. Away from the job,
Everett found some time to get outdoors
skiing, c l imbing, camping, and b eachco mbing.
DICK DILWORTH was on crutc hes for
two months this spring, but recovered in
time for some interesting trips through the
Siuslaw and Willamette Nationa l Fo rests
He was
and the BLM Eu gene District.
proud to see the f ine work being done by
such Fernho ppers as Tenny Moore, Kent
Mays, Jim Overbay, Orm Doty and Larry
Worste ll.
On a trip to La Grande, he
enjoyed a visit with Fernhoppers . Dean
Ford, his pilot, and G lenn Parsons, h1s ~ost
during a visit to Boise-Cascade's particleboard plant.
P. M. DUNN says: " In June 1969, I
f inished my seco nd year as President o f
the Forestry History Society. 1969 was
my seco nd year as President o f the
Americ an Forestry Associatio n. Currently
I am a membe r of the Ad visory Committee
for
the
Mcintire-Stenn is
Cooperative
Forestry Research Prog ram .. Some of the
balance o f my time is occupied With be1 ng
a Consultant for the St. Regis Paper
Company."
BOB GRAHAM participated in the weeklong meetings of the co mm ittees of tl~ e
American Wood- Preservers' Assoc1at1on m
New Orleans whic h are co ncerned with
national standa rds for the preservative
treatment of wood. Fo llowi ng the meeting
he visited in Mexico City the University of
Mexico
National
Inst itute
of Forest
Resear~h and the Federal Comm ission of
Electricity. While there he sp oke o n the
Role of Wood Preservat ion Research in the
Men from
Util ization o f Native Woods.
the three agencies are cooperating i~
develop;ng information on the many Mex 1 ~
can woods which Wil l prov 1de a sauna
basis for their utilization . Bob was awed
b y the magnitude of the task before the~
but impressed w ith the vigo r With wh1cn
th e task is bein g undertaken.
CHUCK S. LEWIS spent the summer of
1969 inventoryi ng the Paul Dunn Forest.
He found an indigenous inimica l factor
infectin g the trees, which was prompt!y
named Projectalis impactus var. shrap nell11.
It was introdu ced into the area by a
populat:o n explosion caused by World War
II creating Camp Adair. The trees were
subjacted to this phenomenon by waves
of rifle and mortar projectiles. Many of
these metal objects ended up in the trees.
It sure ruins equipment!
By now you're wondering why Chuck's
p jcture appears in the Newsletter two years
in a row.
It seems he was agam th3
recipient of the Aufderheide Award for
outstanding forestry professor. The selec!'on is made by forestry students.
BOB McMAHON helped organize and
present th2 very successful conference on
Forest Land Use Plann1ng and Zonmg g1ven
on campus in February. Also collaborated
with t he Agr icultural Economics Department in plann ing, organizing, and presenting a four-week Institute on Natural
Reso urce Eco nomics, given during the
summer. Major emphasis this yea r has
been g :ven to a rapid ly growing gradua~e
program in forest econom ics. Bob IS
serv ing as major advisor for ten , three of
wi1om are in absentia, and serves on
comm ittees for eight others with in the
schoo l. In August Bob attended a special
lumber semi nar as a guest o f the Ch icago
Mercantile Exchange, pu rpose o f which
was to prese nt details o f the lumber futures
contract to industry representatives.
G. M. J'EMISON, Professor of FM,
attended the ann ual Board of Directors
meeti ng of the International Union o f
Forestry Research Organizations (!U FRO)
in Os lo Norway in August. Jem1son IS
pres;de~t of the organ ization which has
230 institu tional members 111 66 countnes.
The School of Forestry at OSU is an active
member. The wo rk of IUFRO is accompJ'shed through 82 subject-ma.tter gr?up:;
work'ng o n prob lems of mternat1onal
concern.
JiM JOHNSON says: " I took little time
off this summe r, but my vacation was sp ent
in some o f Oregon's beauty spots. Tests
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JAMES T. KRYGIER reports interest in
water po llution, water quality standards
and enviro nmental quality has skyrocketed
interest in watershed management.
At
the moment we are everyone's "waterboy".
Five years ago we couldn 't give th is/ stuff
away!
MAC McK IMMY has bee n working on
commitees,
conducting
research, and
teaching during th is last year. This fall
he was glad to relinquish his cha irmanship
of a major university com mittee. A pap er
on genetic differences in wood traits
between famil ies of Douglas-fir w il l be
published.
DON MILLER has enjoyed period ic field
trips to the Oregon coast to inspect tests
o f marine pil in g. It is one of the fe w
places in the world where rainfall can be
horizontal, but dampened spirits we re
revived by a mandate from the W1llamette
Valley Chapter of F.P.R.S. to se rve as the ir
Secretary-Treasurer for the coming year.
MIKE NEWTON is sp ending the c urrent
academic year on sabbat ical leave at the
University of Tennessee.
Between math
sessions and field studies, there has been
time to take in fall colors in the Smokies
and a number of o ther v isits to back
country. He hasn 't found any moonshiners
in action yet, but the year's sti ll young!
It turns out brush control is no problem
in the south . . .maybe we, too, can start
calling our brush sawt im ber, and sell it
at a pro fit!
DAVE PAINE attended an intensive t woweek short co urse in Remote Sens ing at
the University of Michigan this past
summer. There he learned about imagery
obtained from thermal infrared scanners,
s;de looking airborne radar (SLA R) and
other re mote se nsing instruments. Some
of this newly acquired know ledge is being
incorpo rated into hi s aerial photo co urses
and the annua l aerial photo short course.
Now that the new forestry bu ild ing has
begun, Dave is beginning to think about
what to discard when he moves to a 120square-foot office from his present 230square-foot office.
JOHN O'LEA RY continued his wo rk with
Crown Zellerbach Corporation this p ast
summer in an attempt to find an economical method of thinning seco nd growth on
steep hi llsides with cable systems. During
the school year, in addition to his courses
in forest engi neering, he is engaged in an
With The Classes
Messages from Fernhoppers continue to come in from far and wide. We hope our
more up-to-date mailing list is instrumental in getting these messages to you.
Cut-off date is Decemb er 10 for incl uding messages in the Newsletter. If your
post card was received after that date, you won 't find yo ur note in the Class news.
Sorry - but that's the way it has to be , so the printer can get the Newsletter to us
for mailing in the first week of January. How about it - you slowpokes? Can't you
mail your cards earlier?
Mem bers of the Class of 1969 have moved out into the profession and we invite
them to join the OSU Forestry Alumni Association. You'll enjoy receiving news of
Classmates and news of School activities.
1910
1913
T. J. STARKER says he 's glad to see
the Forestry School buildi ng started. The
basement must be large enough to hold
three 1917 buildings- and then the rains
came!
He has three grandsons in the
School of Forestry.
HAROLD S. TURLAY reports: "I have
retired from the ranch in Clatsop County
and now live in a new home, 704 Cedar
Avenue, near o ur daughter in Tillamook."
attempt to team teach a combined
silviculture regeneration, fire control , and
logging methods c lass with Dan Ro bin ~on
and Bill Wheeler.
He has a sabba tica l
coming up, so he, Margo, ~ n d son , Pat,
pla n to return to the Alps Jn June for a
six-month stay.
BILL WHEELER is stil l keeping busy in
the areas of stude nt counseling and job
placement. Interlaced with these activities
are committee assignments and teach ing
Forest Management Operations.
Major
activity at the present is spoi l ing his
grandson, Mark.
WILLIA M N. PARKE reports that seventyfive professional foresters and o thers
participated in our second annual Forest
Recreation Short Course in September.
They came from British Columb!a, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California. T l1ey
were federal, state, and private fo resters,
consulti ng foresters, and foresters on
teaching staffs of forestry schools and
commu nity colleges. For the first time
we had a woman part ic 'pant and yo u can
imagine how refresh ing it was to see a
woman 's face in an audience of b ald
heads, beards, and sideburns.
Larry Chapman and his wife , Do ro thy,
are developing a character-bu ilding youth
camp on forest property they own and
Dorothy attended the short co urse to pick
up some ideas for the project. She was
highly pleased with the course and I
believe her attendance will lead to other
wome n participating in simi lar future
courses. I surely hope so.
Next Forest Recreation Short Course will
Watch 'ior
be Se ptem ber 9-11, 1970.
particulars next sprin g.
BOB RE ICHART says that the most
interesting trips he made this summer were
accompanying some o f the Se lf-Learning
Center personnel making video tapes for
the Center. The new portable television
equ'pment enab les instructors to demonstrate equipment in the classroom and
explain operations and methods as they
are being shown on the screen. Under
some conditio ns th is teaching method is
actually preferable to taking stu dents on
f ield tr ips, especially when such trips are
not practicab le with large groups o f
students. Nine or ten of these video tapes
of logging and m ill operations have already
been made and more are to come. It may
be possible to e xhibit some of th em for
alums on Fernhopper Day.
1914
JAMES C. EVENDEN is leading the usual
ROBERT L. WILSON says no news is
good news. Same old rout!ne. Taking
care of son's horse while he is doing his
tour with the Marines. The only c hange
was frantical ly working io bu ild the
fe nce and complete the landscaping work
on the new house befo re the fall rains
bega n.
CARL STOLTE NBERG reports planning
and teach ing the freshman " Introduction
to Forestry " course this fal l was perhaps
my most enjoyable venture o f the year but even w ith the excellent help o f Dale
Bever and several other fac ulty, I note
much roo m for improvement next year! In
add ition to School activities reported
elsewhere , my personal responsibilities as
chairman o f the SAF's Accreditation Comm ittee and as a member of the SAF
Educational Policies Comm ittee have been
interesting. Besides schoo l visits we have
been developing new procedures for
reaccreditation , trying to more effectively
assist the stronger schools in eval uati ng
their goals, plans, programs, and progress.
Our Educational Pol icies Committee planned
and
carried
out
the
national
sympos ium on forestry ed ucation in
Roanoke . I also gave another paper on
th !s subject in the general sessio n o f the
Miami SAF meeting, and prepared another
w:·1 ich an associate gave for me at t he
American Association for the Advancement
of Scie nce meeti ng in New York City.
Hopefully these activities wi ll help us
capital ize on new ideas and successful
innovations in education elsewhere .
RAY YODER spent much of the past
acade mic year in integ ratin g his co urse
"T.M." to you
in Forest Management old grads into a two-term seq uence
wh ich also includes th e subject matte r of
Fo rest Valuation and Forest Economics.
The course is taught by a team of three ,
w ith much of the subject matter foc used
upon a central case study.
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busy life of a retiree living in Coeur
d' Alene, a small c ity of 16,000.
Red
Cross, Camp Fire, DeMolay, United Crusade, and Trustee of the new Kootenai
Memor ial Hospital all seem to keep him
fully occ upied .
These activit ies either
keep him out, or in, trouble. 'T is hard
to te ll.
1915
W. J. CHAMBERLIN states: "We are
but still
sti ll arou nd a l ittle slow interested in " what's with " you al l. The
sunshine down here in San Diego is
mighty nice . Best wishes."
FRED P. CRONEMILLER reports: " After
retiring 11 years ago , wo rked most summers but a broke n ankle slowed me up and
had to quit cl im bing mountains. Recognizing that ex plore rs were not mappers, I
have been mapping old emigrant trails.
Picked Lakeview-A lturas area as a ce nter
and wrote their history, etc. They extend
from Winnemucca, Nevada to Highway 99.
In the off season I go to Central America
and hunt big trees.
It's not easy, the
transport, the language, and the fac t that
the foresters and the people are not big
tree co nscious makes chasing rabbits less
frustrating. But it's really fun and finding
a 17-foot ficus is a thril l."
HARRY C. PATTON writes: "As I get
older seem to find more things to do, such
as trapshooting, hunting and bowling. Also
have developed two sum mer and recreation home subdivisions: one on the Little
North Fork of the Sa ntiam River, 20 m iles
east of Salem , 24 lots known as Taylor's
Grove. T he other subd ivision at Detroit
Lake, 50 miles east of Salem, consists of
55 lots known as Patton 's Additio n. It's
near Detroit and has electric power, telephone, and TV cables, all und ergrou nd."
1918
CHA RLES A. McCOLLU M writes: "Last
year I fle w to Corvall is for the 1918
reunion and my first cam pu s visit in 50
yea rs. I had misgivings abo ut it but was
pleased to find many of the old buildings
and other landmarks, inculding the old
Forestry Bu ilding , which was new when I
was there, and the Armory where I held
forth as Co l. of Cadets , '17 and '18. I
was pleased to v isit w ith the Dean and
to learn of the ad vanced position of the
school. Among my prize possessions is
a personal letter from the retiring President of the College d ire cted to "Dear
Chas." and with the s ignature, "Yo ur
friend, Geo. W. Peavy".
Any foreste r
must know that " Dean " Peavy put us on
the map."
R. STANLEY SM ILIE reports he's living
the life of a ret ired 77-year-old.
ing - 1917. How come? As a freshman
we had all of our forestry classes in it.
Best of luck in your new building when
construc ted. "
1923
ERNEST E. FISCHER recently completed his 30th year as curator of the Hoyt
Arboretum w here he has as visitors many
of the old-time " Fernhoppers." He spend s
his spare time cru ising about the cou ntry,
gardening and f ish ing. Hopes to attend
Fe rnhopper's Day in February.
DEWITT C. J ONES states: " Unfortunately, I was badly hurt in a logging camp
accident three months after graduationso never got to continue my work in the
woods. Returned east and followed my
fathe r's wor k, adjusting of claims for the
fire insurance comp anies. Finally retired
in 1964, but did some adjusting in 1964
and 1965 after two hurricanes in Miam i,
Florida. After I was sing le, again, I returned to Fort Wayne, found my high
school sweethea rt a widow, so we married
and for 2Y2 years have had a fine time
mostly traveling. Sorry we did not get
back to Corval lis. Maybe sometime. "
BERNARD L. NUTTING writes : " Enjoying retirement here in Medford with all
its Southern Oregon attractions.
Good
hea lth with more than enough to do to
keep me busy and pleased to hear
from all my old friends who pass thro ugh
our city."
1924
W. E. GR IFFEE says: " I am still running a plant down here wh ich ships 200
or more cars of lumber and chi ps a
month. Am having more tun and making
more money than I ever did at trade
association wo rk.
We are keeping our
home at Lake Oswego , Oregon but have
built another down here and are becoming
better " desegregated " all the t ime."
CL ARENCE C. STRONG repo rts: " Life
goes on about as usual and my hair gets
thinner as the years add up. Have been
working on a history o f lumbering, including shing le industry, of a portion of northern Idaho. Now, I hope so me publishe r
th inks enough o f the story to publish it.
Still at the same add ress but may spend
a few months in Arizona. With best
wishes."
1925
ELMER W. BALDERREE states: "I am
retired now - having sold my retail lumber business two years ago in Spr ingfield,
Oregon. Play golf f ive days a week now
and take life easy. Have so ld our home
in Spr ingfield and moved into the Garden
Apartment in Eugene, 555 Coburg Road,
Apt. 1."
1921
GEORGE R. HOPPING writes : "Greetings classmates .
Can't remember how
many grandchildren I reported last time,
but it is 21 now. Went to Phil Johnson 's
retirement luncheon at Elks Cl ub in
Missoula on Jul y 29. Abo ut 120 of his
friends gathered there and the Johnsons
were given a good sendoff on the retirement lap. Was glad to see old friend Jim
Evenden there. Hasta luego !"
FRANK 0 . KOLLER says : "I am doing
the same as a year ago. The last two
Oregon State rs have had the same date
on the construction of the Forestry Build-
VERN McDANIEL says: " Hi Fern hoppers! Since retiring I have been kept
busy ta king care o f a large lawn south
of Corvallis and our own. Mary and I
1920
GEORGE J. AL TSTADT writes he's still
beating the old drum op erati ng an
industrial supply sto re and a general hardware store in Astoria.
He is "possib ly
going a little slower. "
have a pretty little place with many shrubs
and pretty flowers.
Come and see us
sometime."
GEORGE SPAUR says: "Returned from
Foreign Service in 1967. I am now l iving
at 1272 Kashm ir Drive S., Salem, Oregon.
OSU Foresters welco me."
1926
LEROY A. HAWK INS writes: "My wife,
I ris, and I live at '1097 39th Avenue N.E.,
Sa lem , Ore. I have long since laid down
my pick, but I am busy as ever. My garden takes more t ime, my f ishing also.
Then there is always some old or sick
person who needs a little lift.
AL BERT F. JANOWSKI now resides at
Manzanita, Orego n, P.O. Box 22. He says:
"Have retired after 43 years arou nd sawmil ls and am enjoy!ng every minute of my
retireme nt (the extra 40 hours a week I
have now). "
SIDNEY C. JONES repo rts : "Still working part time for the Department of
Entomology OSU. A new walnut pest, the
walnut husk fly is causing some alarm
amo ng wal nut growers. I have given some
attention to this pest and to low volu me
spraying with th e airplane and helicopter
for cherry fruit fiy co ntro l. Since I sold
my coast property I am sp end ing more
time at home in Corval lis where I grow
roses and other flowers for pleasure. My
travels have been confined to Oregon and
Southwest Washington. If any of my o ld
acquaintances come to Corvallis, stop and
see me."
KELLY B. McGUI RE reports : " I am
retired, servi ng my third 4-year term on
th e Calif. State Board of Forestry, and
1:ving in the middle of Jackson State Forest, whe re I was Loggi ng Supt. for Caspar
Lumber Company for 25 years, until they
sold out to the State of California. My
home and ranch are at Camp 19, Fort
Bragg, Calif. 95437. Would l ike to hear
from any of my old classmates."
1927
JOHN H. BAGLEY, JR. states: " Things
haven 't changed a great deal since I last
wrote. St il l working as a property appra iser for the Stanis laus Cou nty Assessor and
enjoying the wor k.
It's hard to realize
that it has been 42 years since I graduated
with about ten others from the School
o f Forestry. Bigger grad c lasses now, I
bet. Hard to real ize too that th ere is a
new Forestry building going up.
I can
still remember how night work in the
drafting room had its advantages w ith
Cauthorn Hall just across the corner. My
best wisl1es for the continued growth of
the School and its influence throughout
the indu stry where its graduates have
always led the way."
R. BERT FEHREN says : "See Forestry
An nual, Oregon State Forester. The missing Fernhop per in the p icture with two
members of the Class of '27 on page 13
is Ezra Hornibrook. He also appears in
the front row o f the picture taken at the
cabin. The Ezra Hornibrook shown in the
roster, Class of '49, is probab ly his son."
JAY B. HANN writes: " I am st il l at the
same address. Daughter, Rosa, is now
in c harge of the library acq uisitions at the
Baltimore Branch of the University Library.
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So n, Jay Ill, is with an orthopedic gro up
at Oakland, Calif.
W ife, Dortha, and I
spent part of last summer in Mexico. I
still substitute teach in high school as a
hobby."
JOE A. LIBBY w rites : " In 1969 I took
fo ur trips out of Utah. Attended Soil Conservation Soc iety of America annual meeting at Fort Collins . At home the rest of
the year I kep t busy on home maintenance and gardening. I'm playing around
with glad iolus hybridizing which keeps
me quite busy.
I 'm preparing now for
my annual deer hunting trip to LaSal
Mountains in Southeast Utah.
Season
opens October 18. Best wishes."
ALVIN L. PARKER says : "Have been
retired from Oregon State Department of
Forestry since March 1, 1968, after more
than 41 years with the USFS and the State
of Oregon. My most recent job had b een
as Farm Forester (since July 1, 1945)
for Clackamas, Multnomah and Hood
Rive r Coun ties in Oregon. Mrs. Parker,
formerly Mae M. Moore o f Home Economics Class of 1927 , has been my co nstant
companion, and now my boss, since retirement! However, we are enjoying retirement. We seem to always find something
to do and have more meeti ngs to attend
than there are days avai lable. As of Nov.
30, have just com pleted a special assignment with the State Forestry Department
on the Pacific Coast
and the USFS Forest I nd ustries Survey for 1968, for the
State of Oregon. Come down and see us
sometime."
J'OHN C. WILKINSON
reports:
"My
wife, Lou ise, died on May 29, 1969. We
had been married for 41 Y2 years. My
yo ungest son, Robin, now has two boys,
James 4 years, and David 7 months. My
oldest so n, J'ohn, is expecting his first
ch ild in November. So I am 'Grandpa
Wi lk' ."
1928
W. REX DENNEY travels so uth to Arizona
in the wi nter and north to Canada and
Alaska in the summer; in Dufur in the
He has an Airstream
sprin g and fall.
trailer but still ca lls Dufu r home. He sti ll
hunts and fishes.
JOHN M. HENDERSON writes : "Still
doing business in the same old stand with
Ca lif. Dept. Mental Hygiene. The local
hospita l is being phased out so I plan an
ear ly ret irement with intent to remain in
Modesto. I raise a few horses and keep
active in polo circ les so I have plans to
play golf, trave l and keep up my horse
activities. Hope to get up to the northwest next spri ng. Regards. "
D. REED MILLER states : "Still working as a Forest Pathologist for the Forest
Serv ice headquartered in San Fran cisco .
My wife Edna retired from school teaching June 1969 and is enjoying the long
needed rest. "
CARL D. RAWI E reports: " I am still
at 618 E. 27th St. in H ibbi ng, Minn. Working fo r the State of Minnesota doing
marketing research and some adm inistrative work for the Departme nt of Iron
Range Resources and Rehabi litatio n. The
child ren are all out on their own and
Ve ra and I sp end our spare time hu nting,
fishing , and gardening. "
1929
LORENCE W. EICKWORTH states: "St ill
selling real estate. Tried to retire last
year. Drew three months Social Security,
then my boss wanted me to come back
and help out for a while, and here I am
agai n, selling almost full t ime. Sp endi ng
considerable time working on my Christmas tree plantation. Hope to doub le the
size this winter. Maybe I 'll get back in
forestry yet. Spent a short time down in
a good place to
Mexico last winter go if you like to catc h marlin and do a
little loafing."
NORMAN R. HAWLEY writes: "Retirement from U. S. Forest Service In Decem ber 1967 - after 36 years - has been
wonderful. We returned to Frankl in, N.C.
and built our home: OAK HILL. Is well
named. We have the trees , the view, the
climate , the room to entertain, and splendid health. Just a week ago I set off
a-foot an d tramped 18 miles one day. Yes,
I was a little stiff next day; but so would
I have been had I done it 40 years ago,
the day we all graduated! I'm doing a
lot of readin g, fishi ng, a little writing,
considerable traveling, and f ind myself
"stuck" with many civic , rel igious, and
fraternal jobs. All fun!
Do come and
see us, i.e., Peggy and me.
We have
two sons: a forester and a newspaper
man. Regards. "
PHILIP C. JOHNSON retired July 25 as
Research Project Leader, Intermountain
Forest & Range Experiment Stat ion , U. S.
Forest Service, after 38 years plus as a
forest entomologist with USDA - 22 years
with the former Bureau of Entomology &
Plant Quarantine, 16 years with the Forest
Service. Toured Europ e in August with
Mrs. Johnson (Evelyn Buell Eldredge HEc
'31 MSc '52) and two sons. Will co ntinue
to live in Missoula, Montana at 600 E.
Sussex Avenue.
LES LLOYD just returned from a 22,000plus mile exte nded trip to the rain forests
of West Africa- Senegal, Li beria, Ghana,
Nigeria, Cameroon (via rail into interior 360
miles) and Gabon.
Then across North
Afr ica at 35,000 feet to Rome to confer
with FAO United Nations foresters on
world timber development. Now, after 63
years, executive vice-president of an
international timber company with worldwide interests in oil, minerals and now,
wood!
FLORIAN E. POWERS says: "The Middle Fork o f the Sa lmon became one of
the first Scenic and Wild Rivers in the
nation this October. The Salmon National
Forest is involved on a stud y that may
result in the main Salmo n River being
placed in this classification .
We have
been on th is forest for 25 years; 10 years
as Sup ervisor. Some kind of record , I
suppose. Have one boy in the USFS in
Alaska; two married daughters in Seattle,
and a 14 year old at home."
RALPH M. VAN WAGN ER asys: "Retired f rom the Los Angeles County Dept.
of Forestry and Fire Warden last April.
Still interested in forestry and am still on
several committees. Will be in Oregon
every fall from now on to pursue the
m ighty sa lmon. We now have tl1ree grandchildren. Hope to finally make a Fernhopper Day pretty soon."
1931
ALBERT ARNST wr ites: " Have passed
my seventh year stationed in Washington ,
D.C. Am still with Forest Serv ice , USDA,
in the Division of Information and Education. Annual meetings of various kinds
bring some of the West Coast foresters
to the Federal City at regular interva ls."
HAROLD BOWERMAN writes: " Retirement Jan uary 15, 1969 has exceeded all
expectation ! I highly recommend it. Only
problem is that we can't get our work
done. We spent 50% of our time at
Yachats. This will jump to 100% if our
house in G ladstone sells.
Our car is
hangered at Yachats, so check the door.
V isitors Welcome !"
E. ELLIS CUMMINS is still located in
Yakima, Washington and still running a
concrete products business. All of the
younger members of the Cummins family
have married and established homes of
thei r own now, and Mr. and Mrs. Cummins
are enjoyi ng the three grandchildren that
come ove r to visit "Grand ma and Grandpa" quite ofte n.
LAWRENCE F. HAM; LTON writes : "My
best regards to all Oregon State Fo resters.
I have put in the last year bu ilding a new
home and coping with tha present-day
problems. We are now settled and would
enjoy l1aving o ld friends stop by.
We
haven't traveled much this year due to
lack o f time. I spend con siderable time
on church and community se rvice , trying
to catch up on t imes when I d:dn 't. We
have had 2 inches of rai n during the past
two days which is unu sual for Albuguergue, and a foot o f snow on Sandia Peak
also unusual."
near here JAMES W. KIMMEY states: "Retirement
at Westport is great w ith the best fishing
and excellent hunting. Reverted a little,
however, this past year and took a few
co nsulting jobs. Always glad to have old
Fern hopper friends drop by."
H. ROBERT MANSFIELD reports: "Ret ired from Federal Forest Se rv ice December 1966. Wife Dorothy is still teaching
sc hool here in Grants Pass. This limits
travel to su mm er season. We explored
Colorado Mountains this last summer.
Church work and photography are major
interests. I specialize in plant and an imal
photography wi th lots of scenery work
thrown in.
My slide collection covers
from the Arctic Circle to deserts of Californ ia and Arizona. I'm kept quite busy
putting on sl ide sl1ows throughout Southern Oregon . I thoroughly enjoy retireme nt
and recommend it highly."
1932
JOHN B. DOYLE reports his new address is 1015 Whitney Drive, Menlo Park,
California 94025.
ROBERT M. (BOB) EVENDEN wr ites:
" I can 't remember the co ntent of my last
'report'. After returning from Mangla
Dam in West Pakistan, I took charge of
our personnel program and now, in the
last year and a half before retirement, I'm
devoting all my time to our Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Pension and
Salary Administration . In December of
this year, I w ill have been with Guy F.
Atkinson Company nineteen years. Our
son, Jerry, is a geophysicist with the USGS
in Denver. Tyra and I have t wo grandsons !"
H. A. FOWE LLS repor ts:
" Ano ther
interest ing year with our fore ign grant
program.
I find foresters around the
be an internatio nal brotherhood.
fernhopper spirit is not confined
Dean Peavy wo uld h ave enjoyed
my contacts !"
LEE 0. HUNT is still doing a little
part-time wor k with the Forest Research
Lab, OSU; and this year much less for
the Forest Tree Seed Ce rtification Service.
He is teaching Forest Botany to abo ut 40
new students at Umpqua Comm unity
College plus Silviculture Practices and
Directed Techn ical Projects course for
seco nd year students. He is also working
on the regeneration problems o n south
slopes in Southwest Oregon. The knobcone-Monterey hybrid looks most promising. The problem is to develop enough
seed under controlled pollination to get
sufficie nt planting stock.
He is still
" fiddl ing" with Christmas trees too !
CHARLES H. LADD is Farm Forestry
Program D irector, State Forestry Dep artment, Salem, Orego n.
VELDON A. PARKER states: "Am Assistant Regional Forester in charge of
operation for the Easte rn Region of the
Forest Se rvice, Milwaukee, Wiscons in. The
region covers a 20-state area having over
half of the people in the U.S."
WALTEA J. PUHN writes: "Ret ired as
Forest Supervisor , Sierra National Forest
in January 1969. I live in Fresno where
I keep in touch with local forestry matters
I do
and work in comm unity service.
some trailer traveling and fishing in my
spare time."
1933
GAIL C. BAKER works fo r the U. S.
Forest Service at the Regional Office in
Portland and Jives at 1300 S. E. Chestnut
St., Beaverton, Oregon.
He is the
Assistant Chief, Division of Fire Control
for Region 6.
" Have
CARROLL E. BROWN writes:
been so busy since retirement that we
cannot find time to do all th e things we
Worked on Seed
had planned to do.
Certif ication last spring for State Extension
Service. Am now l1elping out Multnomah
County l ED on outdoor ed ucat ion for the
sixth grade classes.
Worked at Canby
Grove Camp , Canby, Oregon, until November 7."
R. E. COURTNEY is Supervisor, Tonto
National Forest, and lives at 3023 E. Elm
Street, Phoenix, Ar izona 85016.
HENRY L. HOMOLAC says: " I am sti ll
mak;ng my home in Coos Bay, Oregon ,
having been retired for over 3112 years now.
I have managed to keep life from getting
dull by spendi ng my spare time working
on my tree farm south of town. I have
purchased a D-4 Cat and am now doing
some road construction with the intention
of doing a little thinning in my stand in
the near lulu re."
1930
RALPH W. CRAWFORD writes: "Have
been retired from the U. S. Forest Service
for over a year now. Have traveled some
in the U.S. and Mexico since reti rement.
Continue to make our home in Prescott,
Arizona."
WILLIAM RUHMANN reports:
"Am a
'short timer' now. How come those years
went by so fast? well , anyway, there is a
lot of unfin ished busi ness to take care of. "
wo rld to
The old
to OSU.
some of
NORMAN F. SPANGENBERG ret ired in
January, 1968. He moved to Fresno,
Cal if. in March, 1969. His new address is
6513 N. Sherman Aven ue, Fresno, Cal if.
93726.
L. L. "STUB" STEWART sent us an invitation to the open ho use of Bohem:a Lumber
Company at its beautiful new " All Wood Construction" office building in Eugene. While
we we re there, we got the Brothers Stewart to hold st ill for us.
That's Stub on the righ t, in case some of yo u have forgotten, with brother Faye '39
on the left. We missed Larry Chapman '59, who was moving that day.
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HAROLD A. THOMAS retired from Forest
Service in 1963. Has been w ith the Medford Corporation ever since. He l1as two
grandchildren.
CONRAD WESSELA reports:
"Still
working on that ret irement home (between
fishing trips) in the Napa Valley, where
the finest o f table w ines are prod uced.
Can guarantee an interesting w ine tasting
tour to any Fernhopper who cares to sto p
by. The latch string is always out."
1934
STANLEY BISHOPRIC K says: " With the
way it's been this year, it has meant work
l ike a dog and no vacation, and the n to
top it all off one of our mills burned . So
from here on everyth ing will be better.
Got our last two daughters married off
th is last summer. Don't know whether
that's a disaster or a blessing; anyway,
I iley are happy and so are we . Next
year we 'll take a real vacation and make
up for this year."
GEORGE W. CHURCHILL says : "Not
a great deal of c hange with us old folks.
Bee is still co llege counselor at Lake
Oswego H igh and I am enj oying retirement
by working on the Willamette River Park
System program. John, our youngest son,
graduated from U of 0 with a degree of
Doctor of Dental Medic ine and is leaving
fo r a 30-month hitch in the Army Dental
Corps on Okinawa. Other sons in Beaverton and Hartford, Conn. "
H. CRANSON FOSBURG ret ired 10-3169. He is a t home at At. 1, Box 627,
Parkdale, Oregon 97047.
JOE LAMMI reports: " I had an enjoyable and useful summer on a study tour
of forestry headquarters in the Distr ict oi
Columbia, tl1e Southeastern states, Rocky
Mountain states and the Pacific Northwest.
Met m any Fernhoppers in positio ns of
responsibility building the profession of
forestry- to name a few: in Washington,
D.C. AI Arnst, Eldon "B ill" Holmes, Fran
Jacquemin, Merle Lowden, Ross Youngblood; in Denver, George Burnett; in
Ogden J ack Wikstrom; in Portland Gail
Baker, Ken Burkholder, "Sky" Chamard,
and AI Parker."
CLARENCE W. RICHEN became Corp orate Representative for Crown Zellerbac h Corporation's Northwest Timber
Operations in July of last year. As part
o f his new duties Clarence is offic ial
spokesm an in the northwest on major
company matters.
He continues to be
executive in charge of C-Z timber management programs in the region.
management sho uld double production per
acre, and 200 million acres of low-cost,
high-production wood is quite an asset!!!"
1936
1935
JIM (LI NC) CHAPMAN writes : " I'm working in the Plann ing Department for Santa
Clara County, Cal if.
I started with the
department 23 years ago in an effort to
get reestablished in my native California.
My logging engineering experience gives
me a good basis for plann ing and guiding
subd ivision development, p articu larly the
hillsides. With children and grandchildren
in Bakersf ield , Redd ing, Corvallis, and
Stayton, my wife and and I have good
reaso n to travel in California and Oregon
frequently. I always look forward to reading news of. former classmates.
JACK D. SAUBERT says:
"I retired
from the U. S. Forest Serv ice in February.
We will maintain our residence at McCall,
Idaho. Haven't had a sp are moment since
retiring. We traveled all spri ng, lived on
the golf course this summer, and now are
busy hunting and fishing. We leave in
November for an around the world trip for
a full year's vacation."
"I
T. A LBERT (AL) DAVIES writes:
retired effective November 1 after 34 years
of creditab le service with the USFS. The
last 17 years has been on the Willamette
- all in timber. Plan to do some trave ling
starting with a major trip to Alaska n ext
year. So n, Tad, married this summer after
sp ending 3 years in th e Army Special
Forces (Green Beret).
GEORG E H. SCHR OEDER writes: " For
the first t ime I had the opportunity to
swi m in the Atlantic and play on the
Florida beaches. Swim m ing in the warm
water fighting the waves was fun - the
humidity wasn 't. On the same trip drove
through the pine lands of the So utheast
and though I have kept up on reading of
ti·1e development of the southern pi ner ies
was amazed at the acreage in 2 to 10 year
old. In 10 to 20 years the world is going
to rece ive a real shock at the impact of
so uthern pine lands planted with selected
trees
intensively
managed.
Intensive
VERNON A. FRIDLEY writes : "I am
still a Crew Foreman for Pacific Gas &
Electric Co., and Ruth is a Crew Boss
for a first grade c lass. We are looking
forward to retirement in 2 years.
Did
some skiing last winter and some back
packing and fishing in the High Sie rras
this summer. That is the l ife. Will probably see many of you at the Fernhopper's
banquet on Feb. 21. Last year's b anquet
was great. Best wishes."
JACK M. MILLE R is the R & L Branch
Ch ief o f Targhee N.F. at St. Anthony,
Idaho. He says: "Ret irement on horizon.
Chief hobbies: photography, helping raise
grandchildren. I enjoy every m inute of it.
The age of specialists is by-passing the
general foresters."
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HAROLD W. GUSTAFSON states: "Had
some real interesting trips this summer
exploring and searching abandoned homesteads, camps , etc., in the high desert and
mountain areas of Central and Eastern
Oregon. Trave led on the Trail Honda and
did my searching with White 's new transistorized metal-mineral detector.
These
detectors get to you just like the old gold
pan and with about equal economic
results. But was it fun! Darkness always
came too quickly."
ED MARSHALL reports : " Highl ight of
the year for us was a 114 mile canoe trip
down the beautiful John Day River rapids and all. Fishing and trailering are
our main hobbies whenever I can get
away from my job as Ass istant Regional
Foreste r, State & Private Forestry, USFS
- Portland."
JIM THOMPSON is T.M. Staff Officer,
Ochoco N.F.
He writes:
" This past
spring marked the 38th year since I started
work with the F.S. at Sisters on the
Deschutes as a lookout. I 've enjoyed the
" Tour" of duty and am enjoying the challenge of today."
1937
VAL GARDNER states:
" I am now
employed at J. H. Baxter Co. (wood treating) as manage r of treated lumber and
plywood sa les. Very pleased with this new
affiliation. I am still based at Eugene,
Oregon."
CARL L. HAWKES reports: "A m living
in Rossmoor a retirement community
in Walnut Creek but can't afford to
retire yet. I still commute to San Franc isco to work for the USFS as Branch
Che if of Coope rative Forest Management
in the State and Private Fo rest Division at
Region 5. Last summer I enjoyed meeting
foresters from aro und the world at the
second Wo rl d Consultation on Forest Tree
Breeding held by F.A.O."
VIRGIL T. HEATH says: "We are
ing a house at So uth Lake Tahoe,
Friends are invited to inspect the
spear a bean, and go for a boat
We have seventy feet of waterfront.
to attend the Fernhopper banquet.
Te ll Bill Parke to pay us a visit."
buildCal if.
joint,
ride.
Hope
P.S.
CORKY JOHNSON writes:
"No great
changes with the Johnsons during the past
year. Our daughters are grown and have
flown the coop. Helen and I are living
in Page, Arizona, where I'm Superi ntendent
of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Best regards. "
RAY I. KIMMEY writes: " Have been in
Westport 9 years, by the end of '69. Spend
all my time fishing, except for a couple
of months each fall during the hunting
seasons. Have 3 grandchildren for entertainment."
J. R. STEVENSON says: "Still teaching
schoo l to the Navajo Indians in a boarding
high school, 150 miles from the corner
drug store."
WI LLIAM A. WELD ER writes: " Not too
much change from previous years. Still
Chief Forester , Fruit Growers Supply Company, manag ing Shasta and Lassen lands.
Pau l Rooney '56 is still with us although
it is planned that he wi ll transfer to our
Siskiyo u County operations as of January
1, 1970. Mrs. We lder, Ve ra Shattuck '36,
and I are alone now; ou r youngest daughter, Kathy, is a Sophomore at OSU. We
are planning to be up for homecoming
this fall and check out the construction of
the new Forestry building. Best to all."
FRAN K C. WHEELER writes: " Have
returned to work with "Smokey the Bear•·
- Malheur NF, Long Creek District. Working in timber sales mostly. Presently the
wife and I are living in a trailer house in
Canyo n City, Oregon, but still have our
home in Hines. We return there for weekends quite often. I really enjoy my work
after getting my " Timber Beast" legs back
and waistli ne reduced."
K. 0 . WI LSON reports: "No major
c hanges in the Wilson family since the last
report. Same wife, same two boys, same
job as Regional Fire Chief, Region 6,
USFS in Portland. Older boy, Greg, is in
the Peace Co rps in fire control work in
Chile for a two-year ass:gnment. His
brother, Bob, is a junior at U of 0.
Officially the most interesting thing that
is cooking in my business is the problem
of keeping smo ke from slash burning out
of populated areas. This is a challenge
we never dreamed of back in the thirties."
1938
KEN BURKHOLDER reports: " Working
in BLM Oregon office in Portland with
main duties in fire control , rec reation and
wi ldlife. Live in Western Oregon but have
many interests in the Eastern Oregon
desert. Recommend a trip to the Steens
Mountains for a nice change of pace."
JOE CALLAGHAN
No. 1 woodchopper
Company's Market
in Peoria, Illinois,
world market. Best
writes: " I'm st ill the
in Caterpilar Tractor
Development Division
conn ing a lucrative
regards."
C. DOUGLAS HOLE says: "Completing
th ird year as Director of Soil Conservation
Service in the Caribbean. Trips states ide
were numerous but not quite on commuter
bas is. Continue active in Kiwanis as
Sec retary of the San J"uan Cl ub. The
grandchildren have doubled since last
report - now 4. Regards to all."
ROBERT L. HUDSON says: " Em ployed
by U. S. Stee l 23 yea rs. Wire Rope Division, 2345 S. W. Nicolai, Portland . Reside
with wife Margaret Kaslie Hudson '38 at
6505 S. E. Monroe, Milwaukie, Oregon
97222."
B~RNARD McCLENDON is still hanging
on 1n Del Norte County as a Superv isor.
He says the Redwood Nat ional Park is
progressing in their deve lopment program
and the area appears to advance with the
~ i mes. Fish ing is good and the only plan
1s to enjoy the good things of lite.
JENE EARL MI LLS writes: " Glad to
have your card annou ncing the " Fernhopper" get together. I am still in Olympia
workin g for the Highway Department. We
live at 1931 La kehurst Drive.
Wou ld
enjoy see ing any of the " red tie" gang it
they are ever in these parts. Will not be
able to join you, but wish you the best
turnout evert "
GLENN A. TH OMPSON retired th is yea r
from his position as Ass:stant Area Director, Southeastern Area, USFS after 37
years. He plans to move into his new
home at Rt. 4, Box 711 , Caldwell Idaho
83605 in December, 1969. He ~tales it
is the crossroads for travel, hunting fishing, and western historical documentat ion.
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PAUL T OLON EN is presently Directo r of
Government Affa irs and Acting Dean of
Education Services at MI. Hood Community College.
GENE TOWER is still with the Long Bell
Division, International Paper Company. He
reports : " Continuing as Division Manager
of Flakeboard with three plants operating
and a fourth under construct ion.
An
interest ing three weeks in Western Eu rope
visiting hardboard and particleboard plants
was the highlight of the year. When home,
sailing a thistle class boat and bui lding
a snipe sailboat tak8 up spare time. "
1939
trying to sat isfy the growing demands for
rad io frequencies. We communicate, glue
wood, ·remotely con trol gates, machines,
read meters, weather data, record factors
of tree growth, plus a host of other th ings
all by rad :o energy. There has developed
an entire new generation of rad io technologies. I keep busy living on the growing edge. My time is divided between west
and east coasts."
A. L. WARE reports: " I am spending
most of my time with road construction
and road contractors, for Freres Lumber
Company, Inc., Lyons, Oregon. My address
is 1460 Highland Drive, Stayton, Oregon
97383."
1940
GRAYDON M. ADCOCK is employed by
Willamette Industries, Inc., as a forester.
He resides in Carlton, Oregon.
RODERICK K. BLACKER writes: "I am
living in Durango, Colorado with my wife,
Elai ne, and son , William Michael, who is
15 and a sophomore in high school. I
have been Supervisor of San Juan National
Forest since April 1964. We enjoy the
busy activit ies in this area and the wonderful climate in the Southwest."
GILBERT M. BOWE is a partner in the
firm of Mason , Bruce & Girard, Portland.
He reports it has been a very busy year
in the management of timber properties
for other owners as well as involvemen t
in the OSU Foundat ion and the South
Santiam Research Committee of the Hill
Fou ndation.
BARTON H. BROWN says: "Got two
sons off the payroll this year and now have
two lovely daughters-in-law.
One son
still to go. Now awaiting my first grandchild. Was elected to the National Board
of Directors of the Epilepsy Foundat ion of
America. I find it extremely stimu lat ing
and challenging."
GEORGE M. HANSEN reports:
"As
Supervisory Publications Editor at the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Forest and
Range Experiment Station for 8 years, I've
seen research reports triple and subject
matter expand into sociology, meteorology,
biometrics, microb iology, electronics, organismic bio logy and a new acute awareness of our environment. 1939 seems a
long time ago; am a grandfather twice. Son
Everett (Fore.stry 1968) now second year
in graduate forestry pathology at Univ. of
Wiscons in. Son George is j unior at Stanford; Bruce is a high school senior and
a budd ing marine eco logist. "
MYRL A. HAYGOOD says: " I am still
Postmaster in Philomath, Oregon 97370
and looking forward to Fernhopper day."'
JOE M. LEBO says: "After 10 years in
Cal iforn ia, my wife and I are happy to be
bac k in Oregon. Our new address is 144
S. W. Elizabeth St., Newport, Oregon."
JOSEPH F. CLARK is logging manager,
Med ford Corporation, Medford, Oregon.
His wife is the former Christine Devaney,
Class of '44 OSU. They have three children, one boy and two girls. The ir boy is
a sophomo re at OSU in pre-med.
DUAN E FITZGERALD says: " St:ll the
Building Manager of the Memorial Union.
Getting in a little hunting, lots of fly fishing, some trailering and, in general,
enjoying life. Do like this " Facu lty Status"
30-day vacation and a 40-hour week. Gives
one lo ts of time thinking about what one
shou ld have done years ago and be thankful that I have my good health."
LYLE "A" HARRISON writes: "George
says, 'First grade isn't as good he thought
it would be'. Norman says, 'He'll be glad
when 8th grade is fin:shed '. I wish I was
back in our Class of 1940 after 27 years
of Government employment. "
DONALD M. HYLAND reports: " Another
good year as Scou t Execut ive of the Sco ut
Council in San Lu is Ob:spo County, Cal if.
~ ig thing in our lives th "s year was hosting
111 our home a Japanes::J college boy. This
was part of the Lions Club Youth Exchange
Program. Now we want to go to Japan!
Sayonara!"
HOWARD W. KIRKPATRICK reports : "I
working
c ruising
and scaling. J"une, Class of '38, is st ill
teaching a 5th and 6th grade in Eugene.
The two oldest sons are married with the
third son to be married in March. The
youngest is the only boy home and he
is a senior at South Eugene High. He
plans to go to OSU next year. We all
keep pretty busy. Stop and see us when
in Eugene."
~m still with BLM in Eu gene 111 Forest Management mostly
DAVID M. KYLE, Co l. (Ret) reports he
spent 30 years in the army during World
War II, Korea, RVN. He got his masters
degree in 1961, and has completed 32
years flying in 1969. He so loed in Co rvall is in 1936. In February, 1969 he
retired. Presently he is working at Grumman Aerospace Corp. , Stuart, Florida.
JOHN B. SMI TH writes: " Currently assigned as Assistant Regional Forester
Diviso in of Fire Contro l and Air Operations,
Rocky Mountain Region , USFS. My wife
(Ruth L ange Smith '39) and I attended 30th
reunion celebration at Corvallis October
4, 1969."
LAWRENCE
(LARRY)
MAYS,
SR.
retired from the U. S. Dept of Agrictulture
in 1965, Office of Inspector General,
Washington, D.C. He is now building
houses in the North Atl anta area under the
name of Mays Homes, Inc. Last year he
visited Hawaii, Jamaica, and East Afric a.
He plans to attend the Fernhopper Banquet, 1970.
ELM ER L. SURDAM reports: " Twentyone years at the helm of the Forest Industries Rad io Communications finds me busy
FREMONT W. MEREWETHER is a
Natural Resou rce Specia list for the Bureau
of Land Management State office in Portland working on interagency r iver bas in
studies. He reports : "We have three married ch il dren and fou r grandchildren,
scattered from Fresno, Seattle, and to
New Jersey. We expect to stay in Portland
when I retire. "
WILBUR C. PATTON owns and ope rates
Patton Lumber Co., Mahomet, Ill. He
states: "Due to the extended illness of
my wife of nearly 27 years - wh ich ended
in her death on Septem ber 6, 1969 - have
not had time for much of interest the past
year."
OTTO PETERS writes: " We have been
located in Eureka, Ca lif., for the past 21
years, since leaving Sweet Home, Oregon.
I was with Roddiscraft for 12 years, and
for the past 9 years I have been with R.
H. Emmerson & Sons as T imber Manag8r.
In July of this year my company and 5
others merged into one wh ich is named
Sierra Pacific Industries, so I seem to be
busier than ever. We see Gene and
Geraldine Hofstad, the Harry Watsons and
other alumn i from OSU connected with the
timber industry."
ANDY W. PRIBNOW (Col.) says: "I
spent last summer suppo rting the Seventh
National Boy Scout Jamboree at Farrag ut
State Park, Idaho, with 400 Army personnel. The positive att itude of 30,000 Boy
Scouts was refresh ing. "
WI LLIAM A. SHILEY reports : " The past
several years, I've been head of the Systems Plann ing and Programming Section ,
T ranspo rtat ion Systems Branch, Division of
Eng ineering, Region 6 at Portland, Oregon.
I work particu larly in the field of multid iscipl ine planning and spec ifically transportat ion system-logging system plann ing
with emphasis on aeria l logging systems.
A lso am involved with all Region 6 engineenng programs of work.
We have a
daughter who is a sen:or at Brigham
Young Univers ity and three sons, 10 - 15
years of age. "
BRUCE STARKER reports on a trip to
Alaska: "Photography of glaciers, mounta ins, icebergs, salmon rafts, moose
country, mountain goats, etc., kept our
family busy on a late summer weekend.
Three days to Yakutat and return via twin
airplane with instrument rated pilot. "
CLIFFORD H. STEPHENS writes: " I am
now working for the City of North Bend,
Oregon. Marjorie, my wife, and son 14
years of age, reside in North Bend. My
position with the City is Assistant City
Eng ineer. I am Sec retary for the local
chapter of the Profess'onal Engineers of
Oregon. Had to cruise some timber for
removal from glide path area for the
airport. Not so far from forestry as you
might think."
R. N. THOMPSON says : "Still on the
Sierra National Forest. Our eldest son,
Gary, is in the Navy as an airman at
Kingsville, Texas, and our youngest son,
Stan, is in his first year at high school.
Each year the forest is getting bus ier with
greater intensification of management and
institution of new procedures. A real
challenge ."
EDWIN TIPPNER is still at Weyerhaeuser
Company, Longview, Wash ington in the
Plant Engineering Department as a Civil
Eng ineer.
15
CHARLES E. TYLER is Forester for Publishers Paper Company. His address is:
Rt. 1, Box 70DDD, Eag le Creek, Oregon
97022.
BERT W. UDELL is a Registered Profess ional Engineer, who resides at Rt. 3, Box
36, Lebanon, Oregon. His ch ildren: Fay
L. Sallee, graduated in 1966 from OSU
in Entomology; James F. Udall, graduated
in 1968 from OSU in Forest Engineering;
and Janet L. Udell, a sophomore at LinnBenton Community College. His c rew:
Howard E. Taylor, graduated L. E. 1940
OSU; his son, James; Ralph E. Wilkinson,
graduated in Forestry OSU '49; Arnie Brubaker, graduated in Forest Eng ineering
osu '68.
CLYDE M. WALKER writes: " I'm still
holding down the fort as Information Services Ch ief of the Pacific Southwest
Forest and Range Experiment Station,
USFS.
Have had a new education as
chairman of SAF's Northern Cal ifornia
Section th is past two years and have
greatly appreci ated the chance this gave
me to get acquainted with Dean Stoltenberg. He is a grand leader and has
strengthened our SAF prog rams here."
HOWARD W. WESTER writes: " A lot of
good men were marked for l ife in that old
Fo restry bu ild ing. I hope the current
occupants will carry with them to their
new quarters some unseen items we know
are there !"
1941
LYLE A. BAKER says: " A most hearty
hello to all Fernhoppers from Elkton,
Scen ic Wonde rland of Oregon and Douglas
County. Have lived here on the Umpqua
River for over 12 years now, growing seedlings for the State Forestry Department.
Production is now approximately 20 million
seed lings per year. Ruth and I keep pretty
busy, even though both sons are grown
and away from home. Best wishes to all."
DAN R. BAUER repo rts: " Never a dull
moment on the " San Berdoo."
Now
fighting "Ozone Mottle" (Smog Disease)
in pine stands with Ponderosa Pine leading in susceptibil ity and losses. Sugar
Pine appears to be mo re to lerant of
ozone, along with the Incense Cedar and
Sequoia. My prayers to share some of
your rain were answered last winter with
floods. One of our Ranger Stations, at
Arrowhead , recorded 100 inches for the
rainy season. This is unheard of here on
the edge of the Moj ave Desert. Still no
signs of Devil's Club , Sa lal, or other rain
forest types yet, but we're hoping. Ou r
address is Forest Supervisor, San Bernardino National Forest, Cal ifornia. "
RAY DOUGHERTY writes: " Still o n the
Shasta-Trinity National Forest as Timber
Management Officer and bus ier than eve r.
Hooray for the new Schoo l of Forestry
bu ild ing!"
LESTER C. DUNN says: " Things have
changed quite a bit for us this year. In
Apri l, I was transferred to the Wash ington
D.C. office of the BLM, where I am the
No. 2 man in the Divisio n of Fire Control.
Moved the fam ily here afte r school was
out. We live in subu rban Virginia, about
15 miles out of D.C. I see Rod Fety,
Harold Lynd , and many other Oregon Staters, includ ing Boyd Rasmussen , the Boss,
all BLM men. We have a boy playing f irst
str ing left halfback on Woodson High foot-
ball team - quite good for a sophomore.
Daughter is a senior there .. Youngest b~y
is in the 7th grade.
W1fe, Alvera, IS
subst itute teaching. Qu ite a change from
the west coast."
RODNEY 0 . FETY says: " One of the
nicest things happening during the year to
the Washington, D.C. forester was the
Miami OSU Fernhopper breakfast with Carl
Stoltenberg, Rudy Kallander, and others.
Tile other nice things include observing
the po l itical transition resulting from the
national election, impact of housing on
timbe r supply at high levels, and a pleasant week in Nassau, British West Indies,
with my wife, J·ean, on our 27th wedding
anniversary."
MORTON FILL MORE is sti ll working for
the Highway Division of the Dept. of Transportation
as
Utilities
Engineer
for
Eastern Oregon. He writes: " I work with
utilities in adjusting their faciltiies prior
to highway construction. Our 22-year-old
son is still flying helicopters in the Army
and is stationed at Fort Benning, Georg ia."
VAUGHAN HOFELDT has a
Assistant Director, Div ision of
Forest Service , Washington
address is: 11731 Northshore
ton, Virginia 22070.
new job as
Recreation ,
D.C.
His
Drive, Res-
ROBERT A. HORN reports: "The operation o f Mohr's Marine, Inc., is my principal
activity. We've expanded some and look
for additional growth in the recreational
field. Wife Louise, sons Michael and
Robert, daughter Karen , all fine. Daughterin-law Carol and granddaughter Christine
are welcomed add itions. Fernhoppers are
always welcome."
LARRY T. MARSHALL says : " I am well
along in my fourth year in British Columbia
as Vice-President, Logging, for Weldwood
of Canada, Ltd., subdivision of U. S.
Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc. I am still
trying hard to disprove the statement:
'B.C. is the burying ground of Yankee
loggers'. My health is good, but the issue
remains unresolved."
CARL PETERSON writes:
"Conned
myself into buying a small ranch near
Madras and we have moved on to it. The
boys, my friends and I harass the birds
and trout bu t we figure we are too (dum b)
(smart) to work the place and have it
leased to a neighbor. Hope the millwork
business will continue good eno ugh to
support us and a beautiful place to live."
C. W. RANDn:JP sold out the R & R
Logging Co. in 1964 and has been in
LeGrande, California since. It is a small
community out of Merced. He is now in
the almond and walnut business. He says
farming is not logging but it is stil l " trees".
ARTHUR H. SASSER writes: "Nothing
new to report. Continue to be a Farm
Forester for the State Forestry Department
and still live at the same old homestead
of 94 Green Acres Road , Eugene, Oregon."
EDWARD W. SCHULTZ is now Deputy
Chief, U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Washington, D.C.
WILLIAM L. WILT wr ites:
"After 10
years with Weyerhaeuser Company as
Kegional Land Agent, have spent last 3
years fighting the battle o f high-priced
government stumpage, purchasing logs
and timber, and supervising logging and
road construction as Logging Manager for
Coburg Veneer Corp. Family of my own,
wife and 5 offspring, again starting to
multipy with the addition in the last 3 years
of 2 grandchildren by youngest daughter,
Susan. Oldest son, Dennis, is supervisor
for Vista program, Nome, Alaska. M :ddl;
so n, Don , is a junior in journalism at U
of 0 and is an editor for the Springfield
News. Youngest son, Darcy, is a h'gh
school junior with main accomplishments
so far being that somehow he has managed to stay in school this long, and second ly, that he was a regular on the BLeag ue, Runner-up '68 State champ'onsh ;p
football team . Eldest daughter, Cheryl,
is an unmarried secretary, dividing time
between work and hunting. With the family, at least, I still justify hunting and
fishing as a substantial part of providing
a living. See you al l at the banquet."
RALPH F. YEATER has been with the
State Forestry Department in Salem 20
years last month. His youngest daughter,
Laura, started this fall at U of 0 , Music
Major in Education. He got an elk last
fall and will try again this year. Precommercial thinning still high on his list.
1942
DAVE BURWELL is stil l beating the
brush for Rosboro Lumber Co. and attending meetings. His wife 'went professional '
and is working for Willamette Nation al
Forest and liking it.
THOMAS C. CLIFTON reports: " It sure
is a good feeling to be a grad from OSU.
I 'm Tax Commission Staff Forester for the
Idaho State Tax Commission. I keep busy
on timber, timberland, and forest product
valuations. Remember the present worth
of a future value and the o ld discount
formulas? Have use for them every day.
Find time on weekends to use my White 's
m ineral and metal detector in find ing old
coins, cartridges, etc."
LOUIS L . GILLIAM has completed 30
years of Federal Civil Service in January
this year. This includes Forest Service,
Naval Service and Soil Conservation Service time. He writes: " Hope to be able
to retire in 1972. My present posit ion is
District Conservat:onist with the Soil
Conservation Service located at Condon.
My fam ily and friends have been enjoying
tl1e new 9-hole City Golf Course here.
Tournaments have been held with McNary,
Heppner, Kinzua, and John Day. Plans
are being made for the deer season and
w inter sports now. Congratulations on the
new forestry building and increased enrollment for forestry at OSU."
HAL E. GOODYEAR is sti ll at the same
old stand peddling building materials. He
has kids scattered from e lementary school
through college, and spends his spare time
working on Trinity County Historical Park
and improvement of tree farms.
LEWIS T. HAYS, JR. is still wtih Boysen
Paint Company but has changed jobs. He
writes:
"I am now Northwest Sales
Manager of Industrial Coatings and am
able to get out and cal l on the industry
after riding a desk job for 10 years. I am
cal ling on many of the pulp mills in the
northwest states and may be running
across quite a few OSU Fernhoppers."
V. JAY HUGHES is w:th the Recreation
and Fire staff on th9 Umatilla National
Forest at Pendleton.
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TOM H. RADCLIFFE writes: "Betty and
I are still in Klamath Falls at 134 Dahlia.
We have a son and daughter in high
school and a daughter still in grade school.
I started tile year ou t by almost getting
marooned in Corvallis during the weekend
of the big snow. In August we visited
John and Lib Prescott in Vancouver, B.C.
and spent some time in Port Alberni
observing the Coulson Prescott logging
show."
BILL WEL CH says: " It doesn't seem
possible that 27 years have passed si nce
graduation from OSU but becoming a
grandfather has convinced me.
Still
engaged in the distribution of forest products in the structural field through my
firm Construction Components, Inc.
We
distribute Truss Joists and glued laminated structural timber and a cement
bonded wood fiberboard called Petrical in
Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Business
has been good and the future contains
many challenges."
ALFRED A. WIENER writes: "Located
in Washington, D.C. s ince 1959, and
almost have forgotten wl1at Douglas-fir
looks like. Have become the "o ldest
l iving inhabitant" in terms of length of
service here, of the Division of Timber
Management, USFS."
GARWIN A. WOOLLEY lives at 100 S.E.
47th Avenue, Portland , Orego n and is
married to Beverly Beir (Class of '41). He
has one daughter, Sally, OSU Class of
'69. Garwin is Executive Vice-President,
Pacific Logging Congress, Portland. His
hobby is steelhead fishing.
1943
RAY LAWYER lives in Lotus, California,
the "gold rush country" and is in the cattle
business, Xmas trees, and rea l estate. He
is Fourth District Supervisor of Eldorado
County. Ray, wife Marie, son Archie 15,
and daughter Ethel 12, all enjoy hearing
and seemg friends from Oregon State,
the Forest Service and BLM. They would
like you to "stop in". He says it was
nice to hear enrollment is up and so
much is being done at the School of
Forestry.
VICT OR L. NUNENKAMP writes: "We
are now living in the great northwest and
enjoying every minute of it. After retiring
from the Air Force in July 1969 with the
rank of Lt. Col. I joined the Knappton
Towboat Co. here in Astoria. I spend my
spare time remodeling our home, a nd am
looking forward to seeing many of my old
friends in February."
1944
COLLIER BUFFINGTON writes:
"I'm
now in my 12th year with Harris Upham &
Co. I've been detached from the Forest
Industry for the last three years ending
September 1. Now I'm back in in a
big way via plywood and lumber futures.
It looks good for the industry and me. "
1945
HUBERT 0. PESSNER writes: "J ust a
wo rd to let yo u know we are still 'kicking'
down here in San Rafael, Cailf., and doing
our best to stay on top of the gyrations
of the lumber market! Lu, Kirk, Sandra
a nd I spent a couple of great weeks at
L ake Tahoe this summer and soaked up
the sunshine and checked the action in
the casinos. Meanwhile, o ur oldest son,
Verne, is buried in the books at L.A. State
in Los Angeles."
1946
W. B. EUBAN KS reports:
"I haven 't
been into anything especially interest ing.
In this Tax business, you know, you can ' t
publish much of the activity.
It's been
a normal year of keeping the nose to the
grindstone."
JIM KUEHNLE writes:
"I'm still very
much in the swim - Pres ident of Holiday
Pools, Inc. manufacture prefabricated
fiberglass swimming pools, distribute full
line of pool equipment. Now spend ing
winters in Olympia as member of Washington State Legislature elected State
Representative in 1968.
Wife Georgi
(Micka) spends most leisure time golfing.
Daughter Kris graduated WSU '69 interning in medical technology at St.
Anthony's Hosp ital in Denver. Daughter
Janni is a Junior at WSU in physical
therapy. "
EVERETT B. WYCO FF states: " Buried
irretrievably,
regrettably, in
a forest
mensurational malestorm of change with
Crown Zellerbach Corp . in Portland."
1947
LOUIS K. BATEMAN is still with the
Revenue Department of the State T ax
Commission.
He reports no changes
except we are all one year older, and
sends " Best Wisl1es ".
DAVi D W. BLASEN writes: "Still in the
wholesale lumber business (Biasen &
Granat Lumber Corp.) with Hank Granat,
Class of '44. During the past year we
have moved our offices from downtown to
Rivergate Industrial Area, where we now
have o uts 'de yard and warehouse space
for both truck and rail shipments."
branched into sound movies (synchronized
that is). Sound is fine on TV and commerc:al movies but you don 't appreciate it
until it comes ou t on your home movies.
Career-wise the Forest Management problems continue to be d iversified and
challenging.
I shou ld have a surveying
computer program ready to operate by
the end of the year."
GILBERT A. GARDNER just completed
survey and design of 30 miles of logging
road on Fort Apache Reservation in
Arizona. He is partner in Gardner and
Dabel , Surveyors and Civil Engineers in
Sacramento.
EUGENE D. HANNEMAN reports: "I'm
in my fifth year with the Timber Section
of the State Department of Revenue in
Salem. My wife, Barbara, is secretary to
State Treasurer, Robert Straub. Our twin
daughters, Laurie and Linda, are seniors in
Engineer ing at Columbia U in New York.
Son Craig, is a junior in Humanities at
OSU - and the defensive right tackle on
ti1e Beaver squad. My brother, Paul, and
I won the Dory Rowing races at Cape
Kiwanda again this year. On the home
front, we enjoy liv in g on our 55-acre tree
farm near Turner."
DON MALMBERG writes: " Best wishes
to Fernhoppers wherever they are both
home and abroad. 1970 will be the centennial year of Crown Zellerbach, and we
are busy preparing for that historical
"bench mark" occasion. My 10 years
with the company have passed quickly
with duties in intensive forest management
on Oregon and Washington operations.
Seaside is home, and my wife Stephanie
and daughter Tanya, age 16, enjoy visits
to Corvallis to watch Beaver athletic
achievements. Soon we will look forward
to touring the new Forestry building and
remember Dean Peavy's booming voice
and confident pride in our profession's
future. The future looks good."
JIM BRIGHAM reports: " Have completed one year of two-year assignment with
FAO in Philippines. Through the Bureau
of Forestry, Republic of the Philippines,
am wrestling with high lead, selective logging and road standards; also rain , mud,
leaches, food, etc.
Home is in Manila
and comfortable. Son Tom is with the
Peace Corps Volu nteers in Tehran, Iran,
daughter Patti was with us for seven
months and now is in Eugene in college.
Kindest regards to all."
HARRY L. MERTENS states: "Now that
I am completely retired, we spend some
six months in the south of Mexico and
the remainder of the year at our summer
home on Canyon Ferry. Son Mark is a
se n:or in Accounting and Finance and
daughter Lesley is a junior in Account ing.
Both are hono r students at the University
of Montana. Wife Dodie keeps busy at the
typewriter now that she is a published
author.
We're hoping to swing back
through Oregon next spring for a great
reunion with all our friends."
DARYL FARNHAM says: "In March we
moved from Medford to the sunny Monterey Peninsula where I am now General
Manager of Lee Printing in Monterey. Wife
Marian is taking a rest from work ing and
enjoying the scenery. With one daughter
finishing high school at Monterey High
a nd the other daughter taking nursing
training at Hollywood Presbyteria n Hospita l, it is getting quieter all the time!"
AL OARD writes: "Hi to all! I now
reside in Canyon City, Oregon, as Forest
Supervisor for the Malheur National Forest.
Both sons are in the military service, bu t
one will return to OSU this winter term .
Drop in to say hello w hen you are in
tha John Day country."
ARNOLD G. GIBSON says: " Hello to
everyone and special greetings to the
Class of '47. Most of the happenings this
year have happened to someone else.
However, forget the moon excursion for
a moment and hear of the small steps by
the Gibson family. The older boy became
21 and is in Berkeley, Calif. The older
girl is now in her second year at OSU.
The younger girl stepped into senior high
school and the younger boy is now in
jun'or high. Iris is making a fuss in the
League o f Women Voters and
I have
CLAUD E A. PHILLI PS says: "I am in
my tenth year with State Forestry at Sa lem.
My job as analyst in Fire Contro l has
become specialized in equipment development which I enjoy. We have particip ated
in some new developments and are busy
trying to keep Oregon out in front where
it belongs. I have a son, Brian, in Army
helicopter training, a daughter, Brenda, in
her second year at OSJ, plus Todd and
Rhonda in high school at Stayton where
Eun ice and I celebrated our 23rd aniversary th is fall. I still fly in the AF reserve,
and have been to SE Asia four times the
past year
in
C141
Starlifters from
McChord."
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HARRY A. ROUND is Technical Service
Supervisor, Chemical Division, at Georgia
Pacific in Coos Bay.
JACK B. SCHUMATE writes:
"Since
early 1969 I have been on loan from the
USFS to the Agency for International
Development, and have been working as
forestry advisor to the government of South
Vietnam. I have headquarters in Saigon
and travel throughout the country working
on many problems from planting trees in
insecure areas to getting shrapnel out of
logs. Most interesting and sometimes a
bit exciting. Son Jon is a forester on th e
Apache NF in Arizona.
Son Jim is a
Cadet at the Air Force Academy. Home
base through 1970 is Portland."
CLYDE H. STRATTON writes:
" Two
years have passed since joining Wilco
(Pacific Pumpers). Still pushing the same
peddler cart of forest fire equipment.
Recently saw a few classmates at the
SAF meeting in Florida. Hope to see many
more at the '70 meeting in Seattle."
1948
PI BLISS reports: "Still living and
working in Van Nuys, Calif. as manager of
the Wholesale Division, Neiman Reed
Lumber Company. The two oldest daughters are in college, the three youngest in
high school. Spend all available free time
cruising off-shore aboard the family sailboat."
EARNIE BROWN says: "Just completed
my tenth year with Weyerhaeuser Company. Am manager of Service and Supply
of Softwood Plywood Division in Tacoma,
Wash. Looking forward to much growth in
the company, and in plywood particularly in the South and Southwest in the
next few years."
RICHARD E. CORTHELL is Chief, Branch
of Operations, Division of Realty, Bureau
of Sport Fisheries & Wildlife, Washington,
D.C.
He w rites:
"I visit the Portland
regional office of the Bureau as we ll as
other regional offices from time to time.
Wife Grace and two children - Rick is a
first year student at the U of Virginia and
Cindee is an 8th grader."
LLOYD HAYES, former staff member of
the School, was a recent visitor in Corvallis. He has retired from the USFS and
will continue to live in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Lloyd was in charge of Timber
Management and Forest Products Research at the Rocky Mountain Forest
Research Range and Experiment Station
for nearly 20 years.
WAYNE G. HUBBARD is Vice-president,
Cartwright Aerial Surveys in Sacramento.
He sees Beaver Fernhoppers all over the
country. The family is growing Dave,
17 and Jeff, 13.
Baseball and football
teams o f the boys keep them busy. His
wife, Jean, has become an expert in sp orts
in sheer defense.
EARL L. JOHNSON, Lt. Col. USAF (ret.)
says: "My only contact with forest ry is
stand improvement on our farm wood lot.
We are enj oying Oregon again after nearly
a score of years absence.''
BOB KISCHEL says:
" I am enjoying
working with Rudy Kallander in l ining up
new prospects for the School here in
Douglas County ; also helping Albert Weisendanger with Keeping Oregon Green. All
and Hank in second grade. They are
real ly enjoying the Big Sky Country. "
son in Chico , and of course Clarence
Jacobson who is the District Ranger in
Chester.
BOB UNDERWOOD writes: " I am the
Forest Eng ineer, Weyerhaeuser Company,
Longview, Washington. We had two good
Oregon Staters in our Summer Forestry
Intern program this year."
HERMANN C. SOMMER writes: "Jan.
1, 1969 I was transferred to Longview as
Woods Manager of the large Weyerhaeuser
operations here.
My family, Mary Lou ,
John 5, Karen 8, and Philip 10, moved here
in May and enjoy the area tremendously.
Good also to see some of the old faces Bob Underwood Wes Jennings."
1949
JEAN R. ALLARD · writes: "Purchased
Al lard automob ile (1948 model ). My six
:::ons and I are rebuilding it. I am sti ll w ith
the Bon Marche in Yakima. I think O&C
Revested Lands should be put in forest
serv ice where intermingled, and the balance sold at public auction in small
parcels. "
DON ALD D. WOOD reports: " Twenty
years ago. Wow! The family is fine . My
oldest daughter is a sophomore at OSU
and is Flag Girl in the band , or one of
them . Daughter No. 2 is a senior in high
sc hool and plans on OSU next year. I've
left the d istrict and am
cl1anged jobs now in Divis'on of Lands, Rec reation ,
lnformat:on and Educat:on. No promotion
ju st less pressure at least there's
supposed to be.
Still in Grants Pass .
Hello to all."
C. DWAYNE BLAKNEY reports: " Teaching at Salem Techn ical Vocational Community College - fo urth year in the
Forest Products Department."
No, they're not all Class of '48. But the picture was sent in by Ray Crane , so that's why
it shows up here. The interesting thing about the picture, Ray tells us, is that all three in
the picture are Oregon Staters and all three are members of the California State Board
of Forestry.
RAY CRANE '48, Crane Mills, Corning, California, represents forest land ownership.
KELLY McQUIRE, '26, retired logging and sawm ill executive , represents the redwood
industry. WALLER REED '36 , Colins Pine, Chester, California, represents the pine industry.
these volunteer jobs are great - but soon
it's day-to-day meetings. Still find time
for family, but no spectacular vacations.
This area of the state around Roseburg
seems to be changing somewhat to more
urbanization. Timber seems to be the big
business though, as it has been in the
past. Conversion of hardwood covered
hillsides to sheep pasture on a large scale
may present low elevation management
prob lems later."
Special area of interest is engineering
calculat'ons via cathode ray tube and
keyboard. Also monitor other batch-type
processi ng for surveys, design a n d
materials lab. Serving as secretary to the
government-employed eng ineers in the
California Society of Professional Engineers. Avocation is supporting organizations
working to preserve the earth as a fit
habitat for man. Forestry education supports all of the above activities. "
HARRY "SWEDE" PEARSON writes:
"Am District Forester for the East Central
Oregon District and busy as insurance
c lerk at Blue Mt. Hospital. Daughter,
Linda, teac hing school at Monument.
Johnny, her husband, is forester for Kinzua
Corp. Son, Steve, working for BoiseCascade out of La Grande in personnel
management. Marv graduates in June and
in interested in oceanography. Ron is our
hunter and football player. "
W. J. SAUERWEIN is Reg ional Forester,
So:l Conservation Service, USDA, serving
13 western states. He says: " I coordinate the woodland phase of the conservat'on program, cooperating with other
disc iplines of the se rvice in this effort."
RICHARD C. PENROSE says: " I assisted in planning for Middle Fork Feather
River, designated as a Wild & Scen ic
River by Congress, one of 8 in the United
States. Also saw t11e completion of the
$30,000,000 plus Beld en hydro electric
project (by Pacific Gas & Electric) on the
North Fork Feather River (mostly on
National Forest Land)."
WILLIAM I. STEIN is continuing research
work on the same assignment in Portland
Leader of the Planting, Seeding, and
Nursery Practices Project, Pacific Northwest Forest & Range Experiment Station.
Scouting is h is family 's chief civic activity
and 1969 contained three highlights:
Roderick and Brad ford became, respectively, the second and third Eagle Scouts
in the family and Dad was awarded the
Silver Beaver. Oldest son , Cilfford , joined
the U.S. Navy late in the year, and Kathleen is a sophomore at Portland State.
Mrs. Stein serves as Den Mother-Coach
in addition to managing home activities.
WILLIS E. RAGLAND reports: "The
longer we stay in Seattle, the better we
l ike i t - in spite of the pressure o f people
and vehicles. There are still places to go
for re l 'ef from the din and development.
Both boys married, one on East Coast,
U.S. Navy and one in Okinawa, U.S. Air
Force. "
" Employed
DAVID H. ROGERS says:
by the Ca l ifornia State Dept. of Public
Works , Computer Systems Department.
DARRELL H. SCHROEDER is VicePresident of the Reilim Redwood Company ,
and Treasurer-General Manager of Miller
Redwood Company, Crescent City, Calif.
SHERWOOD C. TROTTER was recently
transferred to Region 1, Missoula, Mantana,
as Division Chief, Soils & Watershed
Management. Sara is at the University of
Oregon , Debbie at the University of
Montana, Tina and Marcia in high school
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HENRY G. DAVIES reports: "Living in
Eugene after a year of change. Returned
to OSU in '68 - '69 and successfully completed work on an MS degree, then, finding no niche in extens :on or forestry,
entered the elementary teaching profession
as an intern at Guy Lee Schoo l, Springf ield. A m looking forward to certif ication
next year and a career in outdoor education teaching."
ROBERT E. EHM says: "Still holding
down the fort as Assistant to the Chiei
Forester, Land Dept., Southern Pacific
Company San Francisco.
Our business
consists of managaing about 720,000 acres
of land in northern California for income
under a sustained yield timber program.
We believe that our logged areas are
among the best looking in California.
Taxes are an ever-increasing burden. So
is the recreational trespasser. Our people
are stretched pretty thin, and most of the
pressure problems weren't even mentioned
in my school days! About all a feller can
do is pull himse lf together and stay loose.
Best regards to all."
DON GARVIK wr ites : "We live in
Wenatchee, Washington, where I work on
the supervisor's staff of the Wenatchee
National Forest in recreation planning.
Wife, Josephine, is busy in P.T.A. and
getting two daughters through school.
Daughter Suzanne is planning to enroll at
OSU next fall. Daughter, Janet, will begin
junior high. We would be happy to visit
with any Fernhoppers passing our way."
WILLIAM P. HOLTSCLAW is still working for the State Forestry Department as
Director of the Eastern Oregon Area. He
has two sons in the service; Jerry with
the Marines in Vietnam, and Mike flying
helicopters for the Army in Alabama. Pat
is working for the USFS in Prineville.
ROBERT L. LARSON wr ites : " Edith,
Leslie Ann, Mark, and I still live in Clackamas. Leslie is a freshman at Ugh! U of
0. Mark is a junior and Edith teaches
Home Ec at Rex Putnam High. I am
associated with Paul Sanders, Consulting
Forester.
Our office is in the Yeon
Building, Room 520, Portland. Stop by
for a cup of coffee. "
WILLIAM M. LINDSEY reports : " Present
occupation: Regional Supervisor, D:vision
of Realty , Bureau of Sport Fisheries &
Wildlife, PO Box 3737, Portland.
Work
area: Alaska, California, Idaho, Hawaii,
Montana,
Oregon ,
Washington ,
and
Nevada. Fam ily: Wife June (ex OSU)
WILLIAM G. HUGHES, former Assistant
State Forester for Oregon has been
appointed by Governor Tom McCall to be
administrator of the State Personnel Division. Even with the change from the Forestry Department to the Executive Department, Bill intends to "get in his licks" with
old forestry friends come fishing season
and hunting season!.
son, Bill (wil l enter OSU in 1970); son ,
Randy (will enter OSU in 1972); and two
daughters. Type of work: Supervising
appraisal and acquisition of land for
National Wildlife Refuges and National
Fish Hatcheries."
MALCOLM C. McLENDON says: " I am
Fire Control ott;cer on the Umatilla NF
since May 1968. Have been in Pendleton
s ince December 1961. Both children are
attenidng U of 0. Mary is a junior, Murray
is a sophomore. Merry Christmas."
DEAN MEADOR operates the Twin Pines
Lumber Supply in Corvallis, and lives at
2850 Royal Oaks Drive, N.W.
JULIAN F. MILLER says: " In a sneaky
approach to farmer and rancher contact
work, recently moved to a 470-acre spread
combining forest management, Christmas
trees, and sheep and stock - each in its
own area.
My experience has already
given me more authority in advising
grazers, dairymen , and Christmas tree
growers
on
land-use
planning
and
practices. Have the grazing going - 94
sheep , 6 cows; inherited 2 acres of Christmas trees and have ground prepared for
3 more ; will work on forest management
plan this winter. Typical rancher - forestry comes last after more immediate
income items are taken care of. Immediate benefit: What better environment for
the t wo youngsters who still live at home?"
ALFRED J·. O'BRIEN continues on as
Assistant Sales Manager, Lumber Division ,
Collins Pine Co., Chester, Calif. His major
accompl ishment the past year was attaining grandfather status with oldest son
Mike and wife having a daughter. He had
hoped to visit Corvallis this fall and take
in a footba ll game but it doesn 't look
promising at the moment. He sees a
few ex-fernhoppers from time to time, Ray
Crane who is in Corning and Art McPher-
JOHN E. WYLIE says: "Same sta nd Jefferson City, Missouri, as Assistant State
Forester. Working to develop a program
for people in forestry. We now have Metro
Foresters in St. Louis and Kansas City
and are extending this state-wide in a
community forestry program. "
1950
DAN B. ABRAHAM is Deputy Forest
Supervisor, Shasta Trinity National Forest,
Reddin g, Cal if. He writes : "Moving back
closer to the green hills of Oregon . Th !s
is interesting country and the woods are
sprinkled with Fernhoppers."
AG ANDERSON say:
" I 'm Timber
Management Analyst at Hebo Ranger
Station. Have been here 3 years. Ve1y
interesting problems in Coast type Alder
conversion, animal damage control in
plantations, a large intermediate cutting
program and Jots of rain.
Spend most
of my free time doing f ix-u p work on a
60-year-old house. "
JAMES BAGLEY writes : " We are now
located south of Eugene just off highway
58 at Pleasant Hill - first house on the
right on Enterprise Road. Coffee is usually
on! "
ERIC A. BAUER reports : "Am now
employed by the Georgia Pacific Corp. at
the Crossett Division. It is the world 's
largest forestry-wood products complex.
Am Assistant Wood Products Division
Manager. By the end of the year we will
have 7 plywood plants, 4 particleboard
plants and several studmills in our
division. We reside at 1400 Cypress St. ,
Crossett, Arkansas. We would be most
happy to hear from any of the old grads."
WILLARD R. BERRY is st ill at T illamook
as Unit Forester for Oregon State Forestry
Dept. looking after state lands in the north
half of the district. He prepares and
supervises timber sales contracts. His
eldest son, Alan, is enrolled in Forestry
at Oregon State this fall. Second son is
a junior in high school and daughter
started junior high th is fall. He is presently commander of the local Civil Air Patrol
Squadron .
J'IM GILLILAN writes : "Am part owner
of P & C Construction Co., Gresham,
Oregon. Living on a farm near Oregon
c :ty with my wife (Nancy Nash '48) and
two boys. "
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HAROLD H. (BILL) KEIL reports he made
quite an interesting editorial trip for World
Wood magazine in May and June through
Fiji, the Solomons, New Guinea, Australia,
Indonesia, Singapore, Sabah, the Philippines , Hong Kong and Japan. He says
the South Pacific forest industry is quite
active and the Singapore plywood industry
is booming. He managed to get out on
one weekend backpacking expedition this
past summer and they go skiing regularly
o n weekends.
Both kids, Dick 7, and
Greg 6, are in school now wjth the
second-grader lording it over the firstgrader.
ED KIRKPATR ICK says: " I am still with
Western Kraft at Albany. Spent all summer in Kentucky for the start-up of our
new bleached hardwood market pulp mill.
It was a pleasure to get home to air
conditioned Oregon."
LLOYD H. LARSON says: "Consulting
continues to be a very satisfying and interesting career. Keep busy on timber taxation, management and marketing. Participated on an inventory job in Arkansas
concerning a merger that was most challenging.
Had a great hunting trip in
Central Alaska bagging moose and caribou. Still an avid bowler and participate
in two leagues and several Northwest Elks
tournaments. Laura is teaching the fifth
grade and attending Pacific Lutheran
periodically working on educational requirements."
MEL LIEURANCE is Recreation Staff
Assistant, Sequoia National Forest, Porterville, Calif.
JIM MARTIN reports: " I 'm still at the
same grind for Pack River Co., as logging
manager at Sand Point. Our company has
a vigorous expansion program going and
is no longer a small local company."
CARL A. NEWPORT writes : "The fast
pace set at the office by "young" Dave
Mason and at home by my wife keeps me
in shape for anyth ing and everything and that is just what we get in the consulting business , everything from short-course
lectures to southern pine hurricanes."
JIM RICHARDSON says: " 1969 was
another busy year with more smoke than
any of us cared to see, but the highlight
of the s ummer was a visit by Rudy Kallander and a get together of OSU Fernhoppers from the Anchorage area. A pleasant
even ing was had by all discussing days
gone by as well as catching up on news
of friends and building progress at OSU."
DOUGLAS S. SMITH says.:
"Hello
from Boise, Idaho, where I am m my second year as District Forester with Western
Products
Association
covering
Wood
southern Idaho, western Wyoming and
Utah. Among my more memorable assignments this year was a 7-day pack trip on
horseback into the Idaho Primitive Area,
as part of a study of resource values in
the area. My second day ever on a horse
invo lved a ride of 36 miles, and that was
particu larly memorable! Our family of
four ranges from sophomore in high sc hool
to our 3-year-old helper. Everyone caught
large rainbow trout at Flaming Gorge
Reservoir in eastern Utah, and have
enjoyed our trips throughout the beautiful
Intermountain West. Stop and visit us at
5110 Mountain View Drive the next time
you are through Boise."
JOE STEERE reports:
"We're
farming on the Siletz River. I sold
my interest in Fultz & Steere, Inc.,
took a job as Lincoln County Eng ineer
past summer."
still
out
and
this
RIC HARD L. WARREN reports : "Wh ile
on a trip vis iting the Oregon mills last
Apr il 1 enjoyed my first visit to the campus
si nce graduation. I'm st1 ll emp!oyed w1th
Diamond National Corp. as Ass1stant Purchasing Agent and enjoy talking to many
OSU sa les managers. My new address is
5209 Dewey Drive, Fair Oaks, Calif.
95628."
HARRY WATSON still has the same job
- the same wife and family and still enjoying Humboldt County's fish, quail,
venison, and trees!
R. E. WORTHINGTON reports: "Moved
in May 1968 to the Klamath National
Forest and am headquartered in Yreka,
Calif. I find that even though there is a
substantial d ifference in climate betwee n
Olympia and Yreka, the problems on the
forests are about the same. Du ring the
first week on the forest met John Brannon
who 1 hadn't seen since we f inished
school. He is now at Happy Camp and
doing a top job. Due to the last two
moves we now have younsters gomg to
schoo l in Oregon, Washington and California. Hi to alii"
1951
STANLEY J. BATES lives on Hebron
Road , Bolton, Connecticut. He is District
Supervisor , Conn. State . Park. & Forest
Co mmission. He is mam ed w1th 4 children .
WI LLIAM E. BUTLER writes: "We are
sti ll enjoying the good life here in Redding,
Ca lif. Our boys are now 14 and 6 years
old. This means freshman football and
the first grade at the same time. We wo~ ld
enjoy seeing any classmates pass1ng
through Redding."
LARRY CHRISTIANSEN is a Forester
with Willamette Industries, Inc., in the
South Santiam area. He says his family
is all in high schoo l and he still works with
the Boy Scouts.
GORDON W. FRUITTS is presently
Resale Fo rester on L akeview District,
Fremont National Forest, Lakeview, Oregon. He says: " The pot 's on at 834 S.
4th St., Lakeview."
NORMAN E. GOULD says: "Moved
from Portland to Missoula last December
30. Left Portland in a blizza rd and found
-2s • in Missoula. The transfer was from
Region 6 Timber Management to Regio n
1 Timber Management. Have been enjoying the hunting and fish ing benefits of
The Big Sky Country. There aren't many
Fernhoppers o ut this way. In fact, the local
papers seldom mention Beaver football
events."
WILLIAM D. HICKERSON writes : " Tuc son Arizona is my new home. Flying Bell
UH-'1 F "Huey " helicop ters is my job. We
support the " Titan " missles (ICBM) around
Dav is-Monthan Air Force Base near here.
The job is good but I don 't like the area.
It is hot (1 oo· October 10), dusty and
smoggy; yes SMOGGY! MX prior opinio~
of Arizona fro m several tnps through 1t
was not too bad. It quickly changed when
1 got viral pneumonia the first week here.
It's commo n among the popu lat ion. They
jokingly refe r to it as 'Val ley Fever'. It
seems the big money here is in copper
and the mine owners are deaf to pleas to
stop dumping tons of waste smoke into
the air that covers areas up to SO miles.
My eyes burn co nstantly.
Oh, for the
pure air and sweet smell of the sulfur
from Camas and West Linn. Arise fellow
fo resters. Write your co ngressman. Stop
this poisoning of our environment!! "
WILLIAM V. JONES says: " Bill, Patsy
(Robertson '48), young Bill, Chris, Greg,
Valerie, and Mic helle are back in the
Golden State after four years in Virginia.
Bill is in the San Franc isco Office of the
Forest Service. Patsy gives sewing lessons and works with the Forestry Ladies'
C lub to keep out of trouble . Young Bil l
is a freshman at Diablo Valley College
and works summers for the Calif. Division
of Forestry. Chris is in high sc hool, Greg
in junior high, and the girls in the second
and third grades. All keep f it water sk iing
and getting o ut of each other's way. "
EAR L M. KARLINGER reports: "I am
starting into the fifth year as T imber Staff
Officer on the Rogue River National Forest.
The job is very satisfying. Duane Ki ngsley
has joined our force to head up the Silviculture job on the forest. The boys are
growing by leaps and bounds. Eric, the
you ngest, is in the sixth grade th is year."
invited to stop for a cup of coffee or a
night's lodging as they pass through
Yreka. The address is 1006 Park Place."
MANUEL H. SCHRAG ER is now working
at Molalla, Oregon for Crown Zellerbach.
His new address is Rt. 2, Box 81 , Molalla,
Oregon 97038.
M. E. (BUD) UNRUH is still in Portland
as Fo rest Engineer on the MI. Hood
National Forest.
DAVID E. BAKER says: " Our family
is finally getting around to enjoy the
recreational features of our great Northwest forests. A pick-up camper gives a
ready-to-go system tl1at's easy to " rough
it." My two boys (15 and 13 years) enj oy
stee lhead fishing with me whenever the
streams are open."
WYMAN WILLIAMS says:
" I finally
returned to the Amfac Lumber Department
afte r a few years of handling associated
products such as gypsumboard and paint.
The smell, feel, and taste of wood products is great. We are still enjoying the
life in Hawaii, and the new job is interesting."
ROLAND P. CASEY writes : " I am now
employed with T EVCO, Inc., which has
recently become one of the largest engineeri ng fi rms in Northern Ca lifornia. My
duties are land surveying and forest consultant. I am happily married and living
in the quaint little village of Mokelum ne
Hill in the Mother Lode cou ntry."
1952
JOHN L. CHRISTIE, JR. says: "We dug
our roots in a little deeper here in Clatsop
County with the purchase of so me acreage
which has seco nd growth hemlock on
most of it. It's been fun to work on and
has even provided a source of chittam
bar k for the boys. Fishing aro und here
is sl ipp ing too many fl atlanders from
the other side of the Coast Range."
GAYLORD HOUGHTON says : " I changed
co mpanies last summer from U.S. Plywood
to Boise Cascade and moved from Eugene, Oregon to Boise, Idaho. I'm quickly
clim atiz ing from a westside forester to an
eastside forester. My new duties take me
from Minnesota to Louisia na, to the West
Coast. Hope to see some of you in my
travels. If you're in Bo ise, look me up."
DICK LEMM ON writes: " Th is makes
the third year for me in the Regional Office
of the U. S. Forest Se rvice in Po rtland,
Oregon. I am in the D ivision of Recreation. My principal duties are concerned
w ith wilderness management, recreation,
law enforcement, and fee collection,
rec reation trails, and backcountry management. Am slowly getting used to living
in the big city but my heart is still in the
pine and sagebrush of Eastern Oregon. "
OSGOOD H. MUNGER reports: " I am
still working for the Oregon State Highway
Department in Sa lem in the Materials
Laboratory."
RICHARD PLATT says: "The children
are in the second, fifth , ninth and twe lth
grades. My wife, Patsy, is enjoying the
f irst month's sel ling real estate here in
Eugene.
I continue working for the
Fo rest Service as a Management Anaiyst,
spending about half of my time in tha
field of management training."
ELMER D. RICE writes: " I have been
Engineer and Logging Superintendent for
Frank Rise Logging for the past 5 years.
We build 10-15 miles of road each year
and run one high lead side. Our oldest
sons, Mike, is now enro lled in Civ il Engineering at Orego n State. Terry and Cra·g
are very act ive in the:r high school classes
in Yreka. Wife, Vivian, is busy w:th her
sewing, knitting, weaving, or her many
craft projects.
Fellow Fernhoppars are
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ELDON D. STROUP says: "Not much
change on our 7-acre truck farm and
Hereford ranch. The last year was highlighted by a spr ing trip to Mexico. Wish
I'd studied Span ish!"
RAY V. VOORHIES reports: " Hi! Had
a rather extensive tr ip into Alaska. Sampled the Bristol Bay fishing , trout fishing
in Alaknegek Rio, and a vis it to Fairbanks,
Whitehorse, Skagway, and Alaska Marine
Highway. Expensive, but fun . I am trying
the teach ing game this year. After a
cou ple of years of consulting have taken
on trying to instil l a bit of Forestry into
nearly a hundred high school and junior
high school boys. It's a chore. See you
at the Fernhop per Banquet. "
DON KI STNER is emp loyed with the
Bureau of Sp ort Fisheries and Wild life as
Ass istant Regional Supervisor of Federal
Aid Division. He says the highlights of
'69 includ e organizing the Burea u's conservation ex hibit at th e Boy Scout Nation al
Jamboree at Farrag ut, Idaho , and planning
rehabilitation of the 87,000-acre fire on our
Kenai Moose Range in Alaska.
EARL E. NICHOLS writes: "In June we
we re transferred from Roseburg to Bend
where I am Forest Supervisor of the Desc hutes National Forest. One son is in
the Marine Co rps and the other two are
attending high schoo l here. We 're building a home and are expecting visitors, especially alumni."
here at Texas A & M. I am presently
on faculty development leave to complete
my Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. Bruce
is in college, and Bobby is about to start.
Bette also is back in school taking an
entomology course here at A & M. The
welcome mat is out for any Fernhoppers
traveling through Texas."
CECIL E. RODGERS writes: " Th is is
our fifteenth year in Brookings. I have
been with Brookings Plywood al l that time
and am still Timber and Lands Manager.
My wife, Marian, wor ks part-time at the
elementary sc hool. Our oldest son, Russ,
is now with LeTorneau in Arcata, Calif.
The seco nd so n, Bruce, is a so phomore
in high school. As yet, Marian and I have
not become grandparents. My Bonsai
co llection increases in size eve ry year."
DONALD H. SM ITH is Training Specialist, Division of Fire Control, USFS, Washington, D.C.
GLENN S. SM ITH is worki ng as District
Ranger of the Cannell Meadow D istrict
on the Sequoia NF and stationed at
Kernville, Cal if. He says: " Enjoying the
oportunity to manage the Kern Plateau with
its sensitive problems. Wife, Shirley, is
also active in Christian activities, teaching
piano, and raising our five children. The
oldest daughter expects to start college
next year at BIOLA."
RON SMITH is currently serv ing as
Executive Assistant for Fire Co ntrol, headquartered at the State Foreste r's office,
Salem. His family, including wife , Mary
Lou , and daughters, Janice and Kathleen ,
live at 4290 Ind igo St. N.E., Salem 97303.
W. A. (RED) SM ITH repo rts : " The forestry sc hool has finally been approved
1953
" Serv ing my
PAUL ENBERG repo rts:
eighth year on the Wenatchee Forest as
Forest Engineer. Although we suffered a
c ut back in funds this year my workload
didn't decrease. Always lots of new challenges in this job."
LESTER H ILL left the South Coast Lumber Company in May of this year to work
for U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.,
in Mapleton, Orego n. He says: " I am
Timber Manager for the Mapleton and
Reedsport operations. My new home is
in Flo rence. Our oldest daugther is a
sophomore at SOC this year. Stop and
say " Hello" when you are playing on the
beautiful Orego n coast."
JAMES E. LARSON is Public Relations
Manager for Weyerhaeuser at Springfield.
" I am
WILLIAM E. MALTBY says:
emp loyed FHWA, BPR as High way Engineer. Prior to this assignment I spent 18
years with the Oregon State High way
Dept. I was lu cky enough to pass the
Orego n Board of Engineers exam and am
now a Registered Professional Enginner
Have been in
in Oregon s ince 1966.
Brazil on spec ial ass ignment for BPR
working with the H ighway Departments of
the nine Northeastern Brazil States developing a modern Highway Maintenance
Department and overall department. We
are advisors and give assistance in overall
highway work. Give my regards to all
Fern hoppers. "
T OM OPATZ has been named Western
Regio nal Manager of the Peerless Pump
Division of FMC Corporation, Los Angeles,
Calif. He w ill supervise sales ac tivities
in the western half of the nat ion exte nd ing
east to the Mississippi River and so uth
throug h Texas, including a portion of
Oklahoma, and western Canada, Alaska,
and Baja, Calif. (Mexico).
Tom and
family will continue to live in LaCrescenta,
Calif.
forest and
wishes."
BILL PENNEY reports:
" I am now
located at 3454 Fairmont Drive, Ventura,
Calif. 93003, working for an engineering
contractor as grading supe rintendent. The
ground is flat and the sky is blue most
of the time. What a change !"
ROBERT B. MILLER says: " After eight
years on the Wallowa-Wh itman NF in
Baker, I have moved to the big city of
Portland. I am working in the Division of
Lands and Minerals in the Right-of-way
Branc h. My home address is Tigard. We
are all slowly becoming accustomed to
t1·1e co mmuting. We miss the bright sun
of Eastern Oregon this winter, but enjoy
the milder temperatures of the Willamette
Valley."
WILLIAM (BILL) STILES sti l l resides at
355 W. Center, Roseburg, with his wife,
Georgia , and chi ldren, Trisha 14, Fred 13,
and Susie 11.
1954
TOM COINER reports:
"I am with
Alaska Forest Produc ts, Inc., Haines,
Alaska.
AFP is owned by Dant and
Russell , Inc., Portland, Oregon. I am the
manager."
FRANK DECKENBACH says: "We are
con tinuing to make Pt. Ange les our home
and to work with C-Z Corp. in wood supply
for both of the Puget Sound mills. In our
spare time Mary and I and the three c hildren hike and camp in the Olympic Park,
and we devote t ime to the scouting program and to our many church activit i e~.
We are qu ite enthused about the Olymp ic
Pen insula."
ROBERT W. DICKSON writes: "We
raturned to Oregon a year ago in July. I
am still working tor Weyerhaeuser Company. I am c urrently the Plant En gineer
·, or our Wood Products manufactunng
fac ilities here in North Bend after spending the last six years in the Raymo nd and
Aberdeen area of Was hington ."
ERNEST D. HARDMAN says:
" The
welcome mat is always out at 9521 Parsifal
Place N.E. Albuquerque. We see more
OSU grads each year. Ou r you ngest son,
Ryland , graduates from OSU this year.
Kathryn and I continue to enjoy our travel
trai ler for fishing, hunting, and annu al
visit to the Northwest."
LAURI HEMMI reports: " I live now in
Kemi which is the biggest wood industrial
c1ty in Finnish Lapland. I am in ch1l:rge
ol a study in floating and transportatio n.
The industry here in North Fi nl and needs
7 million sol id cubic feet of wood annually,
of which of SO% is floated. The average
floating distance is nearly 200 miles. My
wife teaches En glish at primary sc hools.
We have fo ur children, the youngest one
is two years old."
GENE HOLLOTER is still at Baker ,
Oregon, as Tim ber Management Analyst
on the Baker District of the Wa l lowaWhitman NF and in his third year in the
job.
WENDELL L. JONES has been District
Ranger on the Siuslaw NF at Hebo, Oregon si nce 1966. He says: " I kel':p b~sy
orf the job with two teenagers In h1gh
zchool, and one still in grade school. It
takes work to keep the generation gap
flo m spreadi ng."
PETER M. LEAHY writes: " I was recently promoted to Manager, Pemberton
Securities, Ltd. , Vernon , B.C. Stocks and
bonds seem a far cry from forestry.
However, al most 50% of every dollar
generated in the Province comes from t he
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auxil iary
industries.
Best
ROBERT G. LEWIS is located in the
USFS Regional office, Portland, in the
Division of Recreation.
MICHAEL D. WIRTZ reports: "Still located in the 'Land of Enchantment,' wo rking
fo r the Forest Service. The town we live
in, Jemez Springs, is 60 miles northwest
of Albuquerque, N.M. The area is rich in
Spanish-American and Pueblo Indian culture and history. It is a real fasc inating
place to wor k in, explore, and discover."
1955
RICHARD L. (DICK) BARBER is still in
the Army in the Field Artillery. He was
promoted to Lt. Col. in June, 1969, and
1s presently attending the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft.
Leave nworth , Kansas.
JIM BRADY is T imber Management
Forester for the Northern Pac ific Rai lway,
Seattle, Wash. They are now living in
Issaqu ah, Wash., and have two chil dren, a
boy 15 months and a girl two month s.
JOHN CRUMB reports: " I have accepted
employment with ti·1e Idaho Department of
Public L ands as Division Chief, Forest Fire
Protect ion. I am responsible for the statewide fire control activities of the Department. Marian and the three children moved
to At. 1, Meridian, Idaho 83642, when I
reported to work in late August. As Fernhoppers are few and far between in this
co untry, you are all welcome to stop b y
and say hel lo."
JOHN DAVIS writes: " Am still with
Willamette Industries, Inc. , but was recently transferred to the Sp ringfield, Ore. Division as log buyer. Wife Shirley (OSU '53)
is still head of the Bus iness Dept. at Sweet
Home High Schoo l. Son, Mike (15), and
daughter, Pam (14) , are varsity swimm ers
for Sweet Home H igh. Son, Chris (1 2) is
swimming for the local AAU cl ub an~ is
looking 1orward to high sc hoo l competitio n.
Everyone is earger ly (?) lookmg forward
to the move to Spnngfield."
HOWARD K. HOPKINS is still wo rking
in Northwest Oregon, though Longview is
his home. He wntes: " I am still riding
logging contractors coat ta ils; at the same
time I am working to put more property
It has been a very
in full production.
restful year for us with as much time as
possible at our place in Florence. Drop
by if you come to Longview. "
NORMAN E. JOHNSON reports: " I have
rejoined Weyerhaeuser Company after
havi ng been Associate Professor of Entomology at Cornell Un iversity for two years.
1 am now Superv isor, Southern Forestry
Research Center located in New Bern,
North Carol ina. We are enjoying the sun
and water here, but not the mosquitoes
and snakes."
JAMES R. KINKEAD says: "Thank you
very much for the message concerning
Forestry at OSU. I am currently employed
at U.S. Gypsum Company in the R & D
Dept. This year will complete my fourteenth year at Pilot Rock.
My wife,
Barbara, and I have four children , Ray 15,
Carla 14, Lisa 9, and Jimmy 7. I would
enjoy hearing from classmates."
JERRY PATCHEN is still in Klamath
Falls as Timber Staff Officer, Winema NF.
1956
GEORGE E. BARR writes: " In my third
year as manageme nt analyst for th e State
Forestry Department.
Presently in the
m:dst of developing a "Management by
Objectives " system for the department,
and we are finding the subject extremely
challenging."
JIM BREWER is still Deputy Supervisor
on the Ouachita National Forest in Hot
Springs National Park, Arkansas. So many
trigger-happy hunters are afield that I've
tried bow hunting. Haven't yet put any
meat on the table but have enjoyed the
greater challenge it offers. Enjoyed getting acquainted with Norm Johnson . and
meeting othe r Fernhoppers at the National
SAF meeting.
A LBERT D. CAR LSON reports: "Betty
and I have just built a new home north of
Corvallis . Our address is now 7230 N.W.
Valley View Drive, Corvallis."
JACK CARTER says: "I am presently
working as Fire Control Planner in the
Regional office for the Forest Service,
California Region.
Received an MS in
Forestry from the University of California
last June. Present assignment includes
long- range plann ing for fuel management
and fire suppression system."
JERROLD CONE writes :
" I am still
consulting, but have moved the family to
Cecilville, Calif. The family greatly enjoys
their new home in the woods. After 13
years of living where the work is, it is
good to live where I want and let the
work come to me. My wife is the school
teacher at Cecilville, and my k id s comprise
50% of the pupils."
J. M. FINNIS says: "Last year was n:ither like the previous year. The Little
Theater, sailing , and camping are fun w·th
some reforestation thrown in here and
there."
J I M FISHER reports: "We are living in
Salem, Oregon , where I have completed
my second year as personnel director with
the State Forestry Department. My work
brings me into contact wtih a lot of Fernhoppers around the state. My wife and
I still do a lot of backpacking with our
four children. This keeps me in touch
with the trees."
KENNETH L. EVANS reports: "We are
still in the southwest. This spring I returned to the Forest Service. Stayed in
Albuquerque on the Cibola NF staff. My
job includes fire, timber, and a few other
th :ngs. Look us up if you come through
these parts."
CHARLES (WES) HAMI LTON writes: "In
,July I left the Surprise Valley Ranger
District, Modoc NF and moved to the
Happy Camp Ranger District, Klamath NF
as the District Ranger. Wonderful steelhaad fishing down here, I have 1·1eard been so busy I haven 't had time to wet
a line. We are looking forward to show-
ing our o ld friends this "lush" forest, so
drop in when down this way. "
EDWARD A. HAM IL TON is on active
duty with the U. S. Navy (Lt. Cmdr.) and
resides in San Diego, California. He was
recently assigned to the staff of Destroyer
Squadron 17, with home port in San Diego.
GERALD N. HOLDGROFER still works
for the USFS. In February 1969 he transfared from the Olympic NF to the Siskiyou
NF. Presently he is an engineer in the
Siskiyou SO. His new address is 1519
N.W. Lawnridge, Grants Pass.
DONALD K. JOHNSON is Head of Stateof-the-Art Division for Shipyard Modernizat ion , Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
He writes: "I have been evaluating substitutes for wood staging plank and for
wooden pallets."
ROBERT I. KERR is presently stationed
in the Washington office, National Park
Service. He writes: " I find the chal lenge
exciting and very different th an previous
field assig nments. Hope to get back
west someday soon."
NICHOLAS J. KIRKMIRE says: "I am
employed as Deputy Director of Forestry
Serv ices for Western Wood Products
Association, the largest trade association
in the lumber industry, and enjoying the
interesting work in the field of public
timber supply and associated lumber industry problems. Along with the good wife
and four active children, am well settled
in Beaverton, Oregon. Just gett ing into
scouting as the oldest son became a cub
scout this fall. Divide my time between
traveling all over the west on business and
working on community and church activities at home. Enjoy particularly being so
close to Corvallis and the School of
Forestry."
GEORGE W. LIDDICOATT says: "Peggy,
the kids, Roger and Jody, and I live at
4317 Excelsior Road, Eureka, Calif. I am
Lands Staff Officer on the Six Rivers NF.
Traveled about every weekend in our
camper in southern Oregon. We camped
for two weeks on the Deschutes, Wi llamette, and Umpqua National Forests in
August. Stop by or call when you can ."
GRAIG MacCLOSKEY is orthopedic resident at the University of Oregon Medical
School.
ROBERT W. MADISON writes: "We've
moved to Rt. 1, Box 291 , Colton, Oregon.
Still with Publishers. We enjoy living in
tl·ie Valley."
ELMER F. McDADE is Supervisor of
Glu lam Inspections for the Timber Engineering Company and in charge of the
Santa Rosa, California office. Mac and Jan
have 5 children ranging in age from 5
to 15, and have lived in Santa Rosa
almost the entire time since Forest Products Grad School days. Almost all of
TECO's R & T work is independent agency
quality control, inspection, and testing of
plywood , glued laminated lumbar, particleboard and other glue-bonded wood products ; with occasional projects into wood
technolog ical fields close ly associated
w:th the use and acceptance of wood products for structural purposes.
DOUG MORRISON is working with Easement Acquisit:on and Right-of-Way Agreements for roads with the Bureau o f L and
Management. He is starting to work on
trail and scenic easements.
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PAUL E. ROONEY writes: "Effective
January 1, 1970 I will be transferred to
FGS Company's operation at Hilt, California. My position will be Management
Assistant to the General Manager. The
wife Gail, and son Paul, Jr., are now in
our newly purchased home in Ashland,
Oregon at 2020 Mohawk.
I join them
weekends and it's good to be back in
Oregon."
PHIL SMITH says: "The wife, kids, and
I moved our home from Springfield,
Oregon to Smithers, British Columbia. I
am employed by Bulkley Valley Forest
Industries as an area logging supervisor,
in cha rge of logging camps and one log
towing operation on Sabine La ke. Th is
is interesting country. We are enjoying
the change. "
AL THOMPSON has been with Standard
Ins. o f Oregon since 1962. He received
C.L.U. designation from the American
College of Life Underwriters, Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvan ia in 1969. He resides with
wife, Barbara, and sons , Denny, Dave, and
Doug in Salem.
TED YAROSH is in timber sale administration in the Forest Service, Region 6,
Portland. Their second daughter was born
in October, 1969. He sees Nick Kirkmire
occasionally in Portland.
1957
L OUIS A. BLASER writes : " Still managi ng Simpson Timber's logging ope ration
at Korbe l, Calif. Have been here since
late 1965. Have the pleasure to be surrounded by many Fernhoppers, both old
and new. "
DAVE BOWDEN says: " There 's been a
change of scenery this year.
My new
address is 1170 S. Water St., Silverton
and my new job is tree farm manager for
Longview Fibre Company's Silver Falls and
So uthern Oregon tree farms."
JOHN E. (JOCKO) BURKS Ill reports:
"We're still in Tacoma but in a new house.
I am now working as Residential Engineering Planning Manager for Weyerhaeuser
Wood Products group. Another Fernhopper classmate and ex-roommate, Tom
Ebner is here in Tacoma with Weyerhaeuser, too."
JOHN CARSTENSEN says: "I spent the
better part o f two months making an El
Taro sailboat-great sport, sailing!?! Have
been with Monsanto Company for 12 years
now in August. I was tran sferred back
to Eugene after two years in the Seattle
office. We have four children."
ROD CARTER writes: " I just finished
up 11 years of passing gas in the Sac
tanker business and am now checking out
in the RF-4C at MI. Home, AFB, Idaho.
Going 750 knots at 500 feet makes this
RECCE business exciting - I' ll be leaving
in March for my second Vietnam tour."
LESTER V. MULKEY, JR. reports: " My
w ife Allie, daughter Debra, and myself
have spent an enjoyable year in Lewiston.
The job is going well , corporat'on tax work
is demanding and ever busy. The eastside
weather is enjoyable - now I know why
so many classmates chose to work east of
the Cascades. "
EARL NEL SON says: " I am at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory (just west of
the new forestry school) working on root
disease problems of Northwest con ifers.
So far we haven 't run out of problems to
solve , but are always interested in new
ones . I don 't suppose any of you Fernhoppers have any, though!"
SANGA SABHASRI has been appointed
Dean of tile Graduate School, Kasetsart
University. He works c losely with President James H. Jensen who is Vice-Rector
for Development. Sabhasri was elected
Vice-President of the Education Commission
of
the
Biosphere
Conference,
UNESCO, in September 1968, and is consulting editor to Biological Conservation.
BILL SCHEUNER has been with the
USFS in Sonora, California since April as
Forest Silviculturist. He says: " I seem
to be moving south very slowly but surely
at about 40-m ile intervals each 4 years .
Should just about make it to Baja by retirement. "
FRANK TORKELSON says:
" I'm still
l iving in Sacramento wor king as a budget
analyst for the Calif. Dept. of Finance, pr imarily in the field o f natural resources. It
is interesting work, but I miss the woods."
LYNN DALE TRAI L is stil l District Ranger at McCloud, Calif. He writes : "Not
too much new to report this last year. The
kids are growing like weeds and all are
heal thy. We would we lcome anyone who
wishes to stop by and tal k about the good
ol' days."
WILEY WENGER , JR . reports: " I am
stil l doing research and teaching social
psychology and sociology of natural resources , especially recreation , at the College of Forestry at Syracuse, New York.
All of this is occurring in spite of (or
instead of) my part-time wor k on my
doctorate , wh'ch lacks only that final
bugaboo , the d:ssertation . Did you know
that the eye pupils of campers do not
dilate as much when viewing photos of
forest landscapes as they do when viewing
partially clad (?) women? Would any
economists like to place a dollar value on
that? "
LARRY L. WOODARD says: "The big
event for us th is year was the cross country drive to Washington, D.C. in connection
with my transfer to the BLM division of
forestry. We are settling down here in
our new home at 5319 Moultrie Road,
Springfield, Virginia."
CHUCK HILL writes:
"Transferred to
Paisley, Oregon , on the Fremont Forest
in August, as TMA on the District. Good
to be back in the Northwest - close r to
the salt-chuck. Check in when in the
neighborhood big house and
Big
Coffee Pot! "
WILLIAM H. WRIGHT writes: " I have
been working for Crown Zellerbach Corp.
for the past 8 years. My present position
is Planning Engineer for the Woods Products D;vision . Our 4 sons are growing
up fast. Perhaps there will be a future
Fernhopper in the bunch. "
WALTER H. MEYER, JR writes: "I 'm
stil l flying a desk for the Pacific Northwest
Region of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. My wife , Linda, and I have one son,
with our second (and last!) child on its
way. "
1958
ED BARTON says : " The wife, small
boy, dog, and myself are now residents
of Missoula, Montana.
I am Assistant
District Forester with Western Wood Pro-
ducts Assoc iation. New job, new house,
new country. It all looks great! "
TOMMY E. BELL reports: " After 7Y2
years in Baker we have finally moved to
Fort Collins, Colorado , where I am recreat'on planner on the Roosevelt NF. Our
address is 204 Del Clair Road which is on
the edge of town , at least until the wave
of suburbia sweeps over us. Still have
the same wife and 3 boys. Looks like it
will be awhile before I can make Fernhopper Day but I am sure glad to hear
about the new building."
WAYNE BOUSFIELD says: " We are
now considered Montana res idents after
living here for more than two years. Saw
Ed Barton recently.
He has moved to
Missoula. Also visited with Paul Buffam
who was up from New Mexico for a meeting. We hope to be in Missoula for some
time yet, so if any of the Class of '58
come through, give us a call."
JOHN MALONE says: " This year we
transferred from the Gifford Pinchot to the
Willamette NF at Sweet Home. Reforestation , timber stand improvement, watershed , and the new TRI system are my new
responsibilities. We have added one to
our family of four, Frankie, our wandering
pup. Pat, Kelly, and Allen make up the
rest of the crew."
LAWRENCE C. MERRIAM, JR. writes :
" This past year I have been a SAF visiting
lecturer at the University of Illinois and
al Michigan Technological University and
served as a consultant on recreation and
wildlife for FAO of the United Nations in
Paraguay for three months.
Continuing
teaching and research committees at the
School of Forestry, University of Minnesota. My son plays end on his high
school footba ll team and they are doing
better than the University of Minnesota
Gophers. "
BRICE L. BRANDT writes: "I continue
to enjoy working on the Forestry staff of
Boise-Cascade Corp. at Medford, Oregon.
My wife, Karen, gave birth to a baby gir l
this summer, which evens the family up
at one boy and one girl. "
RUDY ROBLES reports Ashland, Oregon
is where he hangs his hat now. Interesting
work. Fire control and Winte r Sports
Administration . The good powder snow
is at Mt. Ashland.
CARL G. CARLSON writes: " I'm back
as a district engineer for the USFS. Headquarters are at Estacada, Ore. We 've
added another daughter, April, since we
last wrote . The ranch here is doing fine;
the horses (4), and feed , chickens, cows,
and all the rest. Hope to see some of
you Fernhoppers when you ' re in the area."
TERRY R. RUDD states: "We are st ill
in the forestry consulting business as
Western Appraisals and Surveys in L ewiston , Idaho. We started a recreational
land development corporation in Spokane
called , " Northwest Estates". We've purten properties in
chased 4,000 acres all, to develop and sell. Anyone who is
interested in working with us write to W.
222 Mission Street, Spokane, or call us."
DAVID C . DAVIS says: "My wife , Marge,
and I, and our five children are very
happy in Aberdeen , Washington.
I am
General Manager for Evans Products
Company , Harbor Operations. It's a great
place to live and work. "
TEMPLE T. HAHN is still at the Rocky
Mountain Forest & Range Experiment
Station serving as Personnel Office r. He
writes: "The family enlarged last March
so that we now have a second son, Paul.
We still find that Colorado is a nice place
to live. "
MAHLON R. HALE says: "Lenore, both
boys and I remain at Gold Beach. I continue to spearhead the reforestation and
TSI programs on the Gold Beach R.D. The
family and I did not get around much this
summer as planned . Expanded programs
and steadily increasing workloads tend to
keep a guy hopping. "
HENNING HAMILTON writes: " Many
thanks for your greetings. Though living
on another side o f the world our thoughts
nearly daily are back in Corvallis and
the happy time we spent there. The last
year I have been working with a 300,000
tons per year pulp mi ll project in Southern Sweden entire ly owned by 40 ,000 small
woodland o wners (100 acres each). Among
other things I have led an industry loan
campaign which until now has given over
$20 million. The rest is borrowed from
the banks. Here people be lieve in small
private woodland owners. Best wishes! "
OTTO KRUEGER is still with the BLM in
Redd ing, Ca l if. He states: " I consider
myself about ready for a change, but
haven't really decided where I'd like to
go."
JOHN R. LANGRELL is Fire Prevention
Director for the Oregon State Dept. of
Forestry, Salem .
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RAY SCHAAF writes: "By this time we
are well acclimated to coast living
(Reedsport). Salmon is more common in
our diet as well as crab and flounder.
Weekends are filled with much fishing. On
the job, Skyline logging is the order of
the day as we try to kee p the soi l on
the hillsides and still put wood into the
mi lls. Occasionally a tr ip over the sand
dunes keeps me abreast with our second
most important resource - recreation ."
CHARLES K. SIGLER says: "Am in
Alexandria, La. and this coffee has rotted
out my gut, otherwise everything is fine.
Ann has gone back to school at the college across the river in Pineville. All four
gir ls are in the same grade school this
year. (How about that!) "
JAMES A . SMEJKAL moved to 1212
North Bay Drive, North Bend, Oregon in
January, 1969 to manage small veneer
plant and logging operations in Southwestern Oregon for the Murphy Company.
He says: " Call or stop by the plant in
Myrtle Point anytime. The FERNHOPPER
MAT is always out. "
T. N. STRINGER reports: Forester Special
Projects, MacMillan
Bloede l Ltd.
Activities of past year include several trips
to eastern Canada to carry out feasibility
studies and a one-month trip to Russia
and Sweden to view Forest Industries
there.
RICHARD D. ZECHENTMAYER is sti ll
managing to hold down the job of Other
Resource Forester on the Cottage Grove
Ranger Distr ict, Umpqua NF. He reports:
" The fami ly still includes the Wile and
two girls, all of whom are keer;>ing busy
in town. I manage to see qu1te a few
Fernhoppers here in town and around, but
always like to see more. Looking forward
to Fernhopper Day."
flying over lots of very scenic country.
5. And it is still raining. Come up and say
hello."
1959
ROBERT L. IRWIN writes: "I met guys
in the service who denied the existence
of anyth ing outside the Willamette Valley.
These were the ones who rode their b 'kes
to schoo l in the rain - wearing Hawai'an
sh irts ! Wish they were here! I'm Fire
Control Officer of the Sequo:a NF in
Porterville, Calif. and we really are enjoying ourselves. It only rains 7 inches a
year here. We see the sun and dry so :l
(bet you don't know what that is) a lot.
Wife, Jean, and so n, Rob, both started
school this year. Jean will shoot for a
degree in Sociology.
Daughters, Linda
and Donna, are halfway through high
sc hool and drawing boys around like
flies. After 10 years, I'd say Robinson,
Ferrell and Randall were the most farseeing and practical Profs that I had."
GARY L. ADAMS says: " This year has
been an interesting and cha llenging one
from the work standpoint. I am assigned
as leader for the Wenatchee NF Land
Classlficat:on project. This is the pilot
project for Reg ion 6 and the Wenatchee
is the 'guinea pig'. We hope to accelerate
our land adjustment program as a result
of this study."
STEWART H. AVERY is still working for
BLM in Roseburg. He cha nged from District Engineer to Resource Manager.
CHUCK BERNERT writes: "No great
personal changes for the year. My family
I'm
remains three in number, all well.
still with Wood Tek, Inc. in Albany. We
are now a public corporation trading all
over the country. L ook for us and stop
by and see us."
CARL M. BERNTSEN was recently reassigned from the Washington, D.C. office
to the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
Experiment Stat ion at Fort Collins, Colo.
Present position is Assistant Director of
Timber Management, Forest Disease, and
Forest Insect Research. He says: "My
job, a new home, and a new territory all
point to anothe r interesting tour of duty.
A recent visit to Swede n's forest lands
and forest industries provided a preview
of what may be in store for the U.S. as
we head toward intensive management of
our forest lands."
VERNE V. CHURCH , JR. has been
Assistan t Sales Manager for Hampton
Lumber for the past 5 years. He writes:
"The highlight of the past year was a
5-day p ack trip through the Olympic
National Park. There still seems to be
plenty of "Wilderness", especially when
wal king. The golf game st ill hovers in
the mid-80's-only way I can get a 79 is
to "take " those five-foot side hill downhill putts."
TOM CODY, SR. reports: "This sho uld
be a surprise to all my old "buddies"for I'm still living and enjoying every
minute of it. We are finally getting to the
r;nal stages of our new home though we
have been ' in ' for just over a year. It is at
the same location just an expansion
project. I am now teaching Forestry at
MI. Hood Community College full-time and
co ntrary to the opi nion of some, the young
people in class are ve ry sincere. Anytime
you are in the west hills of Portland,
please drop in ; Dorothy and I would be
g lad to see you."
FRED LaBAR has been ass'gned to the
Ashley NF since April 1964. He is present ly assigned to the Lucerne Division of
the Flaming Gorge National Recreatior.
Area. He writes: "Last October saw my
bachelorhood days end. The cause of it
all was a fair lady from Salt Lake City
named Ruth. Since I'm in the recreation
bus iness, and if it's recreation you 're looking for - stop by. The oft:ce and residence are located at Manila, Utah."
JIM LUCKERT was recently promoted to
production manager of a new paper sheet
finishing plant located in Normal, Ill. The
company is Union Camp Corp. He has
been an industrial engineer at Union
Camp's paper m ill in Franklin, Va . for the
past 2112 years.
WILSON L. MACKENZiE says: "Spent
most of 1968 and part of 1989 working
on a Bagasse Board Plant, Jamaica, West
Indies.
Enjoyed the year very much.
Fore ign countries are a challenge , especially the developing ones. Toured Europe
after Jamaica, and now am settled in
Roseburg working for Doug las Fir Plywood Company Flakeboard Plant. "
CHARLES H. MARTIN just accepted a
job as Marketing Service Manager of
Omark Industry's Oregon Saw Chain
Division.
He will be headquartered in
Portland and will be traveling world-wide.
BOYD R. McCALL says: "I am Area
Engineer for Weyerhaeuser. Our girls are
now, Marilee - 51!2 years and Sherr i 4 years old. We just adopted a little boy
Russell Mathew, who is 10 montl1s
old."
DARREL D. NICHOLAS writes : "Have
been in the land o f Aloha for 3 years now
and still enjoy th e perpetual summer. My
work consists of problems, problems, and
more problems along with a little research.
Stop by and say hello if you are over this
way; bring lots of the green stuff and we
will all have a good time. "
JIM DOLAN says:
" No change from
last year, unfortunately. However, hopes
are still bright for some moves. In the
meantime, John Day is a good place to
live and I'll prove it to anyone who will
stop by. My wife still has one husband
and two kids. "
KENNETH FALLON reports:
" All is
well at 3434 West Devils Lake Road, Lincoln City, Oregon. All goes well during
the beautiful Oregon weather, but alas
the other nine months!"
GILBERT F. OEKERMAN reports: "In
June of this year I will have been with
the American Plywood Ass'n. 10 years. I
am c urrently managing their lab at Vancouver, Washington. "
RONALD C. GALDABIN I says:
sti ll . . . 1. St ill in Ketchikan. 2.
gaged in pushing limber. 3. Still
excellent fishing and hunting.
CLINTON M. PETERSON says: " I am
still working on the Wallowa-Whitman NF
as Project Engineer for the Enterprise
area. We started building a new home
"We are
Stil l enenjoying
4. Still
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and will be moved in sometime around
Christmas.
It is a do-it-yourself project
and was a lot of hard work. Anyone who
would like to snowmobile to Hat Point just
look us up. We know the way and just
need an excuse to go."
KENNETH D. RAMSING writes: "I am
still teaching Operations Management and
assume the duties of Associate Director
of Forest Industries Management Center
at the Universtiy of Oregon. My family
and I will be in The Netherlands for one
year commencing July 1970. I will be
teaching in an exchange prog ram under
the direction of the U of 0. I will try to
look up OSU alumni in Europe if names
are given to me."
DAVE RINELL writes:
"I have now
comp leted 10 years in Hawaii. I recently
left Honolulu Wood Treating Company to
go with Tl1eo. H. Davies & Co. My job
consists of marketing the production of
Hawaii's only plywood mill. I would like
to hear from any Fernhoppers who may
be passing through Hawaii."
CHARLES F. SWITZER is presently
assigned as Training and Systems Coordinator, Branch of Manpower Development,
Denver Service Center, BLM. His new
address is: 1810 Iris Street, Lakewood,
Colo.
1960
CHUCK DERIDDER writes:
" I'm still
with the USFS in the Portland office. My
main job is in Organization Development
or Managing Development.
I find this
extremely interesting and personally rewarding. I visited campus in November
and chatted with Bill and John. Oh, I did
drive past the "BIG HOLE IN THE
GROUND" - site of the new building!!"
GEORGE H. FARR writes: "We have
another baby boy, making three. I visited
Oregon in April but am too deeply in business in Massachusetts to up anchor at
this time. Still build ing houses and developing land I own some 350 acres,
and my pet peeve is conservation men
now."
RAY HOLMSEN is still holding the job
of Administrative Officer for the Alaska
National Guard in Anchorage. One more
addition to the family in June (a baby
girl) brings the total to two children now.
He was promoted to Major in 1969 also.
He writes: "Contrary to what the papers
indicate, our home plumbing is not yet
carrying crude oi l up here, but we are
looking forward to a big development of
this country in the near future with the
new oil fields. If anyone gets up this way
give us a call."
DUANE G. TUCKER says: "Have moved
to Portland. Now assigned to the Division
of Watershed Management, Regional Office, USFS. The fami ly now consists of
my wife, myself, and three sons. We are
enjoying the return to city life after 10
years of small town ranger station living.
I enjoy receiving the yearly Newsletter."
JOSEPH D. KASILE says:
" The big
event for this year will be running in the
Boston marathon have already run in
a couple of 10-mile races. I spent 8 weeks
working with military intelligence and
teaching at the intelligence school this
past summer. Still teaching foresters
how not to l ie with statistics here in Syracuse."
ED VAN ZANDT reports: "This writing
finds the Van Zandts continuing to enjoy
the fine southern style of living here in
Mississippi working for Weyerhaeuser
Company. If my five year old daughter's
accent was used as a measuring stick, we
would be old natives of the Deep South.
I am now Mississippi-Alabama Area Raw
Material Manager and finding my new
position enjoyable and challenging."
MONROE (KIM) KIMSEY is still with the
Shasta-Tri nity NF as Forest Fire Control
Officer at Redding, Calif. He writes:
"Stop by and say hello."
DALE A. WOOD reports: "Activity has
picked up at Woodacres since June 19
when our twin daughters, Laurie and Sara,
arrived.
We're asking oursleves what
people that just have o ne baby must do
w ith all their spare time! We've taken our
"instant family" out in the camper a
couple of t:mes and survived . At this
p oint we may not be too well organized
. . . but we'll challenge anyone to a
diap ering contest."
RICHARD A. WILLIAMS writes: " The
past year was rather productive for me.
Obtained California registration as a Civil
Engineer; spent nine weeks flying around
Central and South America in a Piper
super cub; and followed a 15-story bank
bu ilding up from foundation to roof in
Berkeley. If you care for riots we have
the best grandstand going; if you prefer
coffee the pot is always on the fire. When
in Berkeley say hello at the corner of
Shattuck and Center."
ED ZONTEK writes: " Moved again
to Roseburg this time. My address is 416
W. Bellows. My wife, Jeri, gradu ated from
nursing school in Tacoma last June. I'm
w ith the BLM. The we lcome mat is out."
RICHAHD LILJA reports : "We have
moved again. Our new home is located
at 2500 McMillan in Eugene. I now commute to Lowell where I am the Other Reso urces Ass't. on the Lowell Ranger District. My wife, Irene, will finally graduate
from Oregon this year. Hope to stay put
until then."
C. PRICHANANDA received his Ph.D.
from the State University of New York
College of Forestry in June, 1966. His
latest add ress is: College of Forestry,
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
BARRAT G. SCOTT writes: "I have
b een serving as a Neighborhood Commissioner in the Boy Scout movement for the
past year. Last August I attended a oneweek Regional Wood Badge Camp for
trainers near Olympia, Wash. This fall I
am leading a seven-week training course
for Scoutmasters and other troop scouters. I am still Allegany District Logging
Engineer for Weyerhaeuser Company and
live with my wife, Adele, two step sons, 15
and 13, and daughter 2, in Coos Bay."
DAVID C. SMITH is living in Portland.
He says: " I have two children, Scott 6,
Doug 3. Have had my own business since
1965, Consulting Photogrammetrist, and
presently have a staff of 5 working full
time, and about 3 or 4 part lime. We are
doing topographic mapping for engineering work. We have two stereo plotters,
photo lab equip, field survey crew and
other miscellaneous tools of the trade.
Also, have been teaching photogrammetry
at Portland State College for the last 3
years. "
CHARLES L. STODDARD is Technical
Director, L. D. McFarland Co., Sand Point,
Idaho. His address is P. 0. Box 670.
OLAF A. J. THINGVALL writes: "Our
family has expanded to four this past
year.
In May we adopted our second
boy, Todd Olaf. Jon is a 4-year-old. I
am still working for the USFS here in
Bend. We live at 664 East 12th. Drop in
when in the beautiful Central Oregon
area."
CHARLES H. TIMBERMAN lives at 1402
He is District
Timber Assistant of the La Grande Ranger
District, Wallowa-Whitman NF.
" 0", La Grande, Oregon.
FLOYD VANDERVELDEN says: "This
is my fourth year in Coos Bay working for
the BLM. I have left engineering and am
busy working in T imber Sales. The children are all in school, at last. Half of them
are teenagers (13, 15, and 17). We have
been fortunate this year with no s ickness.
We are fortunate to get our deer, and after
5 years, an elk. Since we hunt mushrooms all of the time, we can really enjoy
a gourmet dinner - wild mushrooms, elk
and/or venison."
DAVID W. VANDYKE is presently employed with the Dept. of Natural Resources, State of Washington as Management Forester on the Central Supervisory
Staff. He says: "I work with the Chehalis,
Elbe, Ellensburg , and Enumclaw Districts
on Timber Sale activities.
We have 4
ch ildren, 3 girls and 1 boy. We are f inishing and landscaping our new home
this year, and w ill be busy with it next
summer too."
1961
MATT R. AN DERSON is still with the
Washington Forest Protection Ass'n. in
Seattle. He says: "There have been a
couple of changes, however, which may
be worthy of note. A beaut iful daughter,
Tamara Lynn, joined the Anderson family
last February.
Secondly, the job with
WFPA has been changed to Director of
Public Affairs. The primary area of
activ ity is the strange and wonderful
world of the state legislature."
ROBERT L. BARSTAD is still District
Ranger on the Bear Springs District of the
MI. Hood NF. Terri is teaching kindergarten at Warm Springs and really has her
hands full. Greg is in the second grade
and is doing quite well. Kristin is three
now and is getting to be quite a little
lady. Hope to see more of you on Fernhopper Day this year.
ROGER S. BRASSFIELD says:
"We
are still living in Novato, Calif., and I am
nearing the end of the fifth year of commuting to San Francisco. Most of this
time has been spent working on the
design and construction of the S.F. Bay
area rapid transit system. This is a huge
complex project , but quite interesting. We
would like to see anyone passing through
the area."
ROBERT M. CRON writes: "Jane and
I are beginning our second year in "good
ole Camptenville". Can 't find it on your
map? Look east of Marysville on Hwy. 49.
New Bullards Bar Dam is nearing completion here and will soon begin to draw
the recreating public. Getting ready for
all those people plus other District activities keeps me busy. Stop by for a visit
when you're down our way."
HARRY C. DANO reports: "I am Watershed and Recreation Supervisor for East
Bay Municipal Utility District stationed at
Lafayette, Calif. The wife and family are
all well and happy and looking forward to
friends dropping in. If you get down this
way look us up the coffee is always
on."
HUGH C. EDDY tells us: "The four of
us Eddys are still living in Oklahoma City.
This is my last year of medical school and
I will be starting my internship in July.
Just where that will be I have not yet decided but perhaps, back on the west
coast."
ROBERT L. EDWARDS says:
"Home
for us (wife, 2 boys, 1 daughter) is still
Olympia. My work with the State Dept. of
Natural Resources is moving more into the
area of operations research. Developing
and designing information systems for
administrative and operational needs is
interesting and challenging. Am finding
the applicat ion of data analysis in forest
(resource) management a rapidly expanding career. Care to join a campaign to
eliminate some of the jargon and communication gaps between foresters and
forest scientists?"
NORM EVELETH writes: "Greetings to
all. The family and I reside in Shelton,
Wash., where I am Personnel Representative Timberlands for Simpson Timber
Co. Moved from Forestry to Pe rson nel
two years ago and acquired respo nsibility
for all personnel functions affecting Simpso n's logging, railroad, boom, shop and
forestry departments. Found a gold mine
of problems. Sti ll feel like a forester
(except for my changed opinion of Personnel people). Stop in some time. Hope
to see you all at the Fernhopper Banquet."
WINSTON D. BENTLEY writes:
"We
are still in the same house in the beautiful
city of Chelan. In December we adopted
twins, a boy and a girl, Robert Aaron
"Bobby" and Roby Anne. They join our
daughter, Becky, who is 6 years old. We
are delighted with our big family but it
will take a while to adjust, for all of us."
JOSE M. GONZALEZ says: "I am working at the Canary Islands as Chief Forester
in charge of the reforestation works. I am
married with two children and happy to
hear good news from OSU. Someday I
should like to come back to Corvallis. My
new address is: Box 691, Santa Cruz de
Tenerife, Spa in. My best wishes to all of
my classmates!"
GARY BLANCHARD reports: "Not much
new has happened this past year.
Still
have the same job with Starker Forests
and have the same address. Hope to see
you all at the Fernhopper Banquet. Stop
in if you get a chance - the coffee's always on."
LARRY GOODMAN says: " Hil Nancy
and I are still at home in Forks, Wash. I
am back in engineering now, working with
contractors, for the State of Wash., Dept.
of National Resources. We paved 5 miles
of logging road this summer, and another
25
.
- -
permanent concrete bridge was added to
the system. Stop by and see us if you're
up this way."
W. MICHAEL GRIGGS writes:
"After
my transfer to Sultana as Management
Assistant in November '68, we settled more
permanently in a new home we had built
near Monroe. Painting inside and out
soon followed, along with putting in the
yard.
Our second, Shannon Carol , arrived in February, so Sara was kept plenty
busy washing both paint brushes and diapers. Trips to San Antonio, Texas and
Phoenix with the Army Reserves and to
Wyoming on a hunting vacation took up
the remaining spare time and broke the
routine. Looking forward to elk season
now."
DICK HOLMES writes: "The situation
is very similar to last year at this time.
The entire family, Marge, Jenny 10, and
Charl ie 5, went on a trial hiking-camping
expedition this summer and all had a good
time.
Summer vacation problems are
solved from now on! I am still with Publisners Paper Co . at Oregon City."
CLIFFORD W. MANN tells us: "Sandy,
Michelle and I are still in North Bend. I
am still working with the Oregon State
Dept. of Forestry on the Elliott State Forest.
Michelle was born in December,
1968 and we sure are enjoying her. We
are getting used to the Coos Bay coastal
weather."
RAYS. PAGE says: "Still holding down
the fort as District Ranger, Tusyan District,
Kaibab NF, next door to the Grand Canyon
National Park. Was la:d up most of the
summer with a broken leg as a result of
playing cowboy with a green broken horse
early in May."
BOB SCHULTZ says: "I was pleased
to visit with a number of former Fernhoppers at the 1969 National Convention
in Miami. It brought back a lot of treasured memories. My wife (Pauline) and
two girls (Karen and Kay) and I live in
Lake City, Florida maximum elevation
300 feet, which is sure a far cry from the
western mountains. We enjoy camping,
swimming, and shelling along both the
gulf and Atlantic coasts. I am Principal
Plant Physiologist with the Southeastern
Forest Experiment Station.
My work is
mainly basic research dealing with the
ecological changes associated with site
preparation. We would be happy to have
any of you "snow birds" drop in for a
visit on your way to a south Florida vacation."
DICK WAKELEY tells us: "I am still
with Weyerhaeuser Co., Timberlands Division where I am the Field Supervisor of
the Forest Inventory and Regeneration
System. I still have one wife, two kids,
one dog (who is expecting) , and two cats
(who aren 't expecting, I hope). Hope to
be there for Fernhopper Day."
MARSHALL D. SANDERS reports: "Recently returned to the Northwest after a
3-year stay in Minnesota. One addition
to the family, a son, Erick, adopted in
May. I am presently assigned to Timber
Lake Job Corps Conservation Center, Mt.
Hood NF as Administrative Officer. "
1962
ROBERT A. BOYD is working for BoiseCascade.
He lives at 2742 McKinney,
Boise, Idaho, 83704.
DENNIS J. CAIRO says:
"We were
transferred to Bellingham, Wash. in June
as Transportation Planner for the Mt.
Baker National Forest. This is the first
Forest Service engineering job I've seen
which integrates nearly all of the Forest
Engineering curriculum in one place.
Fernhoppers abound in this neighborhood."
TOM CHRISTIAN writes: "Shortly after
graduation I began a 5-year tour of military duty as a Navy pilot. After training
I was based at Whidbey Island, Wash. for
3 years, and made two deployments to
Vietnam and Southeast Asia. In 1968 I
started flying as a commercial pilot for
Northwest Orient Airlines, in Minneapolis.
I met my wife, Sue, at Oregon State ; we
were married in 1963, and have one son
a year old. We are looking forward to
permanent assignment in Seattle next
year."
WALTER COWAN is still working for
Weyerhaeuser as a logging foreman at
the Springfield operation. He reports: " I
missed last year's banquet, but hope to
renew old friendships at The Peacock
this year."
LARRY CRON tells us: "This has been
a great year for us with the arrival of
Michelle Lynne, March 12, 1969. We are
still in Hayfork and plan to be here awhile
since my job was upgraded this summer.
There are quite a few OSU grads down
here when you really start lookmg around.
Hope any old friends and classmates will
stop by, call, or write, if you get down
this way."
DONALD H. DOYLE reports: "After
spending two years at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
and two years at the Wolf Creek Job Corps
Center I am now with the USFS at Tiller,
Oregon. Family: wife Mary Ann, and two
dogs. "
GENE A. FAGERNESS now lives at 1735
Pine Street, Snohomish, Wash. 98290. He
writes: "I am employed as an Instructor
in forestry at Everett Community College.
It is quite a change from the brush to tne
classroom but very enjoyable. "
JIM FULLER says:
" We still live in
Corvallis, but a different house. I still
have the same employer, CH2M, and a
new family addition that makes two
boys. My work continues to be varied
and interesting. We have occasional gettogethers to cross country skiing and a
hike across the Sisters Wilderness Area.
I am looking forward to more excursions
in the coming year. "
ARNOLD B. HARMSEN is still living in
Du rango, Colorado, with the same job and
family.
JOSEPH J. HOLMBERG reports: " Am
working for a water development agency
(Bureau of Reclamation). Many interestIng conflicts arise between resource
ut11 ization and preservation groups, with
our Bureau getting pressured from both
sides. My job as an interagency and
interdisciplinary coordinator is to attempt
to achieve the best solution w.th the least
detrimental effect on the environment."
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JAMES R. HOWLAND's new address is
2775 Cassina Court, Eugene, Oregon
97402.
FRED G. MALLORY tells us:
" Still
working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Jason,
our first grader, learns the depths of his
parents ' ignorance while preschooler, Eric,
listens in awed fascination to big brother's
first grade adventures, and "teacher",
source of all knowledge, dispenses exotic
tales of Dick and Jane. "
LELAND L. MYERS says: "I hope to
never report what I must again this year.
Another addition to the family. We now
have four little ones, two girls and two
boys . Everybody is healthy and happy.
Business has been good this year and has
been a very pleasant change of circumstances."
ORIN F. PALMER reports: "I am still
District Ranger on the Butte Falls Ranger
District, Rogue River NF. My wife, Betty,
and I had a busy summer with baseball
with four sons getting the right age to
really get us involved in Babe Ruth and
little league. It has been a good year and
a busy one on the District. We had a
number of welcome visits by OSU alums
this summer, including Doug and Bev Barton and family from Arizona, Jack Carter
from Berkeley, Art Kennedy from Pennsylvania, and many from the old home state.
I would like to extend an invitation to all
our friends to stop in and see us at Butte
Falls."
R. BROOKS SIBLEY says:
"I am a
member of the Forestry program staff
within the School of Natural Resources,
Humboldt State College, Arcata, Calif. I
am teaching Forest Engineering and will
be moving into the area of Forest Protection next fall. I hope to finalize my
dissertation draft in the near future and
complete my Ph.D. work at the Universtiy
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, by January 1971."
ROBERT SNYDER is in College, Alaska,
99701 at P. 0. Box 5-247. He writes: "We
are still at the University of Alaska and
observing first-hand a minor economic
boom with some spillover into forestryrelated activities."
EARL SPANGENBERG writes:
"I am
still plugging away at Colorado State U hope to finish all work on my Ph.D. by
December. Unless something else red hot
comes up before January, I should be in
Pendleton with the USFS as a Forest
Hydrologist starting the first of the year.
The family is fine, young Eric is talking
an unintelligible blue streak. We're lookIng forward to getting to the Northwest,
and we will be glad to see any of you
passing thru Pendleton when we get
there ."
1963
BOB SALINGER says: "For the past
1 V2 years I've been working for Simpson
Timber Company in their Fabricated Products Division. We make flush doors,
decorative panels for furniture parts , and
other spec ialty wood products. My present job is production superintendent. The
family includes wife , Susan, son Ben 3V2
years, and daughter Jennifer 10 months.
We live at 7710 SW 49th , Portland."
TIM CA MPBELL reports: "Since school:
4 years USAF, Civil Engineering offered
in Maine, Ohio , and Arizona; planning and
design work.
I joined Western Kraft
Corp. in 1967 as Engineer in Albany mill;
presently Plant Manager of Corrugated
Container Division of the Beaverton site.
Family: married, 2 children. I like to fish
and play golf. "
JACK DAVIS is still in Hines, Oregon
working for the USFS. The wife and family are the same as last year and healthy
in the Eastern Oregon sunshine . He hopes
to be at Fernhopper Day again in February to see his friends.
BOB DUNN writes: " I am still attending
the U of 0 . I have begun working toward
a DBA in international marketing with a
concentraton in forest industries marketing. I intend to enter college teaching
ultimately. In November, Diane, the kids ,
and I will move into our new house at
550 E. 50th Avenue , Eugene. Our doors
will always be open to any wandering
Fernhoppers."
DEAN FORD (originally Class of '41)
says: "I am still at Redmond Air Center
trying to help Uncle Sam keep the forest
The family is all grown
fires put out.
except for one boy in high school. "
RALPH GIUFFRE writes:
" I recently
moved to La Grande where I supervise
contract road construction for Boise-Cascade. I am now married to the former
Mahalia Johnson of Baton Rouge, La."
JAMES A. GOAD is Superintendent of
Logging at Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., in Bend,
Oregon.
BRUCE D. GOLDSON reports:
" My
wife , Barbara, and I have a home in West
Portland and I have been employed for
the past 2V2 years by Pettijohn Engineering Co. My work is split about half field
and office. In the office I do most of my
comput:ng on the company's IBM 1620.
Th is machine can handle problems like
line-to-l :ne intersections in a matter of
seconds ; sure beats doing it by hand."
RUSSELL D. HENDRICKS was employed
from January 1968 to June 1969 as a Surveyor for Hutchinson Sugar Company,
Naakhu, Hawaii (Big Isle); from June 1969
to the present as Forest Consultant working for Jackson-Prochneau, Albany, Oregon.
PAUL HIGBY says: "I am working in
log procurement and land management
for Collins Pine Company's Pennsylvania
operat'ons. We are presently acquiring
lands and learning as much as we can
from the mill (purchased 3 years ago) to
help us make future plans. My wife (Beth
Judd, OSU '63) and I have two boys Aaron 3 years, and Brian 10 months. We
are both working w ith Scouts and spend
most of our "free " time working around
the house. "
CLAUDE C. McLEAN tells us: " I'm
still Resale Forester with the USFS, Alsea,
Oregon. I was married December 7, 1968.
Linda and I are now living at 5124 N.W.
30th, Corvallis. "
LAWi\ENCE 0. McMINIMY reports: " I
am presently living in Lewiston, Idaho
with my wife, Carol, and newly adopted
son, Mark. We live at 622 D, Beyden
Drive, Lew;ston , Idaho. I am a Research
Wood Technologist for Potlach and work
on finishes evaluation, sources of raw
materials, treating studies, laminated products studies plus sales service work at
times. "
THOMAS H. MEHL Ill says: " I married
the former Linda Dean and we have two
children ; Thomas Bradley, and Tricia
Lynne . We reside in Grants Pass, Oregon.
I 'm the Assistant Manager of the Robert
Dollar Company at Glendale, Oregon.
The Oregon National Guard fills in my
schedule as Company C:>mmander at
Grants Pass.
My club activit ies and
hobbies include: Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon, Oregon Tree Farm
Association (where I serve on the Board
of Trustees). B.P.O. Elks, and hunting
elk and deer."
BARRITT NEAL reports: " I am presently Associate Ranger in the Calaveras
Ranger Unit of the Cal :f. Division of Forestry. Our headquarters is San Andreas,
which l ies in the Motherlode Country,
southeast of Sacramento."
G. LYNN SPRAGUE was promoted to
D'strict Ranger, Jackson Ranger District,
Teton NF in February 1969. He writes:
"Added one more tax deduction in June,
1968 - Joseph Andrew. Plan your vacation for Jackson Hole and come and
see us! "
ROBERT L. THRUSH says: "In March
1969 I accepted a forester position witl1
Boise-Cascade Corporation in Medford. I
had worked with Weyerhaeuser Company
in Springfield for over one year after
returning from the service . My work here
is varied because of little specialization
among the forestry staff and is very interesting. The environomental conditions of
this area provide challenging work for
foresters."
RONALD W. VANDOMELJN reports:
" A.m currently Project Engineer in Eugene
BLM and have been with BLM for 7 years
now. Everyone in the family except
Felice is in school now. Ronnie , Jr. (4)
will complete his third year at Eugene
Hearing and Speech Center in January
1970.
Although profoundly deaf he is
making excellent progress in lipreading
8.nd speech. Beth (7) and Amy (6) are in
St. Mary's grade school. I am taking 8
credits at Lane Community College evenings, in their Civil Structural Engineering
Techn ician program. It's a rough shuffle
to get back to the books. We are expecting tax deduction number 4 about the first
of November."
DAVID D. WILEY says: "A big Howdy
all around. I'm with the First Air Cavalry
Div:sion here in Vietnam. My job: Assistant Operations Officer, Divis ion Artillery.
After six months with the 1st Battalion,
21st Artillery out in the brush, I'm now
in the " rear" at Phuoc Vinh. Wish you
ware here. Ha! Ha! "
1964
CARROLL
D.
CROPLEY
reports:
" Th.ngs have been movi ng smoothly this
year. I am still employed by the Dept. of
Revenue , State of Oregon, assigned to
Douglas County. The Douglas County
T imber Reappraisal is about a sixth completed. Vicky, Chad , and Janie are all in
good health and happy."
STEPHEN A. FITCH says: " The outdoor recreation tidal wave passed through
the Arrowhead Ranger District last year in
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the form of 4V2 million visitors! Quite a
challenge to Recreation Officer Fitch
who 's becoming a believer in birth control. Incidentally, our second boy, Eric,
has arrived. "
JOHN C. FLANAGAN tells us: "I completed my graduate education and received a Master of Social Work degree
this June. I am presently employed as a
caseworker for Family Counseling Service,
a UGN agency. Daughter, Heather, born
August 3, 1969, is doing well."
JOHN W. GIVENS was released from
the Army January 1969 after returning
from Vietnam. He is now at the U of 0
in Forest Industries Management program
and should get his MBA in June 1970.
TOM HINTHORNE writes: " Just added
a young 'un to the family. Still living in
Eugene and trying to write a thesis for a
DBA while working as a commodities
broker for Rittenhouse Investments, a Chicago-based commodity brokerage house. "
BERT L. HOCKETT tells us: "I 'm still
forester for Edward Hines Lumber Co. ,
Westfir Division. Judy has been working
toward her Masters degree in education
by taking extension courses. My daughters, Amy 3, and Heather 2, will be joined
by a new brother or s ister in May. We
enjoy the Oakridge area. If you want to
see some good country, drive up somet ime. "
F. DOUGLAS HOCKETT is a forester for
Anderson-M iddleton Lumber and Log Export Company in Hoquiam , Washington.
He resides in Aberdeen with his wife and
two children.
RAYMOND E. JACKMAN reports:
"I
have been promoted to Forester II in
charge of demonstration and experimentation on Jackson State Forest, near Fort
Bragg, Calif. This position also makes
me assistant manager of the forest. In
addition, we gained a new son , Rex, in
January. It's been a good year. "
MICHAEL D. JACKSON says: " I married an Olympia, Washington girl, Marilyn
Daly in April 1969. Working for Dept. of
Natural Resources out of Olympia. A few
Fernhoppers have migrated northward so
I see some familiar faces once in awhile. "
ALAN F. NICHOLS has been appointed
to the position of Manager, Kitimat Logging Division , of the Eurocan Pulp and
Paper Co. Ltd. Since moving to TerraceThornhill, B.C. AI and his wife, Marlene,
have become active in community projects
and church work. They have two children
and make their home at 1713 Queensway.
CURTIS J. PASKETT says: "Have
spent an enjoyable summer running a Forest Service patrol boat on the Salmon
River in Idaho. The monastic way of life
continues, but has been quite a blast.
January should see me in school again
studying languages and such. Any hints
as to how to tie it to forestry are more
than welcome. "
ROBERT D. PFISTER reports: "Have
been at Forestry Sciences Lab for the last
2 Y2 years as project leader of Western
Larch and Engelmann Spruce silviculture
work un it. Marietta and the 3 boys, Gregg
9, Alan 7, and Mark 2, are enjoying Missoula and the opportunities of Western
Montana."
.E. W. (JERRY) REYNOLDS tells us:
"Nothing new to add still on Hawaii's
"Garden Island" doing my thing! - shepherding three Episcopal and Philippine
Independent Churches. If you can float
me some lumber, I'd appreciate it . . . it's
so expensive here that I can't afford
toothpicks."
KIRBY W. SCHWINCK writes:
"I am
still employed by the USFS in the Southwestern Region. My wife, Linda, and
daughter, Gretchen, and myself have been
living at Chevelon Ranger Station on the
Sitgreaves NF for the past two years. We
had a son, Karl, July 27, 1969, which was
our biggest event this year. When any
OSU forestry alumni are in Arizona stop
by. "
CURT STONE is a Forester for Ellingson
Timber Company, Baker, Oregon. He
says: "My wife and I bought some timber
land of our own this year. Have spent
most weekends doing stand improvement
work.
It has been hard but satisfying
work."
R. V. TARAS says: "Ah! what has happened this year! It could have been a
little history-making with my employerUnited Air Lines. It seems United Air Lines
is the last major scheduled airl ine to fly
piston D-6 aircraft. There are three piston
aircraft left; I have been flying these aircraft between San Francisco and Salt Lake
City with picturesque stops at El ko and
Ely, Nevada. Although I am traveling a
lot as a pilot, my wife and I took a little
time out to see Copenhagen , Brussels,
Helsinki, and London th !s year. We hope
to end the year with a trip to Sydney and
London."
JOHN H. THOMPSON reports:
" I'm
still with the Forest Service, but transferred from the Willamette National Forest
to the Rogue River National Forest the
first of October. The family consists of
my wife, Charlene, daughter , Tracey, and
dog, Andre."
MICHAEL D. WIRTZ says: "I have been
stationed on the Jemez District of the
Santa Fe for over 2V2 years. I work in
Recreation, Fire , Lands, and Minerals.
This is spectacular country, 60 miles out
of Albuquerque, giving us a heavy recreation load. Sharon and I like to hike and
explore Indian ruins . She packs Carla
(11 months) in a jerry carrier. Brian, 2V2,
climbs in his pack when his legs give
out. There is year-around fishing close
so we eat a lot of trout."
GENE ZI MMERMAN is still living in Pendleton and working for the Forest Service.
He writes: " I am the Resource Assistant
on the Pendleton R.D. and work in range,
wildlife, watershed, recreation , special
uses, R-O-W's, and erosion control. Spend
my spare time water skiing, trap shooting,
and l1unting.
Also trying my hand at
snow skiing.
Sti ll footloose and fancy
free."
PETE M. BOND is still with M&B at the
Juskatala Division as Woods Area Foreman. He says: " Things are going good
with use of access logging, grapple yarder
and Hi-lead grapple yarding. Just returned from my annual hunting trip and
got a trophy moose, caribou , mountain
goat, and 1,000 pounds of meat for next
year. Hoping for a transfer next year
from these isolated Queen Charlotte Islands. Planning a trip presently with the
wife to Mexico or thereabouts."
ALAN DEFLER says: "We are enjoying
our second year on the Flathead Forest
here at Whitefish, Montana. We live
within 50 miles of Glacier Park, Canada ,
and the Bob Marshall Wilderness area, so
things are always hopping. Just wish we
could visit with more Oregon Staters.
Fernhoppers are few and far between in
this country."
STEVE DREW writes: " This past summer I was describing various stands of
old-growth Douglas-fir in the Coast Range
as part of my work on a thesis. Not too
many left.
In about a year I hope to
graduate with the "3rd degree" in Plant
Ecology. Am living in a real nice private
house near campus ."
ALEXANDER T. ERICKSON tells us: "I
am facing new challenges in my present
position as District Ranger on the Glade
District, San Juan NF. In some instances
those challenges have proven to ba "gastronomical " but I am confident that as time
passes proficiency will increase and tensions will decrease proportionately.
My
recent trip to the Pacific Northwest was
a pleasant "home coming "; however, few
places will compare to the Central Rockies here in Colorado. I am willing to serve
as a one-man chamber of commerce to
anyone stopping by."
IRL H. EVEREST says: "We have just
been transferred to the Big Bend District
on the Tahoe National Forest from the
Hayfork District on the Shasta-Trinity
National Forest. I have been promoted
to Timber Management Assistant. A new
addition, Dwight Alan , entered the family
in March. He and big brother, Loren 2V2 ,
are enjoying each other like two brothers. "
J. B. GUY GIBSON's new address is:
7908 Rancho Fauita, Sp. 66 , Santee,
California 92071.
LARRY G. HAFFNER writes:
"Joined
the Air Force in January 1969 and attended
Officers Training School in Texas. I'm
now living in Valdosta, Georgia with Pat
and our two boys, Steve and Sean, while
working toward my pilot wings in the Air
Force. I 'm currently starting my second
phase of training in the supersonic T-38.
,, eally enjoy the flying but must confess
I miss Oregon and the open timber. The
A :r Force isn't the greatest t;l ing that
ever happened, but the flying sure makes
up for it."
1965
JOHN P. BLACK reports: " I'm just getting nicely settled in civilian life again, having been discharged from the U. S. Marine Corps as a Captain last May. I now
enjoy my work for International Paper Co.
in Vaughn , Oregon as an Assistant ForI'm still single, but the date is
ester.
closing in on me!"
AL HEETER reports: " I am now working as a financial analyst with Weyerhaeuser Co. in the Manufactured Panels and
Molded Products Division. I have b ee n
quite busy this past year as the company
is expanding rapidly in this product l'ne.
My wife , Beth, and daughter, Jul!e, ara
enjoying the Seattle area and we are
plann ing an active winter of skiing. "
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DAVID L. KNOWLTON (Capt.) writes:
" I'm still in the Army.
Returned from
Vietnam in February '68. Spent a year at
Ft. Gordon, Georgia. Recently graduated
from flight school, rotary wing, and now
am stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia. "
DAVE KUCERA says: "Greetings Fernhoppers.
Best wishes to everyone.
Dianne, I, and our two children are fine.
We are moving to the Portland area this
January since I have recently accepted a
position as a professional land surveyor
with an engineering consultant firm in
Beaverton.
Our forwarding address will
be 5315 SE King Road, Milwaukie, Oregon
97222."
JAMES D. LEMERY says: "After graduation I spent two years in the Peace
Corps work ing on the development of a
Forestry School in Peru. Then I spent
a year in Brookings, Oregon as a construction foreman. Last June I was marr ied and settled in Port Angeles, Wash ingPresently I am wor king on forest
ton.
road construction. "
JOHN H. McGhehey writes: "After
spending 2 years in Alberta working for
the Canadian government in forest entomology, we moved to Philomath, Oregon,
where I went to work for the Oregon State
Dept. of Forestry. We are presently living
in Astoria. I have 2 children , Julie 4 years,
and Johnny 2 years."
JOHN T. PETERSON tells us: " Myself
and family enjoying Canada. Have recently
been moved and I am now the Assistant
Engineer at Shawnigan Division, MacMillan
Bloedel, Ltd."
KONG SAROM says: " Hi Fernhoppers!
It is ve ry nice to hear from you from time
to time. I have been regional forester for
about a month. Of course, there are more
things to do, more responsibilities . . .
but I am very pleased with my job. I
have four children: 2 boys and 2 gi rls .
That is enough, I hope. My wife, Molyse,
enjoys having the children very much,
although she is very busy with them
besides her teaching hours at school. I
send my best wishes to all my professors
and friends. "
JAMES W. SCOTT reports: " I completed my Masters degree studies at the
University of Washington and am now
working for the Washington State Parks
and Recreation Commission as a Parks
Planner. I am mainly involved with master
planning for future State parks in Washington, but a great deal of my time is
spent on related work with budget
funding, etc."
C. WYLIE SMITH te lls us: "Married
with a one-year-o ld daughter and another
child due in June.
Currently a Forest
Engineer for Coos Head Timber Company
in Coos Bay, Oregon. Will take Professional Land Surveyo rs Exam in April. I'm
currently in the process of reviving old
college notes in preparation for the exam .
Elk, deer, and duck hunting took care of
my spare time through Jan. 12."
GARY G. STRAHM writes: "Upon completion of my two-year hitch with the Army
in the summer of 1988, my wife, Sonja,
and I returned to Brookings, Oregon,
where I am employed by the USFS. As
a forester in the small sa les program on
the Chetco District of the Siskiyou NF
it is my privilege to work closely with the
new and challenging field of tanoak utilization. In addition , there are salvage
sales and appraisals to pepare . Debra
Dee, our first child , arrived July 22 and
has been keeping us hopping ever since."
JACK V. THIRGOOD says : "On University of British Columbia faculty teaching
silvicu lture and policy. I am much concerned in high elevation land reclamation
research and development in connection
with a major surface m ining development
in the East Kooteney Mountains of B.C.
Had a summer conference in Ottawa,
Pennsylvania and Alberta, e xtend ing over
into the October SAF Convention at Miami
where I met many old friends and acquaintances. I'm very squarely back in North
American domic ile. "
DAVID M. THOMPSON is employed as
a Forester for the BLM in Eugene. He
passed the test and is now a qualified
and lice nsed surveyor. He is preparing
for his Engineering In Training e xam in
the spring.
KEN TRACEY's new address is 5520
S.W. Vermont, Portland, Oregon 97219.
NORMAN E. VOGT still lives in Marysville, Wash. , and wor ks as District Forester
Skyhomish
Tree
Farm, Weyerhaeuser
Company. He says: "Not much change
this year built 20 miles of road and
logged 20 MM, all by contract. Interesting
life, th is forestry job, glad I'm in it."
DICK YUNKER is back with Simpson
Timber Company after 15 months in
Canada. They now l ive at 518 Ellinor
Avenue, Shelton, Washington 98584.
1966
CLYDE L. ANDERSON writes: " Returned from the 4th Eng. Bn., 4th Int. Div. in
the Central Highlands, Republic of Vietnam on 10-8-68.
Started work with
Weyerhaeuser Company as a Technical
Forester at Springfield , Oregon. In March,
changed to Protection Technician and
worked with this job until August. Spent
two weeks in J'une at Fort Lewis for summer camp in the Army.
In August,
changed jobs with Weyerhaeuser to " Timber L ands Safety Coordinator" at the
Springfield office. Kay is busy as a housew ife and moth er of one. We now have a
boy, Monte Lynn (2 years)."
JERRY BEHM says: "This has been a
busy year for the Behrns. I passed the
surveyors quiz last spring , my wife spent
part of the summer in Mexico doing graduate wo rk at the University of the Americas,
and in August I left the Tax Commission
and headed east. Connie and I are both
enrolled at Purdue. She is working on an
MA in teaching speech and, hopefully I
wil l get an MS in Industrial Administration
next August. I'm sorry that I' ll miss seeing
eve ryone at the Fernhopper Banquet this
year, and would enjoy hearing from any of
my friends that have better writing arms
than I do. "
JAMES W. BOOHER says: " I am still
the Assistant Contract Supervisor for
Weyerhaeuser Company here at Longview.
I moved into a new office four months ago
- it has 13,000 roug h miles on it al ready.
We bought a new home last March, so I'm
expecting to be transferred any day now."
J. KEITH SCHNARE writes: " I was
transferred to Estacada Ranger Station
USFS in May 1969. We bought a new
home in Eagle Creek near the Clackamas
River. We enjoy the fishing here and our
gardening is quite productive , too. Our
son, Jim, is one year old and quite active.
The job, the house and yard, snow skiing
and other recreation keep me busy
enough. Add one son and I'm happy!"
1967
DEL BERG received an MBA from OSU
in August, 1969 and is presently working
for Weyerhaeuser Company in Springfield.
JERRY G. BLACK writes: " I am forester for Northern Pac ific Railway Co. and
have recently been transferred from the
Longview office to the main office in
Seattle, where I live w 'th my wife, Sheryl,
and young daughter, Christine."
JERRY A. BOUCOCK says: "I on ly have
two tarms left for my MBA here at Oregon
in the Forest Industries Management
Center. After that my wife, oh yes , I got
married to a U of 0 girl this last June, still
has another six months of school, so job
opportunities are still unrecognized. I am
also a member of the Oregon National
Guard where I spent so me of my finer
moments at Ft. Lewis, Wash. this last
winter!"
PATRICK D. BROPLEH reports he was
an instructor in Forest Management in
Liberia from 1967 to 1969. He became
Acting Dean, College of Agriculture and
Forestry in May, 1969. Pat went on forestry fie ld trips to S'erra Leone in November and December 1967; to the Ivory Coast
in November and December 1968; and
January through March 1969 he attended
a Forestry Study Tour to Nigeria, Kenya,
He attended a
Tanzania and Uganda.
Forestry Education Seminar in Ghana in
July, 1969 and the FAO 15th Biennial
Conference in November 1969.
Pat's
research includes a study of growth
characteristics of Gmelina arborea, a fast
growing tropical tree species.
EVERT J. CHALLSTEDT writes: "Fellow
Fernhoppers: The trees are scarce here
off the coast of Vietnam , but am looking
forward to greener hills at the end of my
Navy enlistment - only 18 more months
to go. The slogan "See the world . . ."
isn 't a complete lie, although there certainly are easier ways of traveling. Travels
this past year have taken me to such
exotic places as Hong Kong, Singapore,
Australia, and New Zealand . I am presently learning a few words of Japanese in
ant icipation of my stay there. Am still
single and have no thoughts of marriage
just yet. "
DONALD J. DeMARS says :
"I have
baen working for the Pacific Northwest
Forest and Range Expe riment Station for
the past year. I wor k in the Timber Measurement project under Dave Bruce as a
computer programmer. Jeannie and I are
living at 17930 S. E. Stephens, Portland .
Angela Marie DeMars, 9 pounds 4 ounces,
arrived July 10, 1969, and has consumed
all of our spare time ever since. Any old
forestry friends near Portland or visiting
Portland are welcome."
PHILIP N. EBERT was discharged from
the service in Germany in April 1969. He
is liv ing in a Youth Camp in Negeo, Israel
since June. He wants to take a look at
South Africa.
" I am presently
DAN ERVIN wirtes:
emp loyed by Towmotor Corpo ration in
Dallas, Oregon as a Design Engineer. I
have also re-enrolled at OSU on a parttime basis with plans for securing an MS
in mechanical engineering. "
JAMES F. FIELD tells
at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona
be starting my work on
University of Arizona in
us: " I am now
in the Army. Will
my MBA at the
February."
EDWARD D. HANSEN reports: "My
wife, Jan (Liesegang '65} gave birth to a
Eric Matthew
7 pound 2V2 ounce son June 6. Eric is growing like sixty! I 've
been promoted to Group Leader, Pulp Lab,
in the Technical Department of Crown
Zellerbach 's mill in West Linn, Oregon."
TERRY C. HEINER says: "Am presently
in my third year for a Ph.D. in plant
ecology at Iowa State University.
Will
finish in one year.
Plan on teaching
afterward."
DICK HEVY writes: "Married to Janet
L. Learned of Kinross, Iowa and Dave nport, Iowa on 21 Dec. 1968. Presently
employed by Deere & Company at the John
Deere Dubuque Tractor Works. Involved
in the development and evaluation of harvesting and processing equipment for the
pulpwood industry. Have been doing some
flying since getting my private pilot's
license in November of 1968."
CRAIG M. NICHOLSON te lls us: " During
the past year I have been the Operations
Officer on the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter
YOCONA, home ported in Astoria. The
YOCONA's duties are primarily in Law
Enfo rcement, and Search and Rescue.
Just recently She spent 6 weeks in Alaskan waters keeping tabs on the foreign
fishing fleets from the East. I am in the
process of being transferred to the Captain of the Port office, Portand, Oregon.
Until I establish a mailing address there,
please send all correspondence to 3070
C. D. Fairmount Blvd., Portland, Oregon
97201 . Hope to make the Fernhopper
Banquet this year."
RICHARD L. POWELL says: " I 'm still
in the the U.S. Air Force and presently
stationed in DaNang, Republic of Vietnam.
Arrived here in July '69 and will leave in
July '70. Will probably go to Maryland
after that to finish my se rvice. Otherwise,
nothing has changed much since I finished
school."
DAVID R. SCHMIDT writes: "I'm still
doing forestry consulting work in the
fields of engineering and management
under the name of Timberland Services,
Inc., in Albany. Nancy and I welcomed
the arrival of Robert Dale to the Schmidt
household on July 16. "
" I 'm
ASHLEY G. SMITH reports:
presently in the Naval Reserves aboard
the USS CONCORD (AFS-5) in Long
Beach, Calif. Will leave soon for Norfolk, Va. (home po rt) and deploy for the
Mediterranean next August. Life isn't too
bad, but I sure do miss those trees! "
STEVEN L. SORSETH reports:
" My
wife, Marti, and I are now in Wichita Falls,
Texas, where I am stationed at Sheppard
ARB. We will be moving to Washington,
D.C. in the near future."
DALE R. STENNETT is still in Germany
with the US Army. He writes: " I have
a Mrs. Stennett with me now whom I mar-
ried while home on leave last April. Should
be home by Christmas this year to stay.
Just in time to miss my second straight
hunting season but also just in time for
some more school at OSU and the Fernhopper Banquet. Hope to see many of
you there."
WILLIAM L. DENNEY says: " I am now
hapily married to an OSU home economics
graduate and we are living at Coos Bay.
I 'm employed by Weyerhaeuser Company
as a field engineer and plan to return to
school in the near future to complete my
MBA."
GARY L. STRODTZ is still with Weyerhaeuser. He was transferred from Chicago
to Plymouth, North Carolina. He says:
"My new position is Raw Materials Analyst
for the North Carolina operations. Things
are really jumping with Weyerhaeuser
Company in the South. We just acquired
Dierks in Arkansas which is quite involving. Looking forward to returning to the
Northwest."
NORMAN FOELLER is a TSI Forester
on Stonyford District, Mendocino NF. Currently he is involved in establishing chemical thinning as the principal tool in
precommercial thinning.
KENT C. TRESIDDER tells us: "In J'une
I married a cute little sc hool teacher from
Hood River. She is also an OSU grad.
In July I switched jobs In the Tax Commission (now the Dept. of Revenue). Now
I am in charge of yield tax appraisals for
Northwest Oregon , which I find fascinating.
We moved to Salem right after we were
married and enjoy it very much. Caroline
is substitute teaching this year and concentrating on homework. I am spending
more time (and money) on photography.
See you at Fernhopper Day!"
C. E. (RUSTY) WHITTEN is still working
for the Department of Natural Resources
in Battleground, Washington . He writes:
"We are expecting a baby around Thanksgiving. Already have a boy Kevin, age 2
years.
Hope to see everyone at Fernhopper Day."
JOHN T. WORTENDYKE is currently
working for his MS in Forestry (major in
Forest Pathology) at the U of Michigan.
He reports:
"I exec! to complete the
program in the summer of 1970, and return
to Portland to a job with the Insect and
Disease Control Branch of the Forest Service. My wife, Lynn, received her BS from
Portland State this last spring, and completes the U of Oregon Medical Technology Program this fall. We are also the
proud parents (most of the time) of a
?-month-old boy (born in April)."
1968
HAL ARBOGAST says : " I am still
working for the USFS Experiment Station
in Portland. At present, I am helping to
conduct a timber survey of five California
count ies as part of the Continuous Forest
Inventory to determine the national timber
resource. My family still consists of my
wife, Judy, and me. Sl1e Is still working
for the Multnomah County Juvenile Detention Home here in Portland. No major
changes."
JOSEPH A. ARNOLD, IV, is in the active
U.S Navy stationed at NAS Miramar,
California, since November 1968.
DENNIS L. BYERLEY writes:
"Dear
Fernhoppers: During the past year I have
been fulfilling my military obligation in the
U.S. Air Force.
I am presently serving
as a document research technician in the
finance office at McClellan AFB , Sacramento, California. "
MICHAEL T. CARNAHAN is married with
one boy age 2, and another child expected
in March 1969. He works for GeorgiaPacific, Coquille, Oregon, as an Assistant
Thinning Supervisor.
PETER GANAHL is working for his dad
at Ganahl Lumber Company. He reports:
" I like it fine so far. They have me doing
lots I went to IBM computer school
and will soon be programming the new
computer."
ROLLIN R. GEPPERT says: " My wife
(the former Jackie Boydston) and I are
now residing in Hanau, Federal Republic
of Germany, while I fulfill my three-year
commitment with the U.S. Army. We spend
most of our time traveling and we hope
to see a large portion of Europe before
June 1971. Our future plans consist of
returning to Oregon in June 1971 and
resuming a career in forestry."
DANIEL E. GOLTZ is still employed by
the Oregon State Forestry Department in
Coos Bay. He says the work in Forest
Management on the Elliott State Forest is
most interesting and challenging.
RODNEY F. GREENE reports: " During
the spring of 1969 I tried gypo logging,
but with the bad market decided to play
it safe and ceased operations. I am now
working with Coos Head Timber Company
as a Forest Engineer. The job is great
and my wife and I are enjoying the Coos
Bay area."
RIHKO H. T. HAARLAA tells us: "It
was September 1967 when I left my job
here in Helsinki, Finland and came to
Corvallis to the beautiful campus of Oregon State University. I spent one year
there with the friendliest people in the
world. I shall remember that time through
my whole life.
I would like to thank
everyone whom I met for all the help and
understanding that you provided. Today,
I work at the University of Helsinki again,
and am in charge of an internord'c terrain
classification research projec t."
DONALD R. HEALY writes: " I am presently serving in the U.S. Army stafoned in
Baltimore, Maryland. The former Cherlyne
Greenwood, OSU student, and I were married in August of 1968. We are looking
forward to becoming parents in January.
After my tour with the Army is completed ,
wa are planning to return to the Pac ific
Northwest."
KIM ILES says : "I am married to
Caro lyn (Ano) lies, and am now in the
U.S. Army near Nurenburg, Germany, working as a computer programmer. I plan to
re turn to OSU for a masters in 1972 after
my tour in Europe. Say hello to J. Bell
for me, please."
ROBERT H. MARTIN writes: "I am
Ass istant Ranger on Fairfield Ranger District, Sawtooth NF.
Fa irfield, Idaho is
located about 40 miles east of Sun Valley
in the heart of excellent hunting, fishing,
skiing , and snowmobiling . Our d istrict
has a heavy workload in range, timber,
3J
recreation , watershed , and wildlife. I am
respons ible for t imber, recreation and
watershed."
MARVIN S. MATHENY (Lt.) reports:
"After one year of communication/electronics training I'm now working as a Staff
Offi cer for the 22nd Air Force Military
Airlift Command. I just completed a duty
tour which took me to bases in Hawaii,
Guam, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand ,
Okinawa, and Japan."
JOHN MARVIN NELSON is married , and
has been in Navy Aviation Officer training
sinc e January 1968.
HERBERT C. PHILLIPS says: "After
completing AFU"A" and AQ"A" school at
Memphis, Tenn., I received orders to
Squadron VF-124 stationed at NAS Miramar, California. I'm presently working in
the shop on Fire Control Radar and related weapons systems. I expect to be
stat ioned here until June or July 1970."
HAROLD SNIDER is presently a graduate
student in Business Administration at OSU.
KEN WIGHTMAN writes:
" I am now
engaged with Timberland Services, Inc.,
of Albany, Oregon. We are a consulting
firm doing primarily timber management
and land surveying work."
WARREN B. WILKINSON is presently
stationed at Fort Ord, California with the
U.S. Army. He doesn 't like the ol ive green
compared to a tree green color.
JOEL COREY WOODS reports: " I am
presently working as a Forest Practices
Officer with the Oregon State Forestry
Dept. at Grants Pass, Oregon. I am involved primarily with fire control in the
spring and summer months and forest
management and administrative duties in
the winter months. Thanks for the inquiry! "
1969
DAN ROBERTSON writes :
"At the
present time I am living at 1830 Panahou
St. , Apt. 31 , Honolulu, Hawaii with my wife,
Mary. I am a Hospital Corpsman stationed
at the Naval Station Dispensary, Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii. I will be on active duty
until October 1970. At that time I am
looking forward to returning to the Northwest in some forestry-oriented position. "
ORAN D. ABBOTT writes : " My wife and
I have spent the summer exploring the
Northwest 's national forests, parks, and
wilderness. Every weekend was spent
either backpacking, mountain climbing ,
camping, or hiking resulting in a sizeable
collection of color slides. I leave for OCS
in the Army in October. P.S. My wife,
Paula says " Hi" to all the Conifers!"
FRED L. ROBINSON writes:
"I 'm
enjoying my job with the Oregon State
Forestry Department at Forest Grove. My
job title is General Purpose Forester. In
my year and a half here I have been involved in about every phase of forestry
and have gained lots of valuable experience. We have had two arrivals since
leaving school, Amy and Fred Jr. Amy
wears her OSU sweatsh irt proudly. Fred
Jr. arrived September 27, 1968."
TOM L. BECK is employed as a Process
Engineer for Crown Zellerbach , West Linn.
He says : " I began June 1 and will continue until December 15 after which I will
report to Newport, R.I. for Officer Candidate School in the U.S. Navy. I was
married on August 30 of this year, and my
wile is teaching in the Portland Public
School System. My work is basically a
project type, much of which is involved
Forest Products
in pollution reduction .
graduates are quite well fitted for work in
the pulp and paper industry!"
D. A . ROCKWOOD (Lt. JG) tells us: " For
the past year I have been on board the
USS L. F. MASON (DD852) homeported
in Yokosuka, Japan. I have been assigned
to the Engineering Department, in charge
of the main propulsion. We have spent
most of our time underway patroling in
Vietnam and the Sea of Japan, but have
vis ited Hong Kong , Kaohsiung , Taiwan ,
Singapore, Philippines, Okinawa, and best
of all -JAPAN!"
WILLIAM E. SAGER says : "My wife and
I are now living in Tillamook, Oregon. 1
am working in reforestation for the Oregon
State Forestry Department. See you at
the Fern hopper Banquet."
WALTER W. SCHUTT, JR. lives at 4571
Harlan Drive N.E., Salem, Oregon 97303.
He is employed as a Fo rest Mensurationist
with the Oregon State Forestry Department.
His current jobs are co mputer systems,
management information systems, computer mapping and survey designs.
JOHN L. SMITH says :
" Still single .
Worked three months for USFS following
graduation, then answered Uncle's call by
joining the Navy. Went to Pensicola,
Florida for Officer's School and Basic
Flight training. Commissioned an Ensign
in January 1969. Received Naval Flight
Officers Wings in June 1969. I am currently attached to VA 128, NAS Whidbey
Island, Washington serving as a ready
bomdardier-navigator
and
replacement
fly ing in a 6A Intruder, which is an allweather attack bird. Getting in plenty of
hunting, fishing, and beer drinking."
CHANDLER C. BIGGS is with the BLM
in Salem, Oregon. He reports: " This past
year has been spent on continuous forest
inventory.
Presently assigned to the
Cascade Area Resource Group of the
Salem District. Earlier this fall I attended
the Forest Recreation Short Course at
OSU, and most of my present training is of
the "on the job type."
LARRY BLEM writes: " I have been
employed by Timber Service Co. as of
graduation in June 1969. Our company
manages the Hill Lands on a sustained
yield basis. I have been put in charge
of the pre-commercial thinning crews. One
crew is using power saws and axes, while
the other crew is using chemical. Tree
planting season is coming up soon ."
STANLEY K. BONES says : " Before
graduation I had applied for Peace Corps
training and immediately after graduation
I was sent to a site near Morrison , Colo.,
for intensive language tra ining.
After
completion of this, the last week of August
I flew directly to Iran where I am working
in the forest and also teaching at the
Gorgon Forestry School at Gorgon, Iran.
Ernie Wilson, also an OSU grad, and I
have living quarters together and he also
works with me. We wil l be here two
years. Hope everything at good old OSU
is tops! "
DAVE CAGLEY reports : "After being
married to Judy Nobring of Canby, Oregon
on July 26, we began driving east. We
stopped in Ind iana tor about a month and
reached New Haven, Conn . at the end of
August. My classes at the Yale Forestry
School began on September 22. I am
enrolled in a two-year program leading to
a MF degree. The academic atmosphere
is outstanding here; a minimum of rules
and no standard curriculum enables the
student to follow his own interests freely
and to be released from much of the tension found on the undergraduate level. My
w ife is teaching high school mathematics
in New Haven. My courses attempt to
combine interests in both business and
forest management."
LEANDER D. CONVERSE tells us: " Since
I graduated in June, I've been working
for the Dept. of Natural Resources here
in Forks. Am thoroughly convinced OSU
FE 's have better training than their U of
W counterparts. Have been working on
road improvements, including paving, and
am constantly being accused of being a
"highway engineer". Am go ing into the
Army in January and to OCS engineering
school."
DOUG GRONLUND is employed at the
Institute of Northern Forestry USFS,
Juneau, Alaska as an Inventory Forester.
He writes: "This past season spent on
S.E. cull study, Yakutat, Alaska. Project
data collection taking 4 seasons now completed for Tongass Forest. Next season,
Juneau Unit survey presently involved
in P.l. and related activities. We have
great hunting and fishing. The locker is
stocked with moose, goat, deer, hal ibut,
and salmon. Things couldn 't be better! "
ALAN R. EK writes: " Moved from Sault
Ste. Marie, Ontario and Canada Dept. of
Forestry in July. Am now Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forestry, U of Wisconsin ,
Madison, Wisconsin. Conduct ing sampling
and growth stud ies. Also developing new
course in " Bionomics " for undergraduates.
This will be quantified version of silviculture and ecology. The family is fine. We
sure enjoyed our vis.it to Corvallis in June."
PAUL FREEMAN is currently in the MBA
program at OSU.
DONALD D. GERIG reports : "My summer has not been very forestry-oriented.
I finished Army Engineer Officer basic
course, and am now attending Ranger
School at Ft. Benning, Georgia. I hope
to come and visit OSU in December. I'll
go to jump school at Ft. Benning in January and then I go to Hanau, Germany."
ROGER W. GRAY tells us : " I am now
working for the State of Washington , Dept.
of Natural Resources in Forks, Washington
as a Forest Engineer 1."
DANIEL F. (DAN) GREEN writes : " All
is well in Moscow. Jan and the baby-to-be
are doing fine. December can 't come too
soon. The University is all right and I 'm
enjoying classes. Plans are for my release
in January 1971 with an MS in Forest
Potlatch
recreation
Recreat ion.
The
study is progressing nicely. We designed
three new areas and redesigned five
others. One of the areas is under construction now and one other should start
soon. Fernhoppers are lew and far
between here, so we would welcome
letters or visits from any and all. Best of
luck!"
31
TERRY R. HASSETT (Lt.) reports :
"Completed officer training school September 29, and was commissioned a 2nd
Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. 1 am
currently enrolled in undergraduate pilot
training school at Vance Air Forc e Base,
Oklahoma."
GREGG M. KIRKPATRICK says: "This
summer has been very enlightening to me
as I have been building things for the
tourists to tear down and repairing facilities that they have already torn down. All
this has been going on at Diamond Lake
on the Umpqua NF. I have also been
doing some range forage improvement.
Mostly, I've been trying to keep my wife,
Kelli , in groceries since the nearest town
is 80 miles away."
RICHARD T. KNUDSON writes : " I'm
now an Ensign on the USS TRIPOLI, a
helicopter assault ship. I am in charge
of the automatic data processing on board.
We have a small Univac computer on
board for supply, accounting, and maintenance data. I am also in charge of the
officers' mess, including 120 officers. I
am supervising about 50 men."
HOYT L. LANEY is in Road Location
and Design, Department of Natural Resources, State of Washington, in Forks,
Washington .
HARRY MciNTIRE reports:
" Since
graduation (June 1969) I've been employed
at Coos Bay with Weyerhaeuser Company
as a Woods Production Trainee. I've been
working with the logging end of the company hi-lead, grapple, cat, falling and
bucking , construction, etc. My wife (Kathe)
is teaching high school home economics
and we're both very pleased with our new
jobs."
RONALD G. METCALF says: "Our new
address is 3114 W. Elmore Street, Seattle,
Wash. 98199.
I was transferred from
Washington , D.C. last February to Deputy
Supervisor, Snoqualmie NF."
DAVID M. MONTGOMERY lives at BOO
Raleighwood Avenue, Eugene, Oregon
97 401. He went to work for Weyerhaeuser
Company in December 1968 as a Technical
Forester in Cottage Grove, Oregon. He
was then promoted to Cottage Grove
District Wood Engineer in March 1969.
JAMES NIELSEN tells us : " I am currently working on a number of varied and
interesting projects. The one that I find
most exciting is a harvest plan for the
north slopes of Pyramid Ridge on the south
side of French Pete Valley. This plan will
use some type of overhead cable system
to avo id mid-slope roads. One of the
most important aspects of this plan will
be an aesthetically pleasing "planned pattern harvest" . Here, the talents of a landscape architect will be combined with
soynd forest management to develop a
cutting pattern which will seem to " fit in"
when v iewed from a distance."
STEVEN C. PEDERSEN says:
"My
wife , Bonnie, and new son, Eric, are in
excellent health and shape. I am working for Pettijohn Engineering Company,
Bellevue, Washington."
CRAIG B. ROYCE writes: " I'm the
Assistant Forester for the Tenm ile Unit of
the Ell iot State Forest. The job involves
mostly timber management with some fire
and administrative responsibility.
I just
returned from a one-week state-wide tour,
compliments of the State Forestry Department (New Foresters Orientation tour)."
EUGENE H. RUSSELL is in Vietnam and
wou ld appreciate hearing fro m any of his
classmates. He trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and is an arti llery man. His address
is: Sgt Eugene Russell, E544-50-1928, " D"
Btry, 3rd Bn, 13th Arty, APO San Francisco 96225.
OSU in the fall of 1969 working towards a
Masters
of
Business
Administration.
Rece ived a Research Assistanceship in
the Department of Speech and Communications."
JAMES R. SIMONET says: " I su rveyed
during the summer for International Paper
at Vaug hn, Oregon. Transferred to the
School of Agriculture this fall to get my
Masters degree in Seed Technology."
CHARLES SMITH tells us: " I am presently nearing the com pletion of Naval
Aviation Office rs' Candidate Sc hool and
will receive my com mission as an Ensig n
in the U.S. Navy this Friday, October 24,
1969. My training will continue and I
hope to receive my wi ngs in approximately
a year. It's great to hear that the construc tion of the new bu ilding is underway! "
JOHN RUSSUM states : " I worked for
3 months (December to March) then went
into the Air Force. I went through basic
at L ackland AFB , at San Antonio, Texas,
Technical Sc hool at Sheppard AFB, at
Wichita Falls, Texas. I am c urrently stationed at George AFB, Ca l iforn ia. It is in
the Mojave Desert where the only trees are
Joshua trees. I am a site development
specialist. That is a combination of surveying, drafting and both bu ilding and road
construction supervision and inspection."
ELWOOD B. STARR is with the USFS,
Timber Management, Petersburg, Alaska,
as a Presale Fo rester.
DAVE RUBIN reports: "I entered the
Schoo l of Business and Technology at
ERIC L. STONE, JR. reports: " As of
November 21, I will have completed basic
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and advanced training as an armor crewman at Fort Knox, Kentucky for the Oregon
National Guard. On my return to Oregon
I will resume my work as a Forester with
the BLM in Salem. On June 7, 1969 I was
married to Teresa Sweek of Pendleton.
She is co mpleting her degree requirements
at U of 0 Medical Schoo l in Portland."
W. CAREY WEATHERLY says: "After
graduation, I worked in the woods as a
bucker for two months. Then I went on
active duty as a 2nd. Lt. in the U.S. Army
on Ju ly 27, 1969. Co mpleted the Infantry
Officer Basic Course and am now in the
Basic Rotary Wing Flight School at Fort
Walters, Texas."
DENNIS A. WYNN writes: "I worked
last summer for the USFS as a surveyor
here in Cal ifornia, then worked as a scaler
for Crown Zellerbach Corp. until February
when I joined the Army. I have been
trained by the Army to work as a personnel
specialist, and am slated to go to Germany
next week."