OREGON STATE
FORESTER
Volume XXX
Corvallis, Oregon , January 1977
Number 1
Fernhopper Day 1977
Open House
Forest Research Laboratory
February 19, 1977 will mark the 45th
Fernhopper Day since the f irst held in
1929. There were two years during World
War II when no banquets took place.
This year, alumn i and friends have a
special program to look forward to , Open
House at the Forest Research Laboratory.
The Board of Directors, forestry students,
and faculty are involved in planing the event. To accommodate different interests,
the schedule at the Laboratory will include
a briefing session, on the total Forest Research Laboratory program; a tour of Forest Products and Forest Management facilities. There will be a variety of research
demonstrations under way in both departments. Because most of the Forest Engineering research is in the field, color
slide presentations will be made of projects in timber harvesti ng and related activities.
The Open Ho use wi ll begin at 10:00
a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. There will be
one hour tours in each of the research
activities and a one hour seminar and
briefing session going on simultaneously.
The first will begin at 10:00 a.m. and the
second at 11 :00 a.m. The Laboratory will
be c losed from 12 noon til 1 :00 p.m. In
the afternoon, the same programs will be
repeated at 1 :00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Alumni, students, and friends are invited to participate.
There will be a special seminar and
briefing session for gu ests from the State
Legislature. This will begin at approximately 3:30 p.m. and wil l be over in time
lor the Fernhopper Banquet.
Since there is an 8:00 p.m. basketball
game between Oregon State and Southern
California, the Reception will be held at
4:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Tea Room
at the west end of the concourse, and the
Banquet will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the
Memorial Union Bal lroom . We'll be looking forward to seeing you on Fernhopper
Day, February 19, 1977.
FERNHOPPER BANQUET
5:30 p.m., Sat., Feb. 19, 1977
Memorial Union Ballroom
RESERVE TICKETS BY MAIL
OR BUY BEFORE 2:00 P.M.
Open House At The
Forest Research Laboratory
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Forest Research Laboratory, Western Boulevard and S.W. 30th
Dick Holmes
New Alumni President
The OSU Forestry Alumni Association
Board of Di.rectors met on February 28,
1976 to revrew the past year's activities
and to develop a program for the coming
year. Discovering ways to get Forestry
Alumni involved in Association business
and school programs is still a high priority.
One of the conclusions of the Board was
that Fernhopper Day 1977 should be devoted to an Open House at the Forest
Research Laboratory.
S:veral meetings
have been held during the year to work
out program s and schedules.
Near the close of the meeting held on
Fernhopp er Day, Dick Ho lmes '€1 was
elected President. Dick is a partner in the
fore st ry consulting firm of Sanders, L arsen , Cronk, and Holm es.
Orin Palmer
'62 , Timbar Staff Officer on the Ochoco
National Forest, was elected Vice President.
Newly elected members to the Board
are: Ow:m Cramer '41 . Principal Meteorologist for the Pacific Northwest Forest
and Range Experiment Station; Jack Hann
'42, Conservation Director . Oregon State
Department of Forestry; and Howard Hopkins '55, Forester for Longview Fibre at
Vernonia . Members who completed their
three year te rms on the Board were:
Charlie Harden '58, who is now with the
Washington office of t~e Forest Service;
Brll Holtsclaw '49, Assrstant State Forester. State Forestry Department. who completed the 75-76 term as President o f the
Harold R. Bowerman
Harold R. Bowe rm an passed away in
April from a heart attack in Yachats, Oregon; he was 68 years old . After graduation in 1931, he built a career of nearly 40
years with the U. S. Forest Service on the
Willamette, Umpqua, Siskiyou and Snoqualmie National Forests and the Portland
Regional Office. Harold and his wife,
Alice, built a home in Yachats where they
were living at the time of his death.
Harold was a personable and friendly
individual and one of the most dedicated
Fernhoppers to graduate from Oreg-; n
State. As a student and alumnu s, he was
always seen at the Fernhopper Banqu<:lts
wearing the traditional red tie. He made
numerous friends ins ide and outside of
fore st ry.
A memorial fund has been establis hed
by his friends in the Oregon State University Foundation. Interest earned from the
fund will be used to provide for the Harold
A. Bowerman Annual Cash Award. It will
be presented to the Senior in the School
of Forestry who best exemplifies the Fernhopper Spirit, by enthusiastically participating in the Forest Clu b Programs.
Board ; and Don Malmberg '47, Manager
of Forest Products and Develop ment,
Crown . Zellerbach Corporation, who was
President of the Board preceding Holtsclaw.
Board members expressed their
appreciation to the three retiring members.
The President's
Message
OREGON
STATE FORESTER
Joseph F. Clark '40
P. 0. Box 550
Medord, Oregon 9750 1
Richard W. Holmes '61
(President)
6936 N.E. Hal se y
Carl W. Rayno r '40
1413 Main Street
Portland , O rego n 97213
Springfield , Oregon 97477
TER MS EXPIRE APR IL, 1978
Ch arles W. Hibbs '53
P. 0 . Box 663
Corvall is, Oreg on 97330
Orin F. Palme r '62
(Vice President)
795 Lookout Drive
Prinev ille, Orego n 97554
Paul R. Waggo ner '64
P. 0. Box 616
Gilchrist, Oregon 97737
TERMS EXPIRE APRI L , 1979
Owe n P. Cramer '41
PNW Forest & Range Exp.
Statio n
P. 0 . Box 3141
Portland , Orego n 97208
John H. Hann '42
Forest Manage ment Division
Oregon St. Dept. of Forestry
2600 State Street
Salem , Oregon 97310
Howard K. Hopkins '55
600 Adams
Vernonia , Oregon 97064
ADVISORY
Carl H. Stoltenberg
Schoo l of Forestry
Co rvallis, Oregon 97331
Rudy M. Kallander
School of Forestry
Corvall is, Ore gon 97331
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I note the Herbert Hammond fam ily is
not the on ly one that can put 1- 11- 111
after their names. Paul Bunyan is a close
second (see 1927 Annual Cruise for story).
Pau l Bunyan I had the most adventurous
l ife. He was drawn by Lloyd Reynolds
'24, a forestry student with artistic abil ity,
who taught ca ligraphy at Reed College
for many years. We a lso had a student
who had a part-t ime job trimm ing the w indows for Nolans Department Sto re. He
borrowed Paul to he lp decorate the show
windows display ing outdoor wear. But
Paul was too tall for the space so this student sawed off two feet (no pun ). Later
we had a successfu l graft ing of the legs
by nai ling cleats on the bac k s ide.
Agents and specia lists make up the
"engine " of the Extension educational system. For another Oregon f irst. the forestry extension program in this state is the
first to develop the team approach. Th is
effort combines skills of extension specialists in subject-matter department s of the
School of Forestry and Fo rest Research
Laboratory with the forestry f ie ld agents.
The goal of the program is to de liver
educat ional programs on the key resource
problems of the state, and to provide for
technology transfer and research imp lementation from the research base , especially that of the Forest Resea rch Laboratory.
North Carol ina is the on ly other state
resembl ing th is system . That state has
16-18 centrally located extension spec ialists. But , they have no agent program.
Oregon now has s ix extens ion specialists and five agents with primary responsibilities in forestry.
The commitment of
this team is to del iver problem-o rie nted
educational products at the state, regional
and local level. The primary thrust of the
program is group and mass education
using meetings, workshops , conferences,
publications and press, te levision an d
radio. If you wish to know who these
staff members are and where located , secure a copy of Forestry Update, an Extension product to whic h you shou ld be
su bscribing .
Current efforts are aimed at processes
to assure broad invo lvement in the dete rmination of important prob lems as targets
of educational programs. All counties
with forestry agents now have ad hoc
adv isory groups, and your op in ions are
so l icited concern ing the nature of educationa l needs.
Support for national app lication of extens'on in forestry is gai ning.
Senator
Hatfield is expected to introduce a bill
this winter that wou ld endorse extension
programs in forestry as an instrument of
national forest policy. Unfortunately decision makers in our state have not examined the future development of our program. and there is currently no c lea r state
policy, although we have gained in a
p :ecemea l fashion . Nevertheless , Oregon
has an important asset in its current p rogram, and you'll be hea ri ng more good
things about us.
To th is scribe, the life history of Paul II
is hazy. But after a coup le of banquet
appearances, he too d isappeared. Probably resting up somewhere on Section 37.
Annual newsletter of the OSU Fo restry
Alumni Assoc iation ma iled to the last
known address of all OSU Fernhoppers.
TERMS EXPIRE APR IL, 1977
Forestry Extension
Pau l was later cremated when Cab in
No. 1 at the McDonald Forest went up in
smoke.
Oregon State University Forestry Alumni Association
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paul Bunyan
Fe llo w fo resters and frien ds: During the
last three ye ars , it 's b ee n my pleasure to
renew an active relatio nship with our
Schoo l. Work w ith the A l umni Association Board of Direc to rs, espec ially last
year as president, has increased my app rec iation for the jo b of educating and
e mploy ing fores ters.
Furthermore, I'm
grat if ied because of the willingness of
Oregon S tate Foresters to accept the challeng e of any req uest. I've asked many
people to he lp o ut this year - they've a ll
come th rough . I ho pe we'll a ll have
futu re opportun ities to continue .to be a
direct part of o u r School. It bo ris down
to a s imple first ste p: join and act iv~ly
part:cipate in you r Fore st A lumnr Assocration. The financial cost is insignificant;
the cost in te rms o f time is what you make
it. The retu rn on both investments can
b 3 rewarding to others and to you.
But after several years of non-appearance . Prof bought an eight-foot p iece of
plywood and had a " miniature " replica
of Paul constructed. So Paul Ill was born.
The art work was done by Prof 's granddaughter Kathryn Roth. But he too disappeared and for some vears the re was no
appearance . But after T J offered $10 for
his return. he sud den ly appeared on the
stage in the full g lare of spotl ights. He
d isaopea red again and sudden ly appeared
on top of the lockers in the men 's room
at Peavy Hall.
Accord ing to the foreman of the Carpente r Shop at the Lab ..
Paul Ill is secure ly locked up (behind a
master key) in one of the store rooms at
the Forest Pesearch Laboratory. The o ld
Prof will expect to see him on Fernhoppe r
Day 1977 !
LONG LIVE PAUL Ill.
T. J. Starker
Laboratory and the School of Forestry a re
making to the future of Oregon.
The main objective of our Association
is com mun ication both from and to the
Forestry Schoo l's staff and students. I
feel we've worked tow ard that objective
th is year. Another regional meetin g was
held , thi s time in the Roseburg area. Local
a lum n i had a c hance to vis it w ith the
Dean, and perhaps ge t th ings off their
chest an d hear Carl 's reaction in an informa l atmosphere. It's my op inion, by
the way, that Carl Stoltenberg or anyone
else at the Schoo l is a lways available to
listen. Some co ncern on the part of
al umni regarding the attitude of recent
grad uates towa rd emp loyment opportun rt:es was brought to the attent ion of the
staff by the Assoc iation Board and subsequently d isc ussed and resolved at the
Novem ber Board meeting.
Total enrollment in the Forestry School
leve led olf this year. St ill ahead . however.
is the prospect of finding work for record
numbers of OSU Forestry grads. Difficulty
in finding professional. entry-level jobs
for graduating seniors is st ill a prob lem.
Th is situ ation may accoun t for disappointm9nt on the part of prospect ive emp loyees
and the adverse fee d back from emp loyers
ment 'oned above. A tough choice results
here: whether to limit enrollment because
of funding and emp loyment or accept all
•nterested students w ith the understand ing
th<t t ~raduation doesn' t guarantee a choice
of jobs let alone a job at all. No one can
look at the future and pred ict the employment climate in four or five years; it appears the law of supply and demand must
be left to work a lone.
An award recogn izing a faculty member
for ou tstanding contributions beth on and
off campus was initiated this year. We'll
hear more on this one at the Fer nhopper
Banquet. Finally, the feature of Fernhopper Day, February 19, 1977, is Open
Ho use at the Fo rest Research Laboratory.
Alumni a nd studen ts, forest industry supporte rs, leg isla to rs and other po licy develo pe rs and the ge nera l public w ill have an
oppo rtunity to see the contributions the
I ho pe the end of my term on our
Alumni Association Board of Directors is
not going to end my active interest and
partic ipation in Alumni and Forestry
School alfairs. 1·11 be espec ially looking
fo r ward to Fernhopper Day on February
19. 1977. I hope you all share my anticipat ion.
Dick Holmes
President
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J im K rygier
Exte nsion
Coord inator
Financial Statement
December 31, 1976
Balance January 1. 1976
$681.49
Income:
Dues
1,226.50
Banquet
2,385.00
Basketball T ickets
650.00
Miscellaneous
444.00
Tota l Available
4,71 5.50
Expenditures:
Newsletter
Banquet and
Fernhopper Day
M iscellaneous
Basketball T ickets
Total Expenditures
1,566.00
2.166.15
425 .75
650.00
4,807 .90
Ba lance December 31, 1976
$589.0 9
way. Later on , wh i le a member of th e
State Board of Fo restry, he was one o f the
five peop le who made up the Fo rest Prote ct;on and Co nservation Committee. T his
committee adm inistered the mi llion dollar
forest emergency fire fun d and the forest
research programs form erly adm inistered
by the State Forestry De partmen t. Charl ie
was a member o f the comm ittee when the
dec ision was made to build the Forest
Research Labo rato ry at Oregon State University.
THE DEAN'S CORNER
1977 finds your School in many ways
as you 'd want to find it - ful l, challen ged,
product ive, and c hanging.
One of these changes is in forest management, w here we pul led out b iologic al gradu ate programs and biolog ical research to fo rm a new Department of Forest Sc ien ce. Faculty f rom FS will co ntinue to teac h in FM, and we antic ipate
more interdepa rtmental research projects.
But the sm aller departments w ill enable us
to focus better on key issues.
John Beuter heads Forest Management
and John Gordon will ta ke over for Dic k
Dilworth in Fo rest Sc ience i n March.
Beuter's experience in leac hing , research
and consulting in the Northwest are enabling him to hit the ground running as a
leader in FM. Go rdon wil l come to us
strong
c reden tials
in teaching
with
and researc h and exceptional leadership qual ities. But he will be new to the
Northwest. I'm co unt ing on you Oregonbased Fernhoppers to help him learn
about our forestry prob lems and oppo rtunities !
You' ll l ike Beuter and Go rdon - we're
most fo rtunate to have them!
Anoth er c hange has been our share
of the continuing University-wide erosion
of faculty-student ratios and operating
funds.
These have hurt.
But private
contributions are enab ling us to sustain a
quality program. I usu ally low -key su ch
gifts but becau se of their gro wing importance , I'd l ike to c ite a few o f these.
T he arbo ret um and School-Forest-gifts
of alums and others - are now l ife-savers
for the School. T he proximity and q uality
o f this unexc elled "laboratory " enables
us to maintain a strong forest education,
despite sky rocketing transportation c osts.
Peavy Hall an d mu c h o f its le achin g
eq uipment we re also th e results, in p art,
o f private gills. Last year, gifts enabled
our studen ts to visit fo restry operat ions
up and down the Coast Range and to
attend the Western Forestry and the Loggi ng Conferences.
Gi fts enabled 20 o f
our facul ty to go off-campus last summer
to take a concentrated 2-week co urse to
im prove our teach ing met hods. Mo te than
fifty of our students this year are aided
by private scholarships; and gifts from
several fac ulty aga in sustained a " mi nority" sch olarship for the Sc hoo l.
In the Sc hool of Forestry priva te gifts
provide the difference between mediocrity
and excel lence . To you wh o have helped ,
and are hel ping , THANKS! We shall continue trying to do o ur share !
Hope to see you at the Fernhopper
Banquet. If you can, co me for the day
an d get better acquainted with our
research prog ram. No t only is research
perform ing a very valuable dire ct se rvice,
but indirectly it's a real boost fo r teac hing,
too. Because o f researc h fundi ng, our
teacher-researc hers are involved with current fo restry pro blems and activities outside the c lass room and thr o ughout th e
state. Researc h-teaching appointments enable stu den ts to benefit from c lass roo m
contact w ith 14 teachers per department,
rather than 7 - pro vidin g grea ter diversity
and expertise. and greate r co ntac t w ith
c urrent forestr y developmen ts in their field .
Thanks fo r yo ur conti nuing interest and
support for yo ur School and neophyte
Fernhoppers !
Ca rl Sto ltenb erg
Resource Recreation
Management
C. W. Fox Receives
Distinguished Service Award
Disting uished Service Awards are Orego n State University 's way of saying thank
yo u to publ ic-m inded c itizens o f the
nation. There have been a numbe r o f
Oregon State Alumni who have received
these awards. Dur ing Commencem ent in
June 1976, fi ve distinguished service
awards were presented . One of these
went to C. W. "Char lie" Fox '27. Friend s
will remem be r that C harlie conti nued his
education at Oregon Slate and rece ived
his master 's degree in Forestry in 1928.
Here 's the citation:
CHARLES W. FOX ... foreste r from the
Paul Bu nyan breed ... imaginative , progressive, resourceful, never ti mid about
tak ing on giant tasks . . key figu re for
40 yea rs in Oregon 's world-renowned
forest products industry .. . draw n to
Oregon by its m illions of acres of magni ficent forests . .. used bac helo r's and
master's forestry degrees from OSU to
launch a professional ca reer
tha t
b egan in a Portland plant and ended
in exec utive positions with major forestry firms of the country .. . production manager for Evans Produ c ts, president o f Cascade Plywood Co rporation,
vic e president of United States Plywood
. . . first president o f Western Forestry
Center, c urrently serving as vice presiden t and director .. . trustee of Douglas Fir Plywood Association, now Amer ica n Plywood Association . . . he lped
c onve rt leftover materials i nto profit abl e
produc ts and he lped make Oregon No.
1 in plywoo d .. . mind ful o f tomorrow
and the need to manage an d maintain
precious forest resources . . . spearhead ed co nservation and reforestation
efforts . . . member o f State Board of
Forestry, Forest Conservat!on Commi ttee , d irec tor o f In dustrial Forestry
Associati on, Timber Operators Council
. . . president and long- tim e tru stze.
Oregon Sta te University Found ation . ..
recogn ized today for a life of accom plishment and fo r a unique spirit of
public service.
Charl ie has been c lose to Oregon State
I ' niversity and the School of Fo restry
th roug hout his pro fess iona l ca ree r. He
served on the Forest Produc ts Research
Advisory Committee when the Forest Product Labo ratory was just gett ing under
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Resourc e Recreation Management ce lebrated its thi rd birthday o n July 1, 1976.
The three years have p assed quickly and
much has been ac com plished to improve
le isure resources an d oppor tunities for the
people o f O rego n.
The curriculum has e vo lved to f it mo re
c losely the pattern within the Schoo l o f
Forestry. Many courses designed to elevate techn ical competence are replacing
general educ ation offe rings. Economics
is being stressed mo re and laboratory
courses are increasing . A new cou rse in
Economic s of Outdoor Rec reation is being
processed and options in Rangeland Recreation, Wildl ife Recreation, Fo rest Recreat ion and Marine Rec reation are under
study.
An emerging effo rt is underway to establish a viab le research program in the
department.
Plans are bei ng firmed-up
to cond uct research in areas such as the
costs of providing campi ng services on
USFS land , the cost effectiveness o f litter
contro l in USFS wilderness areas, the
whole area of r ive r recreat ion in re lation
to user va lues and preferen ces and carrying capac ity, etc .
Dr. Royal Jac kson is on sa bbatical
leave. Thi s summer he finished a stud y
invo lved w ith the cultural heritage of Harney Co unty, Oregon and is currently wo rking w i th the Nationa l Park Service in
Sa nta Fe, New Mexico. He is re placed
by Dr. Bo She lby, a socio logi st from the
University o f Colorado. Dr. Shelby h as
bee n deeply invol ved in r iver-b ased recreation research and is ex ploring research
opportu nities in the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. M ike Freed completed a $43,000
contrac t with the O regon State Par ks Divis ion . He adminis tered a successful
interpretive prog ram for the second year
at nine state pa rk sites to c ontinue this
program which o ffe rs an excel lent labo ratory ex perience for stud ents in the Enviro nmental Interpreta tion option.
Th e year ahead promises to be fully
co mmitted fo r Merv Filippon i, Extens ion
Ou tdoor Rec reation Spec ial ist. He is
planning a prog ram for a conference
servi ng par k and recreat ion o ffic ials in
fi ve states and three Canadian provin ces
sched uled for May, 1977 in Eugene. Merv
has a series o f extension m onographs in
th e deve lopment stage for publ ication in
the tal l. M erv w ill co ntinue to be involved
with coord inat ion of the ARM Departmen t
Internship program .
In add ition to her teaching respo nsibi l ities, Pro fessor Margaret Mill iken continues to do a great job as head ad visor
for the dep artment. Margare t also chairs
(Con tinued on Pag e 6)
Forest Engineering
Forest Products
The b icentennial yea r has been a very
goo d one fo r Forest Engineering. It was
a y ear of co nso lidating and strengthening
new prog rams.
The Forest Products faculty made great
stri des to further improved leaching and
learning. One of the highl ights of this
effort wa ~ the participation of eight professors in a two-w eek short course on
" Criterion Referenc ed Instruct ion. " CRI is
a modern teach ing method developed an d
taught by Mager and Assoc iates. The
effort of ou r faculty to improve teach ing
by usi ng this system was supported
through a greatly appreciated grant from
the Northwest Area Foundation.
It is not on ly our objective to imp rove
teach ing metho do logy , but also to make
the co ntents of cou rses as re levant as
possible. We aim to prov ide educat ion
ou r graduates can use and gu ide our students to wood product careers they can
be pro ud of. Therefore , our Cu rricu lum
Committee, and within it Geo rge Atherton ,
are now developing a questionnaire to
obtain feed back from alumni and Forest
Produc ts profess ionals on the relevance
of var ious subject matter areas. Shou ld
you be a recipient of such a questionnaire,
please take the tim e to give us the benefit of your thoughts.
The products teach in g facu lty and professors from the Department of Chem ica l
En gineer ing are putt ing the ir heads together to poss ib ly deve lop a curricular
option for students who seek careers in
the Pu lp and Paper Industry. A program
based on courses offered in both departme nts shou ld create educational synerg ism
and also make use of our excellent Pu lp
and Paper Laboratory fac ilities.
The Aufderhe ide Award is presented
annual ly by the forestry students to the
outstan ding professor in the Schoo l
of
Forestry.
Du ring
the
last
six
years, four Forest Products professors
were honored in such a way. The latest
w inner to be congratu lated is Robert
Krahmer, who may have capitalized qu ite
wel l on the Criterio n Referenced Instruction System. Bob, o f course, is an alumnus o f OSU.
Jim Wilson started teaching at the
undergraduate level th is year. He has
been involved ful l-time in research for a
num ber of yea rs and has strengthened
our resea rch on composition boards. Jim
is now transferring this knowledge to
students in ou r second course on Mechanical Processing of Wood and Wood Products.
Tony Van Vliet has b een ra-e lected to
the Oregon Leg islature ; on ly teac hing
during the fa ll quarter a llows him to carry
out his important public respons ibi li ties.
During the first part o f 1976, the Forest
Products Research Program was reviewed
by a panel of research adm inistrators from
Ou r undergraduate enrollment has remained stable, even though our new c urricu lum is very rigorous. We'l l be g raduating our first class from this cu rricu lum
in June. The new dual degree program
with Civil Engineering continues to attract
excellent students from both Forest Engineer ing and C iv il Eng ineering, and we'll
also be graduati ng o ur first student from
this program in June.
G raduate enrollment continues to increase. We no w have 25 students in
graduate degree prog rams. Fifteen are
in loggin g eng ineering, and it has been a
delight to watc h th is program grow and
develop . My high ly biased o pinion is that
the re is no finer graduate logging program
in the nation. J ohn O'Leary, Dennis
Dykstra, Pen n Peters and Hank Froehlich
have done an outstand ing job with the
graduate logging co urses.
Our extension. prog ram has li kewise
been g rowing rn strength. Our short
co urses , workshops, and tours have attracted large numbe rs o f peop le and have
been very w el l received . The effort, led
by John Ga rland, has m ade it successfu l.
John, b y the way, has just been awarded
a profess ional logg ing eng ineers l icense.
Ou r research prog rams have also been
strengthened by consid erable outside support. Of most importance to us has bee n
industry's interest in and sponso rsh ip of
a coop erative research program in smallwood harvesting . We had an excel lent
researc h seaso n and are looking forward
to c onti nued cooperation an d support. Ed
A ulerich and Penn Peters lead th is program.
We' re pl anning to have some co lo r
slide presentat ions o f our timber harvesting research at the Forest Research Lab oratory on Fernhop per Day. We 'l l hope
to see you the re !
We have also added facu lty in the last
year. George Wingate arrived in August
and will lead our extension program in
watershed management. George comes to
us from northern Cal ifornia and worked
as a hydrology consu ltant to the timbe r
indu stry o n forest pract ices. Mar ian Poindexter arr ived in October to lead ou r research program on slope stability and
forest road construction. Marian recently
co mp leted an M S degree in Civil Engineering at the Un ivers ity of Tennessee
where she was voted O utstand ing Eng ineer. We're very pleased to have bo th
o f these yo ung fac ulty members with us
and loo k forward to their leadersh ip.
Speaking
o f youn g
faculty, John
O'L eary had another good summer consult ing in the Phil ippines with many new
experiences and problems to use in his
senior cou rses . We we re al l concerned
when the Phi l!ppines was hit by an earthquake and tid al wave. But true to form,
the ol ' Irishman slept through it all !
George Brown
Dep artment Head
pub lic and pr ivate agenc ies. The review
was sponsored by the Cooperat ive State
Research Service . The review co mmittee
was favo rab ly impressed and also noted
that the Department's research endeavor
greatly strengthens its educational effort.
Our facu lty is p leased to be able to
show some examples of our researc h
activity d uring an Open House at the Forestry Researc h Laboratory on Feb rua ry 19,
1977. We hope to have the opportun ity
of we lcoming you at that l ime.
Helmuth Resch
Department Head
Enrollment Statistics
A total of 1,082 st udents were enro ll ed in the School of Forestry at the
c lose o f fall term registration . This is th ree
percsnt less than the nu mber in 1975. Of
the total, 41 % enrolle d in Forest Management, fo ll owed by Resource Rec reation
Management (33% ), Fo rest Eng inee ring
(18%), Forest Products (6% ), and Fo rest
Science (2% ). Enro llment in the new
Department of Forest Sc ience cons ists of
graduate students only (28 of the 108
graduate students enro lled in th e School).
Compared to last fal l, decreases in enro ll ment by departments are : Forest Management - 5%, Resource Recreat ion Managemen t - 4%, Forest Engineerin g - 5% ,
and Forest Produc ts - 17% . The 28 graduate students in Forest Science represent
students who previously would have been
enrolled in Forest Management and account fo r the apparent dec li ne in the latter
department.
Undergraduate enrollment for fall term
was 974 compared to 1,025 in 1975. Graduate students have increased fro m 94 to
108 in 1976 (21 PhD's and 87 Maste r
degree candidates). At present there are
244 women enro ll ed in the School, 142 of
w hom are in Resource Recreation Management.
Forty-one trans fer stud ents from eleve n
o f the th irteen commun ity col leges in Oregon have enrolled th is year compared to
€9 in 1975. Tra nsfers into the School of
Forestry fal l te rm from other OSU Schoo ls
number 19 compared to 55 who transferred
out of Forestry. There was a slight inc rease in the number o f non-res ident students (28% - 1976, 23% - 1975.) As in
the plast few years, the numbers of vetera rs and married students continues to
d~c line .
At present there are 15 studen ts represent ing fo ur ethn ic m inor ity groups enrol led in the School. Th ese inc lude three
Black Americans, th ree Span ish A mer icans, one Native Ame rican, and eigh t
Or ienta l students.
Bill Wh eeler
Head Advisor
Enrollment Statistics
Class
FE
M
Freshmzn
Sophomo res
Jun iors
Sen iors
Post-Bacs
G rads
Sub-Total
Tota l
FM
F
M
4
2
2
3
1
74
79
73
82
19
28
33
20
10
14
3
4
11
7
7
17
2
21
12
355
84
65
51
37
27
37
1
24
177
FP
189
5
F
439
M
FS
F
68
1
-
-
M
-
RRM
F
M
-
49
46
33
83
2
-
- - - -
2
25
3
3
25
3
28
Total
F
M
38
27
36
40
1
-
185
169
143
219
24
98
216 142
358
F
New
Students
M
F
76
49
48
57
4
10
154
52
34
9
11
38
57
16
10
2
4
838 244
289
89
1082
387
Forest Management
Fernhopper Banquet 1976
Since becoming Head of the Department of Forest Management in August,
the two most frequent questions I've had
from alumni are: "What happened to Dick
Dilworth?" and "What's changed in the
department?"
My response to the f irst question usually
triggers the second. The old Forest Management Department (pre-July 1976) has
been split into two departments: Forest
Management and Forest Science.
Dick
Dilworth is now head of the Department
of Forest Science. Dick's activities and
those of Forest Science are repo rted elsewhere in this issue.
In response to the second question,
Forest Management is now comprised of
the underg raduate program in forest management, and the graduate program and
research in forest management s.cience,
economics, policy, recreation, men.suration
and photogrammetry. Our extension program co ncentrates on management decisions in forestry.
Fifteen faculty members are administrative ly assigned to Forest Management, in
roughly the following proportions: 56 percent teach ing, 32 percent research and 12
percent extension. As of Fall Term 1976,
439 undergraduates and 32 graduate
students were enrolled in departmental
programs.
That's the department in a nutshell.
This brings us to the next-most asked
question: "What's going on?" I'll answer
by the major functions: teaching, researc h
and extension.
There were 450 peop le at the Fernhopper Banquet on February 28, 1976. Everyone seemed to have a good time. In addition to visiting with old friends, alumni
participated in four different studentalumni seminars. The sem inar that attracted most students was entitled, "Justif ication and Benefits of Required Summer
Employment. Current Job Availabi lity and
Job Expectations fo r Graduates." Jim
Bagley '50, Robert Madsen '50, and Orin
Palme r '62 were the a lumn i discussion
leaders and Scott Jackson , senior in Fo rest Engineering, was student moderator.
In add ition to students , there were a number of other alumns who partic i pated in
the seminar.
One of the seminars had the interesting
title: "How Much Emphasis on the Resource in Resou rce Recreation Management?" Deni Rauw and Glenn Koppang,
both juniors in Resource Recreation Management, served as stude nt moderators.
Bill Holtsclaw '49, Bo b Kischel '48, and
George Schroeder '35 were the alumni
discussion leaders. Here again. students
and o ther alumni participated. There were
also faculty involved.
The seminar with the longest name was
entitled: "The Econom ical / Environment
Balance: Impacts and Other Cons iderations. How and by Whom are Trade Offs
to be Measured? The Mongahela and
Alaska Court Decision." Although some
of these problems have been partially
so lved by federal leg islation, in February
of 1976 they were still live and hot issues.
Gera ld Patchen '55, Ron Smith '52, and
Bob Underwood '48 were discussion leaders fo r the alumn i. Brenda Dietrich, senior in Forest Management, was the student
leader of the seminar. All those present
found the discussion
interesting and
thought provoking.
The fourth seminar was entitled: "What
are the Opportunities for a Forester Who
Wants to Tell People about Current Forestry Possibilities on an Informal Basis? "
Tom Be rglund, senior in Forest Management, was the student leader of the group.
Ward Armstrong '60, Ken Burkholder '38,
and Fred G raf '61 were the alumni discussion leaders. There were a number of
interest ing points made during the d iscussion; and hopefully, these may stimu late
some forestry students to become interested in the publ ic affairs fie ld in forestry.
Diane Lovelace was student cha irman
for Fernhoppe r Day and acted as maste r
ol ceremon ies at the banq uet. Those present were treated to a surpr ise bit of entertainment by Bi ll Robertson , former
forestry student and presently trainer fo r
OSU athletic teams. Bi ll was a member
of "Foresters in Action ," a KOAC radio
show o f the 40's. Othe r members were
Dan Robinson '40 and Barney Keep '42.
Th is all came about beca use Barney Keep
was selected by a comm ittee to receive
the Forestry Alumni Association Individual Achievement Award.
Barney started hi s rad io career on rad io
stat ion KOAC wh ile he was attend ing forestry school. After graduation in 1942,
he was associated with KOAC full-time.
Later, he moved to Portland and radio
!:tat ion KXL. It was just a short hop from
the re to KEX in 1944 and he has been
there ever since. As Dean Carl sa id when
he presented the award at the banquet,
"O ld Barn " has brought more joy and
humor to people of Oregon and elsewhere
TEACHING
In the undergraduate program, the focus
this year is on curriculum planning and
stu dent advising. Bill Ferrell heads the
departmental Curriculum Committee which
will focus on defining the objectives of
our curriculum and will look at alternatives for improving it.
Johnny Bell heads the Advising and
Student Affairs Committee which is finding
better ways to foster student commitment
and professional ism through faculty advising. As student enrollments remain
high in the face of limited job opportunities, the emphasis in recruiting is on professionalism and quality of students. Faculty advising plays a big role in emphasizing this in the university.
In the graduate program , the emphasis
is also on quality. Darius Adams and his
Graduate Committee are working on
standards for the selection of high quality
graduate students. The smaller department is an advantage in this regard because there are fewer disciplines for
which to recruit graduate stude nts-and
those disciplines are more closely related .
The major focus is planning and decisionmaking in forest resource management.
RESEARCH
The space allotted for this discussion
is inadequate for a thorough discussion.
A brief run-through will give you a flavor
of what 's going on.
Darius Adams is continuing his work on
price responses to chang ing supply of
publ ic timber. He is also working on
optimal harvest scheduling in uneven aged
stands.
J ohnny Bell has begun a study of various inter-tree competition indices as
measures of stand density. He also is
co ntinu in g his work on the coop erative
" levels of growing stock" study.
The First Aerial Photo Short Course, 1949.
Doug Brodie is continuing his work on
economic strategies for dealing with early
animal damage in reforestation.
He is
also preparing a compend ium of information on Oregon's forest resources and
their value to the economy.
Pam Case is writing the plans for a
study of federal land-use planning systems, with particular emphasis on what
the objectives are compared to what va rious groups perceive them to be.
Kent Downing has completed his stud ies
of the impact of the tussock moth outbreak on forest recreation and will be publi shi ng soon on the resu lts. He is beg inning a study on the costs of providing
publ ic overnight camping facilities, to be
done with Ken Gibbs of the Resource
Recreation Management Department.
Dave Paine is continuing his work on
the use of aerial photography to evaluate
brushfield conditions with regard to regeneration objectives.
Chuck Sutherland has recently completed studies of plywood plant location
costs , and the inheritance tax impacts of
forest land tenure. He is beginn ing a
study of stumpage price differences between small and large landowners, and
the impact of the differences on taxes.
Bil l Wheeler is continuing his evalu ation
of joint forestry and grazing use in Eastern
Oregon.
I 've been involved In follow-up work
to our timber analysis. Additional analyses have been made for the Board o f
Work is contin uing in docuForestry.
menting our timber resources computer
model and publishing additional details
rel ated to the study.
EXTENSION
Larry Streeby is our full-time extension
person; Chuck Sutherland spends parttime in extension. Larry and Chuck will
be presenting a workshop on Estate Planning for Small Woodland Owners in variO\JS locations in Oregon. In addition,
Larry is preparing extension bulletins prov:ding guidelines on va rious aspects o f
timber management.
Larry also works
with extension agents throughout the state
on a regular basis to answer questions
about forest management. Finally, Larry
heads a Short Course and Conti nuing
6
Education Committee within the department. The committee w ill ass ist our faculty to determine needs for short courses
and other continuing education programs ,
and to evaluate our efforts in these areas.
I've probably exceeded the word l imit
Rudy Kallander gave me for this piece.
I 'l l close by say ing that I'm looking forward to meeting more of our alumni.
Please let us hear from you if you have
ideas for im proving any aspects of our
program, or if you just want to know more
about what we're doing.
John Beuter
Department Head
Resource Recreation Management
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the Department Curric ulum Committee
which has initiated a number of changes
designed to strengthen the program.
Professor Ed Slezak has worked this fall
in support of the City of Co rvallis and
Benton County. Recently, t he voters approved a large aquatic complex for the
c ity and a substantial bond levy for the
county park program.
The depa rtment has sponsored a number of enrichment programs this fall. Dr.
J im Murphy, from San Jose, presented a
workshop entitled, " Le isure Delivery Systems: Future Perspectives. "
During the
winte r, wor kshops on Recreation and Legislation and Back Country Recreation will
be offered.
Fo r the summer o f 1977, the department
will offer six cou rses. A ser ies of six
different cou rses will be offe red in the
summer of 1978 and in the summer of
1979. This rotation system is designed to
help students who wish to finish their
baccalaureate program by util iz ing the
su mmer terms.
The Department is making every effort
to develop better balance between its
teach ing , research and public service program. Currently, the department's emphasis is on undergraduate instruction with
lim ited research invo lvement and rather
l imited public service. With the expansion
of research efforts and more emphasis on
serving advanced students, the department
loo ks forward to a bright future .
Ed Heath
Depa rtment Head
within the range of KEX than most of us
can visu alize. He's known as a disc jockey, a rad io personality, a guy who
wrestled a 900 pound tiger, took part in a
hot air balloon race, spent a night on the
top of MI. Hood, and was an honorary
clown with the Ring ling Brothers, Barnum
and Ba iley C irc us.
In 1974, when "Old Barn " celeb rated his
30th year at KEX, form er Governor McCall
declared November 28, 1974 "Barney Keep
Day in Oregon." Gove rnor McCall was
moved to say that he is the original "Oregon Firecracker" - the " Canyon Strippe r
of Auto Row" and that for all he knewNovember 28, 1974 m ight also be " Gum
Arab ic Day" or even " Annua l Stale
Fruitcake Observance." Nevertheless, he
felt strong ly that " Old Barn " should be
recognized , and even pet itioned the federa l government to designate him as a
"nationa l historical l andmark. "
When Barney came to the head table
to receive the award of an engraved sterl ing silver cross pen and penc il set, he
literally " broug ht the house down " with
his humorous rem iniscence of his days as
a forestry student and working for the
Forest Service on a Ribes eradication
crew on one of the National Forests in
Eastern Oregon.
Maybe that's why he
became a d isc jockey!
Forestry Media Center
When you visit the campus on Fernhopper Day this ye ar, you will enjoy a
spec ially prepared tour of the Forest Research Laboratory . In keepi ng w ith this
research theme we'd like to tell you how
the Forestry Media Center has been working w ith Fo restry faculty to extend research results to people around the state .
With the help of a grant from the Northwest Area Foundation, FMC staff have
been team ing up with facu lty from each of
the departments to produce aud io-visual
learning un its on a variety of important
topics . Over 40 separate t itles are now
available, including a seven-part series on
the proper use of herbicides, slide-tapes
and 16 mm films on forest harvesting, and
a four-p art series on detection and control
of wood decay in homes.
These new materials are not intended
to take the place of traditional research
publications, but rather are des igned to
he l p various aud ience groups learn informat ion and sk ills needed to so lve spec ific
fo rest resource problems. Fo r instance,
several o f the packages are intended especially for private wood land owners,
many o f whom are not foresters by profession.
Other mater ials are aimed at
professiona l foresters who want to update
their knowledge in certa in areas- forest
ecology, lor example.
Usu ally the audio-visua l materia ls are
recommended as one part o f a training
program. We suggest, lor examp le, that
the audio-visual units be used along with
other learn ing resources, such as research
publicat ions and basic textbooks when
such materials are appropriate. To encourage audience par ticipat ion in the
learning process, we include fact sheets,
summaries, checklists, refe rence lists, and
teaching tips along with our audio-v isu al
materials. Our efforts to date have been
well rece ived in Oregon, across the nation. an d in seve ral foreign countries. One
unit on wood preservat ion has been translated into Span ish fo r use in Central and
South Amer ica.
Other units are being
7
Barney Keep, Class of '42
adapted, with assistance from Beaverton
Schools, for use in elementary teach ing.
If you are able to attend Fernhopper
Day, you will have a chance to see some
of these new teach ing materials. A free
catalogue, available from the
Forestry
Med ia Center, describes each presen tation and tells how to order.
Although we sometimes talk as if research and teaching were completely separate activities at the Sc hool, ou r experience with the production of audio-vi sual
materials has shown one way research informat ion can be transferred effectively
into the c lassroom. Most of the audiovisual units p roduced by facu lty are be ing
used in forestry courses, either through
the Forestry Self- Learning Center or in a
trad itional c lass room setting.
Over the past severa l years, you have
heard many reports o f the School's lead ersh ip in developing an d apply ing improved ways of teach ing. Although faculty are mak ing changes in many areas ,
the emphas is th is year has been on h elping faculty develop sk ill in th e ana lys is
and design of instruct;on. As part o f th is
effort, the Fo restry Med ia Ce nter sponsored an intensive ten-day workshop in
June for 19 Fo restry faculty. In thi s workshop. faculty developed skill in applying
the latest instructional tec hniques. As a
result, many are
ma king
signi ficant
changes in their courses.
This year has been unusually busy and
productive for the Forest Media Center;
a year marked by the achievement of
several long-range goals. We are always
most p leased to have alumn i and friends
visit us at the School for a fi rst-h and story
about the a dvances our faculty are makin g
in teaching and Exte nsion.
Phil Crawford
Coord inator
BILL FERRELL reports that he is plenty
busy as edito r of Fo rest Science and
teachi ng forest eco logy as well as do ing
some research in p lant water relatio ns. His
extra-curricular time, such as it is, is
spent hiking.
Forest Science
Forest Science is the new department
resulting from the reorganization of Forest Management. Biological research and
education at the graduate level constitute
the program for the new department.
The new department includes 18 faculty, 10 research assistants unclassified,
9 classified staff, and 28 graduate students. All faculty members are housed
at the Forest Research Laboratory, as are
most of the degree candidates. A few
graduate students working under Bill Ferrell are housed in Peavy Hall.
Dick Dilworth is Head of Forest Science
and will step down March 1, 1977 when
Dr. John Gordon takes over. John is
currently a professor of Tree Physiology
at Iowa State University. We are all looking forward to his participation on the
school's faculty.
Dick Waring, recently pro moted to full
professor, is on sabbatical at the University of Edinburgh in Scotla nd. He will
return next fall. AI Berg and Denny Lavender represented the department at the
recent IUFRO meeting in Oslo, Norway.
Kim Ching was invited by the Taiwanian
Government to spend three weeks in that
country to advise its scientists on the
co nduct of genetic programs.
Fernhoppers Sam Liu and Dr. Van Yang consulted
w ith Kim during his visit to their country.
Mike Newton made a quick trip to Australia during the year to work on a manuscript with another Fernhopp er, Dr. Steve
Preest, and to enjoy a much-needed vacation.
The Fo rest Science faculty is looking
forward to the Forest Research Laboratory's Open House in connection with
Fernhopper Day. T he staff wi ll be on
hand to show visitors our facilities and
describe our research in the areas of tree
physiology, forest plant ecology, youn g
growth manag ement and forest wildlife
ecology.
Currently, the Forest Science
staff is conducting 46 studies in the areas
mentioned.
Regeneration is the major
thrust at this time. As part of the Open
House, we will be showing a 25-minute
film on research which covers stud ies
handled bv th e Forest Science and Forest
Management Departmen ts as they now
operate.
A major co ntribution of the departmental
faculty is the prepa ration of the Regeneration Manual which covers the "state o f
the art" in reforestation tec hniques and
strategies. The manuscri pt is at the
editor's now and should be ready by
March or April. · This publication should
provide regeneration foresters with an upto-date reference on regeneration. Brian
Cleary, Dick Hermann and Bob Greaves
have ramrodded this effo rt.
Forest Science faculty concerned with
Con iferous Biome studies are well along
toward completi ng this National Science
Foundation Project. We are cooperating
with
the University o f Washington's
Co llege of Fores t Resources in carry ing
ou t th e program.
It has been a long time since most of
you have visited the Laboratory. so we
hope th at you will make a spec ial effort
this year sin ce the FRL Open House is a
major function of Fernhopper Day.
KEN NETH C. GIBBS, a natu ral resource
economist , has joined the faculty of the
Resou rce Recreation Management Depa rtment. He spent the last several years
teach ing and conducti ng research on the
economics of outdoor recreation at the
University of Florida. He will be initiating
a research program in resource recreation management w ith a focus on the
soc ial and econo mi c aspects and will be
teach ing o utdoor recreation pol icy and the
economics of outdoor recreation. Ken is
a graduate of the natura l resource economics program at Oregon State University.
Fernhopper Banquet, 1976. Forestry Club President Jim Stone Pins a Corsage on Mistress
of Ceremonies Diane Lovelace
School
Personalities
ED AU LERICH writes: "I am still spending six months a year in the brush in
logging research and six months teaching. We are pretty well settled at 3797
N .W. J ackson about five blocks f rom
Peavy Hall. Our family is getting smaller
with Chris at Arizona State and Steve at
Portland State. That leaves Kim , age 12,
Sylvia and me at home - so come visit. "
WA LT BUBLITZ says: " Research and
teaching march on in the paper section .
We had a record size class of students
last year and graduated an MS stud ent
who now works for Crown Zellerbach. We
just completed a short course concernin g
chip requirements for pulp mills, presented
mainly for ship suppliers and broken;, and
it was quite successful. "
KIM CHING reports that he me t several
O.S.U . forestry alumni on the Isla nd of
Taiwa n last August. The occasion was
that Kim had been invited to participate
in the Natio nal Reconstruction Conference sponsored by the Republic of China.
Special conferences were held to confer
with the forestry staff from the National
Ta'wan University, the Forestry Bureau,
and the Forest Researc h Institute and reviewed their forest genetics and t ree
:mprovement programs. This in c luded the
introduction of Doug las-fir to the medium
elevat ion zones of the Central Range.
BRIAN CLEARY has reached a real
milestone this past year with completion
of the Oregon Reforestation M anual.
It
will be available in January 1977. After
that rather long project, he plans to continue development o f his extension program in reforestation. He's looking fo rward to visiting with many of his old classmates as he travels around th e state.
DENN IS DYKSTRA completed his PhD
in Ind ust rial Eng ineering last June (finally)
and has been promoted to Assistan t Professor.
He's continuing to do research
relating to the optimization o f logging
system selection and layout, and is now
teaching two courses in the graduate FE
program.
BILL EMMINGHAM is st ill ali ve and in
Corvall is, 3310 S.W. Chintimini Avenue.
~11 ~cmorhnn
HAROLD R. BOWERM AN '31
OLIN R. MILLER '46
RALPH L. CARMICHAEL '61
ALVIN C. OLSEN '27
MELVIN E. CRAWFORD '38
BRADLEY A. PEAVY '22
MARTIN H. DU RBIN '24
HAROLD A. RAPRAEGER '33
WAL T EA L. DUTTO N '13
HERBERT C. SAM PERT '39
HARRY L. EDGERTON
~4
FRAZER W. SCHLEGEL '30
BERT R. FEHREN '27
GEORGE R. STERBA '37
EUGENE D. HANNEMAN '47
JOHN C. WILKERSON '27
Dic k Dilworth
Departmen t Head
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BOB GRAHAM state s that internal decay of large pressu re-treated Doug las-fir
poles has been co ntrolled for seven years
by pouri ng ag r icultural fumigants (Vapa m,
Vortex or Chloropicrin) into ho les in the
poles and plugging the holes. The liquids
vaporize and move about eight feet
above and below the groundline of the
poles. These fumigants also have stopped
in ternal decay of pressure-treated Doug lasfir bu lkhead p iles along the Oregon Coast.
We are eva luating their effectiveness of
controlling decay in untreated, laminated
beams and arches; these members pose a
different
decoy-control
prob lem.
The
following sl ide-ta pes have been comp leted: "Wood Destroyers in the Marine Environment " and " Improving the Performance
of Wood in Waterfront Structures." Undergraduate students continue to perform an
importan t and effec tive role in our research prog ram.
ED HEATH became Pres ident of the
Society of Park and Recreation Educators
a t their recent convention in Boston. He
is th e first westerner to ho ld the office.
Ed has also served as a member of the
Board of the Oregon County Park Assoc iation and as a member of the National
Counci l on Accreditation since its formation. The Counc il is currently accred it ing
recreation and pa rk curricula fo r the first
time.
This is a sign ificant step forward
in providing standa rds for recreat ion
education throughout the nation .
GUY G. HELSING reports: "Funds are
still com ing in to keep me emp loyed as a
Research Assistant working for Robe rt
Graham in research for preventin g and
stopp ing decay in po les , pil ing, waterfront
structures , and wooden boats. Fum igants
are more than promising for stopping decay of wood products for they are beginning to sp read to a wide base oi uses and
commerc ial scale of app lication. We are
also work ing towards controll ing marine
borer
attack,
evaluating
means
of
protect ing pil e tops from decay, deve loping sl ide-tapes, and pub lishing. "
DICK HERMANN says : " Sti ll try ing to
figure out how to get trees going on tough
sites. Work ing with Marv Rowley on some
of the dry sou th slopes in McDonald Fo rest has resu lted in a coup le of successfully estab lished plantat ions . I am hoping
that we can repeat it on other sides too. "
MAC McKIMMY continues to teach FP
314 Physica l Properties of Wood and FP
453 Forest Products Merchand ising.
In
research , he has been busy recently
adopt ing some x- ray equipment used to
measure wood density.
MIKE NEWTON has been continuing
work on rehabilitation of high s ite lands.
Much of the work has boiled down to furnish ing data used by legal beagles in
court, reg istrations, etc. Desp ite the di-
With The Classes
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The NEWSLETTE R continues to get a w ide response from Fernhoppers around the
world. This is made possible by ma iling double , self-addressed post cards to all alumni
for whom we have good add resses. The increased costs of postage may spell the end
of this tradition. We just don 't have enough dues paying members of the Forestry
Alumni Association to cover costs involved in continu i ng this practice .
If you like the idea o f the message section, let us know about it- and support the
idea by contributi ng through the payment of your annua l duesr That 's the on ly way
we 'll be able to keep th is section of the NEWSLETTER alive.
This year we welcome 207 students with bachelor deg rees and 21 with advanced
degrees to the growing ranks of Fernhoppers. We hope you will conti nue to kee p in
touch with your classmates and with us through the NEWSLETTER and through com ing
back to the OSU campus on Fernhopper Day.
versions, work waxes promising in th is
area, and successes are becoming more
common. Ano ther major activity thi s year
has been the preparation of a manua l on
silvicultura l chemicals and protection of
water qual ity, for the EPA. This has been
educational for the writer, and hopefu lly
lor EPA and chemical users.
JOHN O'LEARY continues to teach the
FE sen ior sequence, jun ior logging methods to the FM 's and helps Dykstra w ith an
FE grad course. He is also active in the
Forest Engineering Institute and continues to vacat ion in the Philippines and
Borneo during the summer months.
DAVE PAINE finds that teaching mensuration, biometrics and aerial photos
along with a li ttle resea rch is sti ll a fulltime job - especially w ith larger classes
(about 300 per year now in aerial photos).
Dave is also writing a textbook on aer ial
photo interpretation to be publ ished bv
John Wi ley and Sons in 1978.
PENN PETERS reports that two new
graduate courses were developed last
year; Logging System Mechanics - Aer ial
and Logging System Mechanics - Grou nd
Vehicles.
Research activity was conducted on two logging systems for harvesting smallwood , a stiff- leg yarder and
a multispan system .
ED SLEZAK has received his two texts
in 1976; Tips and Ideas on Organization of
Recreation; and 1000 Recreational Leadership Ideas. Both are pub li shed by the
Oregon State University Book Stores , Inc.
He is also editor of two art icles in a profess ional journay in his field : Socia l Agency Management Better Camp Management. One artic le appeared in the Galloway Publicat ions Summer Edition - " Swiming Poo l Leadership Hints " and one in the
Winter Ed ition - " Even ing Program Leadership H ints".
the Varsity Track Squad and has won
his letter the past two years in pole vaulting.
1918
GEORGE B. "SKEETER " HOWE writes
that he is "st ill up and at 'em - up anyway.
but still traveling: a two week cruise last
March to the Caribbean; we took a tour
in our car down the Washington. Oregon
and Ca liforn ia Coast in Sep tembe r; November 1 - 10 spent our ann ive rsary in the
Islands - next March a trip th rough Panama Canal."
1920
1910
1917
T. J. STARKER is still wr iting " Readerlariats " in the Oregonian and G.T. try ing to
educate legislators and environmentaloriented people. Timber produces jobs
and a lot or taxes and he'd l ike to see
more foresters expressing themselves. He
sees Dave Bu rwell and Fremont McComb
in prin t once in a whi le.
HARRY C. PATTON is the last rema ining
member of the Logg ing Eng ineering C lass
of 1917. There were 13 in the c lass. He
is still very act ive in his land development
in the Det roit Lake and North Santiam
Areas , but finds time to do some hu nting.
trapshooting. and bowl ing with the help of
four grandchildren. When he attended
college . the name was Oregon Agricultural Co llege, O.A.C.. When his children
attended, it was Oregon State College.
Now his grandson, C lifford Ba rry, is attend ing and the name is Oregon State
University, 0. S. U. His grandson is on
1914
JAMES C. EVENDEN st ill lives at EO?
West Lakesho re, Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. He
is interested in c ivic projects and enjoys
every day.
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LLOYD C. REGNELL reti red as Highway
Eng ineer, Bu reau of Pub lic Roads, now
Federa l Highways 11 years ago. Assignments took him to the Cana l Zone . Philippines. Eth iopia. Liberia. and Nepal. He
now resides in Arlington, Virgin ia.
1921
ELLSWORTH S. YOUNG wr ites just a
note to le t you know he is sti ll hanging
around try ing to make himself use ful.
Same address: 772 NE Arr ington Rd.,
Hillsboro, OR 97123.
1922
1927
EARL H. CHAPMAN passed his 80t h
birthd ay last June. He gave up deer hunting wit h his 75th, but still t ro ut fishes.
Apropos of fish ing, he sent the fol lowing
anonymous prayer: "God grant that I may
fish until my dying day, and when I co me
to make my last cast, I will hum bly pray,
that when within the Lord 's safe landing
net, I am peacefu lly asleep, He. in His
infinite mercy, wil l ju dge me, good enough
to keep. "
JOHN H. BAGLEY, JR. has "bee n fully
retired now for four years and finding I
have my hands full keeping up with all our
activities. Hobb:es will keep everyone
busy and right now I have cooking, genealogy, and sport car ral l ies to keep things
from lagging.
Having lived the last 16
years here in the Big Valley, I have lost
my web feet, but my wife and I wi ll be
back in June for the 50th reunion and
hope to see all the loggers and fernhoppers of '27 back there also . Until then ,
stay out o f the big ht of the haulback."
He sends th is along in belief that some of
the Fe rnhoppers might like to file it in
their memories as they whip a fly over the
cool , clear waters as the sooth ing aroma
of conifers soothes the ir fervid nostriles .
1923
ERNEST E. FISCHER reti red six years
ago, after se rving as curator of the Hoyt
Arboretum in Portland for over 30 years.
He spe nds most of his leisure time! gardening and fishing the nearby st ream s and
also visiting with some of the old time
ternhoppers who are retired in the vicinity.
ERNEST WRIG HT te l ls us that: they are
"stil l" holding forth at the Senior Estates.
They expect to get d own to OSU for Fernhopper Day. Finding plenty to keep him
busy, but his golf is terrible of late. He
sees a few OSU alum ni occasional ly at
the bowling alley or on the golf course.
They haven ' t been out in the woods for a
year or more, bu t he has lodgepole pine
in the yard about 15 years old, surro unded
by a ring of Bo letus. He has the best
mycorrhizae tree he has ever seen."
1924
W. E. GRIFFEE says "tax shelters, travel
and golf have largely taken the place of
forestry and lumbering in my interests. If
any of my fernhopper friends are in Lake
Oswego in summer or near the Kamao le
Nalu at Kihei , Maui , Hawaii in winter. I'd
surely en joy a visit. "
CLAUDE KERR has "been living in
Roseburg since 1948 where I had a cru ising and engineering office for many yaars .
Also, I "dabb led" a bit in timber. Am retired now and live w ith my wife, Catherine;
our children are all grown , and we have
six grandchildren. Would be happy to s2e
any Fernhoppers. "
His address is Rt. 3
Box 685, Roseb urg, OR 97470.
1925
GEORGE SPAUR writes: " We are
spending so me time in Tucson this winter. Hope to be back in time to attend
Fernhopper Day. Best wishes to all for
1977."
ALVIN L. PARKER writes: "G reetings
Fernhoppers : This is especially directed to
all Fernhoppers o f the twenties and thirties, as well as the T.J.S. Era , and all
others since. Th is note dates back to the
days of Geo. W. Peavy (Dean). As a
membe r of the 1927 class , on one of our
spring field trips to Oak Rid ge vicinity of
the Willamette National Forest, about 1924 ,
I became a member of a notorious? special gang? I was designated o ne of the
" d irty dozen", and even the " filthy five",
but was " whiskered out" for the title of
" hobo king" by classmate Ed Joy! However, these achievments carried on into'
my wor king career, and I gained one more
sp ecial title, the likes of which has never
been duplicated , or challenged, (to the
bast of my knowledge) . While on a western pine beetle control project on the Modoc, N.F. in California, in 1931. I was
also involved in porcupine contro l. Thus,
it occurred that wh i le spotting insect infested trees, we were also checking for
porcupine damage. Not only did I carry
a compass and map, but also a 22-r if le. As
a result, I decimated 22 o f these spiney
creatures in one day. Immediately, I became known as " Porcupine Parker". Now
Paul Bunyan was already legend, and peop le had heard o f Cougar Bill , and o thers,
but never bafore h ad they heard of "Porc upine Parker". In fact, the achievement
seemed so unusual that the event made
the headl ines in several Ca l ifornia and
Oregon newspapers. Ha! Se licusly, I am
stil l a bachelor since my w ife, Mae, has
been in a nursing home for nearly two
years. She cannot wa l k or talk and does
not know anyone (not eve n me.) Th is has
been tough to adjust to after 47 years of
having a wonderfu l companion. Ho'wever,
I have finally realized that nothing is so
bad but that it could be worse. Thus, I
h ave learned to count my many bl essings
and trust in God for the final answer.
If any of you should pass my way, I'll
be so pleased to see you . With love to
all. "
1928
BIJAH G. SMI TH says the diploma
which he received last year, after leaving
OSU 50 years ago , holds a place of honor
1n his home and is a constant so urce of
pride to ti'm.
He's doing much better
now after a recent stay in the Veteran 's
Hospital.
W. REX DENNY is sti l l liv ing in Dufur.
Still retired . Still fish and hunt in season.
D. REED MILLER is: "Sorry we ca n' t attend the Fernhopper Day as we wil l be
on the OSU Alu mni Tour to Mayaland and
Western Caribbean Islands. Although retire d, I am as busy as ever. Do a little
consulti ng, a little writing , so me traveling
and some fishing ."
RAY L. ZOBEL says " It's real ly a pleasure to be remembered by the Oregon State
Foresters. I have not done any fernhopping thoug h , since 1932. My interest just
stays on and on. My wife and I are in
good health . Have bean enjoying retirement for 12 and a half years."
PHI LIP L. PAINE writes: "How time
fl'es!
Soo n will be 50th class reunion
\'me. Seldom see members of the Class
of '28. While hospitalized for a few days
last October had visitors, Harry Rounsefell
and wife. Was I surprised! We had only
seen one ar.other once s in ce we gradu -
1926
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ated in 1928 class consisting of 17 members. We had a grand visit recounting
the spring tr ips of yester year wh ich
caused many would be fernhoppers to
leave forestry. Coul d the fernhoppers of
today take the rigors demanded by the
grand old Dean Peavy? I have my
do u bts."
1929
LORANCE W. EICKWORTH is sti ll on
deck and going strong. He w i ll start harvesting Christmas trees in 10 days. Lots
o f work, but lots of fun to watch 'em grow.
He also had 70 apple trees now starting to
bear all the old variety of apples that he
has grafted in previous years!. Cider is
no problem now. He traveled to Mexico
last January, aim ing for Australia January
1977 . He hopes to see more '29 Foresters
in February than he saw in February 1976.
NORMAN R. HAWLEY finds that: "Going on 74 doesn't hurt a b it. Perhaps
disrega rd ing age runs in this family. In
Apr i l Peggy and I were in Boston to see
our youngest, 35 year-old Doug, run in the
26-m ile Boston Marathon. He swore t hat
w ith luck he'd fin ish in the top 30 percent.
Happily, he finished in the top 10 percent
in the fie ld of 2,000 , most of who m were
10 - 15 years his ju nior. (How's that for
being a native sou therner !) Last summer,
I tried to resign from the Lions, figuring
that 40 years in the organization was
enough. It was not to be. In time, I was
handed a telegram, originating at the Internationa l Co nvention in Hawaii, advising
that the International Board had granted
me Life Membership in the organization .
(Now, I'm stuck to sell brooms, benefiti ng
the b l ind, for another 40 years , no doubt!)"
E. M. (B ILL) HORNIBROOK has "retired
tw ice, bu t am still worki ng as a forestry
consultant due to a h igh local demand
and a sca rcity of l icensed foresters in the
Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. The
hi lls keep getting steeper each year but
it is not all that bad. Workin g keeps me
in trim for hunting deer and elk and hunting kee ps me in trim for working. Is this
a symbiotic relationship or is it an envi ron mental impact? Oh we ll! Old foresters never die, they just lose the use of
their incre ment borer. Hope I can make
the Fernhoppers banquet this year. Wife's
illness has prevented the past two years.
Regards to all my fr iends an d acqu aintances. "
GLENN VOORHI E S, who was an assistant prof in Forestry at Oregon State from
1936 to 1945, retired f rom the faculty at
Northern Arizona University this past summer. He had been honored ear lier as the
top teacher in the Forestry Schoo l at
Northern A rizona. Glenn 's a rea, while at
Oregon State, was wood scie nce and fo rest products util izat ion. When Glenn left
Oregon State, h e was in private industry
for a number o f years in both managerial
and research activities. He joined the
Northern Arizona University Forestry faculty in 1961 and has been there e ver s in ce.
Glenn will continue to be active in retirement and w ill carry on both research and
consul tatio n activit ies.
He wil l also be
able to devote more time to his hobby o f
wood burn ing and wood working.
He
writes : " January 1. 1977 plan to become a
visi ting prof at the School of Renewable
Natural Resources , U. of Arizona. Why quit
now?''
1930
CHE STER A. (CHET) BENNETT says:
" The newsletters are always enjoyed , hearing of others and their whereabouts and
doings. We enjoy a trip south most eve ry
year, have see n a lot of Mexico. Vancouver Island this s ummer salmon fishing,
it was fabulous. No more hunting until
next year, got our bucks ok and one elk
in our party. I spend a lot of time with
the Shrine, helping those crippl ed kids.
Hi everybody!"
HOMER J. HARTMAN says
and in every way, I am getting
is well at our camp at Mission
St. Maries, Idaho. Chee rs to
Fernhopper s."
"each day
better. All
Point near
all the old
FRANK LUSK tells us: "O ld fri ends - I
have left California and am back in Oregon
for, I suppose the finale someday. Maybe
wi ll make Fernhopper Day th is time
around. If so, will see y'all. My address
now is: 4080 Upper River Road, Grants
Pass, OR 97526. "
VON DI S E. MIL LER "still lives ju st out
of Redmond - looking west to the Cascades. Ou r youngest is in his second yea r
of doctorial work at O.S.U."
PHILIP A. NEWTON w ri tes "Dear Rudy,
Very little news to report from Frank lin,
N.C. th is time. We keep busy with church
and c ivic activities. Also spent se!veral
weeks with our daug hters this past summer in Tallahassee and Panama City,
Florida . We enjoy reading the news about
old classmates."
WILLI AM RUHMANN suggests you consider spendi ng the winter on Waikiki
Beach. It is recommen ded - the sand is
warm and some of the girls are beautiful.
This is not an advertisement, he says!
1931
ALBERT ARNST asks: "Retirement?
Busier th an ever.
Am editing Western
Conservat ion Journal. Also selling Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl novelties.
Attended 45th reun:on of Class of '31 at
OSU in June. I was the only forester present - not even faculty members o f the
School of Forestry showed up. Hope we
do better in 1981. Met many vintage foresters at Western Forestry Conference in
December."
WILLIAM F. (BI L L) CU MMI NS has
moved camp again! " This time we headed back to Oakridge where, back in 1944,
we saw the old Oakridge Distr ict - over
550,000 acres - mostly uncut. It is d ifferent now. We are located on a hill where
we can see the first sun on the slopas in
the mornings and the n ight comes creeping up the canyons in the evenings. This
is the place for us! I saw AI Arnst 's picture in a rece nt Forest Serv ice GREENSHEET. Back in the School of Fo rest ry
days (mine , o f cou rse) I read some library
reference material with AI. I swear, that
man could read at the speed of light. That
was whan Horace Cooper had the only
motorcyc le on the campus. Prof. Starker
lay in wait for anyone wit h a good argument on any subject. Mary Lou was high
and low justice in her office. From those
varn ished hall s went out the foresters.
Their numbers have swelled many fold.
Still, each remembers but a fe w ahead and
less behind . . . . if yo u want to see our
view and we would like to sha re it, ask in
Oakridge where we live or write us: P.O.
Box 502 , Oakridge, OR 97463."
JIM KiMMEY hopes to make it to the
Fernhopper Day Banquet in
February.
" Hazel and I are sti ll headquartered at
Westpo rt, Washington - from which we
fis h and hunt in all directions. "
1932
H. NEWELL CORY, who retired in 1973,
loves to rock hound and travel in travel
trailer with wife, Ann . " Have eight grandchildre n - can't figure out how I had time
for a job! Also am a camera bug - live
at 125 Myoak Drive, Eugene , Oregon
97404."
HARRY FOWELLS who is now back in
the northwest says : " We hope we 'll see
Fernhoppers more often. Just got back
from a tri p to Canary Islands."
WILLIAM N. PARKE tells us that he and
Dorothy are enjoy in g reti rement and doing
a lot o f traveling . He commented that:
"O ur School lost one of its most dedicated
Fernhoppe rs when
Harold
Bowerman
passed away last spring . A Memorial
Fund has been established in his memory
and particulars about it appear elsewhere
in this newsletter. Contributions are tax
deductible. "
1933
CARLOS T. (TOM) BROWN writes: "I
had my seco nd reti rement in June, 1975
when I quit work as Site Director at the
Muttnomah County Outdoor Schoo l Program . This wo rk, (six and a half yea rs)
was most rewarding . Afterwards, I tried
to do too much and had a good warning
last June to slow down. Afte r receiving
the "Rotaria n of the Year" Award, I attended my school class 50th year reunion
and had a light heart attack. Two weeks
in the hosp ital and summer recupe ration
has showed that organizations can get
along without my involvement. As of now,
November , I have com pletely recovered
an d following my doctor's orders. See you
in February at the Fernhopper Banquet."
HERB WILLISON says to all his old
f riends: ";t you haven ' t already done so ,
hurry up and retire. I've been unattached
for a year and a half and enjoying it.
Sorry I missed the Fern hopper Banquat
last year. I was on a consul ting project
in Brazi l and I cou ldn ' t get there. Sorry
I won't be at the get-together next February.- My wife and I will be in Fiji. It's
a tough life."
HARRY ZOLLMAN writas from Paramount, Ca l ifornia: " Hello Fernhoppe rs.
Glad to hear that there are such big
st rides in Forest Products Research.
I
guess there is no end to the possibilities
of the use of all of the wood products.
I am sti ll wo rking in the Los Angeles, California area, still selling steel. On my vacatio n, I traveled as far north as Klamath
Falls . and Crater Lake, and Grants Pass .
and then back south again to home. Always en joy the forests of Oregon for recreat;on. B est wishes to you all. Do hope
that you have a marve lous FE RNH OPPER
get together."
1934
STANLEY BISHOPRICK is: " Working
e\'ery day on developing ou r recycled or
reconstituted railroad tie. We have about
11
2000 ties in track of four major railroads
and the US Test Track at Pueblo , Colorado , and so far we are passing tests
beautif ully.
Every now and then I run
into an o ld OSU fr iend and enjoy getting
together aga in. The Fernhopper Banquet
is great for getting together."
HORACE G. COOPER is: " Home to stay
- retired again and for keeps I think. I
recommend against it - having nothing to
do is no fun . I miss the travel and Dorothy doesn't want to go. "
JOE LAMMI reports that: " Having recently spent some time at the OSU
School of Forestry, I ca n submit a testimonial : You have first c lass teac hing and
research facilities and an excellent program. Obviously some people in your
outfit do have the right connections and
know what to do. Dean Peavy's legacy
is in good hands!"
JACK S. McFARLAND is now retired
and living in Portland , but spends most o f
his time traveling around.
1935
HOWARD W. BULLARD is: "Still wander in g around bu ilding mills. Two this year,
one in Mexico and one in Costa Rica. Off
tor Europe soon. Can't afford to retire."
BOYD L. RASMUSSEN still lives in Me
Lean VA and writes: "I am the Washington
Representative for the National Assoc iation of State Foresters and consultant on
land use matters for the National Wildlife
Federation. In between I play some golf,
fish in the bay , help spoil four grandc hildren and check up on the Alaska oil
pipel ine. "
GEORGE H. SC HROEDER tells us
"Clara and I are enjoying o ur home and
woodlands. We have a co mbination slide
show and lecture we enjoy giving together
and we prune, trim, plant anc.J cul tiva te
frui t trees, grape arbors , berry patc hes,
and the home arboretum . Giant Sequoia
we planted in 1951 are now 44 " D.B.H.
an d €5 to 70 feet tall. We are trying to
manage some 200 acres of woodlands in
four pieces and Clara is active in Garden
Cl ubs, extension , American Field Service
and others. I'm a politic ian now - elected
to Washington County Soil and Water
Conservation Distr ict Board of Directors ,
also Washington
County
Wood lands
Association, and Officer in So il Conservation Society; am president of N.W. Forest
Protection Association again after 20
years. Everyone see ms to be more cooperative and friendly after retirement. Only
problem is - there isn ' t enough time in
each day . Nancy, Neil , and Geo. L. are
all more successful than we were at their
ages. but we have trouble seeing them
and our two grandchild ren - Bryce and
Laurie! - Busy wo rld! "
1936
VERNON A. FRI DLEY. SR. writes " Dear
Fernhoppers , the year has been quite
eve ntful for me. Took on a new running
mate. Decem ber 1 and find running double
very enjoyable. Hope to see you February 19th. The latch string is always out
at the new address (please note) so
please stop by. Best wishes. 1007 Freedom Blvd , Sp., Watsonville, CA 95076 " .
ED MARSHALL and his wife , A l ice, are
still enjoying retirement - four years now.
Their travels this past year took them to
Sitka, Alaska for three weeks in June and
then to Europe for two weeks in July. They
v isited Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
All is well with them .
1937
VAL GARNER w ill partially retire at the
age of 62 on December 31, 1976. "After
7 years with the J.H. Baxter Co. (wood
treating) , Betty and I will vacatio n in
travel traile r at Palm Springs in January,
February, and Marc h. I wi ll cont in ue with
Baxter on a part-time basis continuing to
w rite the B ax te r Extra.
and began h is caree r with th e O&C Revested Lan ds Administration. His nomination for the award closed with the fo ll owing sentence: " His outstanding contribution to resource management has not been
limi ted to what he himself has done, but
broadens out to incl ude what he had ininsp ired o thers to do."
J. R. STEVENSON says: " The time has
come to retire - sort of. Next year w ill
find me at NAU - Flagstaff, Arizona as a
Indian Education , part-time; full-time work
o n hunti ng, fishing, e tc. No next p ermanent address as yet. Still at Low Mountain, Arizona."
FREDERICK H. VOGEL and his wife,
Helen, have settled in Naples, Florida on
the southwest Gu lf Coast. "We can go
boating and fishing and swimm ing every
day in the year. A 21- foot cabin cruiser
anchored c lose behind our co nd o minium
apartment ma kes that pretty easy to d o.
Daughter Suzanne, who was with us at
Orego n State, now lives in Kuala Lampur,
Malaysia, after nine years in Thailand a nd
daughter Kathleen is Director of Research
and Publications for the Joi nt Council on
Economic Education in New York City. We
plan to visit Oregon next s ummer and will
see if we can recognize anything on
the old campus after 40 years, more than
half of that o ut of the USA on government and private forestry work.
Major
hobby is sti ll ham radio and electron ics.
Our address is: Bord eaux Club No. 309,
2900 Gulf Shore Blvd. N., Naples, FL
33940. "
HAROLD A. DAHL retired from one j ob,
P.S. F.S. after 35 plus years. " Now have
about three part-tim e jo bs including audit
o f forest rep roductive material for certification by seed certifying agencies in
Oregon and Washingto n . The la rgest harvest of cones, since 1971 is taking place
this fall, 1976. We also have a nice hom e
ove rloo king San Juan Stra it, Friday Harbor, Washington."
HEATH HALL reti red from Lon gview
Fibre Co. last fall. "Wh ile I keep a roc kin g chair in readiness, I haven 't used it
yet, for I have remained active in Fibre 's
genetic project an d o ther part-time work.
Added to this has been the recurring
maintenance of this old hou se and corner
lot. Fishing, visit ing and short trips have
filled any voids.
All this makes retirement anything but boring for both Margie
and myself."
BERNARD McCLENON was re-e lected
to fifth term as Co unty Supervisor of Del
Norte Coun ty.
" Have decided this is a
wonderful place in which to live and plan
to make the stay a permanent o ne, but
also enjoy travel w ithin reason to see how
the other world lives. Exte nd kind wishes
to all Fernhoppers and friends."
1938
KEN BURKHOLDER received the U. S.
Departmen t of Interior' s highest honor,
the Distinguished Service Award , in Washington, D.C . on December 7. Ken has
been in the federal service for 38 years
and mental hea lth has been much faster
than pred icted by the doctors. Recovery
genera ll y takes a full year. Have checked
out about everything I care to do in the
future, including writing and firing a gun.
The latter is most l ikely to trigger seizures,
which brain surgery makes one subject to.
The Smithson ian Institution has not yet
pu bl ished our story about "Ind ian Tra il
B lazes" after paying $500 for it two years
ago. One other article was published the
next month after buying it.' " The Lone
Survivor is Always Suspect" about an
Indian ambush in west central Idaho in
1878. I had kept notes on stories hea rd
since chi ldhood by old timers in Indian
Valley, many of whom were involved in
the affair. We are bo th well and fee l ing
fine now, no w in ter trips though ."
1939
Ken Burkholder
JENE EARL MI LLS sends: "Greetings to
all the OSC Fernhoppers. Wish I cou ld be
with you. I retired a second time. Believe this o ne will stick. My wife and I
are living in Olym pia . Would enjoy seeing
any Fe rnho pper gang whenever any of you
are in the area."
GEORGE T. MUELLE R writes: "Since
our retirement in March 1975, have enjoyed our main hobby - travel. Many outings in our motor home including a seven
mo nth tour o f the U.S.A. and Canad a. Recently, we spent a month in th e Orien t and
S. E. Asia including Japan to Bal i by ai r
with stops in Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok.
Hope to make Fernhopper Day one of
these years - soon I ho p e. Wou ld sure
like to see some of the old gang again.
Best regards to a ll. "
ERNIE TAYLOR "completed construction and placed new 50MM sawm ill on
line at J ohn Day in 1975-76. Appointed
Chairman
Western
Wood
Products
Assoc iation Environmental Quality Committee, elected Director of Oregon Logging Con ference and Pacific Logging Co ngress in 1976. Work, Forest Service,
and labor relations keeping me busy as
usual. Golf game slipping. Drop in to
visi t if you come this way.'·
HAROLD RED THOMAS "had a won de rful trip to Ketchikan , A laska to see my
son and wife and two girls. He attended
School of Forestry in Spring of 1975 and
is a Forest Engineer. Super school on
logging, etc. What a tremendous swimming program for kids of all ages up there.
We took ou r red-headed daughter and son
with us. They are from Sacrament o and
she has taugh t four years ."
GLENN A . THOMPSON writes: "We
have lost this past year while taking care
of my large brain tumor.
It was dis·
covered and removed at the Virginia Mason Clinic and Ho spita l in Seattle the fi rst
week in June, it was benign. My physical
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GI LBERT M . BOWE is a partner in
Mason, B ruce, and Girard Consu lting EnMasm, Bruce, and Girard Consulting Engineers.
He says "still married to one
wife, have three chi ld ren and s ix grandchildren. My OSU involvement includes :
Trustee of OSU Foundation and Chairman
of Rea l Property Committee of Foundation;
Mem ber of OSU Sea Grant Advisory Comco m mittee; "Great Hall " project - Advance
Gifts Committee. "
lessons, h iking in the Tetons and in Glacier Pa rk and in the Northwest w ith friends
and becoming reacq uainted with the
ocean beaches along the Pac ific Coast.
Anne and I have enjoyed most of th is
together and have been on the East
Coast several times. She keeps up her
interest in the Pub lic Health Field as a
Public Health Nurse (volunteer) and I, for
several years, have taken part in studies
of Community Based Serv:ces for Juvenile and Adult Offende rs and the Mentally
Ill, and have served on or w ith those
groups' implementation of the'study'reco mmendations. Currently, we are trying to
train two Beagles .' '
LYLE "A" HARRISON has spent another
year as a federal highway des ign engineer.
"My boy is in eighth g rade and when I
get our college educations paid for, may
retire. "
FRE D H. HULBERT, JR. is doing business under the name of Hulbert Warehousing, Inc., P. 0. Bo x 1975 , O lymp ia,
WA. "We finance and warehouse incoming inventories that are used by a manufacturing plant, such as modular home
mfg. truss plants, mob ile home mfg., etc.
We stay to buil ding material products only
(lum ber, p lywood , etc.) plan to expand into
Oregon and Cal ifornia in 1977. Half partner in bus iness is my son , Steve Hulbert.' '
BARTON H. BROWN has recently completed 35 years with Pacific Northwest
Bell and is beginning to think retirement.
" In fac t, we built a new home in Canby
right on the golf course just in preparatio n for days of mo re leisure. Always
gre at to keep up with OSU and the gang.''
DONALD M. HYLAND, after 13 years as
Scout Executive in San Luis Obispo , they
are moving to Long Beach Area Counc il
to spend th ree years on staff prior to retirement. Their new add ress is: 10744
Droxfo rd No. 4, Cerritos , CA 90701 .
RICHARD FRY says: "Hi, th anks for the
opportunity to keep in touch and will be
in terested in what others are doing by
receipt of 1977 Newsletter. I am continuing to teach Lumber and Materials of Construc tion at Ferris State Co llege. My w ife,
Ruth, Mrch. State Grad, teaches 5th g rad e.
We have two sons, both lawyers and a
daughter in Univ. of Mich. Medical School
so should be "well advised" to face retirement in a few years. Thanks.''
MAURICE R. ISTED is still living in Escondido, California where it was 88°
November 19th last year. " Hope anyone
that gets down this way will g ive me a
call. Had planned to write to some of the
classmates on the last roster I had, but
haven 't gotten around to it yet. Did go to
my 35th reunion and saw a lot of forestry
classmates.
Was really great.
Wish I
cou ld make the Fernhopper Day. My best
to everyone."
MYRL A. HAYGOOD has reti red and
pla nnin g a trip to sou thern U. S. this winte r. "I have a host of kin in Texas, some
in New Mexico, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, etc."
CLI FFOR D A. STEPHENS is still w ith
" We
the City o f North Bend, Oregon.
have comp leted our proposd street improvement projects for th is year. A rea l
beautiful fall. My son, Mike, is a sen ior,
of all places, at the "southern branch ",
the U. of 0 . He tells me he is getting
along fine. I will get him th rough school
just in time for me to retire. Time is sure
go ing by."
JOE M. LEBO writes: " In our new home
at 539 NE 1st, Toledo, Oregon with
a v iew o f m iles o f trees. "
ELMER L. SURDAM says "Ret irement
is a reality after serving 27 years as executive director o f Forest Industries Telecommunications.
Am busy building an
Electronic Theater organ which has low
priority at th is tim e. I am more than busy
serving as chairman of the Ho lt International Chil dren's Services.
Completed
around th e wor ld trip th is past summer
evaluating Holt projects in many countries. The program is continu ing to grow.
Over 22 ,000 children have been placed in
20 years. Am still residing at 36765 Immigrant Road, Pleasant Hill , Oregon
97401. Dro p by and sit-a-spell."
1940
HOWARD E. CONKLE writes: "Dear
Rudy: Since leaving active forest tax
work and in reply to your inquiry, I have
done a li ttle bit o f a lot of things includ ing
learning about scu lpturing, taking music
1941
Region , USFS, in San Franc isco. Four of
five ch ildren are off and away, and we are
looking forward to a different and challenging futu re.' '
RODNEY 0 . FETY " in February became
grandfather, Emily El izabeth Williams, 8
lbs. 6 oz. Next, trave led with my wife in
Europe and Canary Islands for two
months. From J une to ~ovembe r in forestry pol itics, trying to get know ledgeab le
forestry representation in Cong ress , but
ended up with a p reservat ion ist. Sorry
about that. "
ROBERT A. HORN writes that he is with
Buchart-Horn Consu lt ing Engineers and
P lanne rs in York , Pennsy lvania. In December of 1975 , he had an article in " Better Roads " concern ing g rowing crops on
highway med ian strips. He estimates
that better than 109,000 acres are mowed
along median strips of divided highways
in Pennsy lvan ia. Costs for mow ing the
grass comes to about $1,460,000 a year.
If only ha lf of this space were farmed for
alfalfa, the State of Pennsylvania would
experience a g ross rev2nue of $13 ,500,000
from the crop.
LARRY T. MARSHALL " have had a banner yea r - good health and good fishing .''
CAR L PETERSON w rites that he is " sti ll
in the p ine and hemloc k millwork business supplying parts for the better wood
window manufacturers of the United
States and Canada. The energy trauma
has emphatically brought to people ' s attention the heat savings of good wood
windows and ou r business has p rospered
in relation to th is heightened awareness."
C. W. RANDRUP is still farming almonds
and walnuts and says remember: "If you
eat, you have an interest in agriculture."
A. HAROLD SASSER says the only
change is " a move to a new home address - 380 N. 28 th , Sp ringfield , Oregon
97477. Now closer to work and less bicycling. Again hope to make the next
Fernhopper Banquet.''
1942
RICHARD C. DUNLAP is " st ill instructing courses in natu ral resource conse rvation and park and recreation plann ing and
administrat ion at Ventura College, Ventura, Californ ia in between consu lting assignments, internationally, in outdoor recreat ion resource plann ing.''
HAL GOODYEAR is " eying change o f
pace , bu t fi nd it eas ier to get in to business
than to get out w ith shirt."
DON R. BAUER "helping p lan for the
"highest and best use" of private lands in
San Bernardino County is my continuing
challenge.
I 'm curren tly committed to
working w ith the community of Wr ightwood and adj acent pu blic land agenc i2s
in developing a Community Genera l Plan.
This will serve as the framework and basis
for future zoning and development of this
attractive fores ted area on lh2 north
s lopes of th e San Gabr"el Mounta ins.
Thanks to early September tropica l storms,
we had good rains that b roke the back
of what started out as a foreboding fire
season in South 3rn Ca lifornia . Now the
hills are green and fernhoppers feel at
home."
JOHN S. PRESCOTT has retired as far
as going to work on a time schedule - now
lives at 5467 Tsawwassen Loop, Bla ine.
''Still busy looking
Wash ington 98230.
afte r our real estate ownersh ips . migh t
even have time to catch a fish now ! Glad
to see the school cont inue to do such an
outstand ing job and st ill tu rn ing out capable graduates. Keep it up. Best Regards.··
RAYMOND H. DO UGHERTY is "st ill
G roup Leade r, Timber Sales, Cal ifo rn ia
ALFRED A. WIENER is comp leting "my
18th year in "Novos ibi rsk-on-Potomac " as
BILL MORGAN says: " Hi, Classmates.
MacMillan Bloedel is sti ll provid ing the
beans and bacon for ou r larder and we
are sti ll loca ted in the Portland area . Ear ly
ret irement is possible in two years and I
may just do that."
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a timber appraiser.
It's a lot different
from Corvall is, but you'd be surp rised how
muc h timbe r there is with in fo ur hou rs
drive from here. As one of Lon S ti ner' s
old d isciples, I understand it's just as
well I am far away from Corvall is this year.
Best wishes for the next F I H/ B.''
CARW:N A. WOOLLEY still l ivi ng at 100
S.E. 47th Ave., Portland , OR 97215 and
st ill wo rk ing for the Pac ific Loggin g Congress. The family has expanded by two
grandchi ldren: Kev in, 2 V2 and Lisa, 1.
1943
VICTOR (VIC) NUNENKAMP writes that
he and w ife , (Bur lingame '42), ret ir ed
from the A ir Force in '69 and re side in
Astoria, Oregon. He is busy se lli ng rea l
estate a nd being invo lved in civic affairs.
OSCAR WEED w rites that he lives at
1893 Kingwood, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420.
1945
ROB ERT H. FORBES is " still ed iting
publications for the Western Fo rest Products Labo rato ry, but our Canad ian department has changed five ti mes in the
past 10 years. Our l atest federa l c lassification is Department of Fishe ries and the
Env ironment. How do you like that
forestry downgraded by fi sh !"
SPENCER T. MOORE reti red early in
1976 from 41 year caree r w ith U.S. Fo rest
Service. At time of retirement, he was
Forest Superv isor, Gifford Pi nchot National Forest. They p lan to continue l iving
in Vancouver, WA .
1946
LOU IS K. BATEMAN is " just completing
29th year with the State Departmen t o f
Revenue. Planning on seve ra l mo re. Family has g rown up and left . Last one now
atten d ing U. 0 . (that's the way it goes).''
WALLY EUBANKS continues work of
Admin istrat io n o f T imbe r Tax Laws fo r
Oregon Department of Revenue.
ROBERT C. LINDSAY retired Ju ly 1
after 30 yea rs with Crown Z ellerbach. St ill
living in Portland at the same address.
1947
LARRY FICK writes that " the report of
my retirement in the November Issue of
the Oregon State r came as qu ite a surpr ise to me. I am st ill at Fo rest G rove
with the Stale Forestry Depa r tme nt. I am
invo lved in many phases of the state programs as Assistant to the Area Director
and Recreation Specia list. I do have to
admit that working w ith the various aspec ts of the motorcyc le program in the
T i ll amook Fo rest does speed up the agi ng
process."
JOSEPH V. FLYNN is a consulting forester - Camino. CA 95709 . He " tr ied politics th is year . made it to the general e lection for county su pervisor. Lost by 11
votes o ut of 6 200 cast. Ran fo r the rema in ing term of Ray Lawyer who d ied
last year."
CLYDE H. STRATTON has "nothing
spectacu lar to repo rt. Still o perati ng Wilco Fire Equ ipment Co. at 730 S. E. Powe ll
Blvd. , Portland, OR.' '
1948
GORDON BORCHGREVINK tells us that:
" The new fiberboard plant at Medford
Corporat ion still demands most of my
time, but the start up has been exceptionally good. I continue to enjoy the Medford
area climate and its environs. Ch!ldren
reside in Portland, Seattle and Pullman.
Seldom get to Corvall is anymore."
GEORGE S. BURSON still lives in San
Antonio, Texas - teaching math in secondary school - fun whe n they learn - cold
and wet t his year - had more ra in this
year in S. A. than average in Corvallis.
Door always open - Hope to visit next
year i n Corvallis.
ROB ERT E. FLYNN "Retired from
U.S.F.S. and living in Geo rgetown, Califo rni a. Devoting time to remodeli ng old
home, gardening , local organizations, etc.
Wife, Sue, and I enjoy seeing any old
friends who happen by. If you can find
the town , you can find us."
WAYNE HUBBARD lives in Sacramento.
Now doing photogrammetry and forestry
consu lting on his own.
EARL L. JOHNSON says : " The summer
of 1976 foun d us selling our Tillamook
farm and moving to another farm near
Newberg. We are now in the process of
bui lding a fa rmstead and finding it enjoyab le. Our operation includes 200 acres
of tim ber and 40 acres of field and meadow.
We have sold no timber, hence
ou r project is at present largely subs idized by a mon th ly reti rement check from
Un c le. Our younger daughter, Cather ine,
m atric ula ted at Eugene this past fal l.
Tried to sell OSU , but like most Swedes,
she has a mind of her own. Dot and I
take time out for birdwatchi ng, local travel,
a concert now and then , enjoying the Oregon scene. What more than that does one
require?"
his travels. They have a son at OSU,
Mark, a pre-med student and junior.
WARD C. WILLIAMS has a new ro le as
European Editor for Paper Magazine of
London and Plywood & Panel Magazine
of USA; his business travel thus far has
been in England, France, Germany, Holland, and to various points in Switzerland
-plus a trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil in November. His new headquarters is Chemin
du Bochet 27, CH-1025 St-Sulpice/Vaud ,
Switzerland and is descri bed as one of
the oldest vi llages in the cou ntry. Its history reaches back to the antiqu ity. Away
from the noisy traffic, Saint-Sulpice offers
to its visitors an undisturbed rest, numerous wa l ks along the lake and m any possibil ities of trips by steamboat on the lake
and on the motor way to Geneva, Lausanne , and Montreux .
1949
HANK DAVIES writes as they start the
fourth year teaching Forestry Aides of
Chemeketa Community College; they are
trying a new life style-"Managing a condominium , landscape, and pool at Toket ie,
1317 Madras, S .. E, Salem. Marilee is now
Mrs. Steve Handley, West Linn; Sallie in
Lake Grove; Jon nearby in Salem."
HARRY G. PEARSON says: " Hi, fell and
busted my left hip in September, but doing great now. Still Mayor of Canyon City
and have quite a time putting up with government red tape!! So far have three kids
graduated from U. of 0., but none from
osu yell!"
W. J.
regional
Service,
He sees
SAUERWEIN is still serving as
forester, U. S. Soil Conservation
Portland, Oregon, 13 state reg!on .
lots of fernhoppers each year in
HAROLD C. SOMMER says: " It was a
pleasure to see so many alumns at the
Fernhopper breakfast in Seattle in connection with the Pacific Logging Congress.
Still Woods Manager of the 500,000 acre
Twin Harbor Region. The years seem to
pass so quickly. The oldest boy, Ph il, is
headed for college next year, ei ther WSU
or OSU."
DONALD D. WOOD has no change to
report from the last time. "Family is all
well.
It's been a great year. Marylou
(Paetzhold '48), wife is buyer for women
sports wear for local department sto re.
Daughter, Bonnie, Class of '74 is working
in Mapleton A.D. of U.S.F.S. Daughter,
Nancy in Portland, ME.
Same job on
Siskiyou N.F. in Lands and Recreation.
Have a happy day. "
1950
DON GARVIK retired last March after
35 years plus with U. S. Forest Service
He is: "At home at 1210 Wedgewood AV<!.
in Wenatchee, Wash ington. Enjoy the fellowship of several OSU alumni in Wenatchee Rotary C lub. Youngest daughte r,
Janet, in first yea r at Wenatchee Va lley
College. Daughter, Suzanne, married and
livi ng in nearby Che lan."
L. JAMES " JIM " 8AGLEY writes: "Wilma and I still hangout on our 35 acre hills ide cabin. You're welcome anytime you
f ind us home - looking forward to retirement one of these years - come see us
before we're too old to show you around our updated address is 31234 Ber lin Road,
Lebanon, OR 97355."
WI LLIAM P. HOLTSCLAW says: " I'm
still working at developing a "Forest ry
Program for Oregon" for the Board of
Forestry. Pat and I live in Turner, Oregon,
just 2 and one half miles off 1-5. If you 're
traveling north or south, take a little time
to stop by."
JIM DENISON is still working on coast;
has temporari ly moved into Corvallis, 330
SE Bridgeway. " Stop by when pass ing
through. Work for Publishers Paper Co.
is challenging; large rehab projects along
with producing logs for Toledo Division
sawmill from 65,000 tree farm."
ROBERT E. KISCHEL is now a grandpa,
twice over. "Middle daughter married
this last June, so now have three sons-inlaw. Two of them hiked with me down
the Rogue River trail in August. Due to
heat and for older guys l ike me, I would
recommend it during cooler times. New
department emloyee is Chuck Baker,
Class of 76 - doing a fine job. Have just
my son at home now and we hunt together, but he gets all the elk an_d deer.
New o ffice address is 3rd Floor, C1ty Hall,
Roseburg, Oregon."
EARL NEWBERG is still on the coast
at Nehalem. "Have been trying to keep
out of the brush as much as possi ble during elk season. Seems as if we are 20
inches or so behind in our rainfall average
this year (Nov. 20). Have three kids at
OSU this year. one in the School of Forestry. Hope to see some of you at the
Fernhopper's Banquet. "
SAM W. RAYMOND has had a busy '76
as Weyerhaeuser Mill Manager. "Spare "
time as Klamath County Bicentennial
Chairman kept he and his wife, Marion,
busy - a fun year for them. Doug is at
WSU, David at OSU, and Roger is a senior at K.U.H .S. Carol finishes 8th grade
this year. He hopes to attend Fernhopper
Day '77.
Pat and Bill Holtsclaw
with President Mac Vicar.
HAL JEWETT tells us: " Parents gelling
slower and house getting bigger - All offspring moved out or away at school still with George Pacific - enjoying the rat
race generally."
DEAN MEADOR still operates Twin
Pines Lumber Supply Corvallis, Oregon.
His wife, Joan, just retired from her pa1 ttime bookkeeping job.
JAMES A. WHITE has been in Washington , D. C. since his return from FAO
UNDP Pepal. He hopes to retire from foreign se1 vice in October 1977. He is with
Technical Assista nce Bureau, Agricultu re
Department of State (AID).
He says:
" Hello, to all in the West."
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1171 NE 1Oth Street if any of you are ever
in the "Climate City."
we are in a sustained y ield of pape r and
red tape."
BILL RADCLIFFE, after spending almost
26 years in McCloud, California for U.S.
Plywood (now Champ ion International) ,
has been transferred to Eugene and is
working as Timber Tax Ana lyst for the
west coast. He has seen old fr iends in
his travels, and hopes to see more in th is
area.. He wonders: "Where's all the rain
that I remember? "
IRWIN C. COWLEY is Chief, Interpretation and Resources Management at Organ
Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona.
DOUGLAS SMI TH has spent this last
year as Legislative Ass istant to Senator
James A. McClure (R) Idaho and saw the
passage of signif icant forestry and land
management legislat ion . "Many fern hoppe rs came back several t imes to Washington, D.C. to part icipate in the legislative process.
The fami ly made a trip to Europe this summer and I had the opportun ity to visit with
German and Austrian forestry officials.
Two older boys in the serv ice and one boy
and girl still at home. Visit us in Falls
Church, Virginia and I 'll treat you to a ride
on my 15-foot run-about named "Clearcutter"."
GILBERT A. " GIL " WARD has recently
been promoted to the U.S.F.S. Reg ional
Office in San Francisco in land use planni ng. His new address is: 1347 Vermont
Ave., Concord, CA 94521. His o ldest son
is now a graduate forester working for the
University o f Alaska and U.S.F.S.
LAWRENCE M. WHITFIELD was named
Reg ional Forester for the Southern Region o f the U.S. Forest Se rvice in November
1976. He has been Deputy Regiona l Forester for the Northern Region at M issoula,
Montana since 1972. In addit ion to his
bachelor's degree in forestry, Larry has a
law degree from Humphreys College ,
Stockton, California, and is a graduate of
the University of Montana School of Administrative Leadership and Federal Executive Institute.
HAROLD H. (BILL) KEIL tells us: "After
four years of full-time freelance writing,
ed iting , photography and consulting for
the past two years, I have been with public affairs in the Oregon State Office of
of BLM. I 've been seeing some country
that had just a quick once-over before,
such as the deserts and mountains of New
Mexico. Saw AI "Wi ldcat " Mullen at the
Outdoor Writers Assoc iation annual meeting in Snowmass, Co lorado. He is PR
man for U.S.F.S. Rocky Mountain reg ion.
Saw plenty of pine beetle problems in
Colorado, too, although not quite as bad
as eastern Oregon. Gloria went bac k to
school and 1einstated her teacher's certificate and is now teaching part-time in
re medial reading. Dick is a fres hm an in
high school and Greg is in the eighth
grade, both excellent skiers. We all ski
eve1y weekend."
ALFEO E. MINATO is currently in his
6th year as Chairman of the Forest Industries Program at Rogue Community College in G rants Pass. "Many of my friends
are probably surprised that I have remained in one place fo r so long. I enjoy
working with adults of all ages who are
seriously seeking a vocation in the timber
industry or working with a government
agency. I am still active with the Dale
Carneigie Alumni Association and The
Barnstormers Little Theater Group.
My
thre 3 sons, David, Ricky, and Marco are
19, 17, and 11 , respectively.
Drop by
RON FRASHOUR is nearing the twenty
year mark in Roseburg.
He formed a
consult ing engineering company in 1970
(Fibe r Processes, Inc.). Eng ineering activities are confined to design and construction of particleboard and fiberboard
plants. He also operates a home bui lding
company - both are doing qu ite we ll. He's
Westwood
Lane,
ph .
home at 300
673-6047 ; his office is 602 SE Parrott,
P. 0. Box 386. ph . 672-6518 . He says:
"Stop by for a vis it. "
CARL W. HICKERSON wr ites : " Bobbie
and I returned to OSU campus 11-13-76
for Class of '51 25th reun ion. Nice to renew acqua intances and make new ones!
Twenty-two years after graduation (17 and
V2 in Cal ifornia, 1 and V2 in Salt Lake
City, 3 and V2 in Atlanta) we moved back
to Oregon in Nov. 1973. Have been Director, Fire and Aviat ion Mgt. Pacific Northwest Region since that time, after having
served in similar capacity in the Southern
Reg ion of the Forest Serv·ce. Son, Larry
(26), and daughter-in-law, Lynda, presented us with first grandson in Sept. 76.
Larry is a civilian Systems Analyst with
DOD, Winchester, Kentucky.
Da ughter,
Lisa (12) , is in love with and enjoying her
horse, speak ing French and looking forward to a group v is it to France. She tries
to keep us young. Stop and v is it us on
Bull Min., near T igard, Oregon."
DON HICKERSON enjoyed homecom ing
and 25th ann iversary fo r Class of 1951 in
November.
" On ly saw two fernhoppers
of that vintage there. My two oldest graduated in June with the Class of '76.
Youngest is bouncing between Lewis and
C lark , Reed, and Portland State. "
DICK LEMMON is still District Ranger
on the Pend leton District, Umatilla Nationa l Forest in Pend leton. Oregon. "I enjoy the work and living in NE Oregon. We
are finishing up the last of the salvage
removal of tussock moth killed timber. It
has been a big job."
EARL E. NICHOLS writes: "We're still
enjoying Bend immensely. Three sons in
college: one outdoor recreat ion and two
in med ical schoo l. Highl ight of the year
was my S.A.F. forest ry tr ip to U.S.S.R.,
plus a side tr ip to the Blac k Forest in Germany. Always glad to visit with grads. "
WILLIAM F. SM ITH is sti ll at the same
location after eight years. " I 'm Resource
Manager for the Ukiah Division of Lou isiana Pacific Corporation or H.B.B. (head
bureaucrat battler). Ca lifornia leads the
nation in Bu reauc ratic Bunglers. "
Larry Whitfield
1951
JOHN CARAGOZIAN is sti ll in the
Cleveland Nationad Forest - practic ing forestry from the 6th floor of a federal bui lding in the heart of downtown San Diego.
" Still manage to get up to Fernhopper
country once a year. In the meantime,
DAVID A. STANG will be retiring from
the Fo rest Service. The tentative date is
February 25, 1977. For the past 10 years
he's been on the Six Rivers N.F. as Staff
Officer. He had charge of all the d isciplines assoc iated with soil, water, f ish .
wi ldlife, botany, visual and archeo logy. It
has been an exc iting care=r for him and
he 's looking fo rward to ret irement.
VEA LYN THOMAS te lls us: "Many a log
has passed through the head rig since I
graduated from Oregon State Co ll ege
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some 25 years ago and the old sc hool st ill
rema ins OSC to me. After graduating from
the School of Forestry, I p lunged into the
allied field of photogrammetry. For 14
years, I traveled thro ughout the western
stales and Alaska doing forest invento ry
by photo interpretat ion and establish ing
survey control for pho togrammetric maps.
I guess photogrammetry w ill always be my
first love. After 14 years, I returned to
the home of my boyhood - the beautiful
Rogue River Valley in 1965, I purchased
a land survey ing business i n Medford. My
w ife and I live in the country w ith lots of
toys to p lay with (tractor, plow , grader,
etc.). We also have all the latest toys at
ou r new office. From sophisticated programmable compu ters to an au tomat ic
coffee maker - which leads me to exte nd
an open invitation to al l o ld friends and
alumni to drop in to 304 So uth Holly, Medford and let 's have a cup of au ld lang
syne (and cos ine, and tangent, and cotangent
"
HOWARD WORKING ER is the Principal
at North Albany Grade School, Albany,
Oregon.
1952
GENE W. CARLSON and hi s wife, Betty
still reside in Olympia , Wash ington. " Both
our ch ildren are in Schools o f Forestry.
John at the Univers ity of Wash ington, an d
Ann at Oregon State Un ive rsity. "
KEN ROEGNER l ives in Beaverton , Oregon and wor ks for BL M at the Oregon
State Off ice in Portland as a Forester in
Fire Protection.
GLENN S. SM ITH is assigned to Lake
Tahoe Bas in Management Unit , Fo rest
Service as p lann ing coo rd inato r. " Tahoe
problems p rov ide oppo rtun it ies for act ive
po l itical invo lvement whi ch I'm enjoy ing.
Christian activities keep the entire fam ily
busy th roughout the year with a touch o f
summer sailing and winter downhill skii ng
to round out an enjoyable stay at Tahoe.
Our address is P.O. Box 7214, South Lake
Tahoe, 95731 ."
RON SMITH was presented a 30-year
Service Award th is summer by the State
Forester. "It looks like I may ma ke a
permanent career out o f workin g with the
deaf! I'm currently se rv ing as Area D irector for the Willametle Area and am ha lf
way through a second hitch on the SAF
Nationa l Counc il. "
ELDON STROUP is still buying logs,
limber, and lan d out o f his Gres ham home.
"The k ids are raised and scattered so we
have more time for our var ious hobbies .
We welcome vi siting fern hoppers. "
LOU IS A. VOGEL, No tary Pub lic writes :
"Dear Fe llow Fo resters, h ave been rooting for Government by Cong ress and pu tl ing the Vice Pres iden ts to work ever
since graduation. Got on the Carter Band
Wagon rig ht at the beg inning.··
1953
DON BROWN sends his address: Mud
Bay Logging Co., Box 860, Sit ka . Alaska
98335.
ALEX GOEDHARD sends his address :
Region Forester, Weye rhaeuser Company,
Cheha lis, Washington .
THOMAS D. OPATA and his fam il y
moved from Lake Oswego to Honolulu,
Hawaii during 1976. " I became president
of Dillingham Marine. This is a group of
seven marine related companies located
in Honolulu, Guam, Indonesia: and Singapore. Included are three sh rpyards, two
tug and barge companies and one regulated freight carrier. I am also pleased
that our son , Tom, entered OSU this year
(School of Business)."
IRVING A. STEERS is living in Hailey,
Idaho. " I work on Sawtooth Nation Recreation Area with office in Sun Valley
Country in Ketchum . Work is negotiation
of private land purchase within the SNRA.
Too far away to attend Fernhopper Day in
1977."
1954
WENDALL L. JONES has had an interesting and challenging job since June 1975
as Timber Staffman on MI. Hood N. F. His
home address is now Bor ing, Oregon.
ERNEST D. HARDMAN tells us: "Kathryn and 1 are enjoying retirement here at
Route 3, Box 3317 La Grande. We spend
as much time as possib le hunting, fishing,
and snowmobi ling in the Blue Mountains."
GENE HOLLOTER is beginning his second year at Colville , Washington as Assistant Timber Manager on the Col ville N.F.
staff- the new entrant into Region 6. " For
those who like a climatic transition zone,
this is great country! We are picking up
the nickname of "chunking " National Forest because we are so far removed from
the rest of the Region and because of our
uniqueness of timber types, size, etc., and
wildlife features. "
1955
JIM BRADY has been living in Issaquah,
Washington for almost 10 year~ ... He is
still working for Resources Drvrsron of
Burlington Northern in charge of Timber
Management (reforestation, logging, sales)
lor 1.5 million acres in Washington , Idaho ,
and Montana.
v isitations exceeded 3.5 mill ion this year.
Resource problems include power l ine
ROW 's, critical grizzly bear habitat, establishing visitor use capacities, etc. "Slop
in if any of you are in the area."
FLOYD E. PAGE left Weyerhaeuser this
fall and returned to Coos Bay to be
Timber Manager for Hank Westbrook.
He's trying to get relocated now. The
lam ily will move down the first of the year.
PHIL SMITH is Woods Manager for a
small sawmill - veneer company in Merritt,
British Columbia. "We're located in the
southern interior, not too far from the
American border; heart of the best trout
fishing in Canada. We log about 60
million board feet a year.
We have to
share the hills with cows, fishermen, tourists, and miners. Lots of fun!"
TEMPLE HAHN continues to work in the
Forest Service Washington Office on Administrative Management Staff working in
Organization and Programs . " Enjoyed
seeing a number of Fernhoppers at the
SAF Convention in New Orleans this fall ."
JOCKO BURKS continues running forest
tours for Weyerhaeuser, but will be in new
job by fernhopper gathering day. "If not
transferred, will plan to drop in to see you
all. "
CHUCK HILL is building buggies and
wagons, wheelwr ighting, driving mules·
w ith occas:onal time out for work on the
Malheur N.F. "I 'm trying to preserve relics. Let me know of neglected wrecks. I
want to resurrect and restore them . Biggest hangup is material. Oregon doesn ' t
grow hickory."
LARRY MERRIAM sends "Blessings to
you all for happy holidays in 1976 and a
prosperous New Year 1977. Give my regards to Dick Dilworth, Carl, Bill Ferrell,
Chuck Sutherland, et al. Am glad to see
Mr: Ed Heath as our new President of
the Society of Park and Recreation Educators."
LESTER V. MULKEY is happy to report
that all is well at the Mu l key household.
He is still happily employed by Potlach.
Corporation in Lewiston, Idaho. He's looking forward to 1977 Fernhopper Banquet
in the 20th anniversary year of the graduation for the Class of '57 . " Trust some
classmates will be there. "
JAMES A. SMEJKAL is enjoying Coos
County summer weather with no rain in
sight as of December 7. " Stop by at 280
East Saunders Lake Drive, North Bend,
Oregon."
1957
EARL NELSON must have glue on his
feet. "Still in Corvall is and have lost the
desire to relocate. Presently project
leader, Forest Disease Research , PNW
Experiment Station. Drop by and see this
end of Forestry. "
DICK SCHMITZ is still in insect research with Intermountain Forest and
Range Experiment Station. Recently transferred from Moscow, Idaho to Ogden ,
Utah where he'll be involved in re~earch
dealing with the mountain p ine beetle in
lodgepole pine. Within hollering distance
of old "No. 1 Peeler" , Fred Lagar at
Logan , Utah.
1956
1958
WARREN G. DAVIES is enjoying the Big
Skies of Montana. " Greg graduates from
high school this year with tentative plans
to go on to OSU . Pam 3la will finish her
sophomore year at OSU in physical therapy. In the meantime, the old folks stay
at home (occas:onally) and pay the bills. "
TOM E. BELL is now District Ranger on
the Aspen District of the White River National Forest. " Aspen is a very interesting
place to work, but it is busy with four
major ski areas and very heavy summer
recreat ion use. The off-season is practically non-exislant any more. I'm looking
forward to the new sletter. "
ROBERT I. KERR is still at Grand Teton
National Park as Superintendent.
Park
DAVE DAVIS is still in Aberdeen , Washington, manufacturing manager for Evans
Products Company.
MAHLON R. HALE remains on the Detroit R.D., Willamette N.F. as Reforestation Forester. "Lenore and I are home
alone now - Steven got married and lives
in Albany, studying Electrical Engineering
at OSU . Tim is at OSU studying Mechanical Engineering. I passed the Advanced
Amateur class license and am working
high frequency CW and two meter FM.
My call WA7ZBL. Our address is Box
462, Mill City, OR 97360."
JOHN CRUMB says it was again one of
the easiest fire seasons in years this past
summer. " Still in lire management with
the Id aho Department of Land s at Coeur
d 'Alene, Idaho. Kids are really grow ing
and Marian developing quite a bus iness
giving riding and jumping lessons. I am
still shooting muzzleloading rilles and
have taken packing back into the prim itive
areas to gel away from road hunters and
motorcycles. "
JIM FISHER enjoyed working another
year as Information Director lor the Oregon State ·Department of Forestry. "Ou r
fam ily is growing up wrlh a JUn;or at Unrversity of Oregon . soph omore at OCE. and
a junior and senror at McNary Hrgh here
in Salem. Doren e and I spend all our free
time in sunny Central Oregon . Home is
1251 Mandarine Street, NE, Salem , Oregon 97303 ."
Combat Battalion at Fort Lewis.
"Our
construction work throughout Washington
brings us into contact with many park and
forestry officials . My address is: HQTRS
864th Eng Bn (CBT, HVY) Ft. Lewis , WA
98433."
CARL G. CARLSON has settled into a
good routine in Baker. " Have a large
house that we 've been remodeling . The
" dry-side " has been extreme ly wet this
year and seems much like the vall ey except for the cover (sag ebrush ). The mountain pine beetle has really taken hold in
the Blues.
They may o wn the whole
place soon."
LTC MAXEY B. CARPENTER , JR. is
commanding the 8641h Engineer Heavy
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LEO W. WILSON is Fire Prevention
Director for the Oregon Forestry Department. "Am enjoying a staff position after
many years in fire control. In fact, my
family has discovered summer is the time
for vacations instead of fire fighting. We
are still living in Philomath and will until
the family is out of high school."
RICHARD D. ZECHENTMAYER got his
card in early this year. "Moved to the
so-called sunnyside of the Cascades in
August 1974. The family and I live in
Bend. I commute to Sisters where I am
Resource Assistant at the Ranger Station.
The family is fine.
One daughter is in
high school , the other is in junior high.
Being close to MI. Batchler, we all ski. I
have been working on obtaining my pilots
license for flying gl iders. Hope to vis it
with all in February 1977."
1959
JOE GRIGGS continues to be in the
logging business in the Grass Valley and
Sonora area of the central Sierras. "Our
home is in Nevada City, California and
Shirley and I would enjoy hearing from or
seeing any of our friends from the north.
Am making plans to attend Fernhopper
Day this year."
CHUCK JOHNSTONE still lives in Eugene and in road construction and blasting more than he 'd like to be. " It seems
that it takes a million bucks in iron to
kill a tree any more (price a new D-8 ;
hack, kaff) . But what the hell - one of
these days I'll have an auction and buy a
Sierra Club Card and go to some south
sea is land. "
FREDERICK R. LaBAR writes: "My
Flaming Gorge assignment of many years
finally gave way to suburban living. I 'm
now on a ranger district with headquarters
in a university tow n; this makes for an
ideal work and home env ironment. Even
with new job and hom e, manage time for
skii ng , backpacking, and fly fishing . If
ever on campus at Utah State University,
give me a call."
CHARLES H. "CHUCK" MARTIN was
promoted this year to Vice President, General Manager, Fabi-Valve, a division of
Dillingham Corporation,
after
another
Fernhopper, Thomas " Tom " D. Opatz w as
promoted to President of Dilmar (another
division of Dillingham).
"We manufacture a great deal of the valves used in
pu lp and paper mills. This is as close to
fernhopping as I get."
AL PETTEY says "Hello all vintage 1959
Fernhoppers. Still in Coos Bay on the
airconditioned Oregon Coast.
Strll wrth
Weyerhaeuser Company. Ring me up next
time through, or will see you on campus
Fernhopper's day or Dad's day.
Have
three enrolled at OSU , with one more coming up. No Fernhoppers, tho - sorry. Don ' t
forget C. R. SAF annual meeting in Coos
Bay in 1978."
DUANE G. TUCKER writes that he is in
the process of finishing up a two year
Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA ) assignment with the Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle. "Have been working on silvicultural activities and their effects on water quality. Will be returning
to the Forest Service in summer of 1977.
RICHARD A. WILLIAMS says that the
highlight of the year for him was hiking
29 days on the John Muir Tra il from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney.
1960
ROGER S. BRASSFIELD is now In
Seattle, Washington with TAMS, Consulting Engineers.
JOSEPH D. KASI LE has taught an up·
dated version of John Bell 's Variable Probabi lity Cruising and 3-P Sampling short
course three times this year as well as a
new course in Remote Sensing , Photo
Interpretation , and Forest Sampling lor
foresters in and around the Stale of Oh ro.
" Summer found me competing in the
NATO military pentathlon trials at Ft.
Meade as one of 50 in the country invited
to the trials ; however, I found that a 39
year old can' t quite keep up with 24 year
olds as I just missed mak:ng the team by
one place. INTERESTING FACT: Besides
football, Ohio State University does have
an undergraduates forestry program , come
see for yourself. "
FRANK W. OLSON has found this Bicentennial year to be a very memorable
one for the Ol son 's. " In June, we ventured
east of the Mississippi for the first time.
Our two week trip to Florida was most enjoyable. In September, we moved to Wa llowa, Oregon where I am now thoroughly
enjoying the c halleng ~s of a Distr ict Ranger. This Wallowa Valley is truly a beautiful area."
BARRAT G. SCOTT is in his third
as Logging Engineer for Champion
berlands at Lebanon , Oregon . " In
ember my 9-year old daughter and I
in Honolulu, Hawaii to visit my folks.
year
TimNovwere
Nor-
die skiing will oc cupy much of my spare
tim e this winter- if it ever really sno ws! "
CHARLES L. STODDARD is in the same
location, the L.D . McFarland Company,
Sandpoint, Idaho. " Am now Senior Vice
President. The wood preservation business has not been good this year, so there
have been plenty of headaches. However,
everything has been great at home so any
complaints are small. Judy still doing
some substitute teaching and Barry is .in
the eighth grade and interested in almost
everyth ing. He attended Dr. Thomas 's
Wrestling Camp last summer and had a
great time. Judy and I enjoyed seeing
Don and Diane Stone again after 16
years."
1961
WINSTON D. BENTLEY and his family
are going into their fifth year in the nice
town of Spokane.
" All four of us are
keeping busy. Becky , age 14, has been
candy str iping at the hospital as well as
keeping active in 9th grade school activities. Tony, age 8, is now a Cub Scout
which we found involves all of us. Judy
is working at the district Blue Cross office
and I am trying to find enough logs to
keep Long Lake Lumber Company running
and in Spokane County th 's can be rather
difficu lt. Would love to make the Fernhopper Banquet, but at the present time,
am unable to plan to be there . Sending
regards to all of you fotmer classmates
and should you be in this city , look us
up."
BOB BLACK, after a two year stint as
Forest Engineer on the Angeles N.F., is
now the Forest Engineer on the Six Rivers
N.F., Eureka , Cali fornia. " My two children are happy that we traded the smog for
the fog."
JIM CONDIT, his wife , Jan (All ison )
Class of '63 , and their two kids are enjoying desert living in Apple Valley, California. " I 'm commander of an avionics
maintenance squadron at George AFB.
Allhough no t flying at this time, I enjoy
working with our people. I've been getting a little education on the side with a
master's degree in business management
from the University of A rkansas . Don't
forget about me! I'll be job hunting in
about six years. "
EUGENE
FERGUSON says:
"A loha
from the land of the never ending summer. I was hoping to have retired by now,
but haven ' t found a " sugar mommy··. Instead , I remain emp loyed in the housing
industry in Honolulu producing more
s ingle family houses (and selling it) than
any other builder in Hawaii. Keep those
trees gro wing gang, I need them ."
DICK HOLMES writes : " Over two years
ago , Paul Sanders, Bob Larson (OSU ' 49),
A I Cronk , and I formed the partn zrship of
Sanders, Larson , Cronk and Holmes, Consulting Foresters. The fi rm is modestly
prospering and consulting work appears
challenging . The last year seemed to go
by quickly, I was involved in Alumni Assoc iat ion activities , described el sewhere in
th is issue, and also ran into many OSU
foresters whi le traveling around the Pacifi c Northwest. I hope to see more famil iar laces at Fernhopper Day, 1977. "
KEN VROMAN for the past 17 years has
been located in Yuba C ity. CA. "This
past year has been pa rticularly challeng17
ing to me and continues to be so. I have
been on the ground-floor development of
the California Timber Yield Tax System . I
was able to follow it through the legislature. On April 1, 1976 two of us formed
the nucleus of the new Timber Tax Division of the Board of Equalization. The imp lementation stage has been interesting
and informative. The effective date of the
legislation is April , 1977 to be operational.
Aside from our jobs (Pat works as a secretary at the local high school), we keep
busy with the raising of three teenage
sons. California has been good to us. If
there are any other Oregon Staters in or
around the area , it wou ld be fun to get
We 're in the telephone
get together.
book."
1962
DENNIS J. CAIRO, after 15 years of
hard work, is back where he startedWillamette National Forest. " Now frantically trying to be a Beaver fan again after
leaning toward the Huskies for seven
years. Good to see Douglas-fir again, but
I could do without the poison oak. "
LARRY CRON is now living in the big
c ity of Coeur d ' Alene , Idaho after 15 years
of working in the boondocks in various
plac es . " New job as of mid-September
is as District Ranger on the Fernan District in CDA on the Idaho Panhandle N. F.
Shortly after moving, went back to process
another elk the Lord provided at daylight
opening morning. So the freezer is full,
we 're on a main highway, and our home
has lots of space . Call, write, or just
drop by to see us at Rl. 2, Box 400."
JOSEPH J . HOLMBERG is working
leader in the Env ironmental Planning Section of the Sacramento District of the
Corps of Engineers. " Wile, Ann , will finish University of Pacific Dental Schoo l in
June. Have a year and a hall old daughter, Jana. "
ORIN F. PALMER is still in the same
location, working as Timber Staff Officer
on the Ochoco National Forest. " AI home
at 795 Lookout Avenue , Prineville, Oregon
with wife , Betty, and two youngest sons ,
David , a senior in high school and Joe, a
sophomore . Many exciting and interesting things going on , espec ially since the
passage of new Forest Management Act.
I have been assigned to a national task
group to develop regulat ions for implementing the Act. Shou ld be interesting."
DAVID M. PRICE wrifes: "Good year for
Potlatch forestry. Expand ed thinning , site
prep and fertilization programs and we 're
almost ready to break ground on our first
container greenhouses. Fami ly 's greatkids have all turned into ornery teenagers .
Had a great vacation among the San Juan
Islands in our sailboat. "
ROBERT P. SCHULTZ moved again during the past year. " This time to New Orleans where I am now Assistant Director.
Southern Forest Experiment Station with
responsibil ities for all Forest Servi ce research in M iss iss ippi , Alabama , and Tennessee. My move was well-timed to coincide w ith the SAF meet ing where I enjoyed visiting with OSU faculty and
alumns . Have a happy season."
1963
JOHN L. (JACK) DAVIS is still working
in the scenic Qu inault Rain Forest with
Olympic National Forest as Reso urce
Assistant on the Quinault Ran ger District.
"Another OSU grad of 1961 is our new
District Ranger - Jack Lindner. That makes
only two from OSU here at Quainau lt."
DR. ROBERT DUNN is sti l l with the
Business School at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma and has recently opened his own management consult ing
firm. " I am also co-au thorin g Decision
Models for Manageme nt with Ken Ramsing (59). It's due to be pu blished eve ntually by MacMillan. "
WILLIAM F. HAGEDOR N is in the land
surveyi ng business in Vancou ver, Washington . He and his wife , Carolyn have
three chi ldren: Tim , age 13; Caro l, age
10; and Bill, age 7. They live at 12217
NE 279th Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
G. LYNN SPRAGUE has just been promoted and transferred to Intermoun tain
Regional Office, Ogden , Utah as Assistan t
Director for Recreation Management. He
is responsible for Wi nter Sports and Dispersed and Spec ial Areas Management in
the Intermountain Reg ion of the Forest
Service. "I t is rea lly going to be an exc iting and chal lenging assignmen t. "
1964
ELVIN E. COLE is a rice farmer in Sacramento Valley and h as the usual ple asures and prob lems of a fa rmer. He flys
his own Cessna Tu rbo 206 - and enjoys
seeing other OSU foresters.
JOHN FLAN AGAN wen t into private
practice in May, 1976 in a medical office
building in N.W. Portland. "I am doing
both adult and c hil d psychotherapy and
marita l counseling. My own marriage of
15 years is still in tact and Jim (11) and
Heather (7) are growing up stra ight."
RON ALD GRANT wri tes that his current
po sit ion is Area Con trol ler ~ Cal iforni a
Operations; Sim pson Timber Company
and he is currently living in Eureka , California and looking forward to renewing old
acq uaintances at Fernhopper Day 1977.
CUR T PASKETT took a new j ob as
hydrologist w ith Harza Engineering Company, Chicago.
ROBERT A. WRIGHT is with the Bureau
of Ind ian Affairs in Sacramento servi ng as
Agen cy Forester for 36 I ndian Reservations in central and northern Californi a
and providing assistance in all natura l resource activ ities.
W. J. (B ILL) ZAC H and his family are
sti ll headquartered in the Silverton Hil ls
w ith mail going to P.O. Box 307, Silve rton .
"All four children are finally in school.
W. J. is still attempting to leach forestry/
survey technicians in Salem ; wish we had
more time for the tree farm. We are always glad to see old acquaintances-th e
coffee is always on."
1965
ALAN DEFLER , fo r th e second year, ·reports in from the Idaho Panhand le National Fo rest where he is District Ranger
on the Ave ry Ranger District. The work
is exciting for him and they all enjoy
North Idaho. " If any fernhop pers are in
the vici nity, drop in for a visit."
ALEXANDER T. ERI CKSO N is presently
District Ranger on the Paon ia District,
Gunnison National Forest in Colorado.
" Th e one half mill 'on ac re district is
served by over 300 m iles o f trail needed
to ad m inister grazing allotme nts on which
8 000 catt le and 26,000 sheep are permitted. As a result , many days are sp ent
in the saddle from which beautiful views
are seen whi ch I consider anot her fringe
b enefit to an exce llent job."
LARRY G. HAFFNER and his family
spe nt a busy year in their new home near
Corbett , Oregon. Larry is still flying in
general aviation . but wi ll soon be w ith a
new co mpany. "Better pay, better eq ui pment and c loser to hom e. A good combination! Pat is vary busy as a mother
and pa rtner in our new business. Interested in an extra $10- $15 ,000/year? Give
us a call! Steve and Sean are doing fantastic in schoo l. Don 't know where they
got the brains, but hope they co nti nu e to
exel. Both are interested in spo rts and
stamps. Best wishes ."
ROBERT W. NELSON says that 1976
has been a most interesting and rewarding year fo r him . " I am a real estate investment consu ltant specia l izi ng in the
analysis and acquisition of income produ cin g properties. Periodically, I became
invo lved w ith timbered land - reminds me
of those good old days.thrashing .around.in
Mac Forest. A wo rd to the wise - buy as
much real estate as you ca n safely handle.
1977 wi ll be a bi g appreciation year."
BILL RIETVELD is now a research
plant physiologist with the North Central
Forest Experiment Station at Carbondale.
Il linois. " This is a multi-functional project
involved with the exte nsive culture of
blac k wal nut and other fine hardwoods.
Black walnut is eas ily the most va luable
timber tree in the U.S. an d large veneerqual ity trees can be worth thousands of
dollars . Oregon Staters are very few in
this part of the country . For those o f you
who are unfamiliar with th is part of the
co un try, Southern Illinois is a fairly handsome place with abundant excellent fish ing and hunting . Best regards to all."
JAMES W. SCOTT is st ill with the Washington Department of Ecology as a Water
Resources Planner, responsi ble for develop ing water management policies and programs for the central part of th e . State.
" We have a new addition , Jennifer, born
on August 31st. That gives us two daughters."
NORMAN E. VOGT tells us he is still
the District Forester for Weyerhaeu ser
Company at Snoqualmie, Wash ington .
"Will plant over 4V2 mill ion trees this seaso n at Snoq ualm ie. Two gi rls in fami ly
now. One 3Y2 years old and one 8
months. Life is enjoyable working for
Weyerhaeuser in Was hin gton. Good people. good co mpany and nice country. Best
wishes to all. Stop to see us if you are
in the Seattle area."
STEVE WEST is working in Forest Practice Program with Cal ifornia Division of
Forestry in Crescent City, Californi a wondering how he is ever going to get ahead
of the bill col lectors.
1966
JERRY BEHM sends: "Greet in gs: Connie, kids and I still residi ng happily in
Tacoma area. Hope all friends passing
through w ill stop and say hello. "
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CAPTAIN BARRY L. HI LT wr ites; "Kay.,
Kelly, and I are enjoying each other and
the Air Force. While not in the heart o f
God 's co un try, w e are w ithin reach o f
mother nature's finer creations an d good
hun ting , fishing, and skii ng.
I am not
f lying during this assig nment and am finding my job as the Drug/ A lcohol Rehabil itat ion Program Manager most challenging
and gratifyin g. We plan to in c lude a few
days at OSU in a trip next sum mer. Would
love to hear from old f ri ends: 4637 A Po lk
Place, Mountain
Home
AFB,
Idaho,
83648. "
STEPHEN G. MARTIN says: "Greeti ngs
from S ilver City, New Mexico! We have
lived here for two years now an d are looking forward to moving back to the northwest someday. I 'm working on the Gila
National Forest as the Forest Land Surveyor. It's an interest ing job but I want
to get bac k into logging engineering as
suc h. My wife and two boys (8 and 3
years) are doing we l l. We wish to send
our greetings to all. "
Division in charge of reforestation. "Publisher's plans are to reforest 4,000 acres
of brush land in Linco ln County over the
nex t seven to ten years. We plan to
" brown and burn " approximately 2,500
acres. The remaining 1,500 ac res are
scar ified with "cat" o r hi- lead. Lots of
work and lots of fun! "
DICK POWELL and his wife, Rachel, are
at home at 8110 N.W. Oak C reek Drive,
Corvallis. "Our tw in girls were a year old
this past A ugust and the th ird (and last?)
wil l almost be he re by Fer nhopper Day
1977. I 'm sti ll stompin' down brush for
Starke r Forests. Any old friends and classm ates are we lcome to drop in . The homestead is easy to find. "
J OHN L. SHOBERG and his family are
liv ing in Powers, Orego n where he is employed by the U.S.F.S. His primary job is
to manage the t imber program and department on the Powers R. D. Other than
the normal hunting and fishing, the big
event this year has been the starting of
school by their oldest daughter, Wendi Jo.
MICHAEL J. ROGERS tells us: "I n Febru ary 1974, Pattie, o ur fo ur c hildren and I
left the h'gh desert side of the A ngeles
N. F. for the little tow n of Hayfork on the
Shasta Trinity N.F. Shortly after arri ving.
we dec ided to build our own home. Betwee n m an aging the Hayfork R.D . and t rying to comp lete our house. We have had
l ittle time for anything else. We did manage a two wee k vacation in Orego n this
past July and enjoyed every minute of it.
Now that we have moved closer, we hope
to make it back more often. Quite a few
Oregon Staters down here. In fact, Dave
Wright, also Class of 66 , has the neighboring Ranger District at Big Bar."
MICHIAL T. CARNAHAN co ntinues to
work for Sun Studs in Roseburg, Oregon.
"Susan, the three boys and I are really
enjoying God's blessi ngs as our family
grows (up , that is; not added to!). "
TERRY N. TRA NTOW is thoroughly enjoying his job with the Department of Natural Resources in Ellensburg, Washington.
He cont inues to be in vo lved w ith a wide
range o f projects, not the least of which
are several new br idges to be co nstruct ed, th ree of co ncrete! "Regards to my
old friends!"
RODNEY F. GREENE changed jobs this
year. "Now working as an assistant to
the logging supt. for Sun Studs, Inc. o f
Roseburg, Oregon. New address is : Rt. 2,
Box 703, Rose burg, Oregon. Sue an d I
are enjoying the new scenery and climate.
Had a fine antelope hunt in Wyoming this
fall. "
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JOHN WARNING has been transferred
to Missoula, Montana, but is st il l workin g
for Burl in gton Northern.
BOB L ATHAM
may make it to Fernhoppers th is year as they live c loser to
Corvall is now. "Moved last March to Oa kridge, Oregon where I am employed by
the U.S.F.S. as Reso urce Assistant on
Oakridge R.D
Jeannie, Chris and Jenny
are fine, and we are enjoying our new
home."
JAMES W. (B ILL) WI LL says: "1976
f inds the Will family now living in Orego n.
Bil l is the Woodland Man ager for I: P. CO.
in the Va ughn-G ard iner area. We have
made our home in Veneta. It 's good to
be b ack in Oregon. Hope to make it to
Fernhoppers th is yea r."
1967
RONALD C. CLE MENT w ri tes: " Fel low
Fernhoppers, still on active duty with th e
Army and presently assigned to the Department of Mil itary Sc ience , Oregon
State University. Please stop by and see
me in McAlexander Fieldhouse the next
time you 're on campus. Best wis hes ."
EDWARD D. HANSEN con ti nues to wor k
for Crown Z at West Linn as Groundwood
Mill Supt. "Jan, Eric, Andrea, and Melinda
are fi ne. Jan just visited OSU for 50th
anniversary of Kappa Delta. Hope to see
you on Fern hopper Day."
JAMES R. HARRI S has been working
for Publishers Paper Com pan y for the last
four years. Three years in T illamook Division as Logging Con tract Superviso r.
This last year, he has been with Toledo
G. ELTON THOMAS moved from Diamond Lake Ranger District to the Pacific
Northwest Regional Office in Portland in
January 1976. " I'm in recreation management and I really enjoy the wo rk. We
live at 5705 S.W. 206, Aloha, Oregon and
would enjoy seeing any of you fernhoppers."
1968
FRED ROBINSON and his family have
completed their second year at Medford
with the O regon State Forestry Department.
"This has been a good year for
us. Kids are in first and third grade, both
well. Millie and I are enjoyi ng them, the
area and life in general. See you at Fernhopper."
JOHN L. SMITH resigned from the Forest Service in April after five years o f serv ice. He accepted a position as T imber
Sale Administration Specia list with the
Industrial Fo restry Assoc iation in Portland.
"We have moved to T igard and have purchased a home. My job is to deal with
public agency t imber sale programs and
contrac t problems in the Douglas-fi r region. I get to travel so me and have enjoyed seeing severa l classmates and
meeting many fellow fern hoppers."
W. BRUCE WI LKINSON tells us a rece nt change brought him to Weyerhaeuser
Com pany as General Foreman - Production Con tro l, Laminated Wood Products
Division, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
JOEL C. WOODS writes: " Friends, stil l
l iving in Lebanon , OR and still operating
a reforestation business.
Had another
ch ild last year, which makes a grand and
Plan to make it to
final total of four.
Fernhopper's happe ning. "
1969
ORAN D. ABBOTT se nds: "G reetings !
1976 has proven to be one of our busiest years ever. Eve ning classes continue
to ta ke a lot of time. We real ly enjoy a
full schedu le of cross co untry skiing and
are look ing forward to the co mi ng season. We have had some exciting white
water trips, mo untain climbs, and b ackpac ks. We have had a great time leading some ch urch groups on some of these
o u t in~ s .
Also , a couple of nice h appenIngs rs the Joh n Alden family and the Dan
Green fam ily mov ing back within a nic e
visit ing distance-we 're gl ad they are
here! The highlight o f the year so far has
to be pass ing the State Profess ional Land
Surveyor 's exam, and therefore being licensed .
I've co ntinued to work for the
same firm. Our family is fine . Best
wish es fo r the coming yea r."
SCOTT S. ABDON writes; " I can't believe it's already time to be writing again
.. . seems as though the years slip by a
l ittle faster for me now. The Abdon family has had a new addition since my last
newsletter message.
Lindsay Margaret
was born October 2, 1976, and has been
nothing less than a bundle o f joy for us
since that date. Gay, Josh, and Lind say
hardly recog nize me these days as I 've
not been around home mu ch late ly. Spent
five weeks in Washington, D.C. again this
year working on specia l assignment with
the Federal Power Commission . I was
one of fo ur BLM ers working on a sup plemental volume o f the final environmental
impact statement for the Alaska Natural
Gas Transportation System. Other team
members represe nted USGS, US Fi sh and
Wildlife, Outer Continenta l Shelf, and FPC.
Worki ng with these individual s was truly
a rewarding and enjoyable experience.
Had a chance to visit Jack and Linda
L autensc hlager (class of '70) as they live
in the Washington , D.C. area . Good to
see them again. I've also b een building
a new house on our place east of Sa lem.
All spare time is spent pounding nails."
JI M BL AK E really enjoys reading about
all his buddies from the Forestry School.
" To a couple o f my special friends, John
Firth and Tom Scoggins: I hope yo u're
both enj oyi ng yo urselves. Mayb e we can
get together next year at Fernhopper Day.
Why don't you let me know what you
th ink. Here's my address: P.O. Box 345,
Rainier, Was hington 98576.''
LEANDER D. CONVERSE, Delores, and
their three boys are still livi ng in Post
Falls, Idaho. "I completed my second
yea r as Division Engineer for Diamond
International Corpo ration (D iamond Match
for the more mature alumn i who remember
the old days). To any fernhoppers headed
through here , we live close to the freeway
so there's no exc use not to stop . If I can
catch up on the paper work, I hope to
make it down to Fernhopper's day. Best
wishes and a happy new year to the farmers like Dave Montgomery, and e ven
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traitor types l ike Ray Brewer who gave up
on forestry."
B i LL DRYDEN is still working with
Oregon State Forestry, but he and Sue
have moved in land to Salem after five
years on the coast. Hi s present assignment is Coord inator fo r the Forest Practices Act Evaluation.
PAUL FREEMAN tells us that this year
finds them stil l in Sacramento but now
he's work ing as a sawmil l supervisor for
American Forest Products in Martell, CA.
" I'm f inally getting b ack to the primary
fo rest indust ry. I'm find ing out I have a
lot to learn. "
JIM N IELSEN and his family spent the
last two yea rs on the Wind River District
of the Gifford Pinchot N .F. " I have enjoyed the varied tasks involved in b eing
the Resource Assistant. Have gained
many new insights since leaving timber.
Sally and the children are fine and enjoy
livi ng here at Wind River. Craig is now
in kindergarten and Julie in the first grade.
Hope to attend Fernhopper Day this yea r."
DAVID D. REED sends : "G reetings from
so uthern Oregon. Big news in the Reed
fami ly this year was that we almost had
ourselves a New Year's baby. Jaso n
Brandt Reed was born 6 hours before midnight on New Year's Eve . We are stil l
in Medford with BLM. My job as silviculturist is turning into big business these
days w ith all the new emphasis on young
growth mana gement and the call for more
regen eration. My best to the guys of
'69. "
CRAIG ROYCE, Cindy, and the kids are
all fine. Th ey are still in Roseburg w ith
State Forestry and hope to see everyone
at Fernhoppers.
JAMES R. SIMONET writes that after a
lean year of self-employment and starving
on Fo rest Service contracts, he is once
agai n appraising timber for the Revenue
Department in Oregon City. In his spare
time, he manages hi s 12,000 Christmas
trees.
RICK SPRING says : " Hi to all c lassmates ! Am still in North Bend and wo rking for Sun Studs, Inc. at their coastal annex. My wife, Susan, is teaching again
after a month 's vacation while the schools
were c losed. I'm looki ng forward to elk
archery season and woul d appreciate a
cal l if anyone is co ming to the coast to
hunt, 756-4669. "
WOODY STARR is currently living in
Corval l is, working for Siuslaw National
Forest as Assistant Road Management Engineer. Spent this past summer on Wallowa-Whitman N.F. building helitack base
in Hell s Canyon National Recreation Area.
" He llo to all our friends. Stop in and visi t
w ith us. Phone: 753-9734, address : 2250
N. W. Hazel Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330."
OLIN S. (SAM) WALRATH and his wife ,
Judy are still enjoy ing l ife in Jackson,
California. " I was recently promoted to
lumber superintendent at the American
Forest Products Corporation.
Responsibilities
include:
log
deck,
sawmil l
(€5 mm yr) , bark plant, dry ki lns, p laning
mil l and sh ipping. We wou ld enjoy a visit
from any al umni in the area."
ERNIE WI LSON still lives in Seattle but
working for a civil engineering land sur-
veying firm in Tacoma. "Things are looking good at this point. I'll be snow shoeing this year - anybody else ready to go?
Give a shout if you're up th is way."
1970
ROBERT G. BROWN writes from Bandar-E-Pahlavi, Iran and says hello to all
his forestry classmates. "How about a
letter: c / o Stadler Hurter Worldwide, Ltd .
Box No. 25, Bandar-E-Pahlavi, Iran."
PHIL CANNON wrote last year: "Apparently the querie of Oct. 10, 1975 must have
come by sea since it arrived here 4 months
later. At any rate, perhaps this response
will be received in time for next year's
newsletter. Probably few foresters from
OSU know that I am working as a Forest
Pathologist in Ghana with Peace Corps
and it is not really the intent of this message to inform them of such. However, I
would like to share a perspective which
quite simply is that forestry in the "tropics" is an enormous and challenging field ,
and for many important reasons, such as
prevailing soils, climates, and infra-structures, forestry and tree crops will continue
to be a cornerstone of development in
tropical countries. In the humid tropics
the potential for wood fiber production is
astounding once suitable species and silvicultural pract ices are found. Research
will be the key and catalyst for a wise and
more complete utilization of this vast forest resource , particularly when the days
of creaming are over (you've never seen
creaming until you come to the tropics;
one or two trees per acre), and these days
are approaching swiftly. The point I would
like to make is that there is an engrossing
field of endeavor in tropical forestry but
unless students get "turned on " to the
possibility, there is probably little chance
that they will develop any interests and
abilities along these lines. For my part,
I am extremely grateful for Dilworth's
'International Forestry' course and the
chance to hear Dr. Kul Karne speak. I
hope the Forestry Sc hool still provides
such opportunities for foresters who would
try the exotic."
JIM CAVE doesn ' t know if he will be
able to make it this year, but will try.
" John Lilly, give me a ca ll, I live in Myrtle
Creek now. "
MARILYN FOWLER COOK says: "Hello
Fellow Fernhoppers - Look forward to
seeing the Forest Research Laboratory
and former classmates.
Roger and I are
living in Salem with three cats , next to a
lovely creek. Luckily some wildlife is still
around . See you February 19th.' '
JOHN FIRTH tells us at this writing
that he and J ulie are awa iting the arriva l
of their second child. "We took natural
childbirth classes and I get to assist in
the delivery room . I am still working for
Josephine
County.
Bought
another
Model A th is year and finished a Model
T. Other than th at, a normal year. Where's
Jim Blake?"
KENNETH GALLOWAY. JR. is completing his second year as the Forest Manager for Hood River County. "Over all, everything is going well. We are try ing to
edu cate public on the importance of a
totally managed forest rathe r than a wild
forest (wilderness) . Really a problem
when it comes to herb 'c:de use, reforestation, c learcut size, and road location as
you usually have a very limited time to
cover all phases. See you at Fernhopper
Day."
MIKE McDOWELL continues to work for
Weyerhaeuser Company at Coos Bay as a
district logging engineer.
"Managed to
finish building our new house and get my
surveyor's license in the same year. The
F. E. Dept. ought to try a field trip down
here some lime. Lots of different th inqs
to see."
GEORGE B. PERALA has accepted a
position with Georgia Pacific Corporation
as Assistant Property Tax Manager of the
Eastern Region. He is leaving the Oregon State Department of Revenue after
conducting timber appraisals for six years.
" If any fernhopper is out Atlanta, Georgia
way, stop in and see us at 4614 Eberline
Court, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 .
CHARLIE F. ROBINSON got back into
forestry employment this yea r " ... and it
was in Oregon! Was working in Burns
w ith Forest Service on a marking crew.
Was converted to forester in S~ptember
and am on Modoc N.F. in N.E. California.
Any of my old friends can contact me at
Box 231, Cedarville, California 961 04.·
Hope to hear from you. "
CHAR LES 0. ROBINSON continues to
work with International Paper Company ,
out of Longview, WA in reforestation related pursu !ts. " My wife. two daughters,
a nd I have purchased a new home outside
Toledo. My address is 196 Henriot Road ,
Toledo, WA 98591. "
1971
RAY HEWITT is still working on Dilworth 's Chrismas tree farm here in Corvallis. "Our first chi ld is due to arrive in
February. Our life styles will be changing . . . may be a new Fernhoppe r."
MIKE LEE hasn 't had much of a chance
to get back to visit because he's been
moving quite a bit. "Spent a short stint
with the U.S.F.S. Then the Wash ington
Slate Department of Natural Resources. I
have finally found a home with Weyerhaeuser Company. I am Forest In ventory
Field Sup~rvisor working out at the corporate headquarters at Federal Way,
Washington . I hope to get back to OSU
in February for Fernhopper Day. I am
interested to see the changes made over
'he past few years.''
FRANCES R. MOHR is a Resou rce::.
Assistant for a ranger district on the
Bridger Teton National Forest. "Most rewarding was approval by th e Chief of the
Forest Service of our Teton Wilderness
Natural Fire Management Plan (exception
to the 10 :00 am policy) which essent ia lly
allo ws lightning caused fires to burn and
lake their natural course. "
ABIGAIL (WHITE) NIELSE N is employed
with King County Parks Department as
Recreation Director on Vashon Island.
She and her husband, Jan , have a son ,
Jan Marlin, three months old. They live
on Vashon in a waterfront cabin they are
building. Husband, Jan , has his own business - Vashon Boat Works, making sailboats.
JERRY OBENDORF is still with Simpson Timber Co. in She lton. WA. He was
tran sferred to Sawmil l D:v:sion last Marc h.
''I'm currently a Production Enginee r, try20
ing to learn about the lumber business.
We purchased a waterfront home in November. This part of the country has got
to be some of the most beautiful in the
world. Drop by and we' ll pick a clam or
oyster from ou r front yard.''
been interest ing, but Em ily and I are looking forward to my being transferred this
spring; hopefully somewhere near our old
home in the northeast.
John Emerso n,
Dick Quick (my boss) says "hello !" and
" let your beard grow !"
JIM SORENSON , his wife, Lyn, Wendy 8,
Brad 6, Heidi 4, and Chris 6 months
have just fin ished their f irst year in DeQueen, Arkansas where J im is the Woods
Engineer for the Southwest Arkansas Region, Weyerhaeuse r Company. " We would
like to be in Corvallis on Fernhoppers'
Day, but 2,000 mi les is just too fa r. We
welcome any fernhoppers to stay with us
in our new home in DeQueen on your way
through A rkansas.''
THOMAS J. DOOLEY was married
Sept. 3 to Nancy Brickey in Port Ange les .
She is a lso a transplanted Oregonian! "I
have been working in va rious capac ities
for Crown Zellerbach fo r the past three
years , mostly road engineering and reforestation activities. Hope to see everyone on Fernhopper Day !"
JOHN E: THOMAS continues to work in
Lo ngview, WA for the Department of Naturay Resou rces as Area Engineer at Castle
Rock. " This coming summer, I plan on
leaving for Europe for three months - being single does have its advantages! The
trip is vacation oriented, but I will be visiting a friend of mine in Norway who is a
Forest Engineer and plans on showing me
some of their logging and transportation
systems. Hope to see you all at the Fernhoppers Banouet."
1972
ERIC R. BUTLE R is liv ing in Corvallis
and wo rking with American Banker's Life
as of March of last year, both personal
product ion and recruiting , almost 100% in
the retirement inco me field. He was married June 18 last year to Tricia. "Wou ld
like to hear from p eople in my c lass P.O. Box 1230, Corvallis. Also a special
hello to Lou McCarthy wherever you are."
PENNY (TAYLOR) MACKEY is now living in Astoria, Oregon w ith her husband,
David . She is working at Columb ia Memor ial Hospital as a Recreationa l aid under
the O .T. Departm ent. Their address is:
Rt. 1, Box 586C, Astoria , OR 97103.
NORMAN MICHAELS, after 4Y2 years
has finally been c lassified as a forester
by the U.S.F.S.
He will be starting in
January in \he metropolis of Bly, Oregon .
SANDRA R. SMICK is attending the
University of Oregon on a fellowship from
the C.S. Molt Foundation. The fellowsh ip
is granted to peopl e in order that they
may fu rther their education in Commun ity
Education . She hopes to finish he r masters by June.
BARTE STARKER writes : "The last
three years the re have bee n very few of
the Class of '72 at \he banquet. I challenge
the class to come and get toge the r at the
banquet. Not many are any closer than
I though, so it is easy for me to say. Hope
to see you at the b anq uet o r befo re."
1973
MI KE BROWN and his wife, Kay a re still
living in Milwau kie. "We are both wo rking. I recently accepted a position as
Safely Di rector fo r Boise Cascade, paper
group, in Vancouver, Washington. Loo king forward to seeing eve ryone at the
Banquet. "
JAKE CEBULA writes: " Dear Friends,
Things are fine with Emily and myself.
I'm wo rking in Mississ ippi no w w ith the
So uthern Forest Experiment Station .
I
must say tha t this southern ex perience has
NEI L F. ELDRI DGE is up in G ig Ha rbor,
Washington working as a T imber Cruise r
and Buyer. " I li ke this jo b pretty we ll, but
I would rather be working in Oregon. My
wife and I are expecting our first chi ld in
February and we are look ing forward to
this new addition. If ever up in this a rea ,
be sure and give us a call."
EARL EMERSON has spent the last year
flying as a navigator on C-141 aircraft
from McChord AFB , Washington. "Have
been to S.E. Asia, Europe, and Austra li a.
Hello to Candelaria, Cebu la and an yone
else in Class of '73."
TONY FROST sends: " Greetings from
northern Idaho. I ended my Army ca reer
last fall and am now work ing for Bu rlington Northern, I nc. as a forest eng ineer. My
job is primarily location and survey of logging roads in the Avery Idaho area. Dro p
me a line sometime and I'll fill you in on
the elk hu nti ng condit ions around here.
P.O. Box K St. Maries, Idaho 83861. "
ROBERT C. KRANCE is sti ll working at
Offutt AFB, Nebraska as a civilian engineer working in environmental and comprehensive planning , mil itary air insta llation zoning, sonic boom investigations .
and environmental im pact statement w ritling. "I had the pleasu re of visiting OSU
in early September on vacation , bringing
back thoughtful memories. Peace to all
my friends, and may you live lo ng and
prosper."
ROY NOTT and his wi fe have a new baby, Carl, and are back in the Longv iew
area where Roy is work ing as a logg ing
manager for International Pa per Company.
They hope to see the Donaldson' s at the
Fernhopper!
ERIC SCHOBLOM is now living in
Medford with his w ile, J o El len, and Ca t
Sebast ian, w hil e wo rking for the B.L.M.
MARCIA L. SM ITH lives in San Franc isco, California working as a store supervisor for Fo \omat Corporat io n. " I worked
for the Salem Parks Depart ment after
graduation, later got a job at a pho tography shop in Sa lem.
Have worked in
the photo business for three years. "
AARON THAYER says: " Fe llow Fernhoppers, Greetings once again . The on ly
th ing new is that I'm ge tt ing married December 28, 1976.
Hope to see you on
Fe rnhopper Day. "
SCOTT W. WISE is employed by U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service as a rea lity
specialist. He travels throu gh the Pacific
Northwest. Cali fo rnia. Nevada, and Hawai i.
His home office is in Portland , Oregon
where he resides wit h w :fe , Diana . an d
exp ecting tw:ns to arrive be fore Janua ry
3, 1977 (first children).
1974
DENN IS P. CREEL since gradu ation,
has been working as a foreste r for Hampton Tree Farms, I nc. - Willam ina L umbe r
Co . in Willam ina, and is enjoying his job
very m uch. He and Karen live on five
acres up on a hill with the ir two ch ildren, Andrew, 2V2 and Em ily, born in September. Their address is: Rt. 2, Box 388 ,
Sheridan, OR 97378.
PAMELA J. FINNEY was a US Forest
Servi ce Naturalist in S.E. Alaska for th is
last summer giving various interpretive
prog rams aboard the Alaska Marine Ferry
System.
"I enjoyed the posit ion very
much lea rn ing a lo t about the field 1
stud ied fo r at OSU. I am presently a Recreat ion Supe rvisor a t MI. Park Rec reat ion
Cente r in Lake Oswego .''
MARK GRUNER te lls us that distance
will prevent him from attending Fernhopper
Day this year. "I am presently serving as
the executive office r of an engineer bridge
com pany in Nurenberg, Germany. It 's fairly
inte resting, bu t I 'm looking forward to the
day when I can get bac k to work in the
woods. Best w ishes to all fernhoppers .' '
THOMAS R. HOLT has spent two years
in forest management with Willamette Industries, Inc. It has provided h im with
many learning experiences - some even
the professors d idn't teach him about.
CAROLYN M . McBEE is currently working for Willamette Council of Camp Fire
Girls as "Director of P rogram Se rvices"
thro ugho ut the Council. She is p lann ing a
vacat ion to Zurich Sw itzer land and Ulm
Germ any in December, vis iting o ld friend s.
She 's now l iving in Salem, 1822 Berry SE
No. 7, Salem, OR 97302.
. GARY MILLER finally got into the logg rng game. "We are runni ng a slack line
yarder, select ive logg ing old growth. You
sure learn a lot that firs t year out. We
a lso added a fu tu re choker setter to the
family on August 3. His name is Lyman .
Our address is 1273 Ell iott Road , Pa radise, CA 95969. If you are in the area
please d rop in. Will see everyone on
Fernhop per Day."
KATHLEE N MONAHAN says:
" A big
hello to my fellow Fernhoppers! I never
thought I would be working for one of
Oregon State's Pac 8 Rivals, but I am!
I am wo rk ing as a research technic ian in
the forestry dep artment at the Wash ington
S tale Universi ty Extens io n and Resea rch
Cente r ("lhe exper iment station" ) in Puya ll up , Wash ington. Most of the projects
are concerned w ith fo rest ferti lization. Very
interest ing! "
J UD ITH A. RASMUSSEN is enjoying two
jo bs : instructiona l aide {spec ial educacation) with LA County Schoo ls; and recreation leader w ith City of Cerritos Recreat ion Department.
She misses Oregon
and the campus, and says hello to a ll her
fe ll ow recreation majors.
DEANA JO REED writes from the land
of 10,000 lakes : ''I'm working on a college Campus in St. Clou d. M innesota. involved in the movement of Cam ps Crusade for Christ, In t. Six stall including
myself and many students are involved in
making Jesus Christ know n to the colleg iate population here. and actively learn ing
pr inc ip les of disc ip leship as we ll. The
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lakes and snow offe r great recreational
upp ortunities! Join me, won't you? "
GEORG E J. REGAS thought he would
dry o ut so he too k a p romotion - transfer from Hebo , Oregon to Republ ic , Wash ington as the Reforestation - Fo rester. He
wou ld li ke to hear from fo rmer c lassmates.
His address is Box 508 , Republic, WA
991 66.
MARK WHITN EY says hello to all th e
Resource Recreation Management graduates and faculty. He' s sti ll up at Laurelwood Go lf Course and invites you to come
visit and play so me go lf.
1975
JAMES R. AKERSON is P.C .V. in Liberia
West Africa. " L ibe rian compatr iot and
myself are engaged in forest inventory of
hardwoods in Zwed ru Region. Teach music to pupils of a m ission school in the
area.
Tour w ill be comp leted August
1977. "
RANDAL L C.
c lassmates that
out of Kal ispell ,
Timbe r Divis ion
Rai l road .
COLLINS says to fellow
he is well and wo rki ng
Montana in the Weste rn
of B url ington Northern
N I~K L UNDE, aile~ a year of taking it
re lat rvely easy followrng graduation , has
landed a GS-5 Fo restry Technic ian job
at the Lake Wenatc hee R.S. , Wenatchee
N.F. "M y )ob is supervis ing fire p reventron technrcrans and s ince th is d istr ict
has as many man-caused fires as most forests , there seems to be no end of work
to do. I am enjoy ing a goo d job in a
n rce place . Sto p by and say hi if ever in
the area."
MARILYN J . MOHR w rites to her RRM
fr iends : " I'm busy as a 4-H Extens ion
Agent in Malheur Cou nty. Stop and see
me when you 're passing through Ontario ,
Oregon ."
J OHN E. PAETH and Lin d a K irk OSU
'77, were married in the Lodge at 'Peavy
Arboretum on August 14, 1976 an d are
now l iving at Rt. 1, Box 80, Monmout h
OR 97361.
'
TIM REED is now an Outdoor Rec reation Planner w ith the B ureau of Land
Management
in Salford , AZ. He is
responsible for the east end o f the Aravaipa Canyon P rimitive Area, one of the
few perenn ia l streams i n Arizona .
ROBE RT SCOTT RICHAR DSON te lls us :
"God cont inues to prov ide my needs in
sp ite . of not find ing a permanent fore stry
pos rtron rn the Flagstaff, Arizo na area.
Th is fall, I worked on a forest service fi re
supp resion crew and antic ipate be ing re hired in the spring. Where that wi ll lead
on ly God knows .''
JODY HARROUN SATRAN is curre ntly
liv ing and work ing in San C lemen te, CA
w hile her husband is stationed at Cam p
Pend leton. When he ta kes h is overseas
tour in a few months, she w ill go back
home to Brookings a nd wor k in the state
park there.
WAYNE THOR NTON is still pl ugg ing
away on his master's thes is which means
his ever-helpful w ife. Betty, is sti ll typing
on it. The most recent delay came when
her typzwriter went on the b link. "I have
a professiona l pos ition w ith the U.S.F.S.
on the Se dona Ranger District of the
Coconino N.F. in Arizona. The position
is Recreation and Lands Staff Assistant of
Sedona, Arizona.
It is very interesting
as the job relates more to people management more than anything else. A lso, the
" lands " end of the job holds a special
attraction for me. I must confess that I
would like to be involved in t"mber management, but I 'll have to save that lor the
future."
LARRY D. WASFARET says: "It looks
like I'm going back to school again. My
company, Potlatch Corporation in Cloquet ,
MN had large production and employee
cutbacks and I was one of the employ€es
to go. So I will be going to the University of Minnesota at Duluth to pick up my
accounting degree, that is if I don't get
another job first. I have a few good prospects in the southern U.S."
1976
SCOTT A. JACKSON has no message
lor the 1977 Oregon State Forester Newsletter, but is looking forward to Fernhopper Day.
The Forest Research Laboratory Advisory Committee assisted in the planting of a "Moon
Tree" in the front of Peavy Hall. The tree was presented by State Forester Ed Schroeder
'47 in cooperation with the Forest Service and NASA. 'Prof' T. J. Starker served as advisor
and Larry Fellows, Supervisor, Siuslaw N. F. stood in for Ted Schlapfer, Regional Forester.
Left to right are: Vern Gurnsey, V.P. Boise Cascade; L. L. Stub Stewart '30, Pres. Bohemia;
Prof. T. J: Starker '1 0. Ann Lyman, representing the public; Bob Ingalls '37, Publisher
Gazette Trmes; Duke M. Queen, Pres. KOGAP; Ed Schroeder '47, Sta te Forester;
Larry Fellows, Supv. Siuslaw N. F.
Jack Smith '39, Bill Ruhmann 30, and Ed Marshall '36 take their
ease in the lobby of Peavy Hall.
Past President Bill Holtsclaw '49, and President Dick Holmes '61
chat with Dean Carl Stoltenberg.
"Foresters in Action", Dan Robinson '40, Bill Robertson '48,
and Barney Keep '42 renew acquaintances.
The CONIFERS were hostesses at a Tea for the Ladies.
Cl arence Richen '35 and Charlie Fox '27 take a break before
the banquet starts.
Jack Dunaway, Forest Engineering graduate of 1976 assists
Harry Pallon '17, AI Arnst '31, Russ Barry '46, and Carwin
Woolley '42 in locating sctudent guests.
There were a number of Starkers at the Banquet besides " T J ".
All seminars were w ell attended by both students and al umni.
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