OREGON STATE
FORESTER
Volume XXVI
Number 1
Corvall is, Oregon, January, 1973
Invitation to
Fernhopper Day
It gives me great pleasure to extend to
you an invitation to the 1973 Fernhopper
Day, to be held on February 24th. We have
a full day of activities in store for you
starting at 9 :00 a.m. with registration at
Peavy Hall.
The building will be open all day for
tours and inspection. Hospitality rooms will
be available for groups of classes so that
c lassmates may meet and chat about the
good old days in the old forestry building.
There may be tours through McDonald Forest, if the weather permits. May I also
extend a special invitation to the ladies.
The CONIFERS (wives of forestry students) are planning a tea for you.
The reception and banquet will be held
in the Memorial Union building and will be
over in time for the OSU-UCLA basketball
game.
We're looking forward to seeing you on
Fernhopper Day!
A. Gary Miller
President
OSU Forestry Club
Nominations Requested
for Individual
Achievement Award
Elsewhere in th is Newsletter yo u read
that Lloyd Reynolds '24 received the first
Individual Achievement Award prese nted
to an OSU Fernhopper in recognition of his
success in a field other than forestry. We
are asking for nominations for 1973.
If you know a Fernhopper who has succeeded in a field other than forestry, and
you wish to nominate him, we'd be glad to
have his nam e. We will also need biographical information which includes clearly, and in some detail, his achievements,
success, and contribution in a field other
than forestry.
Nominees and their achievements will be
reviewed by an awards committee composed of alumni, students, and faculty. If a
worthy candidate is found, the award will
be made at the Fernhopper Banquet February 24, 1973.
The award wi ll consist of a distinctive
pen and pencil set, presented at the Banquet. In addition, a framed portrait of the
recip ient wil l be displayed in the Peavy
reading room with a brief citat ion of his
achievement and contribution to society.
Whenever a new award wi nner is chosen,
the previous recipient's picture and citation wil l be placed in a suitable album
that wil l be on d isplay in the reading roo m.
The Peavys came to the dedication of the new forestry building. They included the three
sons of the late George W. Peavy and five OSU al umni. Front row left to right, Dorthea
(Mrs. Wesley Peavy); Claudia (Mrs. Robert Peavy); Katherine (Mrs. Darwin Peavy), OSU,
education, '27, and Hester (Mrs. Norbert Peavy). Back row left to right, Robert, Darwin's
son and physical education professor and gymnastics coach at Washington State University; Bradley, OSU, forestry, '22, retired, Newhall Calif.; Darwin, OSU, education, '23,
retired, Salinas, Calif.; Norbert, OSU, education, '32 MS '33, teaching in Sacramento,
Calif., and Wesley, OSU, engineering, '46-'48, Bradley's son, with IBM at MI. Lakes, New
Jersey.
Ward Armstrong Elected
Alumni President
The Board of Directors for the OSU Forestry Alumni Association met on Fernhopper Day 1972 and elected Ward Armstrong
its 40th President. Ward is a 1960 graduate
in Forest Management. He just recently
left Associated Oregon Industries to join
the Weyerhaeuser Company's Public Affairs Department.
Rex Resler was elected Vice-President.
However, he moved from Region 6 back to
Washington, D.C. as Associate Chief of
the Forest Service and has resigned as a
member of the Board. We regret his loss,
but are extre mely pleased by his selection
for the importa nt post.
New Board members are: Marvin W.
Coats '53, Vice President, Willamette Industries; Earl E. Nichols '51, Supervisor,
Deschutes National Forest; and Wilton L.
Vincent '41, Vice President, ITT Rayonier.
At the close of the Board meeting members expressed their thanks to President
Garwin Woolley for his high interest and
active participation during his service as
President.
Dean "Mac"
Last year we ran a l ittle "Bulletin" on
Dean Mac. We're doing it again this year,
so his former sutdents and friends will remember to pay him a short v isit or write
him a note.
Mac's cond ition has not improved and he
spends most of his time in bed. He is well
cared for, still appreciates good food, and
enjoys watching TV. You can brighten his
day by se nding him a note at 2815 N.W.
Polk St.. Corvallis, OR 97330.
Message From
The President
OREGON
STATE FORESTER
Oregon State University Forestry Alumni Association
Annual newsletter of the OSU Forestry
Alumni Association mailed to the last
known address of all OSU Fernhoppers.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERMS EXPIR E A PRIL, 1973
Ward S. Armstrong
3671 Hillview Dr. S.E.
Salem, Oregon 97302
Nicholas J. Kirkmire 2428 S. Balsam Street
Lakewood, Colorado 80227
Wm. Ruhmann
37 Bloch Terrace
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034
TERMS EXPIRE .APRIL, 1974
Jack Barringer
705 3rd Street
Sweet Home, Oregon 97386
Brice Brandt
2010 Dale Street
Medford, Oregon 97501
TERMS EXPIRE ·APR IL, 1975
Marvin W. Coats
P. 0. Box 907
Albany, Oregon 97321
Earl E. Nichols
Deschutes N. F.
Bend, Oregon 97701
Wilton L. Vincent
414 McKinley
Aberdeen, Wash ington 98520
ADVISORY
Carl H. Stoltenberg
(Dean)
School of Fo restry
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
R. M. Kallander
(Sec-Treas)
School of Forestry
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Greetings Fern hoppers !
'Tis the season for among othe r
th ings- messages from the President. T he
alumni association of the Sc hoo l of Forestry is no exception. I wil l read ily acknowledge a certain amount of cynic ism about
such messages, but they do provide a good
opportunity to sit back and examine the
past year's activities- and take a look at
whe re we are going. So please bear with
me.
Elsewhere in this news letter you w il l see
a report from B ill Whee ler on enrollment.
The report shows an enrollment of 722 students. This is a 13 per cent increase over
a year ago. This almost explosive increase
in students interested in forestry that has
taken place the last two or th ree years is
an interesting phenomenon. It reflects no
doubt the heightened interest of young
people in eco logy and the environmen.t.
It seems to me though that the reason IS
not too important. The po int is that they
are in the school and it gives us a tremendous oppo rtunity to reach these peopleto learn their concerns--and in turn to
impart to them sound principles of forestry.
This is an opportunity fo r the schoo l and
for th e profession of forestry. If the school
is to make the most of this opportunity it
must have the support and understand ing
of the alumni.
Shortly after the first of the year a new
pu bl ication will be available from the
School of Forestry entitled , " Careers in Forestry. " One of the purposes of this publ ication will be to serve as a counsel ing tool
to help potential new students evaluate
their interest in forestry as a career.
The Alumni Board is still concerned
about the low enrollment of students from
minority groups in forestry. The schoo l currently has two Indian students, two Ch icanos and one black. The enro llment of
37 women this year indicates that this is
one area of minority group interest that is
growing very rapidly. T he Board is still
exploring ways to interest Indian, black,
and Ch icano students in forestry careers.
Next fall the department of engineering
will be missing the familiar face and leadership of Bill Davies. A search is now underway for his replacement. Alumni have
been briefed on this staff change at the
SAF meeting in Hotsprings, Arkansas, at
the Pacific Logging Congress in Seattle
and at the annual meeting of the Western
Forestry and Conservation Assoc iat ion.
Carl Stoltenberg is to be commended for
his efforts in sol iciting the v iews of the
alumni on th is important appo intment.
The Alumni Board is going to miss the
leadership. and counsel of Rex Ressler who
subm itted his resignation from the Board
on taking the assignment as Associate
Ch ief of the U. S. Forest Service in Washington , D.C. We will miss Rex, but I am
sure I can speak for all of the alumni in
giving him ou r best in this new ass ignment
and to say that we are proud that an OSU
forestry alum was chosen fo r this important post. The Board will choose Rex's
re placement at its February meeting.
The Alumn i Board last February discussed the almost alarmin g pro blem of
shortage of summer jobs for forestry students. The schoo l to date has been able
to retain its degree req uirem ent that students must comp lete two summers of approved employment. With the vastly increased forestry enro llment it is becoming
a problem to find enough jobs. At the request of the A lumni Board a letter is enc losed with this newsletter urging all Fernhoppers to notify the schoo l if you have
jobs available tor these students in your
department or company.
Ward Armstrong ,
Pres ident
Memorial Fellowships
Established
In June of 1972 Docto rs Kim and Te May
Ching established two gradu ate fe llowsh ips
in forestry to honor the memory of Kim's
father, John Lind Ching. T he memorial fe llowships will be awarded for the first time
in the fall of 1973.
Kim 's father was bo rn in Hawaii and went
to China in his early years. He became a
banker in Shanghai and remained there until 1949. At that t ime he moved to Mich igan
where Kim and Te May were doing graduate work. He moved to Corvallis in 1958
to l ive with Kim and Te May.
During his 10 years in Corvall is Mr.
Ching developed a strong interest in forestry. He took a number of forestry cou rses
and became interested in wood identification after taking Mac McKimmy's course.
He also developed an excellent collection
of trop ical woods wh ich he gave to the
Graduate Programs
Graduate enro llment continues to c limb,
with a total of 79 students; 9 are in Forest
Eng i neering, 19 in Forest Products, and 51
In Forest Management. Perhaps the most
noteworthy t rend we have found in the past
year or two has been the increas in g number of students entering the graduate program in forestry from non-forestry backgrounds. These students require more time
to get their degrees but they are mo re than
willing to do so in order to app ly their
talents to forestry. Their backgrounds are
variable. Perhaps most come from biology,
but others c ome from econom ics, eng ineering, and liberal arts. T hey bring refreshingly d ifferent points of view to our program and we are happy at their good quality as well as their perspect ive.
Th is past year 11 graduate students received their Master's degrees and five rece ived Doctor of Phi losophy degrees.
Bill Ferrell, Chairman
Grad uate Committee
Financial Statement
JAN UARY 1, 1973
Balance January 1, 1972
Income :
Du es
$984.00
Annual C ruise Sales
211 .50
Banquet
2,431.00
Peavy Memorial Fu nd
399.50
Miscellaneous
162.00
337.50
Basketball T ickets
$4,525.50
Total Income
Expend itures :
Newsletter
$1,179.45
Banquet and
1,747.60
Fernhopper Day
Annual Cruise Costs
188.00
Peavy Memorial Fund
399.50
Misce llaneous
(Includes Refunds)
452.19
Basketball Tickets
265.00
Total Expenditures $4,231.74
Ba lance January 1, 1973
$456.05
$749.81
George Jemison tells Fernhoppers about forest engineering research during breakfa~t In
Seattle. Left to right: Hobe Jones, Ken Roegner, John Bell, Myrna Bell, George Jem1son,
and Bruce Starker.
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School of Forestry. Mac said that Mr. Ching
was one of the most enthusiastic students
he ever had.
Mr. Ching studied marketing of forest
products with the idea of some day starting
an export business. It was his fond hope
to see the day when relations wou ld be
reestabl ished and trade barriers removed
between mainland China and the United
States.
THE DEAN'S
CORNER
R BANQUET
Change at the School didn 't stop with
dedicating o ur new building last yea r! 1972
also b ro ught our first equ al-opportunity
Fernhopper Banquet (highly successfu l) ;
another 14 per ce nt increase in u ndergraduate enrollm ent (1 00 per cent increase
in "equ als"); a 65 per cent increase in
non-fo reste rs taking forestry courses; enrollme nt capacity in the bu ilding's fi rst year
rather than its tenth ; small decli nes in un iversity e nro llment and fac ulty nu mbers;
o ur first forestry course (dendra) o ffered
on a se lf-taug ht basis; lab buses and
trucks replaced by ten-man mini-buses;
and Bill Davies reserving eighty acres of
old growth to protect a pair of spotted
owls!
Many of the most dramatic cha nges are
in Forest Engi neering. Expertise has been
added in hydrology, operations research,
econom :cs, and other talents deali ng with
harvesting - environmental relat ionshi ps. A
significant research effort has bee n initiated to identify and test ways of improv ing
the efficiency and reduci ng the negative
env iron men tal impacts of road bu ilding,
thi nning and loggi ng operat ions. A major
extensio n and continuing education program has developed in FE, with a national
Forest Engineering Institute being offered
here this quarter. The Departme nt's fac ulty
has grown from five to thirteen within four
years. For details see the FE w rite-up.
These dramatic improvements have been
accomplished under the leadership of B ill
Davies, with the able ass ista nce of George
Je mison and the FE faculty.
Unfortunate ly, o ne of the next changes in
Fo rest Engineeri ng will be in leadership,
since Bill Davies reaches retirement age in
June. The Department's fac ulty is helping
me in the sea rch fo r th e best-qualified replacement, consid ering all likely candidates
both outside and within the Sc hoo l. Lead ership is both demanding a nd crit ically
important in a pro gram that is as diverse
and dynamic as this o ne, w ith 25 per ce nt
o f the budget for teaching, 60 per cent for
research, and 15 p er cent for extension
and continuing edu catio n. Undo ubtedly we
have A merica's finest and most comprehensive forest engineering program-leadership there in provides both a challenging
assignment and a great opportunity.
Our most urgent c urrent problem assoc iated w ith expanding Schoo l enrollment is
that of locating adeq uate summer job o pportunities. As you know, we req uire all
students to complete six months o f fo restry
employme nt w ith performance satisfactory
to the e mployer and the School. Th is is a
critical part of forestry education at Oregon
State. It provides an excellent basis for
student counseling, in come to support the
student's education, a sense of persona l
confide nce and competence, on-the-grou nd
experience that cannot be d uplicated in
any classroom , and a solid fo unda tion for
the student's courses as well as his career
after graduation. With alumni help last
spring we were able to p lace essentially
a ll of those students who had completed
their sophomore and junior years. But many
freshmen did not have jobs. The situation
would appear to be as bad or even mo re
A number of people participated in the dedication of Peavy Hall: Clockwise
they are: Paul Dunn, Kessler Cannon, George Layman, Dan Robinson, Brian
Tuor, Spencer Moore, Clarence Ric hen, Rober t MacVicar, & Carl Stoltenberg.
Dean Walker, Master of Ceremonies, welcomed an overflow crowd to the 40th Fernhopper
Banquet.
critical this year. If you know of openings
for seaso nal work, please call or write Bill
Wheeler or me.
Wide and in tense interest and concern
with forestry pract ices and rel ated product ion and environmental considerations have
inc reased the d emand for our faculty's services. In teaching we w ill need three new
faculty members next year to handle the
inc reased load. Governor McCall 's budget
recommends four new forestry researc h
p osit io ns, two in Engi neering and two in
Manageme nt. His budget also recommends
the establishment of two new positions in
forestry extension, one in reg enerat io n and
the other in harvesting systems w ith an
emp hasis on second growth. If approved
by the Legislature, these faculty increases
wo uld certai nly help.
The School was asked to host a nd cosponsor the SAF's second symp osi um o n
forestry education- this one o n continuing
education, here last June. We were of
course pleased by thi s recognition of our
leade rs hip and progressiveness in exte nsion and co ntinu ing education. I trust o ur
future efforts will continue to ju stify this
lead ership role. The symposi um itself was
s uccessful a nd c hallenging.
After severa l years' discussion we are
currently making a serio us effort to establish a dist ing uished professorship in forestry, based on p rivate gifts through the
OSU Foundation. The first such ch air would
be in Forest Products. Mo re information on
this on Fernhoppe r Day-if we are successful.
Desp ite tight budgets, increased teaching loads, and other problems, I saw 1972
as a year o f rea l progress and effective and
s ignificant service by the School-ali-in- all ,
a good year for Forestry at OSU.
Carl H. Stoltenberg
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Fernhopper Banquet 1973
Those of you w ho atten ded the ded ication o f Peavy Hall and the Fernhoppe r banquet last February w ill remember that the
40th banquet marked the first year whe n
the lad ies were invited to attend. What
could have bee n a better time? We were
dedicating a new forestry build ing and we
knew w ives of Fernho p pers wo uld l ike to
attend. Three generations of Peavys were
going to be w ith us-and we had 18 girls
enrolled in forestry.
What a way to break a longstandin g
tradition!
Everyo ne we've talked to liked the idea,
so we're going to continue it. What e lse
can we do w ith 37 g irls enrolled in forestry
fall term!
Be sure to make pla ns to attend the 41st
Fern hopper Banquet on February 24, 1973
-and be sure to rem ind your w ife she's
invited, too.
Forest Engineering
Since last year the Departme nt of Forest
Engineering has added five faculty members. Dean Au lerich was appointed to the
faculty as Associate Professor o n June 1.
Dean has deg rees from Oregon State University, Arizona State University and the
University of Ida ho, and came to us from
the faculty at the University o f Idaho. He
teaches in Operational Researc h Application to Timber Harvest ing and carries on
research in the Timber Harvesting Area
currently in cab le thinning of young-growth
forest stands. Richard Holbo completed
wo rk for his PhD during the summer at
Oregon State Univers ity and was appointed
to the faculty as a Research Associate. He
works with Lloyd Gay in the area of Forest
Climatology, and is especially well-qualified
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FQrest Management
Dedication of Peavy Hall
Forest Engineering
Peop le have made the news for the Forest Management Department du ring the
past year. We have new people on the
faculty, visiting scient ists from abroad,
staff members who have made unu sual professional trips, and a record num ber of
students.
At the time of this w riting, Kim Ching is
in Red China g iv in g Chairman Mao the
benefit of his ad vice . In addition , he is
visiting with rel atives and co llecting seed
and pollen of the Pse udotsuga spec ies, native to Ch ina. Kim and hi s w ife, Te May,
wi ll spend o ne month in their former hom eland. Mike Newton has also spent several
months in the Philippines and Tha iland
during the past year. He was selected by
the Nation al Academy of Science to serve
on a team of ex perts t o determine the impact o f herbicides on agr ic ultural and forest crops in th ose two countries.
Bill Ferrell has returned from his. sabbatical whic h was spent at Cornell University.
Dr. Johnny Bell was promoted to Full
Pro fessor a nd Dr. Joe Zaerr to Associate
Professor effective July 1.
Dr. Joan Hett is our first fema le faculty
member since the Department was organized. She serves as a project coordinator
in the Internatio nal Bio logical Program . Dr.
Hett's major field is plant eco logy w ith a
minor in statistics. P rior to jo ining our
staff, she was a systems ecologist at
the Oak Ridge Nationa l Laborato ry in Tennessee with additional experiences in
Alaska and Taiwan. He r academic wor k
was done at the University of Victoria and
the Un ivers ity of Wisconsi n.
Dr. Chuck Grier is a nother addition to
our faculty also working on the Coniferous
Biome project of the IBP. He is a g raduate
of the University of Washington in forest
soils w ith a spec ial interest in mineral
cyc ling. He d id his unde rgraduate work at
Boise State College and the University of
Washington. Prior lo join ing our staff, he
was emp loyed by the University of Washington a nd had addit iona l experiences with
th e U.S. Forest Service and spe nt one summer in A ntarctica on soil genesis research.
Dr. Takao Fujimori is a Japanese research
sc ient ist w ith the Forest Experim ent Station
at Kyoto, Japan working w ith b iomass and
structure in forest communities. He is here
studying the forests of Oregon because of
their high produc tiv ity-possibly the highest in the world. Chuck Grier and Takao
Fujior i have done d estructive samp ling
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Many of you w ho were not able to attend
the dedication of Peavy Ha ll on February
19, 1972 may w ish to know what went o n.
The ded ication was a great success. Stewart Auditorium was fu ll to the brim and
o ne of the large lecture rooms equipped
w ith closed circuit TV accomodated the
o verflow-thanks to the Self-Learning Center.
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o n instrume ntation techniques for evapotranspi ration stud ies.
Denn is Dykstra was appointed to the
faculty o n November 1 w ith the rank of
Instructor. De nnis h as a Bac helors degree
in Forest Eng ineering from Oregon State
University and a Masters degree in Business from the University of Oregon. He
came to us from Fiberboard in San Francisco, where he was an OR analyst. He
will be work ing on systems ana lysis in the
area of Timber Ha rvest ing. Norm Joh nson,
who recently co mpleted work for a PhD in
Forest Eco nomics at Oregon State University, h as been appo inted to the Forest Engineeri ng facu lty as an Assistant Professor.
He also has degrees from the Universities
o f California and Wisconsin. Jo hnson wi ll
be full time on research, studying the total
econom ic and social impacts of alternative
timber harvesting systems on the environment.
Erw in Berglund, the fifth addition to our
faculty this year, is the first Extension Spec ialist in the fores t Eng inee ring Departme nt. He was appointed t o the faculty in
January as an Assistant Pro fessor. He h as
a d egree from the Univers ity of Arizona
and two degrees from the Univers ity of
Minnesota and comes to us from the faculty of the University of Alaska. His specialty is forest hydrology and he w ill sp end
75% of h is time o n Extension and 25% on
researc h. T here are now 14 facu lty members in Forest En gi neering.
Bob Wilson and Lloyd Gay were on Sabb atical leave during the year-Wilson during fall term and Gay for eight months
beginning January 1.
Durin g w inter term the department is
conducti ng a Forest Eng ineering I nstitute
at the request of the United States Forest
Service. 27 Federal Emp loyees, mostly
USFS, are taking the equivalent of 19
credit ho urs at the sc hool during a 10week period. The institute w ill cover such
areas as forest hydro logy, use of aerial
photos in harvesting , landscape arch itecture, sky li ne loggi ng a nd OR app lications
to harvesting. The inst it ute may be repeated for o ne or two terms d uring the next
few years.
The enro llment of stud ents majoring in
Forest Engineering is about the same as
during the past few years. However, graduate student enrollmen t has in creased. Enrollment figures may be seen elsewhere in
th is issue.
Bill Davies
Department Head
Paul Dunn , in his very gracious way, did
a superb job as Master of Ceremonies. Lee
Robinso n '51 gave the Invocation. Remarks
we re made bv Kess ler Cannon , Assistant to
the Governor· for Natural Resources , represe nting the State of Oregon; and Geo rge
Laym an , President of the State Board of
Higher Educatio n, representing the B oard.
Dan Robinson '40 , Professor of Forest
M9nagement, represented the faculty; Brian
Tuor '72, President of the Forestry Club,
represented the stude nts; Spencer Moore
'45, Sup ervisor of the Siuslaw National
Forest, represented th e Society of American Foresters; and Clarence Richen '35 ,
Vice President of Crown Zellerbach Corporation , represented forest users.
Robert MacVicar, President of Oregon
State University, made the dedicatory remarks and Dean Sto ltenberg made the
ac knowledgment.
Th e Peavy sons Bradley, Darwin , and
Norbert were there and so were Darwin
and Norbert's wives, Kather ine and Hester,
Brad's son Wesley and wife Dorthea, and
Darwi n's so n Bo b, wife Claudia, and their
you ng son, Marshall. How about that?
Three generations o f Peavys attended the
dedication.
All of ou r returning Fernhoppe rs and
guests see med to enjoy the occasio n. We
look upon it as one of the major milestones
in the histo ry of forestry education in
Oregon.
George Barnes
George is still hav ing l1is ups and downs
heal th wise. Some days he feels real good
and on others not so good. He and May
were at Bill and Joan Dav ies' for Thanksg iving d inner a nd both had a very enjoyable time.
If you have a minute to sp are, send
George a note o r a card. He'll be delighted
to get it. The address is still 2009 N.W.
Van Buren, Corva llis, OR 97330.
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Innovation In The School of Forestry,
Or What's Teaching Coming To?
kept and the number of times an exami nat ion is taken does no t influence the grade.
The basic part of the course consists of
taking and pass ing six unit examinations
and a comprehensive final examination.
An additional requireme nt is two reports
that each student makes of field trips to
areas of his own choice.
Here is how we help our students: I give
a si ngle one-hour lecture a week covering
material I believe helpful in learning the
subject matter. At the first lecture I tell
them that the lectures are not mandatory;
they can p ass the course without attendi ng
them , and many don't attend. Laboratories
are unscheduled; students dec ide for themselves when and how muc h time to spend
in studyin g Dendrology. We try to make
this t ime as productive as possible by providin g students with study matter that is
interesting, varied , complete, and readily
ava ilab le. Each student w ill h ave his own
textbook, bu t in add ition he w ill find in the
laboratory complete sets of sl ide /tape
mate rial covering all the information in the
six units. In addition , the laboratory contains a collection o f mounted plant spec imens, cones, and bark, all maintai ned in
good condition. Laboratory instru ctors are
available to answer quest ions.
Dendrology students can take the final examination for this course whenever they feel
they are ready.
Did you ever take a forestry cou rse
where yo u cou ldn't fail, couldn't even get
a D ? Did the professor let you decide
whe n you we re ready to take an examination? Could you schedule your own field
labs to avoid taking notes in pouring ra in ?
Cou ld yo u cut the lectures and stil l m ake
an A in the co urse? Could yo u finish the
cou rse and take the· final before dead
week? No ? Well, neither d id I, but I now
teac h a course li ke that, Dendrology F 254,
a req uired course for all foresters.
For quite some time I had bee n thinking
about the possibility of trying out an unstructured or "self-taught" course, but my
ideas h adn't re ally jelled. Then , a little ove r
a year ago, the tragedy of Professor Kenisto n's death left the School without a dendrologist, and the crunch of a budget
sq ueeze prevented the ad m inistration from
recruiting a replace ment. Here was the
impetus I needed. I offered to take on
Dendro logy if I could have a free hand
with the course . Carl gave me hi s blessing,
the President's Office came up with a
$4200 grant from the Undegraduate Teaching Project, and I took my underdo ne ideas
to the Schoo l's Self-Learning Center, which
is supported by a gra nt from the Lo uis W.
and Maud Hill Family Foundation to promote innovative teac hing methods. I asked
the Center for help, lots of it.
Bob Reichart and Phil Crawford, who
direct the work of the Sel f-Learni ng Center, were enthusiastic. "We have been advoc ating this kind of course for years,"
they told me, " and we' ll do everything we
can to help you. We already have a considerable amount of self-teach ing materials
for th is co urse that we prepared for former
in stru ctors, Dr. Kenisto n, George York, and
Casey Randall , but there are still a lot o f
gaps that need filling. We will have to
complete the tape-slide presentations for
some species; all mu st be revised. We'll
have to ma ke an inve ntory of the tree
species available on campus , in town , and
at the Arboretum ; then we'll have to redraw our tree maps for self-study. The
explanatory tapes, too, will have to be
re-m ade."
They agreed on the importance of developing a set of clear-cut operat ional object ives so that stud ents would know for
them se lves precisely what they must do to
master the course . Actually, spell ing out
co urse objectives in this form is one of the
big innovations. Students no longer need
outguess th e professor. They know in advance the sta ndards they must reach.
Reichart and Crawford meant what they
sa id. They put in all th e time they co uld
sp are on the project. They arranged for
AI Heyer '71, who hact been an assistant
to Dr.· Keniston in this course , to spend a
term revising tapes and reorganizing materials. John Beaton and the rest of the SelfLearning Center staff went all out to assist
in va rious phases o f preparation.
As a result o f the collaboration I am now
in the seco nd term of unstructured Dendrology. Here is how the course works:
The student buys a 90-page looseleaf
manual o f instru ctions, wh ich is sold at
cost by the Bookstore. The manu al tells
the student exactly what he must learn
and what he mu st do to pass the course.
The manual shows that the material of the
course is divided into six units, each co ntaining a detailed body of knowledge
spelled out for the studen t. The student
dec ides for himself when he has mastered
the material in a unit and asks for an
exam ination . If he passes, the grade is
recorded, and he goes on to the next unit.
If he fails or even if he is not satisfi ed
with his grade, he may re-study the material and take the examination agai n. He
m ay co ntinue this until he passes; only
then may he start on the next unit. A student may disc uss a fail ing examination w ith
the instructor, but no record of fa ilure is
6
Here is another innovation: Each stu dent
must have available a cassette tape player.
We supply field tapes that students m ay
c heck out as they go on their individual
laboratory tours of the cam pus and the
A rboretum, where we have mapped the
trees and shrubs they are studyi ng. Using
his tree maps, the student f inds the proper
tree, which has been tagged and numbered,
turns on his portable cassette tape recorder
and listens to the instructor tell him w hat
he sho uld observe about that particular
specimen. In this way he can always hear
the instructor c learl y, he can stop the tape
while he stud ies the spec imen or replay an
e xplanation as ofte n as he wis hes. He
doesn't h ave to take notes in the rain. For
that matter, he doesn't have to take notes
at all; in the laboratory he may make a
copy of the tape for himself.
So me students are fast learners, some
are s low, especially w hen memorizing scientific (Latin) names. I do not feel it fair
to penalize slow mem orizers. If the end of
the term comes before a student h as finished all six units, I give him an incomplete
grade and he will h ave a year in which to
complete the course, all without prejudice
to his grade.
Last spring the course was taught th is
way for the first time. Out of 102 stud ents
many had finished the c ourse and take n
their final examination before f in al week;
70 finished by the end of the term. Of the
remaining 32 who did not finish , one h as
now completed the course, 20 are still
working on it, and 11 are no longer in the
School. The fall 1972 class o f 125 starters
boiled down to approxima tely 100. Of this
100, one stude nt completed th e course and
wrote an "A" final examination in five
weeks! Twenty-eight students successfully
com pleted the examination prior to final
examination week.
The most encouraging thing about the
experiment is that stude nt reaction is genera lly most complimentary. I am not refe rring to the lecture series, w hic h is still in
the formative stage , but about the system
and organization of the course. Typica l
comments on evaluation forms are: " The
best learning exper ience I have ever had."
" It's refreshi ng to f ind a course where the
em phas is is on learning the subject and not
on getting a grade." "This is the way all
courses should be taught."
Several students commented th at the
co urse was most valuable to them because
it fo rced them , for the f irst time in their
lives, to be resp onsible for developing
proper study habits without coercion. As a
result, the grades in the course are quite
high. Although I require 95% for an A,
85-95 for a B, and 75-85 for a C, there are
very few C's.
To say that this course has caused a
stir on campus wo uld be an understatemen t. It has been reviewed, interviewed,
questioned, and discussed. It has been
written up in the Barometer and in the
Oregonian. Members of the State Board of
Higher Education visited it, escorted by
the Dean of Undergraduate Education. Incidentally, they liked it. Almost every other
school on campus has had someone visiting here to check it out.
One spinoff from the cou rse is the p ossibility that J ack Duffield at North Carolina
and I might establish a natio nal exchange
of dendrological color sl ides among
schools of forestry. Last summer I rece ived
a Louis W. and Maud Hill Fam ilY Foundation travel grant to vis it schools a·nd forests
in the Lake States and the New England
States for the purpose of securing color
slide ma terial for the sl ide/tape presentations. I received much valu able experience
from the trip, bu t it convinced me that
there must be a less expensive and a better way to obtain pictures. After some correspondence with Duffie ld, we dec ided to
try to promote the color slide exchange
idea. I think it will work.
On ly more time will tell how this type of
co urse will really work out. Our success
will be measured by how well students
learn the materia l in Dendrology and what
effect the teaching method may have on
developing students in self-reliance , se lF
discipline, and se lf-co nfidence. These qualities may very well be of more over-all
importance to them than all the Latin tree
names they can ever memorize.
No matter how it turns out, we here at
the School, like Oregon State foresters
th ro ugh out the nation, like to fee l that we
are not locked into position and can occasionally try something a little different.
P.S. We still don 't have a dendrologist!
Dale Bever,
Assistant Dean
Continuing Education
To the Fore
Clearcutting, Pesticides, Wilderness, Land
Use, Reforestation: New probl ems seem to
co me at American forestry without any assurance of a let-up. Are these amoebas let
loose on the landscape, or real problems
to be reckoned with and solved?
Apparently, foresters are looking both inward and outward for long-range solutions.
Concepts in extension and continuing education are being view ed more critically for
assistance in firming the "muscle " and a
cutting edge to deal with problems.
An op ening was cleared and prospects
developed when a national symposium on
Continuing Education for Foresters was
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Students use tape-slide presentations to become more familiar with trees and shrubs of
Oregon.
EXTENSION AND CONFERENCE PROGRAMS TO BE OFFERED IN 1973
Date
Program
Director
Location
Engineering In stitute (for USFS)
O'Leary
Campus
Jan. 1O· Mar. 16
Currier
Campus
Mar. 12-13
Paine
Campus
Mar. 12- 15
Bell
Campus
Mar. 12-16
McMahon
Coquille
Mar. 13
McMahon
Grants Pass
Mar. 14
McMahon
Redmond
Mar. 27
Veneer Drying
Aerial Photography
Variable Probability Samp l ing~
Variable Plot and Three-P
Hedging with Lumber and
Plywood Futures
Forest Wildlife (Workshop)
Management of Young Douglas-fir
and Western Hemlock
McMahon
LaG rande
Mar. 28
McMahon
Hillsboro
Mar. 29
McMahon
Eugene
Apr. 3
Black
Campus
May 7-9
Berg
Campus
June 11-15
Wildlife and Reforestation
Black
Campus
Sept. 11-12
Lumber Drying
Kozlik
Campus
Dec. 10- 14
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I
Reynolds Receives Individual
Achievement Award
Last year's Newsletter carried a story
about Bill Demme's idea to recognize OSU
forestry graduates who have achieved success in a field other than forestry. We
called for nominees and information on
the individual's achievemen t.
After reviewing the nominations and biographical sketches, an awards committee
chose Lloyd J. Reynolds, class of '24 , as
the first recipient of the Individual Achievement Award. Professor emeritus Reynolds
is a nationally known ca lligrapher. After receiving his Bachelor's Degree in forestry
from Oregon State, he attended the University of Oregon where he received a Master
of Arts Deg ree.
He joined the stall at Reed College in
Portland in 1929 and continued to teach
there until his retirement in 1969, a period
of 40 years. His interests in graphic arts
and his work in calligraphy, typography,
and engraving are recog nized nationally.
His woodcu ts and engravings have appeared in a variety of publications.
Professor Reynolds has traveled widely
as an artist-lecturer under sponsorship of
the Association of American Colleges. He
has published two books and numerous
articles on ca lligraphy and handwriting,
and has appeared in the lecture series,
"Men Who Teach," on national educational
television. His work with teachers from
grade schoo l through high sc hool has aided appreciab ly in improving methods of
teaching verbal skills, English composition,
and handwriting.
Professor Reynolds was unable to attend
the Fernhopper Banquet last February, so
a Fernhopper friend, Sam Rotschy, class of
'25, accepted the award for him. The
award was a beautiful engraved sterling
silver pen and pencil set provided by Bill
Demme. In addition, a framed portrait is
on display in the Peavy Reading Room
with a citation of Professor Reynold's
achievement and his contribution to society.
Forest Management
. There are currently 722 students enro lled
1n the School of Forestry an increase of
82 (13%) above last ye~r. There were,
ho~ever, only 301 new students registered
dunng Fall term co mpared to 307 tor the
!all of 1971 . Thus the large total enrollment
1s due to a higher-than-usual retention rate
of those students who entered during the
1971 -72 school year. It is anticipated that
the number of new students entering the
School will remain relatively constant or
even show a slight decline in the next few
years. If th e retention rate remains at the
present level, total enrollment should peak
during the 1974-75 sc hool year.
Undergraduate enrollment is now 643
(572 in 1971 ). Graduate student num bers
have increased from 68 to 79. There are
17~ freshmen compared to 181 a year ago.
This IS countered by an increase of transfer students from 100 to 107. The number
of women students in the School continues
to increase. From 1969 to the present the
number of women enrolled by years is as
fo.llows: 3, 5, 18, 37. Two of the women
Will complete deg ree requirements at the
end of Fall term 1973. This will mark the
fi~st time since 1945 that a forestry degree
Will be conferred upon a woman.
. At the. present time, there are two AmerIcan lnd1ans, two Chicanos, and one black
st udent enrolled. Although the numbers are
admit!edly. small,. the School of Forestry is
pursumg 1ts .Affirmative Action Prog ram
and Will contmue efforts to recruit interested minority students.
The number of transfers from Oregon
Community Colleges shows a slight dec line
from last year (31 this year compared to
39 m 1971 ). The number of transfers into
the School of Forestry from other Schools
o n the O.S.U. campus remains at a fairly
h1gh level.
Out-of-state students comprise 37% of
the student body. Married students currently constitute 17% of all students. The
number of veterans enrolled is down slightly from a year ago.
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for biomass determination in coastal Hemlock-Sitka .spruce, Mountain Doug las-fir
and Nob!e f1 r ?Ommunities. Dr. Fujimori will
be workmg w1th Chuck until the first part
of January.
Dr. Geoffrey Sweet of the Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, New Zea land, is
spending the year with us on our fac ulty
as a visiting scientist to assist our tree
physio logists in a study of plant growth
regulators. Dr. Sweet's spec ialtv is a combination of tree improvement and t ree physiology. He has been with the New Zealand
Forest Service in research sinc e 1965. His
professional education inc ludes degrees
frof!l the University of New Zealand, Australian Forestry Schoo l and the University
of Wa les.
Bill Parke will retire at the end of this
year and he wi ll be replaced by Kent
Downing who is currently on the faculty at
the University of Missouri.
Doctoral candidates completing their
doctoral programs since the last report inc lude Jim Arney, Bill Groman Wolfhard
Ruetz, and Michel Thevenon. '
Enrollment in the Department conti nues
to grow at a rap id rate with a record number now in attendance. Not counting Freshmen, we have 314 undergraduate, 11 postbaccalaureate and 51 graduate students.
yve :""ill graduate our second girl forester
m history next June. She is interested in
the area of forest recreation management
as was th e first.
'
Six short courses were offered du ring the
year by Dave Paine in Aerial Photo John
Bell in Variable Plot Cruising and
Sampling, Bill Parke in fo rest recreation AI
Berg in young-growth management 'and
D!ck Hermann in even-age management
w1th particular reference to clearcutting.
The latter symposium was in connection
with the Second North America Forest Biology Workshop sponsored jointly by the
SAF and School of Forestry. Denny Lavender was the chairman of the overall program.
A major program on the campus this
past summer was the National Christmas
Tree Growers' Convention meeting which
had almost 1 ,000 growers from across the
nation participating. T he Schoo l of Forestry
was the campus host with Gary Sander
being co-cha irman of local arrangements .
Lu Berger and Dick Dilworth handled arrangemen.ts for the convention banquet.
J1m Kryg1er and Mary Jane Finlay were
responsi ble for reg istration, among other
th ings.
Dick Dilworth
Department Head
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JOHN S. BRANDIS '38
CLARENCE J . BUDELIER '17
CHARLES W. HALL '26
C. DOUGLAS HOLE '38
WILLARD J. CHAMBERLIN '15
ORVAL F. JESS '37
ALEX R. CRAVEN '27
LESLIE D. LLOYD '29
WAYNE GURLEY '41
All J. SANDOZ '40
MI LLARD P. HALE '25
DAV ID M. WILSON '16
8
fo rest products; the capac ity to analyze
problems and lay out plans for their logical
solution; the knowledge to understand the
role of leadership, to work with people, and
understand their behavior; and sufficient
flexibility and willingness to accept risk in
order to cope with the variety of situations
which may confront them in their work.
Two opt ions are offered to prepare individuals for diversified careers in the forest
products and allied industries. The option
in wood industries management is taken in
preparatio n for careers in product ion, sa les,
and techn ical services. The option in wood
sc ien ce provides a base for students interested primarily in research, product development or academ ic careers.
Today, we count 21 faculty members in
the department; many have dual ass ignments. Ten are teach ing scheduled
courses , 18 are in research, and two are
involved half t ime in extension and continu ing education activities. The research
facu lty is aided by 15 research assistants
who also pursue their graduate education
in forest products.
"~oop" Coop~r,
Albert Wiesendanger, Merle Lowden, Clyde Stratton, Lee Robinson, Wilton
Vmcent (Pres1dent of We~tern Forestry), and Ron Smith enjoying the conversation at the
Fernhopper Breakfast durrng the Western Forestry and Conservation Association Meeting.
Fernhopper Breakfasts
Trad itionally, the School of Forestry has
arranged for Fem hopper Breakfasts in conjunction with such events as th e national
SAF meeting and Western Forestry and
Conse rvation Association annual meeting.
This year we added the Pac if ic Logging
Cong ress to the list. All three affairs were
a great success.
Dean Carl brought everyone up to date
on Schoo l activities during the breakfast at
Hot Springs, Arkansas , and Rudy narrated
a brief co lor slide tour through Peavy Hall.
Fernhoppers and wives who had not seen
the build ing enjoyed the show.
Harvey Holt, who is on the faculty at the
University of Arkansas, and Norm Johnson,
top researcher w ith Weyerhaeuser in Arkansas, helped out during the course of
the breakfast and program. Others there
were: Hollis H. A llen, John Beuter, Norm
Bjorklund, Jim Brigham, Harold C. Burke,
Bob and Fern Cou rtney, Ph ilip N. Knorr,
D. P. L avender, Bill Sauerwe in, Ron Smith,
W. A. Smith, Herm and Mary Lou Somme r,
C. H. Stratton, Clyde and Weez Walker,
Larry Woodard, J'ohn E. Wylie, and Ted
Young. Dav id and Nancy Schm idt d ropped
in for a short vis it.
A sizeable bunch of alums attended the
breakfast held i n connect ion with the Paci fic Logging Congress. There was high
interest in Dean Carl's remarks concerning
a replacement for B ill Davies when he retires on June 30, 1973. The Dean got a lot
of good advice.
Naturally, forest eng ineers outnumbered
others at the breakfast. Here are their
names: Dean E. Aulerich, Lou Blaser, Bob
Boyd, Don Brown, Dave Burwell, Bill
Davies, Frank Deckebach, Paul Dunn, Dennis Dy kstra, Chuck Foster, Hank Froeh lich ,
Gene Hoisted, Bob Lindsay, J. Lingaas,
Raymond M. Luthy, Bob Madison, Greg
McGuire, F. W. McPherso n, A. D. McReynolds, Russ Mi ller, Vance L. Morr_ison,
John and Ursula Peterson, Gene Rider, Jim
and Dixie Rynearson, B ill Smith, Roger
Sn ipper, Herm So mmer, E. Theue rkauf
Steve Waite, A. L. Ware , Harry and Mrs:
Watson , Albert Wiesendanger, and Dick
Yunker.
The breakfast in conjuction with Western
Forestry was held a day earlier than usual,
but the turn-out was still good. Dean Ca rl
was unable to attend, so Johnny Bell
George Jem ison, and Rudy Kallande;
brought the group up to date on recent
developments in f<?restry educat ion, research , and extens1on. Fern hoppers who
braved the early morning cold were: James
D. Arney, Dave Banta, Ken Burkholder,
Horace G. Cooper, John Crumb, Russ Ellwood, Howard K. Hopkins, Hobe Jones,
Merle A. Lowden, Ted Maul, Bob McNitt,
Herb Peterson, Jr., Robert Pfister Hec
Richmond , W. Le.e Rob inson, Ken Ro~gner,
Frank Sargent, Bill Sauerwein, Ed Schroeder, George Schroeder, Ron Sm ith, Bruce
Starker, B. Bond Starker, William I. Stein,
C. H. Stratton, Wilson Vincent, Albert Wiesendanger, Steve Woodard, and Garwin
Woo lley.
Forest Products
Starting with the fall quarter of 1972, the
Department of Forest Products has been
implementing a rev ised curriculum. The
aim of the revision is to update the education in Wood Science and Techno logy so
that students can meet the changing needs
of society, as we ll as the needs of forest
products and related industries. We restructured courses so they would better
interrelate the theoretical and practical aspects of technical subjects. The number of
requ ired technical courses was reduced
slightly to allow students the use of electives in broadening and strengthen ing the ir
general educat ion.
In revising the curriculum, the faculty
looked at demands made on today's graduates. Among the qualities most needed by
graduates are: ability to ass imilate and
utilize sc ientific information pertain ing to
9
Tony Van Vliet received the Aufderheide
Award in 1972. The award is prese nted annually to an outstand ing teacher in the
Schoo l of Forestry in memory of Bo b Aufderhe ide '35. We were pleased to have the
winner in our Department again th is year.
The presentat ion is not only a compliment
to Tony's abilities as a teache r, but also
acknowledges his enthusiasm for his subject and his dedicat ion to his students. H is
basic course in Wood Technology and
Utilization is known for its c learly-stated
course objectives, the team teaching approach , many visual a i ds~a mong them the
"v ideo tape plant tour," and other features.
Tony also developed a new course, Wood
Industry Management, in wh ich he relates
operations research, communication theory,
and modern management techn iques with
the structu re and operation of wood-using
fi rms.
Research Engineer Tony Polensek comp leted his formal education earning a
Ph.D. degree in the Department of C ivil
Engineering, OSU, and subm itted an excellent dissertation entitled " Static and Dynamic Analysis of Wood-Joist Floors by
the Fi nite Element Method." His dissertation project was part of the Forest Products
Department's overall research program and
will contr ibute toward the improvement of
safety, health, and livability of wood structures. Subsequently, Tony was appointed
Ass istant Professo r of Forest Products and
is presently leading and contributing to
researc h on the performance analys is of
wall and floor systems.
A new young face on our faculty is John
Schuldt who joined us in Oc tober after
comp leting an exce llent Ph.D. thesis at
Co lorado State University. His graduate
work emphas ized timber engineering and
testing. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degree
from the University of Illinois and Colorado
State University, respectively. John is assuming responsibilities in extension as well
as in research . He plans to act as a liaison
with industry, extend research resu lts, and
help organize extension-continuing education events. In his extension work, he will
emphasize the techno logical side, wh ile
Bo b McMahon contin ues his extens ion efforts in fo rest products marketing.
Helmuth Resch
Department Head
Continuing Education
To the Fore
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A surprise presentation was made to Bill West during the 40th Fernhopper Banquet. His
fellow faculty members wanted him to know how much they appreciated his efforts on
their behalf as Chairman of the Peavy Hall Building Committee. Dean Carl made the
presentation of a plaque which has a beautiful etching of Peavy Hall on jeweler's brass
mounted on a handsome piece of madrone. Below the etching is a suitable inscription
expressing the gratitude of the faculty.
School
Personalities
GEORGE ATHTERTON relates: " I spent
most of the summer sampling Engelm ann
Spruce and Douglas-fir Studs throughout
the respective growth regions for the Stud
Wall study. The project is partly financed
by WWPA, CRA, WCLIB , NFPA, and Canadian Wood Co uncil. The idea is to get better design method and also test walls to
demonstrate adequ acy of these studs to
FHA. Previous to that I worked o n vibration of floors and teach ing."
DEAN AULERICH w rites: " I joined the
staff June 1, 1972 as an Associate Professor of Forest Engineer ing. I am work ing on
a c able-th inning study in McDonald Forest.
In the sp ring, I will be teac hing a course in
Op erat ions Research for forest engineers. "
JOHN BELL took his variable probabil ity
short course to Syrac use , New York, for
a week in J'une. He enjoyed meet ing participants from the Eastern United . States ,
Puerto Rico and Ca nada. He vacat 1oned a
few days on horseback in A ugust in the
Canadian Rockies near Mt. Robson . He
appreciates hearing from c lassmates and
former students. Welcome mal is out at
the office or at home.
DALE N. BEVER no tes: " Have taken on
the j ob of teaching Dendrology-and am
enjoying every m inute o f it. Need all the
"good" color sl ides I can get, esp ecially
of non-NW species. Will be happy to get
any you can spare."
GEORGE BROWN reports: "Wate r quality research continues the investigation of
the impact of logg ing residue on disso lved
oxygen. One study, sponsored by the Fo rest
Service, focuses upon the biochemical oxygen dem and toxicity and effect on stream
water chemistry of these materials. A second study will define so me of the processes by w hich residue is incorporated
into stream gravel, thus influencing fish
habitat and spawning success. "
WALT BUBLITZ says : " I had two more
graduate students who completed their MS
degrees this year. We acquired a new control panel for our Bauer refiner, which w ill
enable us to improve the quality of our
refining wo rk."
KIM CHI NG reports that he and his wife,
Te May, have just returned to Corvallis
after a four-week to ur in The People's
Repu blic o f China. They visited th e fi ve
major cities of Canton, Sha nghai, Peking,
Nanking and Hanchow by several modes of
transportation. In addition to being able to
see their relatives, they also had ample
opp ortun ities to exchange views and information on forestry in Chi na w ith various
forestry faculty fro m universities and government officers. They gained the impressio n that the Chinese are planting trees for
wood production , waters hed protection and
soil stabilization with feverish haste and
on an unprecedented scale. People in general are we ll-fed and quite happy, m ainly
because it is the only way o f life that the
young people know and the older peop le
have job sec urity and a very good retirement system . The state takes care o f them
in pract ically all aspects from the cradle
to the grave.
BILL DAVI ES continues to admin ister the
Forest Engineering Department, teach the
senio r seq uence of courses in Forest Engi neering and manage the school forestbut for the last time. He will retire June 30.
10
held in Peavy Hall this past June. Over 100
foresters, employers and educators came
to analyze and compare notes on professional education for the foreste r. Don't be
surprised th at some of the conclusions
were not crystal clear, for one of the conclusions was to h ave another natio nal
meeting to acce lerate development of th e
continu ing education process~after some
feedback, sifting and screen ing had taken
place back home. You need to read the
proceedings to understand what I mean
and to provide leadership in yo ur own
organ izat ion.
Here are a few of the themes that
evolved:
1. Continuing educat ion is a process
that every forester shoul d apply to his
personal situatio n. He should make a
plan and seek out what he needs to
further professiona l and personal
goals.
2. Fo restry is cha nging so rapidly that
men who don 't keep up are or wil l
beco me obso lete.
3. Employers from all kinds and sizes of
operatio ns have a special responsibility to mo tivate foresters, and to provide lime and to some extent financial
assistance for co ntinuing ed ucation efforts. Larger operations need to examine the quality and kind of internal
training b eing offered; smaller ones
need to look to the university and
other sou rces for assistance.
4. Schools of Forestry were asked to assume leadership in the development
of continuing ed ucat ion programs in
their respective states. However, it
was pointed out quite realistically that
dollars to do a j ob in Forestry Schools
are a legis lative dec is ion.
5. The re are tough realities in developing
opportunities in continuing ed ucation
-motivation, time, finances and other
resources. However, there must be a
continuing effort to solve these· problems if more satisfactory opportunities
are to emerge.
A challenge may be found for all o f us
in the proceedings of this symposi um . The
proceedings are available through the
School of Forestry for $6 a. copy.
Jim Kryg ier, Coord inato r
Forestry Extension
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DICK DILWORTH reports a busy but
hardly a newsworthy year from a positive
point of view. Two sessions in the hospital
kept his activities to a minimum. A project
of sp ecial interest to him was a coop erative
effort w ith the Western Forestry and Conservation Association and the Pacific
Northwest Forest and Range Exp eriment
Station in preparing material fo r the Environmental Protection Agency supporting
current forest practices under which EPA
might have some level of control.
DENNIS P. DYKSTRA rep orts : "I j oined
the Forest Engineering Staff here on November 1, 1972 and am ass igned full-time
on research. In itially I'll be working under
Hank Froelich on the operat ions researc h
asp ects of his study invest igating the relatio nship of t im be r harvesting systems to
logging residue. Before co ming here I
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The big treat at the Fernhopper Banquet was hearing from representatives of the six decades of Foresters who have graduated from Oregon State. Left to right: T. J . Starker '10, Les Lloyd '29, Stub Stewart '32, Carwin Woolley '42, Rex Resler '53, and Ward Armstrong '60.
With The Classes
This year the crop of messages from Fernhoppers around_ the world has increased
again. And why shouldn't it? Seventy-four more graduates 1nc reased the Fernhopper
tribe in June of 1972. Welcome, new Fernhoppers!
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All new graduates - and all "o ld grads" who gave us a good address Will rece1ve
the 1973 Newsletter. Don't forget to se nd us your new address whenever you move !
If yo u don't find your message in this sect!on o f the ~ewsletter, i ~'s because your
p ostcard arrived after December 10, 1972. That s the deadlme for closmg.
1910
1918
T. J. STARKER declares: "We still are
battlin g Tbr. Taxes. Have written Governor
Tom McCall that if he wants to give " property tax relief" he could start with Dec iduous Trees-free, Evergreen Trees- Taxed.
Merch ants Inventory Tax phased out. Timber Taxes pyramided. Ever hear o f a stone
wall?
" I had an interesting experience on the
17th of August while· v isiting with Howard
Slonecker about the SP Railroad and Starker Forests concerning easements. As he
was leaving, the doorbell rang and the
ringer said he was Bill McGreer. When
Howard heard that, he returned and the
two old mem bers of the class of '38 renewed acquaintances. Neither recognized
th e other as they were p assing. Howard
had a big c lear cut on his noggin' and Bill
had some si lver threads on his.
"Howard has been a chief engineer for
the SP for some 30 years . Bill worked for
the FS a short time and then we nt to farming. Said he bought some land in Eastern
Washi ngton for three to five dollars per
acre and now was not too unhappy that
some of it was be·ing subdivided. He's
spend ing his time being a " Histo rical Buff."
R. STANLEY SMILIE notes that he is
"st ill ranching on the Ranchito he re in
Sonoma for our own kitchen." He sends
best w ishes for the new Peavy Hall.
1914
JAMES C. EVENDEN w rites:
"Good
health, busy with many civic activities, and
enjoy ing every day. No further comments."
1916
FREDERICK A. HOLMES says he is sorry
he cannot attend Fernhopper Day.
1917
HARRY C. PATTON reports: "After being
employed 36 years by Hammond Lum ber
Co.-the \last 21 years as Northwest Manager-1 'ret ired and am now developing
home sites at Detroit Lake and on the
Little North Fo rk of th e Santiam River east
of Salem, Oregon." He add s that he also
has time for hunting and bowling.
EDWARD M. PAULSEN is in a convalescent home in Portland. He wou ld like to
hear from his friends. His ad dress is 6921
N. Roberts St., Portland, O R 97203.
1921
JAM ES W. MEDLEY says: " Hi to all the
old Fernhoppers . Have now been retired for
19 years .and still enjoy fishing and hunting."
ELLSWORTH S. YOUNG relates: "Still
lead a busy life in Hillsboro. Wife· and I
had an enjoyable trip across Canada in
September. Best wishes for a good Fernhopper Day ."
1923
ERNEST WRIGHT notes: "I plan to attend the Fernhopper banquet February 24;
however, as a retiree, plans are always
uncertain. Weather, health, etc. may interfere. I am through my 8th year in retirement from OSU and mu st say I have enjoyed my life of leisure. Health for myself
and w ife has been reasonably good. No
kick com ing at all. Of course, doctors are
getting more and m ore of my funds with
each passing year."
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worked as. an Operations Research Analyst
for Fibreboard Corporation in San Francisco. My wife, Nell, and I have two little
boys, A lex and Mason."
BI LL FERRELL returned to Corvallis from
a sabbatical year at Cornell University
where he endeavored to associate w ith
as many non-forestry types as possible.
The objective was to get the maximum
from those with other points of view. Nevertheless, he spoke often there with Earl
Stone, formerly Editor of Forest Science,
and gave seminars at both Yale and Syrac u se to desc ribe his research at Oregon
State. Bill spent the year refurbishing his
knowledge of forest ecology and tree physiology and says that he ho pes his s tudents
can tell the d ifferen ce.
LLOYD GAY welcomed a new daughter,
Enid Elizabeth, born May 1, 1972. He also
taught thr ee courses for staff members on
leave in the Department of Atmospheric
Sciences last winter and spring, and collaborated with Dr. Leo Fritschen, College
of Forestry, University of Washington, in a
summer research project into evapotransp iration from the municipal watershed of
the City of Seattle.
R. K. HERMANN " taught undergraduate
forest ecology in spring term filling in for
Bill Ferrell wh o was on sabbatica l. Spent
most of the summer in the woods trying to
get root systems of 500-year-o ld trees out
of the gro und, though I must admit that I
did not try to do it singlehandedly. For
those that might be interested, we found
that root systems of such old trees weigh
in the neighborhood of 20,000 pounds."
DIC K HOLBO co mments: "My activities
of the past year have been aim ed at improvi ng our knowledge of evapotranspiration fro m forest lands. This has involved
the extension o f energy budget studies to
a wider variety o f surfaces in a continuing
effort to clarify the interrelationships between evaporation and both the characteristics of the surface and atmospheric
properties."
WARREN V. BENEDICT indicates: "Address the sam e. Health-hopefully the
same. Interests-d efinitely the same. Highlights of 1972 : a visit to Peavy Hal l and
OSC in March, a trip to South America and
7th International World Forestry Congress
in Oct.- Nov., and a trip to the Galapagos
Island s to check on Ch arles Darwin 's theory. He was right! "
GEORGE JEMISON continues to help
plan and d irect the Forest Engineering Research program . His sp lit ass ignment inc ludes teaching two Forest Management
graduate courses.
W. E. GRIFFEE writes: "Am still Pres ident o f Longleaf Forest Products, Inc.,
Waynesboro, Mississippi. Had a chance to
vote fo r several Republicans this year,
even down here . Sorry I'll miss Fernhopp er
Day again. "
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JI M JOHNSON remarks: "I have been
doing muc h of the same thing as last year
- helping develop addit ional specifications
for glued-laminated timber by design a~d
testing of beams. These tests have been m
cooperatio n with industry. A lso, we are trying to get the results of tension tests (di(Continued on Page 12)
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mension lumber) written up for publication,
and the results of corrosion tests of fasteners (7 years duration) analyzed."
MURRAY LAVER asserts: "We have been
worki ng diligently on the carbohydrates,
waxes, and phenolics in Douglas-fir bark.
We are starting to unravel the mysteries of
the complex carbohydrates and have received considerable interest from outside
people about these materials. Waxes have
been analyzed and the fatty acids, fatty
alcohols and dicarboxylic acids have been
positively identified. This has been most
helpful to certain people in the industry for
there seems to be a contin uing interest in
extracting wax from Douglas-fir bark."
" MAC" McKIMMY has been quite busy
teaching this last year, primarily due to
the revised FP curriculum. This past spr ing
he planned and arranged a one-day conference on noise in the forest products industry. He continues active in research
related to wood growth quality relationships.
BOB McMAHON says: "Research activities this past year included supervision of
thesis projects carried out by grad students. A n econometric study of pulp, paper, and board exports from the Pacific
Northwest was concluded, and an analysis
of the economic efficiency of Oregon's
particle-board industry was begun. Work
continued on a study of the Asia-Pacific
hardwood plywood industry. Extension activities included continuation of efforts to
promote wider understanding and acceptance o f commodity futures trading as a
business management strategy. Partie ipation in a Harvard University seminar on futures trading was a part of my preparatory
effort for conducting a series of workshops
early in 1973 on hedging with lumber and
plywood futures."
MIKE NEWTON observes that " between
tree farming, brush spraying, and studying
defoliation in S. E. Asia and putting out
environmental fires , I have had to hunt for
time to initiate new research. At home,
things are a bit more quiet, with kids preparing to graduate from high school, hence
home. The family continues to enjoy the
Philomath countryside with se renity and
much sat isfaction. The doors are always
open. "
JOHN O'LEARY has been keeping himself
busy this past year with the Symposium on
Planning and Decision Making as applied
to Forest Harvesting. The symposium was
held to a full house last September in
Peavy Auditorium. The next thing on his
list, in addition to his regular teaching , is
the " Forest Engineering Institute" to be
held in Peavy Hall winter term 1973.
BILL PARKE is "concluding my final
year teaching the Forest Recreation
courses which were added to the curriculum in 1965. I have found teaching very
rewarding when I see our Forest Rec reation grads advancing to higher positions in
various agenc ies. After June 15, 1973 my
permanent address will mostly be at the
Corvallis Country Club (which is conveniently located across the road from the
cemetery). "T.J." always advised us to
plan ahead-O.T.B.E."
TED SCHEFFER writes: "Mrs. Scheffer
and I took a 6000+ mile vacation trip by
car to Arkansas and Wisconsin last summer. A couple of days were spent at the
Forest Products Laboratory in Madison,
visiting former associates and exchanging
notes about our current projects. Those
who know the Laboratory's physical situation may be interested to learn that the
Alumni Research Foundation building (adjacent to the east) has been acquired from
the University of Wisconsin. August weather in Wisconsin reinforced our convict ion
that Western Oregon-especially Corvallis
-is a good place in which to live."
CHARLES SUTHERLAND notes: "Marge
and I moved our family across the railroad
tracks to a new (to us) home with a lot
more grass to mow. We have less and less
family in a bigger house. Dave Martin, a
new graduate student, and I are working on
the perennial small woodland management
problem. Should we encourage these owners to adopt better management practices
and if so, how?"
J . D. WELLONS exclaims: "This past
year was really great. The FP Juniors are
such a dandy bunch of technologists that
I really enjoyed teaching them wood chemistry and wood adhesives. In our research
we finished a study of how bark particles
bond together in hardboard, and are now
studying the gluability of Asian hardwood
face veneers on Douglas-fir cores."
With the Classes
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PERCY E. MELIS sends greetings to all
Fernhoppers and reports that "a small
group of us Seniors are taking a cargo
liner trip to the Orient this winter. Sorry to
miss seeing you on February 24. "
CLARENCE C. STRONG is retired and
living at 951 Ronald Avenue, Missoula,
Montana 59801. He says: "Health-fair.
Hope to be at 50th class reunion in 1974.
I have kept busy for the past five years
doing research , in cooperation with Univ .
of Montana Archives and History Departments, to develop history of logging and
lumbering for State of Montana. Goal is to
complete it in two or three years. Recreation-golf and occasional fishing. Activities
- Elder in Pres. Church, Cmdr. Missoula
Barracks WWI Veterans, Kiwanis and Boy
Scouting."
1925
ELMER W. BALDERREE wr ites: "Glad to
get your card and am always interested in
news from OSU Forestry School. We are
living at Laguna Hills (Leisure World), Calif., an ideal retirement place. Many exOSU students here, whom I meet on the
golf course (27 holes), State of Oregon
Club, etc. Lots to do here to keep one
busy and ocean only eight miles away.
Keep up the good work."
G. SPAUR remarks that he is enjoying
retirement, but seems to be busier than
when he was working.
1926
LEROY A. HAWKINS says: "I have enjoyed many Fernhopper Days since the
dinner at the Benton Hotel in 1926, and
hope to get to th is one. Still living at 1097
39th N.E., Salem."
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REX DENNEY "plans on being in Arizona
from mid November to mid March '73. Stil l
traveling with our Airstream trailer."
taining our yard and buildings and visiting
the three married ch ildren and five grandchildren in Georgia and Florida. My " Tarheel" wife wi ll retire from USFS (Coweeta
Hydrolog ic Lab} next year, after which we
plan to visit Oregon again including Corval lis and OSU."
JOHN M. HENDERSON says: "Am glad
to say Hi to you all once again. The past
year has gone so rapidly that I did not get
as many things done as I planned. Missed
my trip to Oregon for visiting purposes but
expect to make it next summer. I am anxious to visit the old school and I 'd love
to make it for Fernhopper Day."
PHILIP L. PAINE relates: "After spending
the winter of '71 and '72 in the California
desert we returned and sold our home in
Aloha, Ore. We are currently building at
Woodburn Senior Estates, Woodburn, Oregon. Understand Jack Graw already lives
there and the Jim llevs are currently bui lding in the Estates area. Ralph Coleman is
associated with the golf pro shop. Since
we do not plan to go south this winter, we
plan to attend Fernhopper Day 1973."
1927
WALTER H. LUND notes that "December
marked the end of seven years of retirement from the U. S. Forest Service where
I spent 38Y2 interesting years. Am enjoying
retirement. I spend a lot of days on the
golf course but also travel a little and take
a consulting job occasionally. This year I
teamed-up with Philip Briegleb to make a
study of Management of the Quinault Indian
Reservation."
1929
T. W. "TOBY" CHILDS writes: "I'm still
enjoying retirement even though Wa lt Lund
beats me at golf oftener than he shou ld.
Don't expect to attend Fernhopper Dayhope to be in Mexico then."
LORANCE W. EICKWORTH exclaims:
"What fun to be retired (hung up my real
estate license last April}. Can 't find enoug h
time to do all I want to do. My Christmas
tree plantation takes a lot of time and a
lot of work. I now can see the price of a
well-groomed t ree. Still find time to go
fishing however. All fernhoppers are welcome if you ever get in the Coos Bay
area."
NORMAN R. HAWLEY is " now retired for
five years in a home Peggy and I built to
our exact specifications; doing what we
like as we choose to do it; and day by day
blessing the old Dean (Peavy, of course)
tor signing me up with these words:
"There's something wrong with a man 's
guts if he doesn't like the woods!" Come
and see us: we've got the room, the climate, the scenery, and the time!"
KENNETH "MACK" McREYNOLDS states :
"Retired 15 years now. Health permits no
travel and very little other activity. Am very
thankful I am not a young grad just starting out in today's world."
PRESTON VARNEY notes that he is presently a member of Longview City Council.
He plays lots of golf and travels.
GLENN VOORHIES says: "Working with
students is still fun. Working with industry
and research is a hobby."
1930
PHILIP A. NEWTON is "enjoying retirement here in Franklin, N.C. Keeping busy
with work in church and local clubs, main-
BILL RUHMANN has a new address-37
Bloch Terrace , Lake Oswego, OR 97034.
"If you are by this way give us a call. For
those retired I have found the ideal occupation-sell real estate. It's stimulatingbesides you get reacquainted with your
friends. "
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HARO LD BOWERMAN reports: "Having
accomplished a c ity ordinance for road
construction standards, I am bowing out of
City of Yachats Council. After having been
on the Siskiyou 14 years, prior to 1953, we
finally got to Agness by mail boat this
summer. Wonderful trip-you should take
it. We are getting along in great shape and
enjoy seeing our many friends. Our only
problem is my wife's husband."
to see it. Will be south in February so will
not be able to make the Fernhopper Banquet."
WALTER PUHN writes: "Checked in at
Peavy Hall for the first time last October
on one of our many trips. Except for
George Jemison, who gave me a much
appreciated tour through the impressive
building, most friends were away on field
trips or to the SAF Convention. The new
bu ilding caused me to remember when
Dean Peavy proudly told us how the old
Forestry Building (then new) was constructed for $50,000."
LORAN L. STEWART indicates that he is
"doing the same thing."
1933
GAIL C. BAKER reports: "I am retired
from the U. S. Forest Service but we still
keep our home at 5100 S.W. Chestnut Ave.,
Beaverton, Ore. We have a trailer and have
done some traveling. Hope to do more this
winter. If we are here on Feb. 24 I will be
at the Fernhopper Day."
ROBERT M. (BOB) EVENOEN said that
he didn't want to waste his postcard even
though he hadn 't much to report. " Have
been retired since January, 1971 and am
enjoying it fully, doing a little writing, a
little photography, a little target shooting,
a little gunsmithing, a little travell ing, and
as few chores around the house as possible. No problems in keeping busy."
HORACE A. LUCAS writes: "Retired July
1 after 40 years with the U.S.F.S. Building
home on Lake of Egypt in Southern Illinois.
Sorry, I'll miss Fernhopper Day in February. New address: 2011 Meadow Lane, Carbondale, Ill. 62901. "
WALTER J. RUST relates: "Have been
in Anchorage, Alaska for the last 20 years
and with BLM for 18. Will retire next June
and intend to continue living here even
though we have given most of it back to
the In dians, Eskimos and Aliutes."
1934
1932
PHILIP K. BERGER says: "Sorry, but I
cannot make it to the Banquet in Feb.
However, will try to plan a summer jaunt
to Oregon to visit the campus. Thanks for
the invitation. I enjoy getting the news!"
HARRY A. FOWELLS writes: "Enjoyed
the dedication of Peavy Hall and seeing a
lot of old friends, especially a few of the
famous class of '32."
LEE 0. HUNT is "s.till busier than before
retirement from Federal Service but having
much more tun. Three part-time salary jobs
(two at OSU, one teaching silviculture
practices at Umpqua Community College)
plus operating Fir Springs Tree Farm
(Christmas trees and hybrid pine seed and
trees)."
ROBERT 0. LEWIS has a new address:
524 Copper Basin Rd. Sp. 5. Prescott, AZ
86301.
MERLE S. LOWDEN continues to be
"very busy in retirement. Purchased a
home and moved into it in Portland last
year. Made a trip of nearly two months to
S. America. Attended part of World Forestry
Congress in Buenos Aires and saw old
friends in Panama, Brazil, Argentina and
Chile. "
EVERALD E. NEL SON notes that he is
retired. His address is P. 0. Box 991,
Sequim, WA 98382.
EDGAR J. PARKER reveals that he "got
a chance to visit Peavy Hall on a weekend
this past summer. Truly a beautiful structure. Hope all the old grads get a chance
CONRAD P. WESSE LA lists his new address as of Oct. 1972: 16865 S.W. Matador
Lane, King City, Tigard, OR 97223.
GEORGE L. BURNETT has moved "from
355 So. Nelson to 365 So. Nelson, Lakewood, Colo. 80226. Am enjoying retirement.
Have helped teach a short course in Range
Management for foreign students summer
of 1971 and summer of 1972-at CSU. Last
of nine grandchildren, a grandson, born on
my birthday. Can't beat that."
GEORGE W. CHURCHILL asserts that
"as the years roll by it seems as though
Fernhopper Day comes rnore often. This
year finds all the Churchills well and happy.
I'm still with State Parks. Bea is still counselling. The three boys are scattered-six
fine grandchildren. We still live in Lake
Oswego-come see us."
HOWARD G. COOPER relates: "Retired
from U.S.F.S. 1964. Traveling for Fire-Trol
(Forest Fire Retardants). Eighth year on
road. Same address, same wife, same two
boys and one girl. Boys both in Navy-one
submarines and the other a nava l pilot.
I am on the Ground. Daughter married an
Air Force man 11 /18/72."
JOE LAMMI writes: " I was very favorably
impressed with my first look at Peavy Hall
-the facilities and the program appear to
be first rate! The people of Oregon and
foresters in particular should be congratulated for c leaning up the water, air and
roadsides. My work at North Carolina State
University continues to be mostly on the
forestry of the NASA space program:
imagery from the satellite. We also have a
multispectra l camera and a color-additive
viewer of our own."
HOWARD W. BULLARD announces that
"the Northwest looks better than ever after
four months behind the Iron Curtain ."
GEORGE H. SCHROI:::iJER states: "Wife
Clara, daughter Nancy, and sons Neil and
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George Leonard all are well, working and
happy. Clara as a florist; Nancy as a supervisor of music teaching in the Powell
River, Canada, School District; Neil as
local representative for Science Research
Associates (IBM); and George L. as a communications engineer for Boeing in Seattle.
Yours truly is still enjoying association
with the N.W. Timber Dept. of that great
''People 's'' Corporation~Crown-Zellerbach
-which now has more than 31 ,000 owners
as well as more than 27,000 employees."
1936
SHERM FEISS writes: "The steepening
hills start to come through loud and clear
that there aren't too many more of those
old forester kind of days where the brush
is all burned bu t the snag is still standing."
VERNON A. FRIDLEY declares that he
is enjoying retirement. "Have traveled
across the country and have several more
trips planned. Also took two backpack
trips that I will always remember. Missed
Fernhopper Day last year. Am looking forward to seeing Peavy Hall and the many
Fernhoppers this Feb. 24. Best wishes."
ED H. MARCHALL reports: "The big
event in my life this year was that I had
open-heart surgery in May. Fortunately, all
went we ll and I am better now than ever.
Hope to see some of you at the Fern hopper
Banquet in February. My address is stil l
the same."
ROBERT H. MEALEY is "rounding out
seven years on Siuslaw S. 0. Staff (Timber). Seems like home. Something should
be done about that. Anna and I now live
alone at 710 E. Thornton Lk. Dr., Albany.
Grandkids come home in· droves."
GAIL M. THOMAS says: "Still consulting
in forestry and with the good fortune to be
very busy. Being in business for yourself
certainly doesn't free you to do al l of
those other things you'd like to do."
1937
VAL GARDNER reports: " Three years
now as Lumber Sales Manager with J. H.
Baxter Co. (Wood Treating). Three kidscollege degreed-two married. Have four
grandkids. Betty and I spend considerable
time at our trailer at Coast Village near
Florence."
CARLOCK "CORKY" JOHNSON says:
" Nothing new with the Johnsons except
the dog. I am still Superintendent of Glen
.Canyon National Recreation Area and rid.ing herd on approximately 1,200,000 acres
of water, rocks and scenery. Helen and I
.have been shopping around in Southern
Oregon for a spot to retire on- hope to find
it before too long and see more of a lot of
old friends. "
J. R. STEVENSON sends " best wishes to
all my o ld friends. When I see their pictures
they are all getting older. This Arizona
Pinon-Rockpile type is too far to make it
to Fernhopper Day form . Congratulations
on the feminine enrollment. I can remember
about 38 years ago when we had the first
two. I live on the front line of the famous
Navajo-Hopi Indian war. Like all o thers the
press accounts are highly exaggerated."
EDWARD H. VOGT writes: "I am with
the Lane County Assessor's Office in Eugene and have Appraiser Ill rating. We
-on my 100 acre place. Plan to show a few
at Pacific International in November." His
address is 17572 S. Hattan Rd., Oregon
City, Oregon 97045.
RICHARD FRY, now at 231 S. Main,
Rockford, Michigan, reports: "Emp loyment
-after 30 years in retail lumber-now
teaching lumber and building construction
at Ferris State College. Two sons now in
law school; daughter in junior college; wife
teaching 4th grade. Say hello to '39's."
HERB HAMMOND writes: "Semi-retired
for awhile - enjoying lessened pressure
along with civic and community college
activities."
MYRL A. HAYGOOD notes: "Still in Philomath , Ore. 97370, Post Office. Lots of
changes taking place."
GENE D. KNUDSON records an address
change: First National Bank Tower, 1300
S.W. 5th St., Portland , OR 97201.
BOB RUEGG says: "Dear Rudy, have retired and temporarily located in Colorado
Sprin gs, Colo., and looking over the western states to pick a retirement spot. Will
keep the Fernhopper date in mind, and
will try to make it. "
ELMER L. SURDAM announces: " This
association published a new brochure entitled "Telecommunications-Lifeline of the
Forest Industry." You may have one by
writing to me at the following address: Forest Industries Telecommunications, P. 0.
Box 5446, Eugene, OR 97405. The use of
radio continues to expand in all phases of
private forest industry. It is even more vital
as we face the ecological future. Demand
for this medium seems to know no saturation point."
Gary Miller, junior in Forest Engineering • Forest Management, president of Forestry Club,
and Kay Stowers, junior in Forest Management, chairman for Fernhopper Day, 1973.
still l ive on our farm southwest of Junction
City. Have a few beef cows and five
horses. Our son Norman ('65) is th e Forester in the family. We are very proud of
him since his appointment as district forester for both Skykomish and Snoqua lmie
Treefarms for Weyerhaeuser."
K. 0. WILSON maintains that "the Wilson
story sounds a lot like a broken record.
Same job as Regional Fire Chief, USFS,
Portland. Same family. Older son, Greg,
teaching at Portland C. C. Young son,
Bob, received wings as an Air Force pilot
in Oct. Will go for additional training as a
pilot. Looking forward to seeing all the
fellows at Fernhopper's in the sprin g."
1938
KENNETH A. (KEN) BURKHOLDER is on
the staff at BLM State Office in Portland,
OR. "Have Fire Control and other Protection responsibilities for BLM in Oregon and
Washington."
MELVIN E. CRAWFORD declares: "I am
retired and living it up rapid ly by inflation.
Do a little personal investment work to
keep alive. Best regards to all."
GLENN A. THOMPSON notes: "Jo and I
are finding the aging process of retirees
can be most stimulating and sometimes rewarding, espec ially during an election year.
Travelling and blue ribbon gardening help
offset the other frustrations. Congratulations and gratitude to Rudy for the fine
leadership."
CLAYTON WEAVER reports: "Retired in
June 1972 from the Forest Service. Still
live in Missoula. Montana, but have plans
to move to Roseburg, Oregon next summer."
1939
GILBERT M. BOWE reports that he is a
partner in the Consulting Forestry Firm of
Mason, Bruce and Girard.
BARTON H. BROWN is "still with Pacific
Northwest Bell as General Personnel Supervisor. Have also been enjoying serving
as the west coast Regional Vice President
of the Telephone Pioneers of America-a
social and community service organization
of over 350,000 members."
HOWARD R. DELANO states that he is
retired from BLM July 1. "Will now focus
on raising registered Polled Hereford catt le
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JAMES W. WATTS writes: "Dear Rudy, I
have recently acquired a copy which I
consider a rare book. I wonder if the
school would like to have it for its archives. Title: Scribnes Lum ber & Log Book,
Edition of 1882, printed 1885.· Signature on
flyleaf Elias H. Reid, Warren, Ore., Feb. 28,
1889. " (We received the book and it is in
the rare book room of the OSU Libraryin case any Fernhoppers would like to see
it-Thanks, Jim.)
J. W. DE YOUNG lists his new address:
"6740 S.W. Raleighwood Ln., Portland, OR
97225." He is presently Right of Way Supervisor for Pacific Northwest Bell, 421
S.W. Oak St., Portland, OR 97204.
1940
BOB APPLEBY relates: "Retired from
USFS. Doing consulting work, enjoying life.
with time out for some interesting river
travels on the Owyhee, Deschutes, John
Day and Illinois rivers."
WILLIAM P. BRANSON repor ts: "The address, Box 913 , Ketchikan, is the same.
I am building a cabin for my retirement in
a small Alaska fishing village. I should like
to invite all the environmentalists to come
to Alaska and live the life and not make
so much noise about it. Therefore I will not
be in Oregon for several years."
JOHN CROSS says: "Aloha from Hawaii
and to the Fernhoppers. If you're in Hila,
HI , drop by to see me at the Roya l Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Orchard and Processing Plant. "
LYLE "A" HARRI SON writes: " My George
is 9 years old and a leader in his 4th grade
class. My wife and I hope to meet our
friends on Fernhopper Day."
DONALD M. HYLAND is Scout Execut ive for Santa Lucia Area Council of Boy
Scouts of America. 1123 Mill St., San Luis
Obispo, CA 93401. He says his foreslry
background has been of great value. "If
traveling on Calif. 101, drop in. I'd like to
see some classmates." His address: 3860
S. Higuera # 123, San Luis Obispo, CA
93401 .
HOWARD W. KIRKPATRICK is still with
BLM in Eugene. "My work as Assistant
District Cruiser-Appraiser-Scaler keeps me
busy checking cruising, scaling and training unit cru isers. June, class '38, is still
teaching 5-6th grade in Eugene. Our four
sons are all married and located in Canada, Alaska, Seattle and Corvallis. Give us
a call when in Eugene. "
CHARLES E. TYLER retired at the end
of 1972. His new address is P. 0. Box 807,
Mulino, OR 97042. " I will be selling real
estate in the south part of Clackamas
County."
JAMES M. USHER states: "Retired from
U. S. Forest Service, June 1972. Address
change to 64SE 2750N, Ogden, Utah 8440~.
Sorry, will not be at Fernhopper Day th1s
year."
ERNEST L. "BUZZ" WAGNER is "sti ll
with the Oregon Department of Revenu.e _at
276 Main Street in Klamath Falls, adminiStering timber taxes for Klamath and Lake
counties . Have worked in the area for the
past twenty years and have s_een the l !~~id­
ation of an Indian Reservation, the b1rth
pains" of a timber severance tax, the death
of a great mule deer herd, and the growing
up of a daughter and a son. We love the
area and the people and are proud to call
Klamath Falls home. Give us a call."
1941
LYLE A. BAKER notifies Fern hoppers of
his new address: 2039 S.E. Sheridan St.,
Astoria, OR 97103. "Hope to see you February 24, 1973, if not soone r. "
mers at OSU, a grad student in Fisheries,
a junior in Wildl ife and track (hammer and
shotput) , and a freshman in Business Ad."
year in journalism. Mary Jane is working
for the Portland Police Dept., and Juliann,
the baby, is a sophomore at Condon H.S."
LESTER C. DUNN says: "Not much
change since last year. Have been Chief,
Divis ion of Access and Transportation
Rights-of-Way in BLM's Washington, D.C.
office since Aug. 1971. Was in Oregon in
Sept. and again in Nov. 1972. Visited relatives , and saw the Oregon-Oregon State
football game. Good things have to end
sometime, so guess the Beavers were due
to lose. Our daughter is in her junior year
at Duke, our older son is a freshman at
Virginia Tech (V.P.I.) and our younger son
is a sophomore in W. T. Woodson High
School where Mrs. Dunn teaches English,
in Fairfax, Virginia. Are getting the new
house in order and would welcome visits
from our Oregon friends. Phone no. is in
the book. Give us a call."
CHARLES S. LEWIS says: " I am with
Western Wood Fibre, Inc. and Wood Fibre
Exports, Inc., Eugene, OR. I represent both
corporations in the capacity of Executive
Vice President. We market the residual
wood fibre (chips) that develops from the
primary sawmill and veneer manufacturing
processes; our customers include the major
national and multinational pulp and paper
corporations represented in western N.
America and Japan. The work is interesting
and remunerative. Corvallis is my home
address."
RONALD 0. FETY writes: " During the
first three months of 1972, worked on Congressional legislative matters (forestry) for
the Senate. Later, headed U. S. Delegation
to FAO-NORAD during Sept.-Oct., 1972.
Participated in forest industrial symposium
covering Norway and Sweden. Took a vacation and visited Denmark and London,
England."
W. D. MORGAN is now at 215 Greenridge Dr., Apt. 204, Lake Oswego, OR
97034.
KARL G. PALMER is now President of
Oregtown Marine, Inc., where he is "engaged in building boats from vertical grain
balsa with fiberglass and fireproof resins."
He is glad to be home again. New address:
Star Route Box 15, Cloverdale, Oregon
97112.
C. W. RANDRUP remarks: "Farming almonds and walnuts is a far cry from Gyppo
logging easier on the tired old legs
though."
RALPH F. YEATER notes: "Moved office
from Salem to Dallas and now work Polk,
Benton, and Lincoln Counties."
1942
DON R. BAUER reports: "We're short of
rain. By mid-October we'd received less
than 6" for 1972 along Forest Front, less
on th·e Desert Slopes. Yet the world's largest Lodgepole Pine continues to thrive just
15 miles from the world's largest Joshua
Tree. Successfully completed the first helicopter logging show in Southern California
last spring. Salvaged 4.5 MM from steep~ r
portions of our Bear Creek burn to avo1d
watershed damage. This helped us avert a
major pine beetle epidemic. Tall ied 10
million forest visitors in 1971 . Lost our only
particle board plant to Korea due to stiffening air pollution control standards." He is
Forest Supervisor, San Bernardino National
Forest, 144 N. Mtn. View, San Bernardino,
CA 92408.
CARL F. EHELEBE continues "working
as Forester w ith the Bureau of Land Management out of Salem, OR. From time to
t ime with wife, Marta and children, Jasmin,
Marta and William, we enjoy visits to the
old Alma Mater. McDonald Forest and other
spots about the OSC Campus replete with
pleasant memories and profound sentiments. My new address: 672 Ewald Ave.
S.E., Salem, OR 97302."
OWEN P. CRAMER comments: "Have
transferred back to the PNWF&R Expt. Station from the Riverside Fire Lab, Fire Meteorology Project. (Second transfer without
changing offices). Am now in charge of the
Environmental Effects Activity of the new
Forest Residue Reduction Program. Now
in the midst of editing a state-of-knowledge
compendium on the effects of forest residues (unwanted woody accumulations) and
their treatments. Proud to report three Cra-
LOUIS L. GILLIAM writes: "I am located
at Condon , Oregon working as District Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service, USDA. My 34th year of government
service will be completed this year. My
wife, Jean, is editor of the Condon GlobeTimes. Two of our four children are married . Cheryl and her husband, Chuck Lopez, are working for the City of Portland.
Rick and his wife, Evelyn, are located in
Eugene where he is completing his senior
AVE BURWELL is " still falling trees uphill at Rosboro Lumber Company. Wife
Gale working for Willamette NF and I&E
and Ou tdoor Ed. Both working with Ecology
Movement. Feel strong current and future
need for Forest-Communication Experts."
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AUGUST H. RAUCH is "still manager of
R & D at U. S. Plywood in L ebanon but
responsibility has increased as West Coast
Manufacturing is now under one headquarters at Eugene. Recently moved to
Stayton and are very happy with that location. Still have four children at home-two
at St. Mary's grade school and two in Regis
High. One son graduated from OSU in
1969; another started this fall in Wildlife
Science."
1943
JAMES D. SNODGRASS says: "Hi, Rudy,
will try to get over in Feb."
WALTER M. WOOD notes that he is still
in Anchorage. "What a c ity! The real estate business is as usual. Should be there
this year with spouse."
1947
JAMES H. BRIGHAM observes that "our
family is still scattered; Tom in San Francisco, Patti in Eugene or Reading, PA. Regards to all."
GLENN E. CAMPBELL announces: "We
are at the same location, but the Planning
Commission gave us a new address: 11255
Brookdale Rd. , Millville, CA 96062. Oh, yes !
Our property taxes were raised to match
the number on the mailbox! Met Bob Manning '48, who is with Wm. Beatty & Associates in Redding, CA."
EUGENE D. HANNEMAN writes: "Thanks,
Rudy. Home is here near Turner on our
little tree farm . Married daughter, Laurie ,
lives in Salem. Twin sister, Linda, is in
Africa with the Peace Corps, and son,
Craig , is in Pittsburgh with the ·s teelers."
JACK B. SHUMATE sends "a warm and
humid hello from Saigon, Vietnam, where
I am heading up a Forestry team engaged
in developing the export potential of Vietnam. We have a 4-man team-Inventory,
Reforestation, Utilization and Management
specialists. They include Carl W. Swanson,
Alaska (Univ. of Wash ington), John Murray
(Univ. of Cal.) and Walter Pierce (Georgia).
Log exports are growing in spite of the
war: $200,000 in 1971 and $3 million in
1972 by October. We look for big increases
in the future. Family statistics the same except a new daughter-in-law. One son a forester in N. M.; the other a law student at
U. of Utah."
1948
GEORGE S. BURSON says: "Greet ings
from San Antonio, Texas. Teaching Sc ience
in Secondary School System. Visited western Oregon last summer. Sorry I missed
yo u all and the new Peavy Hall. Guess Ore-
gonians never come this far south. The
door is always open and you are welcome
to bed down and see the sights. Best
wishes and luck on the next Fernhoppers
Ball."
WARREN C. HANCHETT reports: "Stil l
working with tech nicians. 150 students in
the Forest Technology program now."
EARL L. JOHNSON is "still raising Angus
cattle and timber in northwestern Oregon.
We try to practice true mu ltiple-use forestry, developing new methods of handling
forest problems on specific sites. Since our
days at forestry school we have become
conservation orien ted, an attitude which we
feel is growing, both wit hin and without
the forestry profession."
ROBERT KISCHEL announces: "The big
event of the year was the wedding of our
eldest daughter, who just graduated from
U of 0. Second daughter is back home
after four years away at OCE, as intern
teacher here in Rose burg. Third daughter
is in Elementary ed. at OSU. Son is senior
at Roseburg HS and is in work study program with BLM. He filled both our deer
tags opening dag. Wife, Aline, is attending
Umpqua Comm. College in adult education.
Father has passed his state real estate
exam and will phase into it someday from
Douglas Co. Land Dept. These latter day
environmentalists rea lly turn me off and
the kids say "hang right in there, Pop."
LARRY PAGTER reports that he is in the
apartment business in Eugene.
HARRY G. "SWEDE" PEARSON was retired on a disability In 1972. He is bedfast
and would enjoy hearing from his o ld
friends or hav ing visitors at 129 No . Humbolt , Canyon City, OR.
RICHARD C. PENROSE relates : "Have
been on the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest since April, 1971 , doing land exchanges."
LOUI S PIHA has a new address: Rt. 1,
Box 16, Lebanon , OR 97355.
WILLIS E. RAG LAND says: "Hi, gang. No
change in my situation-starting 7th year at
Seattle-a record stay for us in one place
with FS. Ron nie has reti red from nursing.
I am beginning to think about "R" day.
Have a new member in our family- Gretjil,
a golden Retriever pup. "
W. J . SAUERWE IN reports: "Charl ie
Yates '48, Jim Manley '48, and I met at
Jim 's home at Homer, Alaska in Aug ust.
Jim had just come in from a moose hunt.
We had a great time together and Char lie
was guest speaker at the Harvest Festiva l
of the Homer-Ninilchik So il Conservation
District. Jim is Forestry Chairman and Supervisor of the District.
R. D. "DICK " SWARTZ LENDER has a
new job and a new add ress. Formerly Deputy Supervisor, Mt. Hood N. F., he is now
Supervisor, Fremont National Forest. New
address: 306 South G Street, Lakeview, OR
97630.
ROBERT C. ZINK is "co ntinuing to enjoy
the wonders of King's Canyon National
Park and Grant Grove in particu lar. We are
deeply involved with sc hool groups of the
San Joaq uin Valley through ou~ National
Environmenta l Study Area at Btg Stump.
Our seasona l crews have made very good,
truly interpretive programs which are
ranked as the best in the Western Region
and take second place to few in the nation.
Our programs of Sequoia Fire Ecology, Environmental Awareness, Living History, and
Aesthetic Appreciation through visitor involvement give us exciting material with
which to work. Best wishes."
DONALD D. WOOD is "still in Grants
Pass with the U.S.F.S. Same job I had last
year and the year before that. Wife is fine
(Marylou Paetzhold '48), daughter Nancy
married, Bonnie at O.S.U.-so goes life."
1949
MORRIS J. ANDERSON is " an instructor
at Walla Walla Community College in Civil
Engr. Tech. Our oldest son, David, is an
operational officer with the First National
Bank of Oregon at Salem. Jim, our second
oldest son, is married and has two daughters and a son and lives here in Walla
Walla. Our youngest son "Chuck" was fatally injured while playing " l inebacker" for
the Walla Wa lla High School team in September of 1971 . My wife and I would welcome anyone passing through Walla Walla
to come and see us."
JEAN R. ALLARD writes: "Wife , six sons
and daughter live at 416 S. 15th Ave.,
Yahina. Mdse Mgr., Bon Marche. Drive an
ALLARD car. Y'all stop and see us."
BOB ALLISON has moved from Six Rivers National Forest to new job as Supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest. " Interesting and challenging, particularly with
present widespread interest in Public Land
management."
HENRY G. DAVIES was "caught by the
teacher surplus this year-have turned to
chokers and powe r sal(is for Siuslaw Valley Veneer, Swisshome. Sallie is finishing
college at Portland State; Marilee finishing
at OSU; and Jon in High School in Corvallis." His new address: Box 42A, Swisshome, OR 97480.
JAMES R. HENDRIX lists a new address:
Rt. 1, Box 88-K, Molalla, Oregon 97038.
WILLIAM P. HOLTSCLAW has " been
busy being Area D irector for Eastern Oregon for State Forestry Dept. Also Mayor of
Prineville and President of City of Prineville Railway. Pat and I are enjoying life in
Central Oregon even tho ugh she had a
spell of illness last spring but is doing well
now. "
WILLIAM M. LINDSEY is "still with U. S.
Fish & Wildlife Service as Regional Supervisor, Division of Realty, covering states of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii. Number 2 son, Randy, now at OSU and on the
Freshman football team. OSU should start
winning some games in the years to come."
DAVID R. McMINN, who was manager of
the Clallam Managed Forest on the Olympic Peninsula, was named manager of the
Clackamas Managed Forest on June 1,
1972. New address: Rt. 2, Box 80, Crown
Zellerbach, Molalla, OR 97038.
DEAN MEADOR notes: "Still reside at
2850 N.W. Roya l Oaks Dr., Corvallis- operate Twin Pines Lbr. Supply."
ROSS PETRIE re lates: "I'm still teach ing
school in Portland. Summers and holidays
I teach backpacking, climbing and preseason ski classes. I rec ently spent severa l
weeks working with 100 people from the
state menta l hospital in an outdoor-wilderness situation. I met several ex-foresters
while I was there."
SAMUEL W. RAYMOND writes: "Weyerhaeuser transferred me here a year ago as
Branch Manager of the Dierks, Arkansas
Branch. We operate two sawmills (120 MM
BF/yr.), a plywood plant (80 MM 3fa") and
a charcoal briquette plant here. My three
sons, daughter and wife and I live in
DeQueen, Ark. in the Ozark foothills, a
friendly town of 4000 population."
HERMANN C. SOMMER says: " It was
great to see many of the old timers at the
October meeti ng of the SAF in Hot Springs
-a lot of grey hair showing after all these
years. Mary Lou and I both enjoyed the
OSU breakfast and hearing abo ut activities
at school."
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1950
HAROLD H. (BILL) KEIL writes: "am expanding my freelance and consulting activities in forest industry and skiing. Had
interesting week in Canadian Rockies in
January, 1972, in one of worst blizzards in
years, marooned on train for three days.
After quite a few years of overseas travel,
had a good look at the West in May-June
during 5,000 mile trip doing travel stories
in entire West. Did some interesting television work on aeria l fire detection and
slashburning as well as slide show script
o n forestry and land use."
LLOYD H. L ARSON states that "the consulting forestry business has been extremely brisk this year. There has been a great
demand for logging management, timber
and log procu rement, taxation, cruising and
appraisals. I really enjoy the great diversification of the business. My wife and I plan
a short vacation over the holidays by going
to Hawaii to enjoy the sun, sand and surf."
ALFEO E. MINATO reports: " I am presently in my second year at Rogue Community College in Grants Pass. We are now
offering a 1-year certificate course in Wood
Harvesting (Logging). I have recently
"merged." I now have seven children (ages
6-15), 5 dogs, 1 goat, 4 Yz horses, 1 turtleand a wife! Drop by and visit the menagerie
at 2250 Str inger Gap Road, Grants Pass,
Oregon."
ROBERT E. PETERSON has been at
Pacific Power & Lt. going on 14 years now.
"In early 1972 was nam ed Manager of Environmental Services so now worry about
the reclam ation of three large strip mining
coal operations, the air & water quality at
two large steam plants (1400 & 750 megawatts) and have two more (350 & 1500
megawatt) units und er construction. Keeps
one busy writing Environmental Impact
Statements. Son Dan will graduate from U.
of Puget Sound in June and has been accepted at the U of 0 Medical School. Diane
is a soph at OSU and Debbie a Jr. at Beaverton H i. Virginia and I are always glad
to see any friends that drop by- hope to
see lots of you Feb. 24. "
JIM RICHARDSON is "completing the
first year of our second tour on the Potomac. Always glad to see Fernhoppers back
here or while travelling in the west."
DOUG SMITH indicates that he is "still
representing the forest industry in the Intermountain area as District Forester for
WWPA. Present pub lic interest and conflict
over the forest land base emphasizes need
for foresters to have continuing ed ucation
-particularly in areas of social/pol itica l
awareness. With so many people expounding on forest issues-foresters need to
speak up and clarify the situation as never
before. Best regards from Boise. "
STANLEY SPURGEON reveals: "Admin istrative drag over now, this May I went on
disability retirement from the PSW Station,
Forest Service. Needless to say, the family
and others have found something to keep
me busy, leaving little time to do what I
had intended. Still keep up on the broad
Forestry picture thru weekly seminars at
the Station, etc. Saw Peavy Hall while thru
on vacation year. Looks like a great facility- and now women!!!"
1951
BILL BUTLER announces: "We relocated
in Missoula, Mont. during the summer after
l iving in Oregon for the past 2112 years.
U. S. Plywood bought out the former Anaco nda Forest Product holdings here in
Montana, and we are operating out of Bonner. Would look forward to seeing any fernhoppers here in the Big Sky Country. New
address: 640 Beverly Ave., Missoula, Mont.
59801. "
JOHN CARAGOZIAN notes: " Sti ll on the
Cleveland National Forest, and find myself
involved in the middle of ecological, environmental, archaeological and developmental controversies. If life isn't hectic
enough we find ourselves trying to reconcile differences among various "publics"
advocating hi-rise in the forest wilderness,
mountain subdivisions, Zero Population
Growth, power brown outs, nuclear power
plants, burning bans, etc. etc. I must have
been as leep in class when I was supposed
to learn about all this. It was great to get to
Corvallis and see Peavy Hall."
GEORGE K. COE reports "a good year
as Sales Mgr. for King's River Pine Ind.,
Quberry, Calif. Also had a good year on our
grape ranch . My wife, Em, and I saw our
daughter. Stephanie, married in March to
a very nice young man. Best wishes for all
you "Fernhoppers."
DON S. GOODRICH remarks: "only
change for the Goodrich family is a
change of address at the loss of two girls
from the confines of home to their selfappointed ways. We call Box 721 , Salmon,
Idaho, our new home. Drop by the "River
of No Return."
NORMAN E. GOULD and family have returned from Washington, D.C.-California
this time. Norm's j ob is Assistant Regiona l
Fo reste r in charge of timber management.
New address: 107 Derby Lane, Moraga,
Calif. 94556.
DAN A. GRAHAM says: "Marilyn very
busy as taxi driver with Jean away at Lewis
& Clark as sophomore (off campus in Colombia), Mary a high school junior, Tom a
high school frosh, and Doug a 7th grader.
Old Dan very busy allocating lumber to
friendly wholesalers and helping Hills
Creek recover from March fire at plant."
DON HICKERSON is still in Tucson after
three years. "Flying helicopters for the Air
Force. Have fallen in love with the "Living
Desert. " Which doesn't mean I don't miss
the Northwest. Looking for retirement in the
next few years so I can get back to work.
Am vitally concerned w ith conservation of
our natural resources and with improving
quality of human life. Best wishes to all my
old Fernhopper Friends." New address:
1743 N. Warren Ave. , Tucson, AZ 85719.
EARL M. KARLINGER has been Timber
Staff Officer on Rogue River N. F. since
Sept., 1965.
RICHARD M. LEMMON records that "in
June of th is year I was fortunate enough
to get transferred from the Regional Office
in Portland back again to the wide open
spaces of Eastern Oregon as a District
Ranger on the Pendleton District, Umatilla
National Forest in Pend leton, Oregon. I
sure enjoy being back in the field once
more. I still have four children at home
and three away at college. New address:
311 N.E. 42nd, Pendleton, OR 97801."
BOB NORTON is "doing business at the
same old stand-sales manager for Herbert
Lumber Co., Riddle, OR, and home is the
same, too-338 S.E. Claire St., Roseburg,
OR. D' still answers the front door so stop
by o n your way through Roseburg."
ERNEST B. PRICE JR. states: "I am
T. M. Staff on the Fremont N.F. New address: Fremont National Forest, Box 551,
Lakeview. OR 97630."
MANUEL H. SCHRAGER, who was manager of the Clackamas Managed Forest
near Molalla, OR, was named as manager
of the Cathlamet Managed Forest in Southwest Washington near Cathlamet on June
1, 1972. His new address: 454 Highland
Drive, Seaside, OR 97138.
JOHN H. SYME is "e njoying the South
as Vice President of Eastern Plywood and
Lumber Manufacturing for the U. S. Plywood Divis ion of Champion International.
My headquarters are now in Atlanta."
WYMAN WILLIAMS reports: "I am now
the Hawaiian Sales Manager for Brazier
Lumber Company. I would like to distribute
other non-conflicting products in Hawaiiany suggestions? Had a very pleasant visit
from John Syme who is also one of the
vanishing breed of "Wood Technologist"
from OSU. Aloha."
SID E. ZIEGLER is "em ployed by Ft. Hill
Lbr., Grand Ronde, OR. Wife, Dona Lee,
teaches schoo l- son at OSU-twin daughters at Taft High School. Live on Devil's
Lake at Lincoln City."
1952
J. P. CRAD LER observes that "things are
great in the stee l fabricating business here
at Riverside Steel in Los Angeles. Most
stee l men look with glee at the current
lumber, glulam and plywood manipulated
mess; but I'm a little sorry-some of my
best friends are wood merchants."
RANDALL F. PERKINS is now at 117
L amford Rd. , John Day, OR 97845. "See m
to be firmly settled on Eastside as Timber
Staff Officer on Malheur National Forest."
KENNETH C. ROEGNER says: "My family and I are living in Beaverton, Ore. and
there hasn't been any change in work or
family activities. Hello to each of you from
all of us."
TOM SCOTT says: "G reetings! Am in my
11th year of teaching woodworking and
building construction at Parkrose Sr. High
School in suburban Portland. One of the
classes is building a 1250 sq. ft. house and
enjoying the practical experience. Mountaineering and ski patrol activities continue
to occ upy much of our leisure time. All fo ur
in our family are skiers. Many of our sum17
mers are spent travelling, this past summer
to Steens MI., Anthony L akes, Bugaboo
Spire area in S.E. British Columbia. The
new Forestry bldg. must be a welcome
addition to the campus. "
DONALD H. SMITH is Branch Chief of
Fire Control in Division of Fire Control and
State and Private Forestry, Intermountain
Regional Office, Ogden, Utah. "Son Stephen H. Smith is a sophomore in OSU
School of Forestry. He 's following in my
footsteps , but getting much better grades.
Twin daughters will graduate from H. S. in
June and probably head for OSU, too ."
GLENN S. SMITH relates: "We're enjoying a Forest Se rvice train ing assignment at
Michigan State University where I 'm doing
graduate study in natural resource administration. Next June we expect to return to
California. Oldest son, Mike, is a freshman
at Azusa-Pacific College in California.
There's no generation gap as we "sweat
out" test grades on the same basis. Shirley
and I are looking forward to becoming
grandparents in early November." Present
address: 5137 Wardcliff Dr., East Lansing,
Mich. 48823.
RON SMITH has been Area Director for
the State Forestry Department's Willamette Area for the past three years. His
home and office are both in Salem. He is
also serving his freshman year as a member of SAF's National Council.
1953
DAVID E. BAKER exclaims: "Seeking
self-ident ity after waves of activities of
three daughters and two so ns. I'm still in
the research end of the forest products
industry. Outside interests include fishing,
hiking and rehabilitation of prison Inmates."
ALEX GOEDHARD reports : "Transferred
from Snoqualmie Falls-White River Tree
Farms to a new position as Area Forester
for Weyerhaeuser's Vail-McDonald Tree
Farms. New home address: Rt. 5, Box
124-D, Chehalis. WN 98532."
W. DALE HEIGH is still T imber Staff
Officer on the Klamath National Forest in
Yreka, CA.
LESTER L. HILL is now at 309 Jonquil
Ave., Eugene, OR 97402. " I left U. S. Plywood in May of 1972 and now am Timber
Manager for Camac Veneer, Inc. "
R. A. RES LER writes: "After two short
but immensely enjoyable years in the Pacific Northwest, my fam ily and I returned
to Washington, D.C. as Associate Chief,
Forest Service, USDA. We're still in "temporary quarters" awaiting completion of a
house. Son, Scott, is 14 and adjusting well
to new schools, friends. Lee has gone back
to work. It's an exciting time to be in this
ball game. We 're not likely to make Fernhoppers Day th is year. Regards to all."
New address: 6548 Lee Valley Dr., Springfield, VA 22150.
1954
FRANK DECKEBACH writes: "We have
recently moved to Vernonia. It is great to
be back in Oregon after a number of years
on the Olympic Peninsula."
ARVID C. ELLSON is "still in the Washington Office as Asst. Director, Watershed
Mgt. We're enjoyi ng Vi rginia but look for-
ward to the dav when we can head west
agai n. New ad-dress: 911 7 Steven Irving
Ct., Springfield, VA 22153."
ERNEST D. HARDMAN remarks that
"1972, like 1971. has been a growth year
for our family. Our son Ryland not only
prese nted us w ith a new daughter- in-law
Sheryl on May 6 of this ~ear but also a
fi ve-year-old grandson Chns of whom we
are very proud. We continue to enjoy the
Southwest and spe nd our free moments
fishing anct hunting. The we lcome mat is
still out at 9521 Parsifal Pl. N.E., Albuquerq ue, New Mexico."
GENE C. HOLLOTE R ind icates that he is
"still here in Baker, Oregon, with the Forest Service as T.M.A. on the Baker District."
ROBERT G. LEWIS reports his address
is now Rt. 1, Box 207, Omak, Washington
98841. " The Okanogan National Forest is
quite a sce nic fo rest and w ith the new
North Cascades Highway we expect lots
of company."
1955
JOHN W. DAVIS is Assistant to the Vice
President, Western Timber. His new address: Willamette lndustnes, Inc., P. 0. Box
907, Albany. OR 97321.
NORMAN JOHNSON observes that he
"gets to the Northwest four or fi ve times a
year and . usually it's_ raining there. But
when it isn't, I get to th1nk1ng abo ut co mmg
back to that beautiful co untry. At other
times we catch ourselves li king Arkansas .
For sure we're finding a lot of problems to
research here so I guess I 'll stay in the
research game fcir awhile. Best wishes."
WI LLI AM H. McCRED IE reports : "Began
working for National Forest Prod ucts Associafion . in . January. Moved from Seattle to
Wastiir:~gton, D.C. area . New job involves
working· .w ith Federal Agencies, Federal
Legislators·. and regional associations on
problems I ·opp ortu nities affecting forest
management o n private lands."
RICHARD H. SPRAY was "busy with the
National Avalanche Schoo l held in Reno,
11/13-11 / 17 , 1972. I don't know the connect ion between that and F. S. equ1pment
development but appreciate the change in
pace."
1956
J'IM BREWER · is "still Supervisor of the
Mark Twain National Forest in Mo. Wish
the clearc utting detractors could see how
steep so ils are farmed in Mexico as we
did last summer. It's hard to imagine how
that soil stays in place, but it seems to.
Daughter Susan (15) spent eight weeks in
Cuernavaca learning Spani sh at C.I.D.O.C.
which prom ises working fluency in 12
weeks. Sue says if she cou ld have stayed
another month they would have done just
that. "
LAWRENCE D. BR OWN says: " I wi ll miss
the Fern hopper Day this year. Have rel ocated a t Martell, Calif. w ith America n Forest Products as Technical Sales Rep. for
the new board p lant."
WARREN G. DAVI ES writes that he
"moved back west last August. Sally, Pamela Greg and I alon g with assorted animais are now liv ing in Missoula, Montana
wh ere I 'm Chief of the Division of Operation for Region One o f th e Forest Service.
This is truly great co untry. We're looking
forward to many outdoor activities , both
winter and summer. Our new address is:
5 Carriage Way, Missoula. MT 59801 ."
JIM FISHER ind icates that "si nce July,
1972, I have been working as Information
& Education Director w ith the Oregon State
Department of Forestry. This is an interesting change after fi ve years as Personnel
Director. We are still at 1251 Mandarin St.
NE in Salem with two children in high
school and two in junior high. Have had an
enjoyable year, seeing a number of Fernhoppers around the state."
DONALD K. JOHNSON announces: "Warren County, North Carolina. Fall 1972,
"Johnson Eng ineering" started. Business
and livin' is kinda slow-and enjoyable.
Y'all stop by, hear ! Twenty miles south of
NC/VA border on old U.S. #1 (Interstate
85) near Kerr Reservoir and Lake Gaston."
ROBERT I. KERR reports : "Moved in
July from Zion National Park to a new job
as Super intendent of the Canyonlands
com plex which includes Canyonlands National Park, Natural Bridges National Mo nument and Arches National Park, all in
southeastern Utah. First wee k on the job
was spent on a raft f loating the Gree n and
Colorado Rivers wh ich go through the center of Canyonlands N. P. Really a rugged
co untry full of many surprises." New address: Box 1057, Moab, Utah 84532.
CHARLES SII<ORA is "still in th e consulti ng business. About 50/50 spl it with
private and public clients . Most doing road
engineering and forest inventory work. Attended the Practicing Foresters' Institute at
Univ. Nevada, Reno, in January 72; ran
into several o the r Fernhop pers there. My
address now is Box 724, North Fork, CA
93643."
GENE TOMLI N has, for th e past four
years, been work ing o n the MI. Hood National Forest as Waters hed Spec ialist. New
address : Rt. 2, Box 1510, Sand y, OR.
ROBERT D. T ONEY writes: "Still living
in Sa lem and still self-employed . Anyo ne
passing thru Salem, some coftee and co nversation always available. 561 1 Woodside
Drive SE, Salem, OR."
DUANE K. WELLS reveals: "Same job
tax in g the heck out of timber. Just more
invo lved in my two girls' high school activities."
1957
J OCKO BURKS is working for Weyerhaeuser Co. at corporate headquarters in
Tacoma as Asst. Manager of Market Intelligence .
KENNETH EVANS states that "the Linco ln N. F. is keepi ng me going almost full
ti me. Did get in a l ittle campi ng and fishing
in Montana and Oregon this summer.
Claudia, J'ulie (11 ), and Jenn ifer (12) all
doing fine and enjoying the warm southwest. Stop b y if you come this way."
C. WES HAMIL TO N has moved to San
Bernardino and is now a Resource Staff
Officer on the San Bernard ino NaiL Forest
for the U. S. Forest Service. New address :
2887 Oleta Lane, San Bern ard ino, CA
92346.
WILLIAM W. HARSEY "started contract
loggi ng in February 1972 in the Mt. Hood
area. Still living East of Gresham."
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CHUCK HILL says: "Come see us at 325
E. Main, John Day, OR. We're right on the
main drag, Hiway 26. Name's on front of
house. Work at Prairie City District of Malheur N. G. Stop in for a cuppa any time."
LESTER V. MULKEY JR. writes: "Still
working for Potlatch Forests in Lewiston.
Enjoy ing the job, golf, etc. The family is
well and finding plenty of activities now
that our daughter Debra is near ly a teenager. All Fernhopper friends are welcome.
Drop in."
FRANK TORKELSON is st ill working for
the State of California in the Department of
Finance. "We miss Oregon but enjoy Calif.
too. Hello to all."
LARRY WOODARD has moved to Rt. 1.
Box 454T4, Coeur d'A lene, ID83814. " Transferred from the BLM Washington, D.C.
Headquarters to Coeur d 'Alene in July. I'm
now th e District Manager for the Idaho
Panhandle Area. Su re is great to unlimber
the shotgun again and lash the beautiful
waters of North Idaho with f lies and, of
course, "worm s."
1958
PAUL E. BUFFAM records that " in May,
1972, we transferred from the sunny Southwest to the beautiful Northeast. The hardwood fo rests here are quite a contrast to
the conife rous forests in the West th at I
am used to. We h ave settled at 3 Jenness
Road, Hampton , NH. Our new home is only
one mi le from the Atlantic Ocea n. My new
job is with the US Forest Service's State
and Private Fo restry Organization in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I am a supervisory
entomologist in charge of Forest Pest Management activities for the states of Maine,
New Ham pshire, Vermont, Mass., R.I. ,
Conn., N.Y. and N.J . This inc ludes providing technical assistance to the Fo rest Pest
Management staffs in eac h o f these states
as we ll as providing assistance on federa l
land. Our staff consists o f four entomologists, two pathologists and one technician.
Ou r major concerns consist of gypsy moth,
spruce budworm and blister ru st. Come
and see what the other part of forestrythe hard woods-looks like."
CAR L G. CARL SON reports: "We finally
accepted a transfer from the Mt. Hood .
Am now Zone Engineer for the South Engineering Zone , Willamette N.F. New address is Star Rt. Box 306D, Oakr idge, OR.
Stop in and visit."
TE MPLE T. HAHN notes: "A big yea r for
the Hahn family movi ng from Colorado to
Fa lls Church, VA. Still in Perso nnel work
heading up the Pay Management Sect ion
in the U. S. Forest Service Washingto n
Office. New address: 2913 Meadowview
Road , Falls Church, VA 22042."
CHARLES H. HA RDEN w rites: " In October was promoted and transferred to the ·
Regional Office in Portland as Branch
Chief, Cooperative Fire Control in the Divis ion of State and Private Forestry. We are
finding it a little hard to adjust to city living after spending the past 12 years living
on Ranger Statio n compounds. We particularly enjoyed the last five years at Rippl ebrook R. S. on th e Clackamas River. I hope
to renew old acqu aintances with fellow
Fernhopp ers in my trave ls in Oregon and
Washington. New address: 3808 S.E. Hager
Lane, Milwaukie, OR 97222."
JOHN R. LANGRELL is Area Director for
State Forestry Dept., Southern Oregon
Area. Headquarters-Roseburg. Residence
1923 Lamont N.W., Roseburg, OR."
LARRY MERRIAM relates: "Family conti nues active in school with son Howard in
pre-med at Univ. of Minnesota (Duluth).
New ed ition of Recreational Uses of Wild
Lands , co-authored w ith F. Brockman, is
due out in December '72. Best wishes to
you-Rudy, Dick, Carl, Chuck et al. "
WI LLIAM H. SAGER states that he is
"currentl y working as Protection and Developme nt Forester on staff of State Forester Honolu lu. We're finally settled again
in K~neoke on the bay. Kids swim, fish
and boat in the backyard with surfing on
the weekend . I don't miss the rain and
snow a bit. A loha from Paradise, but stay
home. Too many people make land use
problems extreme and people still want a
piece of paradise at $5.00 a square foot."
RAY SCHAAF is "very happy in my work
on th e Rogue River National Forest in
Medford, OR. My j ob is Recreat ion, Information, Education, Special Uses, etc., e ~c.
Lots o f varietv. Lots of current work w1th
Roadless Areas Review and Wilderness
Study Areas. My oldest boy ~tart~d college
at SOC this year. The fam1ly 1s still together at least for th is year."
JOHN TERPSTRA notes: "Spe nding my
second vear of a three-year tour as Associate Professor of Military Scie nce at Oregon State University. The U. S. Army Corps
of En gineers has been good over the years
to inc lude bri nging me and my fam1 ly back
to Corvallis fo r an enjoyable stay. Glad to
have a chance to see old friends in the
Fo restry School faculty. Always a loyal Forester!-eve n though my career has led me
to an allied professio n."
RICHARD D. ZECHENTMAYER is "st ill
wo rking for Forest Service at Cottage
Grove trying to keep the District green w ith
trees. Looking forward to seeing everyone
at Fernhoppers."
1959
DAVID D. J. BELLA N is now at 2690
Pinewood Drive, Waldorf, MD 20601. "Address is new but job, family, and self remain about the same, except a year older."
RICHARD F. BUSCHER'S new address
is 621 0 143rd NE, Redmond, WA 98052.
VERNE CHURCH remarks that "after
completing 10 years in the wholesale lumber business there appears to be only one
job which would be more sat isfyi ng: teaching road location to Sierra Club Members."
Alta Vista in Corvallis and welcome V ISItors . I am still at the U.S.F.S. Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Corvallis but we will
have to leave next fall for a two-year sti nt
with the National Science Foundation in
Washington, D.C. "
CHUCK JOHNSTONE says: " Hello aga in.
I still have not been up-rooted from Eugene. Probably never will now-too much
going on for me here. I have a consulting
and contracting firm, properly development
and a rock cru sh ing outfit going, and a
gravel operation starti ng. Hopefully somewhere in all that mess, I'll find wealth and
fame, or at least beer and skiing money.
Now residing at 2817 Lydick Way with new
wife (as of Nov. 17) Jody (nee Wylie), and
luvin it. Write-if you f ind work-Land
Management Se rvices, Inc. needs the
money. "
FREDERICK R. LaBA R re lates : "The
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is
st ill home. Over a year ago we moved from
the westside of the NRA back to the eastside and were made a part of the " Lead
shack." Spent early October touring New
England viewing the autumn colors and
gorging myself on lobster. Fresh lobster
is unheard of in this part of the woods.
While east, stopped and visited with Don
Koten at Syracuse University." New address: P.O. Box 356, Dutch John, Utah
84023.
CHARLES H. MARTIN is now marketing
manager fo r FABRIVALVE a subsid iary of
the Dill ingham Corp. "Ma rketing o f industrial valves is a far cry from forest products, although our product is used extensively in the pul p industry. "
KENNETH D. RAMSING notes: " I am
still teaching in th e College of Business
Admi nistration at the Univers ity of Oregon.
My duties as Associate Director of the
Forest Industries Management Center keep
me in close contact with the forest industries. My summers are still busy with consulting, writ ing and research."
MARSHALL D. SANDERS is "still with
the Forest Service. I 've been assigned to
the Civilian Conservation Ce nter Program
as Administrative Officer for about eigh t
years now. The Center's name is Timberlake and its located on the Mt. Hood N.F.
Wife and so n Erik (3% yrs.) are fine. Anyone in the Estacada area on business or
pleasure is welcome to drive up for coffee
or stronger refreshment. "
CHUCK SWITZER asserts: "Work with
BLM 's Denver Service Center remains interesting. My job is that of trai ning coordinator on a Management Assistance Team.
Our present emphasis is on manager/superviso r development. It's always good to
meet Oregon Staters as we travel around."
THOMAS H. CODY SR. is st ill teaching
at Mt. Hood Comm unity College and enjoying it more all the time. Have a very good
group of students this year which always
helps. We spent our vacation, the f irst in
nine years, in British Columbia gold prospecting. Was it ever an enjoyable 30 days!
May go back and give it a real try next
year. Still l iving at the same add ress at
whic h all "stump-jumpers" are welcome."
ED ZONTE K reports : "Have been transferred to the Nevada State Office in Reno
as Fire Control Officer for the BLM. Am
due there on November 12, 1972. Haven't
been able to stimulate many visits from old
c lassmates. Hope this will do the trick!"
WI LLIAM H. ELLISON is Asst. Division
Manager of Cath lamet Tree Farm for
Crown Zeller bach. Home address : At. 1,
Box 527, Cath lamet, WN 98612.
WARD ARMSTRONG reveals that he has
jo ined the public affairs department o f
Weyerhaeuser Company. His office is in
Portland.
JERRY FRANKLIN writes that "Carol and
I and our four c hi ldren (James, Lewis,
Virginia and Heather) are livi ng at 1325
NORMAN A. AXON writes that he is still
working in the Log Dept. at Rainier Mfg.
Co., Rai nier, Oregon.
1960
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MERLIN I. CARTER mentions that he is
still working for the BLM in Washing-ton,
D.C. "All of the local Fernhoppers appeared to have weathe red t ropical storm
Agnes. By t he way, Agnes was just a norm al Western Oregon rainstorm-regardless
of what these urbane, inexperienced easterners claim."
NICHOLA! P. ILIINSKY announces: "We
are members of a rural commune in S.W.
Wash ington." Mailing address for Nick and
Sue is c/o 4940 S.W. Hewett Blvd., Portland, Oregon.
JOSEPH D. KASI LE received his Ph.D.
in Forestry and Statistics from N.C. State
University in December, '1972. "John Bell
and I co-operated on a short course on
Prism Cruising and 3-P sampling here at
Syrac use, N.Y. in June, 1972, and we received an excellent response. Hope to do
it again this June, 1973-contact us if
yo u're interested. "
RICHARD LILJA reports: "My family and
I are livi ng in Eugene and I am wor king at
the Lowell RD of the Willamette N.F. Have
recen tly moved back into timber work afte~
several yea rs in recreation wor k. Th e who le
fam ily is in school; Irene at U of 0, Doug
in 3rd grade and Catherine in the 2nd."
JOHN D. MacWILLIAMS says: " The
movers are here packing our household
goods for th e trip to Pasadena where I wi ll
be Deputy Forest Se upervisor of the A ngeles Nationa l Fo rest. Ou r new address is
3660 Shadow Grove Rd., Pasadena, CA .
91 107. We'll miss Adin . Looking forward to
the c hallenge on the Ange les."
MAJOR J OHNNY D. MEUSCH re lates:
" Jeanette and I are looking forward to the
time we can visit with some of our classmates o f 1960 and show our boys the OSU
campus. Unfortunately, the distance from
Ft. Walton Bch., Fla. to Oregon prohibits
such a trip this year. At the rate Jeff, Jon
& Joel seem to be growing, they may be
Fernhoppers themselves before we make
the trip. I am presently assigned to Specia l
Operations Forces whose m ission inc ludes
aer ial spraying and mapping, plus the typical m ilitary tasks. However, if present plans
materialize, I could be reassigned by next
su mmer. Good luck to all."
BARRAT G. SCOTT mentions that he is
completing his ninth year in woods engineering for Weyerhaeuser Co., Coos Bay
Area. " The Forest Practices Act of 1971
and the public's inclination to act on suspected damage to the environment have
had a profou nd impact on our forest engineering wor k. Sincere and reasonable effor t
by forest ope rations peop le to comply with
the new law coupled with reasonable enforcement by the newly-appo inted Forest
Practices Officers will minimize damage to
Oregon 's natural resources caused by forest operations. Off the job, I'm conti nu ing
my work in Scouting. I 'm presently serving
as district commissioner and as a !ramer
of adult Scouters. I was amazed to read
that the osu School of Forestry now h as
almost twice the number of students as it
had in 1960-and 50 of them are women!"
FLOYD J. VANDERVELD EN discloses :
"We continue to l ive in Coos Bay with a
decreasing number in the family. One is
married and another is in Vietnam. I am
st ill wor king for the BLM in an eng ineering
position. I always look forward to the Fernhopper Ban quet and seeing friends again."
•
1961
WILLIAM B. AYARS is now at Ca l State's
Schoo l of Business in Bakersfield, CA.
W. MICHAEL GRIGGS reports: " Under
the new field reorganization of the State of
Washington Department of Natural Resources , I will be the District Manager of
the area east of Everett, responsib le for al l
phases of th e programs administered by
our Department on private and State land.
Our third , Kristen Sara, arrived in Dec.,
1971. Am still act ive in the Army Reserve
with quite a bit of time spent shooting on
the USAR International Rifle Team and a
service rifle team . Was invited to the Olympic Tryouts in June but did not make the
team. Seem to be more successful each
year in growing grey hair. "
BOB BARSTAD says: "I am about to
start my third year as District Ranger in
Shelton. We are enjoying Shelton and the
challenges of the job. Terri is teaching full
time and Greg and Kristin are both very
involved with schoo l activities."
TOM LAWLER relates: "I 'm still with
Bohemia Lumber Co. in the Cottage Grove,
Ore. area . The company has done lots of
growing lately as has my job. Helene and
the kids, Ricky and Chris, are doing finewe 'd like to see any and all."
WINSTON D. BENTLEY writes: "We are
completing our first year in Sp okane-the
family has adjusted well to the "big town."
Judy is work ing full time agai n for a 4-Dr.
office. Becky is enjoying the fifth grade
and Tony is busy and active as a 4-year-old
boy can be , attending two classes a week
in pre-kindergarten. Long Lake Lbr. Co.
keeps me in "shape" and witho ut much
time to spare. Would love to bring the family to see the new facil ities the School has
now as well as myself attending the Fernhoppers Day."
GARY BLANCHARD claims "Fernhopper
Day is getting to be more fu n each yea r.
I know I haven 't changed since '61 but
some of you guys are sure looking different. We've really enjoyed visiting with
several of yo u during the year-hope more
wil l drop in when in Corvallis. If you drive
through the campus you 'll need a guide to
identify the new buildings. We have a Corvallis address but a Philomath phone. See
you at the Banquet."
RAY S. PAGE notes: "Still living at
Grand Canyon , Arizona , enjoying being a
District Ranger on the Kaibab National
Forest. Anybody going to the South Rim of
Grand Canyon stop in at Tusayan Ranger
Station and see us."
MATT R. ANDERSON records th at "the
job with Washington Forest Protection Association is presenting ever-increasing
challenges. The public is demanding a
greater voice in forest management dec isions. A trip to Europe last summer showed
me that we don't have a corner on the m arket regarding environmental problems. Barbara is keeping busy working full-t ime as a
nurse at our new community hospital , and
the kids continue to make life interesting."
HARRY C. DANO is still wor king for East
Bay Water. " I have 29,000 acres of watershed land & a recreation area to keep me
busy. We will be opening our second recreation area May 5, 1973. If you get up in the
Bay area look us up. Wife and kids all fine.
We live at Lafayette Rec. Area, Lafayette ,
Ca li f."
HUGH E. EDDY, M.D. writes : "On July 1,
I will complete my spec ialty training in
internal medicine. Thereafter, my family
and I w ill be mov ing to Caldwell, Idaho,
where I will be joining a lour-man group of
internists. We have enjoyed our three years
in Seattle but are looking forward to our
new home in Caldwell. "
NORMAN J . EVELETH says : " Hi. I'm
still with Simpso n Timber Company in Shelto n, Washin gto n, but have a new job since
this time last yea r. I 'm now supervising
Simpson 's co ntrac t logging operations-a
big change from my prev ious personnel
position. A ll the family"s in good health and
in sc hoo l, inc luding my wife, w ho is a fulltime nurs ing stud ent at Pac ifi c Lutheran
University in Taco ma. "
EUGEN E FERGUSON is "still continuing
my struggl e with every enviro nmental organiza tion in ex istence to co nve rt ag ric ultural lands in to hous in g. This action is my
contribution to the forest industries as we
use nothing but ge nuine fore st prod ucts
from the Northwest. (Grass shacks just
don 't sell here in Hawaii any more.) A nyone passing this way is always welcome."
DARRYL C. RAY is manager of the Oregon State Forestry Department Nursery in
Elkton, Oregon.
JAMES T. REILLY's new address is 755
9th Street West, Bandon, Oregon 97411 .
1962
DENNIS J. CAIRO "switched jobs last
spring-now I'm the "Logging Systems
Specialist" for the Mt. Baker National Forest. Primary responsibility is to maintain
quality in the logging portion of the timber
sale offerings. Off-duty excitement includes
teaching a Bible study for high-schoolers
and directing a spiritually-oriented boys'
club for third-through-eig hth-graders."
LARRY CRON sends " greetings from the
wilds of Northern Idaho. We moved here
January of '72 with four feet of snow and
20° belo w zero . We are just off U.S. 12,
13 miles from the Montana border and 55
miles west of Missoula. Am enjoying the
challenges and opportunities here as District Ranger on the Powell District of the
Clearwater N.F. Winters are long, summers short, fall is beautiful, and the elk
hunting is great. The upper end of the
Lochsa Recreation River and a piece of
the Selway-Bitterroot w ilderness area are
added attraction. Fam ily is sti ll the same:
one w ife, one daughter , one dog, one cat.
Stop in if yo u can or drop us a card."
J O HN SON , LeROY C. writes : " Still working at the Institute of Forest Gene tics,
Plac erville, CA 95667. Jean and the t wo
boys have been my field ass ista nts for the
last three years."
ORIN F. PALM ER is "still homesteading
on the Butte Falls Ranger Di strict, Rog ue
Rive r Nation al Forest. Get to see lo ts of
Fernhoppe rs-al l are welco me to sto p by
anyt im e."
DAVID M. PRI CE is "assigned as Chief
Forester, Northern Units Logging for Potlatch Forests, Inc. in June. T his involves
more in tensive m anagement o f c utover
lands bu t less direct superv is ion of the
co ntract logging as I have done in the p ast.
I'm enjoying the new arrangement. Joan
and the kids are fine. "
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RO BERT P. SCHULTZ says: "It was nice
to visit w ith a few of the old grad s at the
National Meeting in Hot Springs. I moved
to Hot Springs in December, 1972, fo r a
year w ith Weyerhaeuser. My new ad dress
is: Presidential Interc hange Executive, Weyerhaeuser Co., Dierks Div ision, P.O. Box
1060, Ho t Springs, Ark. 71901. "
ROBERT SNYDER remarks: "We are still
in Fairbanks, Alaska, still catch ing an occas ional Fish, but mostly watching the
Frost acc umulate."
EARL SPANGENBERG is in Wisconsin
now- " braving the northern winters in Paul
Bunyan country. Trying out the life of a
college teacher at University of Wisconsin
-Steven 's Point. Be glad to see anyone
who stumbles out our way."
JOHN J. TOBIN 's new address is Rt. 1,
Box 528, Cathlamet, WA 98612.
1963
JOHN L. DAVIS moved recently to Washington's " Rain Forest," P.O. Box 19, Qu inault, WN 98575.
BOB DUNN notes that he is now an Asst.
Prof. of Business Administrat ion at Central
Washington State College, Ellensburg. "I 'm
teaching marketing, quantitative techn iques
in marketing, and statistics. We moved to
Ellensburg in September and love the
place. We have 1.6 acres just east of town
and have plenty of room to put up any
wandering Fernhopper. It's nice to see the
sun and have clean air at the same time."
GEORGE R. HARPER is still on the Salmon River District, Klamath National Forest.
ALLAN J. HETTINGER is currently a
systems analyst for Washington Dept. of
Natural Resources. Address is new: 456
North St., Tumwater WN 98051.
ROBERT W. MACY is living in Warm
Springs, Ore. " Am now employed by Jefferson Plywood Corp. as a management ass istant. Very interesting and diversified position . Serving my first term as a member of
the tribal coun c il for the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs. Drop by and visit
for a while if you are ever in this "neck
o' the woods."
CLAUDE C. McLEAN writes : "Living in
Corvall is with my wife Lind a. Plans Forester on the Alsea R.D., Suislaw Nationa l
Forest."
LAURENCE 0 . McMINIMY is prese ntly
l iving at S. 3328 Glenn, Sp okane, WA.
" Have a new baby boy, Michae l, fou r
months o ld. W ill be working as a Technical
Sa les Representat ive for P. F. I."
GARY D. MOOR E has a new address:
2 Hillcrest Lane, Ferndale, WA 98248.
MAC TH OMPSON dec lares he is " still a
" refugee" in Laos w ith USAID and l ike ly to
remai n so fo r a time. Visitors we lcome if
yo u're in the area, always lots o f beer in
the fridge . Larry Haffner ca me over fro m
Danang fo r a week last sp ring, and transportation is convenient from Ban gi<Ok."
JAN Van WAGTENDONK finished his
Ph. D. at Berke ley in Se ptem ber and is now
th e Researc h Biolog ist at Yosemite National
Park.
MICHAEL F. VANDEHEY is presently
working for Kinzua Corporation, Kinzua,
Oregon. Address: Star Rt., Fossil , OR
97830, for mail.
1964
FRANK J. BERNRITTER notes: " Sti ll
working for Burlin gton Northern I nc.'s L and
Division. Tell all of the Alum and Staff
hello. " New address: Rt. 1, Goodwin Rd.,
Thorp, WA 98946.
STEPHEN A. FITCH relates: "Tran sferred
to the lnyo N.F.; residing with wife and
two sons at the cross roads to Yosemite
and Reno. Work is nice mix of land use
planning , winter sports and wilderness
mgt. in the most beautiful part of the
Sierra Nevada." New address : P.O. Box
127, Lee Vining; Calif.
JOHN C. FLANAGAN reports that he is
" still employed at Family Counseling Service in Portland and enjoying my career as
a psychotherapist very much. My wife,
Pauline, and children, Tim (age 7) and
Heather (age 3), are healthy and our life
is very satisfactory. We stil l enjoy the
woods and hardly a week goes by that we
don 't get to some out-of-the-way logging
road or pass a log raft with our 20' cabin
cruiser. Best w ishes to all. "
PETER GANAHL announces: "Still employed-trying to sel l the high pr iced lumber from the Pacific Northwest."
FRANKLIN D. HOCKETT's new address
is 1008 41st Ave. NW, Puyallup, WA 98371.
MIKE JACKSON won 't be attending Fernhopper Day '73 because "our first addition
to the family is due the end of February.
Presently working for th e Department of
Natural Resources in Olympia, WA. Any
Fernhopper coming thru Olympia, stop and
say hello."
REV. ELSBERY W. "JERRY" REYNOLDS
complains: "Whatever happened a couple
of years ago , Rudy, when you were supposed to be over here? I expected you to
contact me as per your letter, but never
heard a word. New address: Chaplain, St.
Andrew's Priory School for Girls, Queen
Emma Square, Honolulu, HI 96813. As you
can see from the address, I am now full
time at the Priory, in charge of the religious
nurture and education of 600+ girls . . .
fun, but hectic. Sometimes the relative
isolation of a forest is mighty alluring. "
CURT STONE is Forester for Ellingson
Timber Co., Baker, OR. With wife, Diane
('63 Oregon Stater) has two boys and baby
daughter.
GERALD E. THO MAS is with the U.S.
Forest Service, Mapleton, Oregon.
MILES F. WEAVER reveals: "We are now
located on the St. Helens Ranger District,
Gilford Pinchot National Forest. I am the
resource assistant there. We live on the
east end of the Swift Reservoir on the
Lewis River. The d istrict includes the Ape
Cave (a lava tube), Mt. St. Helens, Spirit
Lake, and the Mt. Margaret Back country
area to name a few of the heavily used
recreation areas here. We enjoy the wateroriented recreat ion we have here but miss
the winter sports fun we had before at
Crystal Mtn. during the winter time. "
WESLEY H. C. WONG, JR. is D.istrict
Forester for the Island of Maui. "Working
with Robert Hobdy (c lass of '65) on Maui
and about four other Fernhoppers throughout Hawaii. Last was a nice year-we have
another son in our family, did a lot of f ishing and skin diving, and work has been
most challenging. Give us a call when
you're in Maui. A loha."
1965
ALLEN H. ANDERSON says: "Greetings!
Feb. '72 I was discharged from the U.S.
Air Force at McConnell AFB, Kan., where
I had been a Titan II Missile Combat Crew
Comm ander. Air Force life was good, but
I enjoy being a civ ilian again. In Sept. I
fortunately got a job with the U.S.F.S.,
Columb ia Gorge R.D., Mt. Hood N.F. I find
the work interesting and challenging. The
Sandy River is very close and I spend
much of my spare time steelhead fishing.
lone and I now have two dear sons; Eric
is 13,4 yr. and Kevin is two months old.
Everyone is well and looking forward to a
happy New Year. Our address: 1407 S.E.
143rd Place , Portland , OR 97233. "
RICHA RD W. BOWERS is " st ill in John
Day, Oregon , working as a Unit Forester
for the Oregon State Forestry Department.
We are still a family of four and enjoy
living here very much."
MICHAEL F. COOLEY indicates that he
is still residing at the Steamboat Ranger
Statio n, Umpqua N.F., where he is Timber
Sales Assistant. "We had our second addition in April, Bryan Travis. Hope to get
back for Fernhopper Day this year."
ALEXANDER T. ERICKSON reports: "We
still live in Cortez, Colorado where I am
District Ranger on the Glade District, San
Juan National Forest. The Glade is somewhat of a unique District here on the San
Juan; it is relatively f lat. We have 8000
head o f cattle on intensively managed pastures . Our ponderosa pine enjoys side indices often greater than 100 and we have
our own seed orchard. We use fire to improve wildlife habitat, etc. We welcome
visitors."
LARRY G. HAFFNER relates: " I am still
a pilot in the USAF. Spent the year observing first hand what must qualify is the
most confusing and tragic of wars in American history. In early December I will be
returning to Pat and th e boys in Tacoma,
Wash ington. Once again I will be flying the
C-141 cargo jet on Pacific and Alaska
flights. It has been a trying year for us but
I feel we are a closer knit family than ever
before. Pat is once again active in nursery
school and church school. Steve is attending first grade and loves it. Sean is in nu rsery school and also taking elementary
music lessons. The door is always open
for anyone p assing through. Phone is
206-582-5317 ."
ROBERT HOBDY has worked seven years
w ith Hawaii Divis ion of Forestry and is now
stationed on Maui. " I got married last April
and we're expecting our first this spring.
Hawaii 's a great place."
FREDERI CK D. KISER has moved to 1019
S.E. 226th, Gresham, OR 97030.
DAVID L. KNOWLTON asserts: "We just
love Seattle. I'm working on my Master's at
Seattle University and Linda is a counsellor at Lake Washington High Schoo l. " New
address: 4325 NE 43rd St., Seattle, WA
98105.
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JOHN McGHEHEY records: "I'm sti ll
working for the Oregon State Dept. of Forestry. We transferred from Salem to LaGrande in August and are enjoying Eastern
Oregon. Would enjoy see ing any of you.''
BILL RIETVOLD notes: "I 'm still in Flagstaff, Arizona, working for the Rocky Mountain Experiment Station on regeneration
problems of Southwestern ponderosa pine.
Best regards to all my instructors and
classmates. "
GEORGE ROSY 's new address is 813
Will iams Pl., Ojai, CA 93023.
JOHNNY E. SHAW has " not much news
from this end. I am still employed w ith the
Kinzua Corporation and in charge of the
Grant County area of the Tree Farm. I was
appointed to the Grant County Planning
Commission at the first of the year and am
enjoying ihis different angle of land use
planning and development. A lso this spring,
I was elected President of the Easter~ Oregon Forest Protection Assoc. Thanks to
good weather and a well organized protection program , we had a good fire season."
NORMAN E. VOGT reports: "We have
moved to Issaquah, Wash. from Marysville
as of Oct. 17. Am now District Forester for
two Tree Farms, the Skykomish and Snoqualmie, 235,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser
land. We 're expecting our first child in
May. Job has kept us very busy so haven't
been visiting very much with scattered
friends. Hope to correct this conditio n
about Christmas time. Best wishes to all."
1966
JAMES W. BOOHER records that he was
"transferred back to Longview in January
o f 1972 before c losure of Weyerheauser's
Molalla, Oregon, logging operation. I now
hold the position of Shop Foreman at Camp
Kalama, southeast of Longview. I am gaining some firsthand experience in trying to
supervise the maintenance of 40+ pieces
of logging and construction equipment and
find the job both time consum ing and demanding but also very interesting and educational. Our family increased by one this
year- Jennifer, born on October 3. My wife
Jackie and other daughter, Jerilyn, 7, rema in in good health . Any Fernhopper welcome to stop in."
RICHARD J . CLANTON says: "Hi everyone. Ginger and I still live in Paradise, California, where I work as a State Forest
Ranger I with the Calif. Division of Forestry. No new additions to our fami ly, and
Jeff is now 10 and Kellie is 6. We just completed a very busy fire season in Northern
Calif. as far as numbers go, but were fortunate enough to keep the damage down
somewhat. I have just been appointed to a
statewide task force to help create and
develop a new fire inform ation reporting
system throughout the Division. I feel that
this w ill be a very interesting and challenging job during the w inter months ahead.
We haven't been to Corvallis for quite a
time now, so we haven't seen the new forestry building. Hope to soon. Any of you
ever get down our way, would enjoy having
a visit with you."
ALAN DEFLER has moved aga in. Alan is
now District Ranger on the Moose Creek
Ranger District, Nezperce National Forest.
"It is a large District, nearly 600,000 acres,
and a real interesting j ob. Marge and Alan
are still flying, the kids are growing like
weeds, and all Fernhoppers are welcome
here in central Idaho."
PHILIP N. EBERT's address is 316Y2
Poplar, Atlantic, Iowa 50022 . "I'm currently
employed as a mechanic and welder for
the Henningsen Equipment Co. in Atlantic.
I've been out of forestry since 1967 when
I left McMillan Bloedel to go into the army. "
IRL H. EVEREST writes: "We have just
been transferred to the San Gorgonio District of the San Bernardino National Forest.
The new position is as a Lands and Resource Officer. We are making our home
in Yucaipa, Calif. Yucaipa isn't smog free
but at least everything grows well. Time
flies. The oldest boy is in kindergarten and
his brother is in nursery school. Beverly
has a new house to keep her busy. Drop
us a note and tell us how you're doing.
34771 View Drive, Yucaipa, CA 92399."
MICHAEL J. (JERRY) KORBOL sends
"greetings from South Dakota! We are still
in the Air Force, stationed at Ellsworth
AFB , S.D. I just completed Squadron Officers School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. It
is great to be home and settled with our
6Y2 month old daughter, Meghan Jocelyn."
STEPHEN G. MARTIN 's new address is
P.O. Box 373, Darrington, WA 98241.
" Greetings! I have just finished moving
from Anchorage, Alaska, to the good Pacific Northwest. My family and I are enjoying
the very pleasant switch in scenery and
pace of living. I have just taken a " Logging
Systems Specia list" position and am finding it right down my line."
E. DEAN "BUCK" NEL SON is "still
teaching math and science at junior high
level. Logging injury in 1967 finally resulted in amputation in July '72. New address:
1095 Salmon, Coos Bay, OR 97420."
RALPH OSTERLING exper ienced . "big
changes in 1972. I completed all the
coursework for my Master's Degree in Soil
Conservation from Cal-Poly in San Lu is
Obispo , CA. By the time this is in print
I will have expanded my family by one
wife. Rosemary hails from L ouisiana and is
a stewardess for Pan-American. Matrimony
is set for December 9 with a long honeymoon. I bought a house in Burlingame;
have an extra room should anyone be
visiting S. F. 0. "
THOMAS C. PARKE sends "greetings
from Seaside. This summer I was promoted to Forest Engineer at C. Z.'s Clatsop
Managed Forest. Our transfer from Tillamook has given us a chance to get acquainted witn a different coastal area, and
wa are enjoying it. We have good clamming in front of our house, and a new
area for collecting antiques. Include us in
your travels up tnis way. 1616 N. Columbia, Seaside, OR."
MIKE RICE reports: "We have a house
with a few acres here in Ferndale, CA.
Daughter has a horse. I am presently camp
foreman in Pacific Lumber Co's logging
operation. We saw Bill Davies, John
O' Leary and Bob Wilson last fall when
they came to Bob's daughter's wedding.
Would like to hear from more Fernhoppers
passing through. "
LLOYD TANGEN mentions that he is
still working for Simpson Timber Co. in the
redwoods. "Currently at Klamath, California
working as their logging contract administrator."
TERRY TRANTOW is " working hard in
Forks, Wash ington, and enjoying every
minute of it. Currently building a house,
then will start looking for a wife! Anyone
traveling up this way is sure welcome to
stop by.' '
GARY L. STRODTZ comments: "The
whole family is still enjoying the hospitable
South. Presently still working with Weyerhaeuser Co . but this time I 'm in Wood
Products Manufacturing making plywood.
You all come see us ya hear!"
FRED ROBINSON is "now Assistant to
the A rea Director for the Eastern Oregon
Area, State Forestry Department. Office _is
at Prineville. Our new address is 10 Williamson Drive, Prineville, OR 97754.''
teacher here in Eugene. We are both enjoying our return to Oregon tremendouslyfishing , hunting, camping, etc. And we're
looking forward to seeing old friends on
Fernhopper Day.'' New address: 192 Norman Ave., Eugene, OR 97402.
JIM NIELSEN mentions that "we're still
at Blue River and my job is unchangedsilviculture. Our kids are growing rapidly
-it's hard to believe that Julie will be 3
in December (1972). I'm looking forward to
seeing everybody on Fernhopper Day.''
PHILIP TUMA reveals: "This forester's
bachelor days came to an end when he
married Elise Francine Haines on March 4.
We are living in Avery, California and can
be reached at the same address. I am still
with the U.S.F.S. in Arnold but my work
has shifted to total sale area plann ing and
environmental analysis work. Real interesting! We are planning to attend the Fernhoppers Day festivities this year so hope to
see you then."
C. E. "RUSTY" WHITTEN "recently went
to work for (Bill) Hagedorn Land Surveying.
In same office with former classmates Bolt
Minister, Bill Denny, and John Lawson, as
well as other OSU grads Bill Hagedorn and
Jerry Olson."
WILLIAM SAGER "just moved to Roseburg with the Oregon State Forestry Dept.
We're involved in the hassle of building a
new home but really enjoying the work.
Roseburg i~ great-not as much rain as in
Tillamook." New address: 1758 N.E. Airport Rd., Roseburg, OR 97470.
ROLLAND R. BENSON writes: "Carol
and I moved back to Oregon this past summer. I'm now teaching math and wrestling
coach at South Umpqua High School."
New address: 3231 NE Follet, Roseburg,
OR 97470.
KENNETH OLSEN is now working in
Masonite Corporation Technical Dept. as a
research engineer. His new address: 1635
South State, Ukiah, Calif.
STEVE WERT is "still working as Consulting Forester with Earth Satellite Corp.
in Berkeley, Calif. If anyone knows of an
available position in Oregon or Washington
I would sure like to return to timber work
there. New address: Earth Satellite Corp .,
2150 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704.''
JOSEPH A. ARNOLD, IV states: "Now
out of the Navy and looking for a job. Good
luck to all you new foresters. Things are
tough out here in the world." New address:
27 Pine Street, Dixfield, Maine. "
JIM BLAKE remarks: "I 'm really enjoying
myself as a Forester and intend to keep at
it for awhile. Tell old John Firth that my
new address is 1510 College St. S.E., Lacey, WA 98503, and I'd write if I knew his
address. And to Tom Scoggins who helped
me on my forest recreation projects: I'd
write, except I'm still a slug. Give my regards to Dan Robinson and Johnney Bell
who taught me you have to study to get
good grades."
CRAIG ROYCE writes: "Cindy and I are
still in sunny Eastern Oregon doing fine.
I'm now working out of the area office in
Prineville in timber management. Have
been able to see a lot of new country and
think the new job is just great. We 're looking forward to seeing some of the old
faces on Fernhopper Day.''
DICK YUNKER indicates he is still living
in Olympia. "Kids are really enjoying
school, Pat is having a ball as secretary
for YMCA, and I am getting into the groove
in new job as Chief Forester for Northwest
Hardwoods, Inc. New address: 319 Neil
Ave ., Olympia, WA 98506."
1967
JERRY A. BOUCOCK's new address is
216 Grant St., Cottage Grove, OR 97424.
HERBERT L. HAMMOND Ill announces:
"Daughter born Sept. 7, 1972-she already
shows inclinations toward forestry. I was
released from active duty in the U. S. Coast
Guard in June, 1972 and we are now residing at 7518 137th Ave. NE, Redmond, WA
98052. I am employed by the University of
Washington doing research in Douglas fir
harvest methods, in particular the shelterwood system. Long range plans are completion of a Ph.D."
RICHARD T. HEVEY is Logging Engineer
for Boise Southern Co. in DeRidder, La.
"Also involved in construction of a new
plywood and pole plant at DeQuincy, La.
for Boise. Wife Janet and daugh ter Kim, 2,
are fine.''
GARY T. JOHNSON "recently separated
from the Air Force and will now be working
for Willamette Industries in Dallas, Oregon.
I hope to be seeing some of my former
classmates in February now that I 'm back
in Oregon. New address: 818 25th SE,
Apt. 1, Salem, OR 97301."
CRAIG M. NICHOLSON, still in the Coast
Guard, is currently working on Master's in
Communications Management at Naval
Postgraduate School. "The curriculum is a
tar cry from Forest Management, but still
a challenge; somewhat of a cross between
a BSEE and an MBA. Following a 2-year
stint here in Monterey, our next home
should be in Washington, D.C. for three or
four years. Wish I cou ld be there for Fernhopper Day. Best regards. " New address:
352 Hannon Ave., Monterey, CA 93940.
HAROLD P. SANDSTROM remarks: "Although I didn't go to the Republican Convention, I'm still with ITT Rayonier at Hoquiam, Wash . There are enough people
around here working for USFS, BIA, DNR,
etc., to start 3 dozen high-lead sides.' '
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1968
THOMAS A. APPEL's new address is
1460 N.W. 13th, Corvallis, OR 97330.
WILLIAM J. BRAMWELL writes: "My wife
and I still reside in Seattle. I have three
more quarters at the U. of W. for a second
degree in Civil Engineering. Jo is going to
start at the U. winter quarter for a Master's
in Education. We hope to remain in th is
area for a long time." New address: 5745
NE 63rd, Apt. 402, Seattle, WA 98115.
DAVID L. CARL SON announces: "We
started last year with the arrival of our
daughter Krista Lynn on January 8th. In
June we moved to Pioneer, California, and
I am presently employed by American Forest Products Corp . at Martell. AFPC has
just completed construction of a particleboard plant having an annual capacity of
115 million sq. ft. We are enjoying living
among the pines and oaks in the historic
Mother Lode area of California. Our present
address is: Star At. 2, Pioneer, California
95666."
MICHIAL T. CARNAHAN notes: "Susan
and I have three sons now: Bryan, Andy,
and Eric. I am now employed by Sun Studs,
Inc .. Roseburg, Oregon as a sale appraiser
and general forester. Living in Roseburg is
great after 3Y2 years in Coquille, Ore."
ROD DAVIDSON is temporarily working
for the Forest Service in Ketchikan-South
Tongass National Forest. Working on
Ketchikan Pulp Co. rate redetermination.
My new bride, Nancy, and I would enjoy
hearing from old friends at P.O. Box 1493,
Ketchikan , Alaska 99901 ."
NORMAN M. FOELLER is still on the
Ukonom A.D ., Klamath N.F., working in
sale administration since January 1972.
ROLLIN R. GEPPERT reports: " I am
currently employed as a Forest Scientist
with the Water Resource Planning Program,
Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Olympia, WA 98504. Our new home address is
509 Choker Drive, Olympia, WA 98503.''
RODNEY F. GREENE says he is "still
working as a Forest Engineer with Coos
Head Timber Co. at Coos Bay. Sue and I
would enjoy seeing any schoolmates who
might visit the area. Hope to see many of
you at Fernhopper.''
BRUNO C. MEYER 's new address is 2161
Archer Dr., Medford, OR 97501 .
DAN ROBERTSON is forester for Weyco,
Coos Bay, working on regeneration and
young-growth management.
JOHN L. SMITH was out of the Navy in
August, 1971. Now "workin g for the Forest
Service at Rager Ranger Station, Ochoco
National Forest. Tasks include Small Sales,
T.S.I., Planting and TRI System Coordination. Suzi is expecting our first child in
late February, the day before the Fernhopper Banquet, so probably won't be able to
attend this year.''
BRUCE WILKINSON muses: "Once in
awhile I reflect upon those days in school
and the great bunch of guys at OSU. Hope
you are all doing fine. New title: Production
Control Analyst. Same company: Rosboro
Lmbr. Co., Springfield. It means a lot more
responsibility but not much more pay. We
would like to see any of you who come
this way. Stop by if you have a chance."
JOEL C. WOODS is "busily engaged in
growing trees and planting trees but welcomes any chance to take time out and
talk to old classmates . .. look forward to
seeing you all."
DAVID E. WORDEN reveals: "I am now
the log and timber sales manager for Weyerhaeuser Co. at Cosmopolis, WA. My wife,
Annette, and two-year-old son, Michael,
have adjusted well to the rainy, coastal
climate. Looking forward to seeing all at
Fern hoppers !"
1969
ORAN D. ABBOTT indicates that he is
working for an engineering firm in Portland.
"My wife and I spend most of our leisure
time climbing, hiking, and backpacking. We
really used the camera. We spent all summer showing out-of-state friends from
army days, the state of Oregon and the
rest of the Northwest-we had a bragging
good time! We are now the parents of a
son-Preston-born November 11, 1972.
The Best of Everything to You for 1973.''
New address: 12730 N.E. Halsey, Portland
OR 97230.
SCOTT S. ABDON notes: "After spending the last three years in Southern California as a Forester and Recreation Specialist with the Southern California Edison
Company , my wife (Gay), son (Joshua) and
I are sure happy to be back in Oregon. I
was recently hired by the State Highway
Division to coordinate the preparation of a
master plan for Oregon 's state park and
recreation system. "
LYLE ANG exc laims: "I don't know
where you found out but I'm a forester on
the Salmon River District of the Klamath
N.F.' '
TOM L. BECK reports: "After 2% years
in the Navy, I am back in Ore9on stu dying
for an MBA in Forest lndustnes Management at th~ Un_iversityof_Oregon while my
wife, Harnet, 1s contmumg her teachmg
career with a position as an elementary
FREDERICK I. CROWE is still working
for State Forestry Dept. in Philomath. "It is
hard to beat the environment or the people
here. My wife has almost completed her
college work, so what the future will bring
is hard to say. Hope to see some of you
grubbies at Fernhopper '73.''
LARRY DHOOGHE asks: "Anyone interested in an all-expense-paid tour of beautiful, scenic southeast Asia? See your Navy
recruiter today! I had mine in 70-71 and
looks like I may get back as I'll be on a
ship out of Long Beach, Ca lif., in 1973.
CUSN, never again!"
W ILLIAM A. DRYDEN is still working for
the State Department of Forestry, but now
as the South Unit Forester in Tillamook.
KENNETH J. FAULK announces a family
addition: Elizabeth, born March 6, 1972.
His new address is RR 4, Box 4628-55, Juneau, Alaska 99801.
JOHN GEYER writes: "Anna, Anita, and
I left the Wallowa Country in September
when I transferred to a recreation position
on Monte Cristo District of the Mt. Baker
N.F. We're both looking forward to learning the Puget Sound and North Cascades
Area in our "spare" time. We'd appreciate
hearing from any friends who are in the
area.'' New address: 6011 60th Pl. N.E.,
Marysville, WA 98270.
HARRY MciNTIRE exclaims: "August 1st,
1972 I became the father of Ryan Curtis
Mclntire-what a ball of joy! Kathe and I
moved to Cottage Grove in June from
North Bend. I'm now looking after the
woods utilization for the western Oregon
region of Weyerhaeuser. If any of you pass
thru C. G. please look us up. See you in
February."
DAVID M. MONTGOMERY asserts: " 1972
was an eventfu l year for the Montgomerys.
We have incorporated the family tree farm
and have dedicated ourselves to a full
time forest management effort. I left Weyerhaeuser Company in April to join my
father and brother in our business. Judy,
Melinda and Michael are doing great. Melinda is in the 3rd grade this year. Michael
is 19 months old, walking and into everything. Hope to see old friends at Fernhoppers.''
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STEVE C. PEDERSEN reports
change from last year this time.''
"no
DAVID C. RUBIN was married April 15,
1972 to the former Linda Bellerby and now
lives at 1916 N.E. Clackamas, Portland , OR
97232.
CHARLES H. E. SMITH says: "Hope to
see everyone on Fernhopper Day! Best
Wishes.'' New address: 107 N. 14th St.,
Manhattan, Kansas 66502.
ELWOOD STARR reports: "I am presently employed as a civil engineer on the
Chugach National Forest, Alaska. I am assigned to the Forest Supervisor's Office in
Anchorage. The U. S. Forest Service is
presently undergoing a major reorganization in Alaska. It appears that the Ranger
Districts will be eliminated and the three
National Forests in Region 10 will be d ivided into a total of five areas for management. Also the " A laska Planning Team"
(Forest Service Group ) has proposed eight
new additional National Forests for Alaska.
Hello to all my friends at Oregon State. "
SAM WALRATH indicated that he is "still
with American Forest Products Corporation,
Martell, California. Present responsibilities
include management of our Bark Plant and
also the Dry Kiln Complex. Am also designing and building a mulch plant that wi ll
utilize all residues not now being used in
the Bark Plant and/or the new Particleboard Plant. Been married 3Y2 years now;
no kids."
W. CAREY WEATHERLY, Cpl., U. S.
Army, has "been holding down a staff job
here at Fort Richardson, Alaska for over a
year. Anxiously awaiting the return to a
flying job with a helicopter unit in Nov. '72.
Will complete my Army enlistment in summer of '73 and return to Oregon with new
son, Casey, born in October."
1970
ROBERT J. CRAIG's new address is 1867
Draycott Road , N. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
JOHN FIRTH reveals that "After a brief
experience with helicopter logging my wife
and I decided to settle down. It happened
Josephine County needed a county forester. The Director of the Forest Dept. is an
OSU grad, Larry Brown '67; we plan on attending Fernhopper Day and seeing the
"old gang.'' Anybody heard from Jim
Blake?"
W. KENNETH GALLOWAY JR. writes:
" I am presently making plans to come to
Corvallis for the big day. Presently I am
Asst. Contract Supervisor for Weyerhae user
Co. , Coos Bay. I h ad a short interim also
as truck foreman. My wife Judy gave birth
to our second child, Anne Rachel. Wayne
Ill is doing great and is showing interest
in Jogging already, at 2 years. See you in
February. "
RYLAND S. HARDMAN notes: " I am still
living in Pendleton and working for the
U. S. Forest Service. But I have a new
address and a new wife since last year.
Any of you passing through are cordial ly
inv ited to stop in and visit us." Address:
2421 S.W. Nye St., Pendleton, OR 97801.
BILL HELPHINSTINE mentions that he
is still working for the Forest Service at
Bear Springs on the Mt. Hood. His wife
Carol is teachi ng at the Wamic Elementary
School.
DAVID KING is now at 717 S.W. 6th,
Apt. 17, Newport, OR 97365.
RODNEY E. MOVE is employed as an
engineer by Willamette Industries Inc ., Santiam Logging Div., Sweet Home, Oregon.
TOM SCOGG INS indicates that he is sti ll
at Astoria working as a forester for the
State Forestry Dept. " I've gotten plenty of
va luable management experience in my
2+ years here and have established the
department's first forest recreation area in
the county. I 'm the on ly bachelor in the
office now, as others are dropping like
flies."
L ARRY G. SEARS reports: " I got out of
the Navy this spring and am now working
in reforestation and silviculture on the
Clackamas R.D. of the Mt. Hood N.F.
Norel l and I enjoy it here very m uch."
MARK SMITH writes: " Dear Rudy,
Th anks for the yearly invitation for that
momentous occasion, FERNHOPPER DAY!
I will certainly try this year to make the
event again. I guess last year I really did
not get a chance to meet everyone, as I
flew up to Corvall is ju st for the day. But I
sure enjoyed Oregon again as well as being
im pressed by the new facilities. So I wil l
have to be there again this year, 1973, just
to meet those whom I did not meet last
time. I am finally returning to the woods so
to speak. At the present time I am being
honorably discharged from the Navy. My
wife and I wi ll be here in Los Angeles for
at least another year. This area is not the
most ideal p lace for a forester, let alone
hum an be ings. The only reason we will be
living here for anoth er year is that my wife
has to fulfill her teaching contract for the
1972-73 schoo l year. Jobs in forest management within the boundaries of southern
California is like trying to find trees; they
are far and few between! Fernhopper day
is marked on my calendar!"
JACK LEE STIVERSON sends "Greetings
from Rawl ins, Wyom ing. I'm with BLM here.
I have a Resource Management Staff position. I h andle the Forestry and Outdoor
Recreation planning on the district. There
are 4% m illion acres in the district. A new
BLM office buildin g was just bu ilt for the
district. We moved in three weeks ago . We
have separate offices and carpet on the
floor, real nice. Before the move we were
located on the second floor of the oldest
office build ing in town·, complete with elevator that took five minutes to reach the
ground floor. I plan to see you all Fernhoppers Day if at all possible."
DOUGLAS ST OUT's new address is P.O.
Box 594, Hines, OR 97738.
GREG TAYLOR says: "Hi Rudy, Great to
hear from yo u. At present I'm a woods
supervisor for a hel icopter logging comp any. See you on Fernhopper Day." New
address: 5162 S.W. Slavin Rd. #66, Portland, OR 97201.
STEVE THOMAS notes: "Th ank you for
the inv itation to the 1973 Fernhopper Day,
but I'll be unable to attend. I am still in
the Navy and after finish ing Officer Candidate Schoo l in December, I will be assigned to Supply School in Athens, Georgia for a six-month period. It will be awh ile
before I'm able to get back to the Forestry
profess ion. Good luck to all the stu dents
and faculty in the upcoming year."
1971
VINCENT J. BRAND writes: "Dear Rudy,
I am looking forward to seeing you and
other Fernhoppers in February. I am presently emp loyed as Logging Foreman for
Boise Cascade Corp. at their Klamath
Basin Operations. I got married last spring
to a 1971 grad of OSU and we're making
our home at 11 31 Cleveland #34, Bend,
Oregon 97701."
JON CHRYSLER, now of the Corps de Ia
Paix, 21 Rue Van Vollen hoven, Rabat,
Morocco, says: "Peace and Salom Alikum."
RICHARD COON notes: " I am employed
by the California Division of Forestry as a
State Forest Ranger I, worki ng as a Battalion Ch ief in Mid-Va lley Fire District, Fresno, CA . I have had this job on ly two
months and am enjoying it very mu ch.
I'm looking forward to see ing everyone on
Fernhopper Day, 1973."
EDWARD A. HANSCOM says : "We've
moved!" New address: 1159 Stevens Rd .,
Eagle Point, OR 97324.
JEROME D. HENSLEY's new address is
Rt. PS, Box 2, Prospect, OR 97536.
KEN HOLT JE is now with the U. S. Forest Service, 633 Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203.
THOMAS HORNER has moved to Kernville, CA 93238 (P. 0. Box 162).
KEN KRAMER reports that "things are
going well in the Kel~o Longview area. Currently I am working as District Engineer at
Camp Kalama of Weyerhaeuser Co. Longview Area. I was married in July to Sandra
McCashey, a Kelso school teacher and
graduate of Eastern Washington State College. Sorry I will not make it back th is year.
Say hi to all."
RANDALL LAU writes: "A loha Dean Kallander. Presently I am fulfilli ng a th ree-year
tour in the Army as a 2L T based with D
Co ., 317th En gineer Battalion, Eschborn,
Germany, j ust outside of Frankfurt. Send
all future correspondence to the following
address as regular stateside mail: 2LT
Randall H. Lau , 576-50-1398, D Co., 317th
En. Bn., APO New York 09757. "
MICHAEL R. LEE requests: "Quit turning
out foresters!!! There are not enough jobs
to go around as it is! Those who are not
veterans can cross off any public agency
for permanent employment! I'm still looking for permanent work! Am also looking
forward to Feb. 24." New address: Rt. 3,
Box 191 0, Sp. 1, Bend, OR 97701.
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ROBERT L. MAGATHAN revea ls that
"since January of 1972 I have been a forester working on the Trask Mtn. Tree Farm
for Wil lamette Ind., Inc. My tasks are
many and I enjoy the cha llenges of each."
STEPHEN R. RODGER notes that he
"expects to complete active duty with U.S.
Naval Reserve in March '73. "
DONALD G. WITTE's new address is
P. 0. Box 121, Lyndon, VT 05849.
1972
RONALD K. BAUGHMAN is "presently
Construction Supervisor for Weyerhaeuser
Dierks Block. Still look to OSU for latest
developments in Forest Engineering. Hope
to visit there soon and move back to the
Northwest before much longer. Give my
greetings to J. O'Leary and Bill Davies."
MICHAEL J. BORMUTH writes: " I am
working for the North Bend Branch of Weyerhaeuser Comp any. If nothing happens to
change my plans I will attend the Fernhopper Day act ivities. My new address:
1542 S. 17th St., Coos Bay, Oregon."
DENNIS M. GOL IK finished his fourth
summe r of fire control work on Malheur
N. F. and is now marking timber on Bear
Valley District. " Next year I plan on smokejumping in Region 4 or Region 6."
RICHARD GUSTAFSON's new address is
now Rt. 1, Box 372, Lebanon, OR 97355.
RON IFF's address is P. 0. Box 864,
McKenzie Bridge, OR 97401.
GARY L. JOHNSON announces: "I am
working as a service forester for the State
Forestry Dept. in John Day. Yes, I made it
back to God's Country and here I hope to
stay." Address : P. 0. Box 593, John Day,
OR 97845.
GARY V. JOHNSON is now at 27228
124th Ave. S.E., Kent, WA 98031.
DAN MAUL 's new address is P. 0. Box
83, Corvallis, OR 97330.
BILL SCHOPPERT reports: "I 've been
working for Weyerhaeuser in Klamath Fa lls
since May 11 , '72. Very satisfied here."
WYLIE SMITH is "now dividing my time
between forest engineering and recreational land developments in western Oregon."
BARTE B. STARKER says: " I am enjoy~
ing my work as a partner in Starker Forests. We are growing more trees than ever.
Don't get as much hunting in as I would
like."
BRIAN L. TUOR notes: "I am presently
working for MacMil lan Bloedel Ltd. in Port
Alberni, B.C. as an Engineering Trainee.
So far mostly just learning how to swing
an axe bru shing trails. Hope to be w ith
you on Feb. 24. If not, b est w ishes for a
happy day and a profitab le future."
ANDY WINKLE is now at 1741 Milwaukee, Boise, Idaho.