A Century of Forest Resources Education at Penn State: Serving Our Forests, Waters, Wildlife, and Wood Industries

Penn State Press

1 INTRODUCTION	1

What Fostered Forestry Education?	6

How Has Forestry Education Influenced the Related Professions?	8

2 PENNSYLVANIAS PIONEERS IN FORESTRY EDUCATION	10

Joseph Trimble Rothrock	11

Mira Lloyd Dock	15

George H Wirt	17

Edwin A Ziegler	19

Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement	120

Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management	121

Wood Products Engineering	125

Wildlife Ecology and Management	130

Fisheries Ecology	132

Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	134

National Park Service	137

The American Chestnut Foundation	139

Joseph S Illick	20

Bernhard E Fernow	22

John A Ferguson	23

Gifford Pinchot	26

3 ADMINISTRATIVE EVOLUTION OF THE SCHOOL OF FOREST RESOURCES	28

4 SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS	34

Victor A Beede	35

Maurice K Goddard	36

William C Bramble	38

H Norton Cope	39

Peter W Fletcher	40

Wilber W Ward	41

Rex E Melton	42

Robert S Bond	44

Henry D Gerhold	45

Alfred D Sullivan	46

Kim C Steiner	47

Charles H Strauss	48

5 STAFF	51

6 FACULTY	54

7 FACULTIES	59

8 ACADEMIC CURRICULA	73

Subprofessional and Associate Degree Programs	76

Curriculum in Forest Science	77

Curriculum in Wood Products	89

Curriculum in Wildlife and Fisheries Science	91

Graduate Degree Programs	93

9 STUDENT RECRUITMENT ENROLLMENTS GRADUATION RATES AND PLACEMENT	96

10 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS	102

11 RESEARCH	107

Forest Ecology and Silviculture	113

Forest Management and Economic Analyses	115

12 EXTENSION AND OUTREACH	141

Current Extension Topics	149

Wood Products Processing	151

Managing Wildlife and Fisheries	152

Environmental Stewardship of Land and Water Resources	153

Forums and Lecture Series	154

Nittany Lion Restored	157

13 ALUMNI RELATIONS	159

14 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ALUMNI AND FACULTY LOOKING BACK	162

Biographical Sketches of Alumni and Faculty by Career Field	165

Forest Management	166

Wood Technology and Industry	178

Parks and Recreation	190

Hydrology and Watershed Management	198

Wildlife and Fisheries	204

Urban Forestry	213

Academia and Professional Organizations	220

Entrepreneurial Mavericks	232

Professional Impacts of the School of Forest Resources	238

Educational Programs	239

Government Agencies Industries Consultants and Communities	241

Forest Resources	244

STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE FUTURE	246

APPENDICES	249

Appendix A 2 Forestry Faculty at Mont Alto Associated with the School of Forest Resources	254

Appendix A 3 Wildlife Faculty at DuBois Associated with the School of Forest Resources	255

Appendix B I Undergraduate Degrees Granted Annually	256

Appendix B 2 Graduate Degrees Granted in Forestry Forest Resources Wildlife Management and Wildlife and Fisheries Science	259

REFERENCES	263

INDEX	267

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Title	A Century of Forest Resources Education at Penn State: Serving Our Forests, Waters, Wildlife, and Wood Industries
Publisher	Penn State Press
ISBN	0271047283, 9780271047287

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