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Gopher Peavey and Alumni Ne'Ns 1956 FORESTERS Annual Publication of the FORESTRY AND LIGNUM CLUBS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ST. PAUL q~ Meet /oe. ( olleJ. Hu /~ "" the ~ Uwd.) /oe /uJpeJ. ta ~ a ~~ . R«;Jd #U>W lutJ, ;ud a ~. 'lfou mu;ld cdJ, him. the ~ ~d~. ,(/J, /oe ~uudd. the ~ica/, ~~we hope ~ '56 q~ · P~ "'~the .. M~ 4<:lwo/, o/ ~' ill fr.cuJ4, ~ad~. - -- ------ --- Ji u ""'"' '1-ed ~ aHd ~#f, Utat ~ <kdicaie Hu 1956 Qorluvt. P~-1'1/u,,uu NU4J' l.o Hu '""4 ~Mu,. ~ Sclwoi oj q.O/i~ 1'//u,,uu 1'/~Utui aHd. aiJ oj ;,t, ~kJU. <Jo Hu local ~ pktwied, /,o Hu ~ a~ Paci/ic NMil..wu.t 'i""""F, aHd. to Schoo/ aL14HUU tlvt.~<Ud Hu 'tfHikd Staie' and Hu ~ ~ e'.t:.k,,d owi CO"'J"~UoH' on t"-u ~CGHi ~~. 'Jtle Widc;o,,,e 'fOU /,o p~Uup il'i tJu pl'od~ "'ihe Q<>p/uvi P~-1'/Li4HUU New&.. 'kid/,, 'I°""' whoLe-/uuukd co ~ aHd. ~, the q~ P~-1'/LIUH#li. NU4J' can /J,ec;o,,,e "" Ut.c'l-ea~ e/Je~ coniaci ~ kiween. ~ aHdd.~'· 'kle a-te ~ oj 'fOWJ, m~ a~ aHd oj Hu Jead.eM/up '!°" h<We ~ owr. lt.apidi'f 'J"U'wiH</ ~· 'kle L~ J<»wM4 /,o ~HY' wd/,, a diony. Mi~ Schoo/ oj q.~ 1'/~m 1'1~ "' ~ J&,~ o/ owr. ~~n, in. duny.~ 4.~enl~m lie4, aHd in con ~ /,o ~ Hu Schoo/ oj q.~. FRANK KAUFERT, DALE PFANKUCK, PARKER ANDERSON, KENNETH JOHNSON STANLEY RINGOLD, KENNETH WINSNESS, HOWARD E. OLSON 3 CONTENTS FOREWORD .............................................. 2 DEDICATION . 3 THE FORESTRY SCHOOL Staff .................................................... 6 Report on the School . 9 CLASSES Seniors .................................................. 12 Juniors .................................................. 16 Sophomores . 17 Freshmen . 18 GRADUATE STUDENTS ....................................... 19 ORGANIZATIONS Forestry Club ............................................ 22 Lignum Club ............................................. 24 Xi Sigma Pi .............................................. 25 Peavey Staff . 26 AWARDS AND HONORS ..................................... 27 ACTIVITIES Cloquet ................................................. 30 Midwest Forestry Conference . 32 Canoe Trip ..............................................34 Christmas Tree Cutting .............. ·....................... 34 Itasca ................................................... 35 Bonfires . ............. 37 Homecoming .............................................38 Convocation . 39 Foresters' Day . .......................... 40 The Classroom ............................................ 47 The Hunters . ........................................... 48 SUMMER JOBS ............................................. 49 ALUMNI SECTION .......................................... 53 Minnesota Forestry Alumni Association ........................ 54 The Alumni Spotlight . .. 55 SAF Alumni Luncheon - Portland . ............ 56 Alumni News Notes ........................................57 Alumni Directory .......................................... 92 THE FORESTRY SCHOOL FRANK H. KAUFERT DIRECTOR 5 THE STAFF FRANK H. KAUFERT DIRECTOR 8.S. Minnesota, 1928 M.S. Minnesota, 1930 University of Holle, Germany, 1930-31 Ph.D. Minnes~to, 1935 LOUIS W. REES RANDOLPH M. BROWN PROFESSOR PROFESSOR 8.S. Naw York State College Forestry, 1923 B.S. Cornell, 1921 Ph.D. New York Stole College Forestry, 1929 M.F. Cornell, 1924 Wood Structure, Mech., Phys., Prop. of Wood Mensuration, Statistics Dendrology, lmp't. Forest Plants J. H. ALLISON PROFESSOR EMERITUS ARTHUR E. SCHNEIDER DONALD P. DUNCAN PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 8.S. Minnesota, 1931 8.S. Michigan, 1937 M.A., American University, Washington, D. C., 1939 M.S. Michigan, 1939 Ph.D. Washington, 1952 Ph .D. Minnesota, 1951 On Leave - In Chorge of Koreon Project Form Forestry, Seeding end Planting Reseorch, Comervation, Reseorch Methods 6 ' HENRY L. HANSEN RALPH H. HOSSFELD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 8.S. Minnesota, 1935 8.S. Idaho, 1937 Ph.D. Minnesota, 1946 M.S. Idaho, 1939 Forest Ecology, Silviculture, Advanced Silviculture, Ph.D. Minnesota, 1942 Seeding and Planting, Itasca Session Research Methods, Wood Chemistry, Finishing, Pulp and Poper, Micro Technique RONALD BEAZLEY OTIS F, HALL ASSIST ANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR B.Sc.F. New Brunswick, 1949 8.A. Oberlin College, Ohio, 1943 M.F. Yale, 1950 M.F. Yale, 1948 Ph.D. Purdue, 1954 Ph.D. Minnesota, 1954 Forest Economics Valuation Forest Management, Forest Policy, Logging, Advanced Forest Economics, Forest Finance Conservation, Research Methods EDWARD SULLIVAN scon PAULEY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AS SOCIA TE PROFESSOR B.S.F. North Carolina State, 1946 S.S. Minnesota, 1939 M.F. Duke, 1947 M.F. Michigan State, 1942 D.F. Duke, 1953 Ph.D. Harvard, 1947 Cloquet Spring Camp Research in Marketing, Forest Management Tree Genetics 7 :·,?... ~,' -- •', .·~.~~~. ·. ·\... '< ... :-.:. .. ~ • - --- >~ ' ---~--~ {{;; :: ' ". :.. ~t:;-..1":. J /1''~ /".f'llYJI . ._., ~·. MERLE MEYER BRUCE BROWN INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTOR 8.S. Minnesoto, 1949 8.S. Minnesota, 1952 M.F. California, 1950 M.F. Minnesota, 1953 Photogrammetry, Forest Inventory, Form Forestry Range Management FRANK IRVING INSTRUCTOR B.S. Rutgers, 1948 B.S. Minnesota, 1949 M.F. Minnesota, 1950 Forest Protection KENNETH WINSNESS WALTER WALLIN RESEARCH FELLOW INSTRUCTOR B.S. Minnesota, 1949 B.S. Minnesota, 1950 M.S. Minnesota, 1953 M.S. Minnesota, 1953 Merchandising and Grading Utiliiotion, Seasoning LOIS WIESEKE (seated, right) GERI TISDELL (standing, left) DIANE DUPERE (standing, center) BETIE RUGG (standing, right) Office Stoff VIRGINIA SIGFRID (seated, left) Librarian 8 REPORT ON THE SCHOOL by Frank Kaufert, Director Either the time between issues of the Gopher Peavey - With regard to staff additions, Fronk Irving, who had Alumni News is decreasing or I am getting older. It does spent five years with the Wisconsin Conservation Depart not seem like a year since my report for the 1955 Peavey, ment since receiving his M.F. in 1950, joined the staff in which was dedicated to Minnesota's forest products indus September to take over the teaching of forest protection tries. The dedication included the following statements. and to work with Professor Hall on hardwood management research. Frank Irving took over the spot vacated when "We salute the Minnesota forest products industries Dick Marden joined the staff of the Lake States Forest past and present accomplishments and look for Experiment Station. Scott Pauley, whose appointment to ward with enthusiasm and confidence to a con the staff was announced in last year's report, is now well tinuation of their progressive leadership in the settled and our forest tree genetics program is in the proc future. ess of organization and establishment. Art Schneider is Through their forward looking program of re still in Korea in charge of the University's program at the search, development, and merchandising the for National University at Seoul. We hear from Art regularly est products manufacturing and ·distributing in and he sends greetings to all alumni. He is doing an out dustries have provided ever-growing outlets for standing job in Korea and there are many fine comments forest products. They have provided the basis on his work from Koreans coming to the U. S. and from and incentive for the tremendous advances in the University staff members who have gone to Korea and field of forestry witnessed since 1945." have returned. As I cdnsidered what to cover in this report, I could not Considerable remodeling has been done during the help but reflect on the significance of this dedication. The past year to make better office space available for staff forest products industries annually play a more important members but these are little more than temporary or role in all phases of forestry. This is certainly evident at emergency measures. The space available to us in Green every hand and has an important effect on our training Hall is simply inadequate to house the School of Forestry and research programs. An increasing number of our at present and this inadequacy will become more serious graduates are entering industry employment. Daily we annually. work with some industry group on research problems in the field of wood utilization, forest management, and Enrollment building products merchandising. During the past year, two companies, one industry organization, and two alumni Undergraduate enrollment during the past year showed now in the forest products industry have provided us with one of the largest increases of any group in the University. funds for scholarships and fellowships. Our short courses fhis increase of about 35 per cent gives us 250 undergrad are sponsored by industry groups and the majority of the uates, which is closer to the number of students we would instruction for these courses is provided by industry repre like to have. We feel that we could readily accommodate sentatives. Also, we are happy to have on our staff on a 300-350 students with some added staff increases. part-time basis a number of industry representatives. Our graduate student enrollment is gradually increasing In view of the growing importance of the forest products and we are obtaining a higher percentage of students from industries to forestry education and other activities of other institutions. We are particularly fortunate in the qual forestry schools the dedication of the 1955 Gopher Peavey ity of this year's group of graduate students. Their research -Alumni News was indeed timely and richly merited. The contributions have been outstanding and vie have never School has greatly benefited from the dose relationship we had