Fall Barbecue Thursday, October 3Rd, Alumni from the Senior Classes: ’63, ’58, ’53, ’48, and ’43 October 4 & 5 Will Coincide Could Do Alone
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2013 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 219 Bray Hall, One Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210-2785 SU vs. Clemson : : Saturday, October 5 ✹ Meet the New Alumni Director ✹ See page 12 for a complete list of weekend events! See page 3, ESF’s New Alumni Director Named the orchards south of Syracuse. This weekend is also designed for alum- Alumni & Family ni who graduated in a “3” or “8” year to get together for a reunion. Beginning on FALL BARBECUE Thursday, October 3rd, alumni from the senior classes: ’63, ’58, ’53, ’48, and ’43 October 4 & 5 will coincide could do alone. On the back page of this is- will celebrate their reunions. with SU once again! sue is a list of events scheduled for alumni Syracuse offers numerous attractions and parents, and it is hoped that everyone such as the mammoth Destiny USA Mall, can find something of interest. For exam- a nearby casino, quaint villages, and clos- or almost a decade, ESF has of- ple, there is a reception planned for Friday er to campus, there are visits to familiar fered alumni and the families of F night where alumni can get together with The Class of 1972 gathers in Moon buildings and Marshall Street to spark students a special weekend in the Library during the Alumni & Family Fall BBQ weekend. classmates, meet some students and their some memories. New buildings at ESF fall to come to Syracuse and get a taste of parents, and enjoy a beverage or two and worthy of a visit are the residence hall campus life. Mixing Homecoming with then start celebrating their graduation an- (Centennial Hall) and the fabulous Gate- the traditional Parents Weekend, the Col- way Center with an exceptional display lege will once again offer alumni, students niversary. Or, they might want to take in of the Roosevelt Wildlife Collection and and their families an opportunity to mix some local talent at the Coffee Haus in the the brand new College Bookstore. Down- and meet this fall. Happily, this is also the Alumni Lounge which has proven to be town, Armory Square, an area of renovat- weekend Syracuse University welcomes highly entertaining. Saturday, the Syracuse ed buildings offers clubs, restaurants, and back alumni for “Orange Central.” University football team hosts Clemson in music for all tastes. It is an area the stu- Plans for October 4 and 5 put the Fall the Dome in SU’s inaugural game in the dents and alumni love to visit. Barbecue Weekend at a delightful time of Atlantic Coast Conference. The Orange are guided by a new coach and with a lot Hotel rooms have a way of filling up fast the year as early October usually boasts The Friday night reception is the “kick- cool nights, warm days, and the start of of talent on the SU team, expectations are off” event for the Alumni & Family Fall BBQ weekend. during f ootball weekends, so alumni are the spectacular fall foliage season that high. But enough of football, if it is a walk The plentiful food and great company always draws a advised to look at the back page and make large crowd. attracts visitors from many parts of the in the woods that you like, we suggest tak- reservations soon. And speaking of res- country. ing the Lafayette Road Experiment station ervations, you may use the back page to However, there is a lot more to do than tour instead of the game and see some of Questions? send in yours for the package price cov- just look at leaves as the Office of Alumni the young American Chestnut trees being Contact the Alumni Office ering most events. You may also use this Relations and the Office of Student Affairs tested there and demonstrations by the 315-470-6632, [email protected], or form for football tickets. See you in the have combined resources to offer their re- Woodsmen’s Team. You can also visit the visit www.esf.edu/alumni/fallBBQ/ fall and get ready for a fun-filled weekend spective guests much more than either wonderful Syracuse zoo or pick apples in that will create new memories. 1 Where are they now? foot annual timber harvesting program. He laments that on a recent visit to this very same District, “Less than 3 million Dr. Donald Koten board feet are harvested annually due to by Justin Culkowski changes in USFS policies.” Instead of for- esters, the Forest is now staffed by a wide As a teacher, Don variety of specialists. Again, how times TABLE OF CONTENTS taught an impressive have changed. After gaining four years of very practical experience, Don thinks 2 | College President’s Message list of courses. that to some degree, due to his father’s Alumni Assoc. President’s Message vocation, there was a “pull towards higher any faculty at ESF have come to education.” 4 | Annual Department Updates M Syracuse from other parts of the Therefore, following the advice that if country. That is not surprising, but you get a degree in forestry in the West, it 7 | 2014 Alumni Dues for Dr. Donald Koten, born in Normal, Il- would be smart to get the next degree in Campaign Kicks Off linois, what is surprising is the academic the East, he began to apply to eastern for- path that eventually led to a position in estry colleges. Dr. Paul Graves from ESF 13 | Event Photos made it a point to visit Don when he was Forestry. His father was head of the chem- 16 | Shop the ESF Bookstore istry department at North Central College in Oregon and even offered him a part- in Naperville, IL where Don would earn a time job back in Syracuse where he could 17 | Class Notes BA in physics. However, he is quick to add ❛❛I have great continue his education. The plan had Don that, “My interest in forestry was sparked teaching surveying on campus in Syracuse INCLUDED by enjoying a month each summer at my and at summer camp on Cranberry Lake respect for MEET DebbIE caVIness parents’ summer home in northern Wis- while pursuing a Master’s degree. There- consin.” This interest was strengthened Professor Charles fore, in 1961, with his wife, Margo, and ESF’s New Alumni Director when, at only 18 years of age, he bought their daughter, they moved across coun- Page 3 his own 90 acres of forestland on a lake in Lee who was my try to Syracuse and began a long-term re- northern Wisconsin which he sold only lationship with the College of Forestry at eight years ago. major professor. Syracuse University (SUNY-ESF). THE 4TH PResIdenT Using his physics background, Don For the next five years, Don worked SUNY-ESF Presidential Search earned a position as electronic scientist at His guidance and as Dr. Graves had arranged while taking Page 9 the Naval Research Laboratory in Wash- a heavy course load. He says these were ington, D.C. However, after two years encouragement interesting years as he was both a gradu- there, he shared, “I discovered I was not ate student and teacher. Bypassing the BIG CROWD & TRIBUTE a bench scientist.” Therefore, with the were so important Master degree, he would earn his PhD. in Central NY Alumni Dinner Korean War as a backdrop and without 1966. “I have great respect for Professor Page 14 asking for a further deferment, Don was to the completion Charles Lee who was my major professor. drafted from the Naval Research Laborato- His guidance and encouragement were so ry and was promptly assigned by the Army of my PhD. ❜❜ important to the completion of my PhD.” CLass of 2013 in 1953 to serve at the Aberdeen Proving As a teacher, Don taught an impressive Graduating Student Survey Grounds in Maryland as the System Im- Oregon,” so off he went to Oregon State list of courses: surveying, forest opera- tions, management and policy, manage- Page 25 provement Engineer on the EDVAC com- University where he earned a BS in for- puter. This was the first computer that ran ment models, management of the forest est engineering in 1957. For the next four from a stored program. (How things have enterprise, various undergraduate courses years he worked with the US Forest Ser- BOOKSTORE changed!) Quite different from Forestry, in forest management and even portions Don was doing interesting work at the vice on the Umpqua National Forest. He of wildlife management. He added, “I ESF College Bookstore Expands forefront of computer development, and served two different Districts and on the particularly enjoyed teaching a course in Page 27 helped define standards and design of a second District, he served as head tim- advanced forest management to a small replacement computer for the EDVAC and ber management assistant where he was number of students in the Master of For- REGISTER TODAY! also the famous ENIAC computer. involved in timber sale long range plan- estry program.” He was advisor to gradu- After his discharge from the Army, he ning, timber sale administration and lay- ate students focusing on forest operations, Alumni & Family Fall BBQ Form noted, “I heard the call of forestry and out, and appraisal for a 65 million board Please see KOTEN, Page 3 Back Page 2 Alumni News SUMMER 2013 www.esf.edu/alumni STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL College President’s Message | Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr. SCIENCE AND FORESTRY THE ESF Alumni Association, inc. ❛❛...we have been very busy and have received a lot of good news.❜❜ BOARD OF DIRECTORS Preston S.