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COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING |
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INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Continued |
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2006 HONOREE
ALEX SINCLAIR Alex Sinclair has had a long and distinguished career in the forest industry, including 28 years at FERIC, primarily in leadership roles. Prior to FERIC, he was with Canadian Forest Products for 7 years, conducting logging operations research and also spending time working for logging equipment distributors. 2007 HONOREE
ALFRED LESLIE Mr. Leslie was born in 1921 and graduated from the School of Forestry, Creswick, Victoria, Australia in 1941. He spent a period in the Second World War in active service in submarines in the Pacific theatre and was wounded whilst gunnery officer during an air attack on his vessel. He then served with the Forests Commission and APM Forests Pty. Ltd. before being appointed Lecturer in Forest Management at the University of Melbourne in 1958. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1962 and graduated to a Master of Science in Forestry in 1963. He taught at the University of Ibadan from 1962-64 and was Reader at the School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, from 1974-77. He served with the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations for various periods, rising to become Director of the Forest Industries Division at the time of his so-called retirement in 1981. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Foresters of Australia and past President of the International Union of Societies of Foresters. He has continued to be active in consultancy work in many developing countries and has contributed greatly to the standing of Australian forestry throughout the world.
2008 HONOREES
JOHN GARLAND John Garland has degrees from Oregon State University and the University of Minnesota. He received his PhD from OSU, where he served as a Professor and Timber Harvesting Specialist until his retirement in 2006. In his position at OSU, John became a leader in providing service programs to the logging community. John’s service extended far beyond Oregon and the West Coast. John has served in numerous positions on a national and international level. The innovative programs John developed at OSU have been recognized with a national Technology Transfer and Extension Award from the Society of American Foresters, various regional Extension awards, and special recognition from organizations such as Associated Oregon Loggers.
JACK WARREN Jack Warren has both a BS and a Master of Forestry from the University of Georgia. Jack was an Extension Timber Harvesting Specialist at the University of Georgia from 1966 to 1974. Jack was a leader in developing extension programs for the logging industry in the Southern United States. Building on his extension experience, Jack became the Director of the Forestry and Harvesting Training Center, which provided training opportunities in Forest Engineering for industrial foresters, equipment company representatives, and university faculty from across the US and many foreign countries. In 1982, Jack assumed the leadership position of the Forest Landowners Association, where he continued to lead in providing information on innovative forest engineering activities to the forest owners of the United States until his retirement.
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