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COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING |
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INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Continued |
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1997 HONOREES
Dr. Ivar Samset Dr. Samset served as Researcher and Research Leader in Forest Operations at the Norwegian Forestry Research Organization, 1949-1958, and served as Professor in Forest Operations at the Norwegian Forest Research Institute and Norwegian College of Forestry, 1956-1988, and Emeritus thereafter. He has published extensively in his 50+ year career, having several notable textbooks. His strong character and untiring efforts helped propel forest operations and forest engineering to the forefront of academic and applied research and application. He has served in many areas of leadership, and has received numerous honors and awards, including an honorary doctorate from Sweden.
Professor Thomas A. Walbridge, Jr. Professor Walbridge served as staff forester, 1953-1967, Project Director of American Pulpwood Association Harvesting Research Project, 1967-1973, Professor of Industrial Forestry Operations, Department of Forestry, School of Forestry and Wildlife Resources, VPI, 1973-1989, Professor Emeritus, 1989-1997, President of T.A. Walbridge and Associates, 1989-1997. He was instrumental in developing industrial research and promoting mechanization in the South. He has been an avid researcher and author, leader in the profession, and outstanding educator. His efforst helped establish COFE and he has taught and counseled many of the foresters and forest engineers working around the world today. He has made many contributions to forest engineering and has received many honors, but “Doc” is most noted for his genuine love and concern for the profession, for his students, his friends, and his colleagues.
1998 HONOREES
Mr. Benjamin McMillan “Mac” Davis He was born in 1921 in Alabama. Mac received his Agricultural Engineering degree from Auburn University in 1943. He served in the US Army 1943-1946. Much of his career was in all aspects of woodlands operations with International Paper, 1946-1978. He served as logging engineer for 9 of those years. Mac helped develop or developed mechanical unloading, rail woodyard, barge swamp logging, barge woodyard, mechanized systems, and comprehensive logging training programs. From 1978-1981, he organized and managed the harvesting division of the Jari Project in Brazil with over 1500 employees. Currently he heads Systems consultants and fishes in south Alabama.
Dr. Pentti Tapani Hakkila He was born in 1935 in Finland. He received his BF and DF degrees from University of Helsinki and M.S. from Michigan State University. He currently serves as Professor of Forest Operations with the Finnish Forest Research Institute and is semi-retired. Other positions with the Institute included Research Officer, Research Specialist in small-sized timber, Research Professor of Biomass Utilization. He also served as Special Lecturer of Forestry and Docent of Wood Science at University of Helsinki. Pentti has over 266 publications on wood utilization and harvesting. His main research areas have been small-sized operations, residue utilization, wood energy, and thinning systems. He has served on many national and international organizations, and on consultancies all over the world.
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