Paul M. Dunn (1898-1988) came to OSU during World War II, working first as Director of the OSU Forest Products Laboratory and later the OSU Forest Experiment Station. The Dean of Forestry from 1942 to 1955, Dunn was instrumental in acquiring the 6,000 acres of forest land from the Camp Adair tract that is now named the Dunn Forest.
Paul M. Dunn served as Dean of Forestry at Oregon State College from 1942 until 1955, when he joined the St. Regis Paper Company. Dunn was instrumental in obtaining the 6200-acre Adair Tract for teaching and research and it was subsequently named the Paul M. Dunn Research Forest in his honor. In 1952-53, Dunn assisted in establishing a school of forest engineering at the University of Chile.