Spring trip to Marys Peak, 1923. Students in background: with fry pan, James L. Mielke; Kenneth Murdock; with pipe, Trevor Lewis; with stick, James D. Shaver. At table, Dean G.W. Peavy and H.I. Nettleton. Note circular saw used for stove top.
Thurman James Starker was a professor of Forestry from 1922-1942. Starker taught courses in forest management and silviculture and purchased land during the 1930's which would become Starker Forests. Starker helped Corvallis gain Avery Park and was made a member of the Oregon State Board of Forestry by Governor Mark Hatfield in 1962.