Thomas H. Cody and Thomas H. Cody, Jr., graduates of the Oregon State College School of Forestry, are standing by the highwheeler during the annual Fernhopper banquet at Peavy Arboretum in the McDonald Research Forest. The Fernhopper Banquets brought together past graduates of the School of Forestry.
Back row (standing left to right): Bill Wheeler, Jim Snodgrass, Bob Wilson, Bob Hostetter, John O'Leary, Ed Pierson, Dan Robinson, Jim Uverholser, Bob Mounterr, Ray Yodor, Casey Randall, Bob Kenniston. Seated (left to right): Harry Patterson, George Barnes, Walter McCulloch, Bill Davies, Harry Nettleton, Bill West.
Seated (left to right): H. I. Nettleton, J. R. Dilworth, W. F. McCulloch, George H. Barnes, W. A. Davies, H. R. Patterson, W. I. West. Standing (left to right): R. F. Keniston, R. L. Wilson, M. D. McKimmy, J. T. Krygier, T. C. Adams, D. D. Robinson, C. W. Dane, R. M. Malcolm, Ray A. Yoder, W. P. Wheeler, Antone C. Van Vliet, Warren R. Randall.
27th Annual Fernhopper Banquet which brought the Forestry Centennial Conference to a close February 21, 1959. Dean E. B. Lemon recieves a myrtlewood bowl, a gift from the Oregon State Fernhoppers.
Governor Mark Hatfield attended the Fernhopper Banquet and addressed the group. He stressed his disappointment with the lack of wooden buildings used by the State in appropriate settings.
27th Annual Fernhopper Banquet which brought the Forestry Centennial Conference to a close February 21, 1959. Head table includes: Governor Mark Hatfield, Secretary Ervin L. Peterson, Dean W. F. McCulloch, and Dean E. B. Lemon.
A. L. Strand and E. B. Lemon in suits in the picnic chow line. August LeRoy Strand served as president of Oregon State University from 1942-1961. Strand helped create the Oregon State College Foundation in 1947 and introduced the idea of an OSU golf course.
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.
