Davis, Kenneth P. (Kenneth Pickett), 1906-

Chief, Division of Forest Management Research, U.S. Forest Service; dean, School of Forestry, University of Montana; chairman, Department of Forestry, University of Michigan; professor of forest land use, Yale University; member of Michigan State Board of Registration of Foresters; and council member, vice-president, and president of the Society of American Foresters.

Kenneth P. Davis was born September 2, 1906 in Denver Colorado. He received his B.S.F. degree from Montana State University in 1928, then worked as a forest ranger with the U.S. Forest Service from 1928 to 1931. He returned to school receiving his master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1932. From 1933 to 1933, he was a silviculture researcher with the Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. In 1940, he received his doctorate from the University of Michigan. From 1940 to 1943, he was assistant chief in the division of forest management research of the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C. He was chief of the division 1944-1945.

In 1945 Davis was appointed dean of the School of Forestry at Montana State University, a position he held until 1949, when he returned to the University of Michigan as professor of forest management. He was appointed chairman of the forestry department in 1950. In 1965 Davis was made acting dean of the School of Natural Resources, and served in that position for one year until a permanent dean was chosen. He remained at the U-M until 1967 when he became professor of forest land use at Yale School of Forestry.

Davis held high positions in the Society of American Foresters, as council member, vice-president, and president. He was also a member of the Michigan State Board of Registration of Foresters. Davis died on November 29, 1982.