T. J. Starker reminiscences 1973 March 8

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T. J. Starker reminiscences 1973 March 8

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Reminiscences of T. J. Starker, 6 pp, 8 March 1973, regarding his career in Forestry in Washington and Oregon.

.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Starker, T. J.

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Starker, T. J. (Thurman James), 1890-1983

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T.J. Starker studied forestry at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) and graduated in the first class of foresters from OAC in 1910. He earned an MS in forestry in 1912 from the University of Michigan. He returned to Oregon and worked for the U.S. Forest Service near Baker and in Portland and for the Western Pine Association. In 1922, he returned to Oregon Agricultural College as a professor of forestry, a position he held until 1942. During the 1930s, he began purchasing cutover timberland in the...