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Fred Swanson - 1996 Oral History Interview on the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
After completion of a PhD in geology at University of Oregon in 1972, Fred Swanson began work at Andrews Forest as a post-doc in the IBP era, leading to a Research Geologist position in the Pacific Northwest Research Station. He remained involved…
Susan Stafford Oral History Interview
Susan Stafford came in 1979 to the OSU College of Forestry with a background in statistics and quickly took up leadership of the Quantitative Science Group, the computing system, and information management for the Andrews Forest, leading to…
Phil Sollins Oral History Interview
Phil Sollins received early exposure to ecological research through summer experiences working at Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico, which eventually became an LTER site, during summers of his early years. Then he worked in the Eastern…
Roy Silen Oral History Interview
Roy Silen went to work on the then Blue River Experimental Forest in the year it was established – 1948 – because he had a forestry degree and a background in logging engineering and the PNW Research Station, his employer, had agreed to cut 20…
Jim Sedell Oral History Interview
Born and raised in Oregon, Jim Sedell completed a BA in philosophy at Willamette University and a PhD in stream ecology at University of Pittsburg before returning to Oregon to take a post-doc position at OSU and the Andrews Forest in 1972. He…
Tim Schowalter Oral History Interview
Before coming to OSU in 1981, entomologist Tim Schowalter had been involved with Jornada Experimental Range in New Mexico and Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Georgia, two US Department of Agriculture sites with deep university affiliations, IBP, and…
Andrew Moldenke Oral History Interview
After an academic upbringing with luminary ecologists at places like Stanford, Andy Moldenke found his way to OSU, settled into the Entomology Department and began working on a wide range of topics, teaming up with many ecologists along the way. He…
Russ Mitchell Oral History Interview - Part 2
After growing up in western Oregon with parents who worked for the State Forestry Department, Russ Mitchell arrived at Andrews Forest as a sophomore forestry student at OSU in 1953, the summer when the renaming from Blue River Experimental Forest was…
Russ Mitchell Oral History Interview - Part 1
After growing up in western Oregon with parents who worked for the State Forestry Department, Russ Mitchell arrived at Andrews Forest as a sophomore forestry student at OSU in 1953, the summer when the renaming from Blue River Experimental Forest was…
Ross Mersereau and Ted Dyrness Oral History Interview - Part 2
Ross Mersereau was a Marine and lost a lung during the battle of Iwo Jima, but still managed a career as a watershed technician on Andrews Forest working with Al Levno, Dick Fredriksen, Jack Rothacher, and others. An exceptionally reliable worker,…