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Curriculum Vitae View CV as PDF |
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Areas of Specialization 1) Structure and function of natural forest ecosystems, especially old-growth forests; 2) Successional processes and ecosystem recovery following catastrophic disturbances; 3) Effects of changing environmental conditions, such as global change, on forest processes; 4) Application of ecological principles to management of natural resources ("New Forestry,” ecosystem management); and 5) Theory and practice of landscape ecology. Participant in many major scientific and policy analyses of forestry issues at local, national, and global level (see below).
Degrees 1959 B.S. Forest management, Oregon State University 1961 M.S. Forest management and statistics, Oregon State University 1966 Ph.D. Botany and soils, Washington State University 2001 LLD. Simon Fraser University
Professional Societies Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, American Institute of Biological Sciences, British Ecological Society, Society of Conservation Biology, and International Association of Landscape Ecologists.
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Major Professional Positions |
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1986 to present |
Professor of Ecosystem Analysis, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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1993 to present |
Director, Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility |
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2004 to present |
Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant ($6 million/2 years) to plan National Ecological Observatory Network |
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1975 to 1991 |
Chief Plant Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR |
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1975 to 1992 |
Professor, Departments of Botany and Plant Pathology and of Forest Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR |
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1973 to 1975 |
Director, Ecosystem Studies Program, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC |
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1959 to 1975 |
Research Forester, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR |
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Other Professional Responsibilities |
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2007 to present |
Advisory Council, The Conservation Fund |
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1993 to 1996 |
Appointee, Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (congressional commission) |
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1993 to 1995 |
Appointee, Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound (British Columbia provincial commission) |
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1993 to 1994 |
President, Ecological Society of America |
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1993 |
Participant, White House Forest Conference |
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1993 |
Appointee, Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team (presidential commission) |
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1992 to 1995 |
Organizer and Chair, International Long-Term Ecological Research Program |
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1991 to 1993 |
Appointee, Indian Forest Management Assessment Team (congressional commission) |
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1991 to 1996 |
Board of Directors, Ecotrust Inc. |
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1991 to present |
The Wilderness Society Governing Board |
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1991 |
Appointee, Scientific Panel for Late Successional Forest Ecosystem (“Gang of Four”) (congressional commission) |
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1989 |
Appointee, Commission on Old Growth Alternatives for Washington's Forest Trust Lands (state commission) |
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1986 to 1991 |
Scientific Advisory Board, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument |
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1982 to 1995 |
Chair and Network Director, Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program |
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1978 to 1988 |
Board of Governors, The Nature Conservancy |
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1975 to 1986 |
Director, H. J. Andrews Ecosystem Research Project |
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1969 to 1973 |
Deputy Director, Coniferous Forest Biome Project, International Biological Program |
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Major Honors and Awards |
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2006 |
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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2005 |
Heinz Foundation, Award for the Environment |
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2004 |
LaRoe Award for lifetime scientific contributions to conservation biology, Society for Conservation Biology |
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2001 |
Leadership in Action Award, US Chapter of International Association for Landscape Ecology |
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2001 |
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia |
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1996 |
William B. Greeley Award, American Forests Association |
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1995 |
Philip C. Hamm Award, Monsanto Agricultural Co. and College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota |
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1992 |
The George Melendez Wright Award for Excellence, George Wright Society |
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1992 |
Howard Vollum Award, Science and Technology, Reed College, Portland, OR |
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1992 |
Conservationist of the Year, Pacific Rivers Council, Portland, OR |
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1988 |
Olaus & Mardy Murie Award for meritorious government service, The Wilderness Society |
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1986 |
Charles Bullard Fellow for Forest Research, Harvard University |
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1986 |
Barrington Moore Award for outstanding achievement in forest research, Society of American Foresters |
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1986 |
Superior Service Award, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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1972 |
Arthur S. Flemming Award, outstanding young person in the Federal government |
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1971 |
Distinguished Scientist Award, Northwest Scientific Association |
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1970 |
Superior Service Award, U.S. Department of Agriculture |