Volume 6 No. 2 Summer 2006

 
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SFR Centennial Silent Auction

A silent auction will be held during our Centennial Weekend Celebration, April 27 -29, 2007. Silent auction items will be on display in the Forest Resources Building on Friday and Saturday. Proceeds of the silent auction will benefit student activities sponsored by:

American Water Resources Association Student Chapter
Forest Products Society Student Chapter
School of Forest Resources Graduate Student Organization
Society of American Foresters Student Chapter
Tau Phi Delta Fraternity
The Wildlife Society Student Chapter
Xi Sigma Pi Honor Society, Eta Chapter

Please consider donating an item to the auction. Donation suggestions include:

School of Forest Resources memorabilia
Penn State memorabilia
Penn State and School apparel
Gift certificates for restaurants and services
Gift certificates for sporting equipment
Antiques
Travel/tour packages
Theatre/sports tickets
Gift/food packages
Use of a vacation timeshare
Weekend bed and breakfast accommodations
Wood carvings and hand-crafted items
Photos and paintings
Flowers, seedlings, and Christmas trees
Theme baskets

Silent auction donations should be sent to:

Jamie Murphy
114 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-0362
jam563@psu.edu

To be included in the silent auction listing, an Item Donation Form must be received by March 1, 2007.

Donations must be received no later than March 15, 2007.

All donations are tax-deductible and will be acknowledged by letter.


SFR Centennial Registration

LODGING

Blocks of rooms have been reserved at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus and at the Days Inn in downtown State College for the evenings of April 26, 27, and 28, 2007.

Nittany Lion Inn: Double-double, King rooms, and suites available. Cost is $115 per room per night, plus tax, for single occupancy, with higher rates for more occupants. Our personal Reservation Identification Number for the School of Forest Resources centennial weekend is YOR0426. Please refer to this number when you contact the Reservations Department at (800) 233-7505. Rooms in the block at the Nittany Lion Inn must be reserved by March 25, 2007.

Days Inn: Cost is $85 per room per night, plus tax, for single occupancy, with higher rates for more occupants. Our personal Reservation Code for the School of Forest Resources centennial weekend is TREE. Please refer to this code when you contact the Reservations Department at (800) 258-3297. Rooms in the block at the Days Inn must be reserved by March 28, 2007.

To check out other lodging options in the area, go to the Web site http://www.centralpacvb.org/ and click on “Places to Stay” or contact the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau at 800 E. Park Avenue, State College, PA. 16803; local phone: 814-231-1400; toll free: 800-358-5466; fax: 814-231-8123; e-mail: info@centralpacvb.org.


REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Click here for forms in .pdf format.


SFR Outstanding Alumni Nomination Form

Information and forms are available here.

Nomination deadline is September 30.


SFR Alumni Group Board of Directors

Elected at-large members
David B. Lezzer (’00 FORSC) 2007 1st*
(Log Buyer, International Veneer Company)
1899 Silver Road
Wooster, OH 44691
(724) 992-1922 cell
(724) 458-5059 office
e-mail: psu4ster@hotmail.com

Aura L. Stauffer (’89 WLS, ’95g WFS) 2007 1st
(Wildlife Biologist, PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry)
546 Criswell Drive
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
(717) 258-3590 home
(717) 783-0380 office
e-mail: astauffer@state.pa.us

Benjamin G. Tresselt, Jr. ('63 FOR) 2007 2nd
(Consultant Forester, Certified Arborist)
110 Long Bend Beach Road
Hopewell, PA 16650
(814) 652-9150 home
e-mail: btresseltjr@pennswoods.net
spouse: Carole

Thomas H. Yorke (’64 FOR, ’67g FOR) 2007 1st
President
(Hydrologist, Yorke Consulting, Inc.)
5384 Antioch Ridge Drive
Haymarket, VA 20169
(703) 753-0271 home
(703) 593-1706 office
e-mail: TomYorke@RegencyDV.com
spouse: Jeannie

Joseph E. Barnard (’60 FOR, ‘63g FOR) 2008 2nd
(Retired, National Program Manager,
USDA Forest Service)
584 Blossom Trail
Mount Joy, PA 17552
(717) 492-9152 home
e-mail: JBOAERNARD@aol.com
spouse: Phyllis

J. Theodore “Ted” Jensen (’50 FOR) 2008 2nd
(Retired, Sales Consultant, forest products and automotive fire apparatus)
P.O. Box 332
323 Summit Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 887-0118 home
(215) 884-4368 fax
e-mail: JTJPOB33219046@aol.com

Denise Mitcheltree (’94 W F S, ’96g W F S) 2008 1st
(Wildlife Conservation Officer, Pennsylvania Game Commission)
3607 Tamarack Road
Renovo, PA 17764
(570) 923-0311 home/office
e-mail: denise@kcnet.org
spouse: John Wasserman

Gregory M. Schrum (’67 FOR T, ’69g FOR R) 2008 2nd
(Chief, Division of Resource Mgmt. and Planning, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks)
5776 Stillwell Court
Harrisburg, PA 17112-1600
(717) 540-7038 home
(717) 787-6674 office
e-mail: gschrum@state.pa.us
spouse: Judy

David J. Babyak ('71 FORSC) 2009 2nd
(Consulting Forester and President, Babyak Forestry Services)
33 Moretti Road
Indiana, PA 15701
(724) 465-8345 home
(724) 465-8345 office (724) 465-5408 fax
e-mail: babyakforestry@adelphia.net
spouse: Jane

Frank S. Judd ('67 FOR T, '73g FOR R) 2009 1st
(Market Development Manager, Rainforest Alliance)
727 Buckwood Lane
Lititz, PA 17543-8436
(717) 625-4912 office
(717) 371-8778 cell (717) 627-1773 fax
e-mail: fjudd@ra.org
spouse: Mary

E.L. “Dick” Shafer ('56 FOR and ‘57g FOR) 2009 2nd
(Professor Emeritus of Tourism and Environ. Mgmt)
2604 Tall Cedar Circle
State College, PA 16803
(814) 237-6383 home
e-mail: els1@psu.edu
spouse: Rose Mary

Mark R. Webb (’73 FORSC) 2009 2nd
Vice President
(Consulting Forester and Owner, Mark R. Webb and Company)
11021 U.S. Route 6
Union City, PA 16438
(814) 663-5393 home
(814) 663-5393 office
(814) 663-4008 fax
e-mail: mrkrwebb@earthlink.net
spouse: Blare

Immediate Past President, SFR Alumni Group
Lowell T. Underhill ('56 FOR)
(Retired, E. I. duPont deNemours and Co., Inc.)
1002 Weldin Circle
Weldin Woods
Wilmington, DE 19803-3204
(302) 764-8759 home
e-mail: lowell.underhill@verizon.net
spouse: Lois

Director, School of Forest Resources
Charles “Chuck” Strauss
121 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-7541 office
e-mail: chs3@psu.edu
spouse: Carol

Assistant Director for Outreach, School of Forest Resources ex officio
Richard H. Yahner
119 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-3201 office
e-mail: rhy@psu.edu

President, College of Ag Sciences Alumni Society (CAAS) ex officio
George R. Kemp ‘53
(President/CEO, The Kemp Group)
2401 McClintock Road
White Oak, PA 15131-2730
(412) 678-6400 office
(412) 678-5326 home
e-mail: kempgroup@libcom.com
spouse: Ann

Faculty Member, School of Forest Resources
Henry D. Gerhold
(Professor of Forest Genetics)
333 Forest Resources Building
University Park, 16802
(814) 865-3281 office
e-mail: hdg@psu.edu
spouse: Marilyn

Undergraduate Student, School of Forest Resources
Benjamin M. Gamble
(Senior, Forest Science)
125 Amblewood Way
State College, PA 16803
(570) 971-5401 cell
e-mail: bmg180@psu.edu

Graduate Student, School of Forest Resources
Steven D. Mills
(M.S. Candidate, Forest Resources)
236 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-1441 office
e-mail: sdm247@psu.edu

Executive Director
Ellen A. Manno
(Program Assistant)
416A Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-5831 office
(814) 234-8157 home
(814) 865-3725 fax
e-mail: exr2@psu.edu
spouse: Ken

Informational copy of correspondence also to be sent to Jillian Stevenson, director of alumni relations, 229 Ag Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802; (814) 863-7278; jstevenson@psu.edu.

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