Class Photos
Class Photos
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Class Photos 1938 to 1949
1938 Forestry Graduates
Photo taken by Williamson a member of the class. FNR Archives Accession No. FNR.1938.PRI)
Left to Right
Front Row – Young, Walters, Brown, Plumb, Prof. Geltz and son, Kuzmitz, Moore
Back Row – Scatterday, LeMasters, Cummins, Eckert, Gamso, Hildebrand, Guyer, House, Adsit, Liming 
1941 Forestry Graduates
(FNR archives Accession No. FNR.1941.PRI.002)
Left to Right
1st Row – Hesterburg, Fuller, De Stefano, Peterson, Brackman, Park
2nd Row – Kelsey, Britt, Beeler, Manson, Schaich, Winchell, Karr, Shaw, Smith, Bausman, Miller, Blackwell, Bartlett, Scott 
1942 June Forestry Graduates
(FNR Archives Accession No. FNR.1942.PRI.011)
Left to Right
Kneeling – John Van Camp, Bill Culmer, Don Grant,
Sitting – Carl Hoelzer
Standing – Walter McCullough, Larry Schneider, Bill Miller, Wesley Wallace, Dan Goodheart, John Winship, Fred Fahrenholz, Leslie Glargow 
1943 Forestry Graduates
(FNR Archives Accession No. FNR.1943.PRI.003)
Left to Right
Kneeling – Suddarth*, Klein*, Meiners, Corpenning, Brown*
Standing - Fix*, Gaudy, Myers, Abernathy, Shead, MacKay, Boynton, Hutchins, Phillips* 
1947 Forestry Graduates
(FNR Achieves Accession No. FNR.1947.PRI.001.A)
Left to Right
1st Row – Curson, Miller, DeGroot, Sloan
2nd Row – Reed, Treadwell, Singleton, W.T. Johnson, Murphy
"The shorties" – Phil Meinzer, Barbara Cuppy
Back Row – Gavit, Weber, Ball, Caster, Weaver, McVey 
1948 Forestry Graduates
(FNR Archives Accession No. FNR.1948.PRI.002C)
Left to Right
1st Row – Wayne Meek, Fred Whitmore, Robert LaShorne, George Deardorf, Phil Bonnell, Russ Weller
2nd Row – Don Arnott, Ross Anderson, Ed Langton, John Guthrie, Glenn Larie, John Hall, Jim Walsh, John Hillsamer
3rd Row – Bob Hollowell, Tom Curley, Irv Carpenter, Bob Packman, Bob Hitt, Connie Shelland, John Bell, Tom Ferguson 
1948 January Forestry Graduates
(FNR Archives Accession No. FNR.1948.PRI.001)
Left to Right
1st Row (kneeling) – James Newman, Ellison Madden, George Blain, Marion Haxele
2nd Row – B.J. Baker, Richard Prasil, Sherman Oates (June 1948)
3rd Row – C.S. Anderson (Ex), Russell Mumford, Tom Makey, Don Bylsma 
1948 Forestry Students Bottom Row: Bob Mitchell, Lou Simmons, Jack Paterson, Jim Rordon, Bob Nelson, Tom Drake, John Stineman, Claude Curry, Carl Sandford, Dick Burry First Row: (left to right) Dwight Auman, Henry Hays, R.M. Hiatt, P.J. Otterbach, George Korvatch, George Stewart, Art Bloch, Unknown, Bob Gillie, Gene Wilson, Herb Allender, Phil Torrell, Stan Foxworthy, Roger Voyles Second Row: Wallace Disney, Clyde Worrick, Bill Colgrove, Don Howerton, Bob Demoss, Rod Owens, Bill Krayer, Bob Davis, Jim Deane, Bob Klevorn, John Shreve, Sam Williams, Lou Herron, W.C. Tappan, Ralph McClellan Third Row: Don Maguire, Bob Dehls, Ford Critchell, R.D. Johnson, Don Goodwin, Bob Alexander, Glenn Brown, Hugh Jordan, Ralph Milligan, Charley Heavrin, Dick Cook, Bob Walker, Bud Winter 
1949 January Forestry Graduates
(FNR Archives Accession No. FNR.1949.PRI.001
Left to Right
Kneeling – Herb Krauch, Tom Kinder, Wright, Richard Bonnell, Ed Sosbe
Standing – George Atley, Furlow, John Eaton, Robert Perkins, Michel, Woodling, Frank Winston, Larson 
1949 June Forestry Graduates
(FNR archives Accession No. FNR.1949.PRI.002)
Left to Right
Sitting – Clark, Barkeley, Daugherty, Gillette, Stevens, Smith, Hess or Hass, Holt
Kneeling – Marsicek, Grimm, Loftus, Bowser, Fleener, R. Williams, Goodrich, Fritz, Frantz
Standing – Mitchell, Paul Huffman, Jim Bylsma, Tex Eaton, BaRoss (?), Van Matre, Keck, Kirkpatrick, Scholten, Whittern, Meyer, Mooney, Zurney, Cooper, Van Allen 
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