In the death of Eugene Sewell Bruce, June 7, the for- 

 esters have lost a man unique in the history of American 

 forestry, a pioneer builder of forestry in this country, and 

 a wise and practical leader of the profession. The early 

 growth of forestry in the United States was intimately 

 bound up with his practical guidance and wise counsel. 

 Bruce came in contact with forestry during the first work 

 of the State and Government in the Adirondacks. At 

 that time he was recognized as one of the most efficient 

 of the practical lumbermen of the north woods. Twenty 

 years ago, when Bruce abandoned a career rich in prom- 

 ise as a lumberman in private employ, there was a little 

 band of foresters in Washington filled with enthusiasm, 

 but void of experience. Into this band he came, at a 

 real sacrifice to his own financial future, bringing with 

 him a clear vision of better handling of the forests which 

 he loved, and a grim determination to see this better 

 handling realized. His ability to grasp what foresters 

 were thinking about and his intimate knowlege of the 

 difficulties in their path, made his services of inestimable 

 value. He was the necessary connecting link between 

 foresters and lumbermen, and by sm-othing off the many 

 rough points of contact between the two, he led foresters 

 to understand lumbering and lumbermen to apply for- 

 estry. He was quick to grasp the conception of forestry, 

 its place in the ultimate development of the forests and 

 its relation to the practical side of the lumber industry. 

 In those days he was perhaps the one lumberman who 

 saw clearly that the vision held by foresters must scon 

 be realized, and to the realization of this vision he gave 

 the better part of his life. He believed in forestry. He 

 believed in forestry so firmly that largely as a result of 

 his own efforts lumbermen are now practicing forestry 

 wherever Government timber is harvested. To those of 

 us who are still plodding along the trail his loss is soften- 

 ed by the knowledge that he lived to see the accomplish- 

 ment of his aims. He brought his vision down to earth 

 and made it work. 



