forests to New Hampshire farmers and 

 urged their immediate action to de- 

 cide what land to farm and what to 

 convert to forestry. Moreover, he said 

 "... New England has a charm for 

 everyone ..." Three-quarters of a cen- 

 tury later, Peirce focused new atten- 

 tion on our forests and lands because 

 "they are major elements of the state's 

 scenic beauty, recreational activity and 

 rural charm." But he emphasized their 

 economic value as well, thus they re- 

 quire sound management if coming 

 generations are to use and enjoy these 

 resources. He pointed to the Institute 

 of Natural and Environmental Re- 

 sources (INER) as the college admin- 

 istrative unit having major responsi- 

 bility for research on management of 

 farm and urban forests, soils, water- 

 sheds, wildlife, etc. 



K. C. Feltner held the position of 

 Dean and Director from 1979 to 1983, 

 a period in which the Occupational 

 Education Program in the College be- 

 came a department (1982) and later its 

 name was changed to Vocational/ 

 Technical Adult Education. The De- 

 partment of Home Economics was re- 

 named the Department of Family and 

 Consumer Studies. In 1983, the INER 

 was terminated as an administrative 

 unit within the College and replaced 

 by two others — the Department of 

 Forest Resources and the Department 

 of Resource Economics and Commu- 

 nity Development. H. W. Hocker was 

 named chairman of the Department of 

 Forest Resources and E. F. Jansen, Ir. 

 became chairman of Resource Eco- 

 nomics and Community Development. 

 Forest Resources thus consisted of 

 specialists in forestry, wildlife, soils 

 and water resources. At that time the 

 two hydrologists in the Institute joined 

 the Department of Earth Sciences in 

 the College of Engineering and Physical 

 Sciences. Several researchers from the 



Forestry Sciences Laboratory, North- 

 east Forest Experiment Station, Forest 

 Service, U.S.D.A., located in Durham, 

 hold appointments as adjunct profes- 

 sors in the department. D. P. Olson 

 served as director of INER from 1973 

 to 1979 and O. B. Durgin from 1979 to 

 1983. 



Feltner, writing in Research High- 

 lights in 1982, noted that many persons 

 not associated with the University may 

 have a vague understanding of the 

 concept of the present Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. He described it 

 succinctly when he said, "... Many are 

 under the false impression that the 

 Station is a separate activity housed in 

 a single building. In fact, it is a coordi- 

 nated program of research involving 

 scientists, administrators and facilities 

 throughout the College of Life Sci- 

 ences and Agriculture." 



T. P. Fairchild, chairman of the 

 Department of Animal Sciences, served 

 as interim Dean and Director from 

 March to September 1983, at which 

 time S. J. Kleinschuster was appointed 

 to that position. His tenure was short. 

 He resigned in 1985 to accept a similar 

 position at Rutgers University. During 

 his administration, the Department of 

 Animal Sciences became the Depart- 

 ment of Animal and Nutritional Sci- 

 ences. T. P. Fairchild was then 

 appointed Dean and Director. 



In 1987 the Departments of Micro- 

 biology and Zoology became units of 

 the College of Life Sciences and Agri- 

 culture, a move designed to centralize 

 and strengthen the biology program in 

 the College and University. At the same 

 time Family and Consumer Studies, 

 shortened to Family Studies, became a 

 unit of the School of Health Studies. 



Evelyn Handler was the 

 University's first woman president. 



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