DR. BERNHARD E. FERNOW, 



DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY. 



DR. BERNHARD E. FERNOW, director of the New York State College of Forestry since 

 1898, was born at Inowraclaw, Posen, Prussia, on January 7, 1851. His education was 

 obtained first at the gymnasium at Bromberg, and then at the Forest Academy of 

 Muenden, and finally at the University of Konigsberg, Germany. He came to the United 

 States in 1876, and engaged in business, but later was made chief of the Division of Forestry, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, in 1886, a position which he filled until 1898. In addition to 

 his forest work, he was a constant promoter of all biological investigations leading to a broader 

 understanding of the principles of forestry. In 1883 he was elected secretary of the American 

 Forestry Association, and later also held the position of chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 and finally first vice-president of that organization, an office which he still holds Fora time he 

 was also editor of the Forester, its official organ. The degree of Doctor of L,awswas conferred 

 on Dr. Fernow by the University of Wisconsin in 1897. 



Dr. Fernow T was the first of those now actively engaged in forest work to take up the question 

 in the United States. From the beginning he has been an active participant in the general 

 forest movement, and his work throughout has been characterized by vigor. The New York 

 State College of Forestry has prospered under his direction, and its graduates are found in the 

 service of the national and state governments, private individuals, and lumber companies. 



Dr. Fernow, in addition to his work at the College of Forestry, has lectured on forest 

 subjects in both the United States and Canada. He is a pleasing and convincing speaker, a deep 

 thinker, and ready debater. He has written much on forest matters, and his recently published 

 book, " Economics of Forestry," is a notable contribution to the literature of the subject. 





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