1903 



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HON. EDWARD A. BOWERS, 



SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



HON. EDWARD A. BOWERS, Secretary of the American Forestry Association, who is 

 in charge of the active campaign now being carried on by the organization to extend its 

 membership and influence, is unusually well qualified for this position, both by inclina- 

 tion and experience. He is a native of Connecticut, and received his education at Yale 

 University, graduating from the academic department in 1879 and from the law school in iSSr. 



Mr. Bowers, in addition to winning marked success as a lawyer, has had an enviable record 

 in the public service. In 1886 he was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior a special 

 inspector in the public land service, in which work he was engaged until 1889, when he resigned. 

 On March 31, 1893, he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, a 

 position he filled until June 12, 1895, when he resigned, later being appointed Assistant 

 Comptroller of the Treasury. 



Mr. Bowers has long been deeply interested in the forest problems of the United States. 

 His connection with the public land service afforded him unusual opportunities for studying 

 the forest questions of the public domain. He has traveled in and studied the forest systems 

 of Europe, and has thus acquired an intimate knowledge of the main features of the subject. 



Mr. Bowers has been actively identified with the American Forestry Association since 1889. 

 He was Corresponding Secretary in iSgo-'gi, and has been a member of the Executive Com- 

 mittee and Board of Directors since 1893. In March of this year Mr. Bowers was elected 

 Secretary of the Association, and is devoting much time and energy in furthering its aims. He 

 is a pleasing and convincing speaker, and with his deep knowledge of and interest in forestry 

 is rendering the Association valuable service. Mr. Bowers' home is in New Haven, Conn., 

 where, in addition to his law work, he is a lecturer in forest administration and law at the Yale 

 Forest School. 



