64 YALE FOREST SCHOOL 

Crawford is general manager of the American Creosoting 
Company of Louisville, Ky. After leaving Yale he became forest 
assistant in the United States Forest Service, and afterward 
held the positions of chief of the section of wood preservation 
and chief of the office of wood preservation. He was later 
appointed general superintendent of the American Creosoting 
Company and since January 1, 1909, has held his present position. 
He is a Presbyterian. He is a member of the Society of 
American Foresters. 
Samuel B. Detwiler 
Business address, 1112 Morris Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Bala, Pa. 
Samuel Bertolet Detwiler was born September 18, 1881, in Oaks, Pa., 
the son of Samuel Bertolet Detwiler, a physician, and Frances H. 
(Longacre) Detwiler. On his father’s side he is of German and French, 
and on his mother’s of German ancestry. He has three sisters: Laura L. 
(Detwiler) Yocum, Elizabeth D. (Detwiler) Hoar and Bertha L. (Det- 
wiler) Storey; and two brothers: John L. Detwiler and Dr. William P. 
Detwiler. 
He attended no college before entering Yale. He grew up on a farm, 
attending the country school and Phoenixville (Pa.) High School, and 
had two years of office and shop experience after leaving school. 
He was married December 24, 1907, in Washington, D. C., to Miss Kate 
Emily Price of Washington, D. C., daughter of Robert A. Price. They 
have two sons: Robert A. Detwiler, born September 20, 1900, and Samuel 
B. Detwiler, born September 21, 1909. 
In 1906 Detwiler received the degree of B.S. in forestry from 
the University of Minnesota. He was in the employ of the 
United States Forest Service from 1902 to 1907. In 1907-08 
he held the position of assistant professor of forestry at the 
University of Minnesota. From 1908 to 1911 he was forester 
and woods superintendent of the Forest. Products Company, 
Red Wing, Minn., and in August, 1911, received his present 
appointment of executive officer and general superintendent of 
the Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commission. 
He is a member of the Baptist church and in politics is an 
independent Progressive. He was elected to membership in 
Sigma Xi at the University of Minnesota. 

