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ferred to Saranac Nursery, Lolo National Forest, Montana; 
in 1911 to Boulder Nursery, Helena National Forest, Montana, 
and St. Joe National Forest, Idaho; and in 1912 to Boulder 
Nursery, Helena National Forest.” In 1913 he took his present 
position as assistant on the Lolo National Forest in Montana. 
He attends the Congregational church and is a member of 
the Society of American Foresters. 
Albert H. Pierson 
Business address, United States Forest Service, Washington, D. C. 
Albert Halsey Pierson was born October 5, 1877, in East Orange, N. J., 
the son of Albert Fleming Pierson and Adelaide (Decker) Pierson. He 
is the grandson on his father’s side of Albert Pierson and Jane (Arm- 
strong) Pierson and is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. On his mother’s side 
he is the grandson of John Williams Decker, son of Alfred Decker and 
Kezia (Adams) Decker, and Maria Louisa (Haws) Decker. 
He was prepared at Newark Academy, Newark, N. J., and in 1899 
graduated from Princeton University with the degree of B.A. He then 
spent one year in a law office, one year with a business firm in New 
York and about two years at Biltmore Forest School and abroad. From 
October, 1903, to July, 1904, he served as forest student in the Forest 
Service. 
He is unmarried. 
Since September, 1910, Pierson has been statistician in forest 
products in the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
He is a member of the Princeton Club of New York. 
W. Kerr Rainsford 
Business address, 40 Central Street, Boston, Mass. 
Home address, Ridgefield, Conn. 
Rainsford is with Allen & Collens, architects, Boston, Mass. 
Jerome H. Ramskill 
Delta, Colo. 
Jerome Hinds Ramskill was born August 11, 1880, in Chicago, Ill, the 
son of William F. Ramskill and Addie M. (Hinds) Ramskill. On his 


