198 YALE FOREST SCHOOL 

He was prepared at the Wellesley High School and graduated from 
the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1907. 
He is unmarried. 
Rothery is at present junior partner in the firm of Vitale & 
Rothery, landscape architects. He entered upon his present 
position January 1, 1912. While in the Service he held first the 
positions of forest assistant and deputy forest supervisor in 
the Cache National Forest, Utah, and later that of supervisor 
of the Idaho National Forest. He writes: “During my stay in 
Utah (two years), I had charge of winter work in the forestry 
department of the State Agricultural College. Promoted July 
I, 1910, to supervisor of the Idaho National Forest. Fought 
the historical fire of 1910 so that now hell has no terrors for 
me. Had two years as supervisor of the most isolated forest 
in the world and enjoyed it all.” 
Concerning his travels, he says: “I have visited most of the 
western states and regions of interest. Spent the winter and 
summer of 1912 exploring in the Labrador Peninsula on 
snowshoes and dog teams.” 
He is a member of the Society of American Foresters and of 
the Yale Club of New York City. 
He has written: Ranger courses, For. Quart., June, 1909; 
article in Hunter, Trader, Trapper Mag., April, 1913; also 
articles on the Forest Service in the Townsman. 
Edward B. Starr 
Busines address, Forest Service, Schmitt-Hunt Building, Albany, Ore. 
Cornwall, Conn. 
Edward Burgis Starr was born April 29, 1884, in Northfield, Conn., 
the son of Rev. Edward Comfort Starr, Yale 66, a trustee of the Corn- 
wall School and Library, and Emily Amelia (Shew) Starr. He is the 
grandson, on his father’s side, of John Shipman Starr and Lydia A. 
(Lay) Starr, and on his mother’s side of Charles Jackson Shew and 
Martha Delia (Winship) Shew. He has one sister, Mabel Emily Starr, 
and one brother, Charles Comfort Starr, Yale ’ooS., and M.A. 
Columbia ’o2. 
He was prepared at the Housatonic Valley Institute, Cornwall, Conn., 
and graduated from Yale College in 1907, where he received a first 
colloquy Junior appointment and was a member of the Baseball Team. 

