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He was married January 20, 1911, in Eugene, Ore., to Miss Mary 
Augusta Young, of Eugene, Ore., daughter of Carl Henry Young and 
Mary (Blatchley) Young. They have one daughter, Adelaide Emerson 
Starr, born February 14, 1912, in Albany, Ore. 
_ Starr is forest assistant in the United States Forest Service 
with headquarters in Albany, Ore. He entered the Service July 
I, 1908, at that time being stationed in Washington, D. C. 
Since then his appointments have been at Portland, Ore., the 
Cascade National Forest and, at present, the Santiam National 
Forest. 
He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Eugene, Ore. 
He is state fire warden and a deputy game warden. 
Dillon P. Tierney 
Business address, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. 
Residence, 699 Lincoln Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 
Dillon Parnell Tierney was born March 4, 1882, in Farmington, Minn., 
the son of Thomas Tierney and Mary (Sullivan) Tierney. He is of 
Irish ancestry. He has four brothers: Edward, Arthur, Charles and 
Phillip Tierney, and two sisters: Alice and Mayme Tierney. 
He was prepared at the Farmington High School, Farmington, Minn., 
and at an agricultural school, and in 1906 received the degree of B.Sc.F. 
from the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of Alpha 
Zeta. i 
He was married November 15, 1910, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Miss 
Esther A. Day of Owatonna, Minn., daughter of Levi E. Day. They 
have a daughter, Helen Louise Tierney, born February 21, 1912. 
After graduation from the Yale Forest School Tierney 
became forester for the Kaul Lumber Company and was later 
employed in the United States Forest Service. He was then 
appointed instructor in the University of Minnesota, being 
placed in charge of the Forest Experiment Station. Since May 
15, 1911, he has held the position of assistant state forester of 
Minnesota. 
He writes: “The first organized attempt to carry on forestry 
work in Minnesota was authorized by the passage of the 1911 
Forest Law. A few months later I undertook to hold down the 
job of assistant state forester. In this position I have had a 
