

GRADUATES CLASS OF 1908 203 

GRADUATES HOLDING CERTIFICATE BUT NOT DEGREE 
Chester B. Cox 
Business address, Bureau of Forestry, Baguio, P. I. 
Home address, Santa Maria, Calif. 
Chester Boyd Cox was born September 9, 1883, in Santa Maria, Calif., 
the son of Alvin Warner Cox, supervisor of Santa Barbara County, 
mayor of Santa Maria and a pioneer farmer in the Santa Maria Valley, 
and Mary Adelaide (Powers) Cox. On his father’s side he is of English 
ancestry through Captain Bradford of Plymouth, and on his mother’s 
of Irish and Scotch descent. He has two brothers: Asbury Moses Cox 
and Arthur Elmer Cox. 
He was prepared at the Santa Maria Union High School and attended 
the College of Agriculture at the University of California. 
He was married November 12, 1911, in Manila, P. I., to Miss Ruby 
Lucy Bryant of Santa Maria, Calif., daughter of Emmett Trott Bryant 
and Laura (Sharpe) Bryant. 
Cox is forester in the Bureau of Forestry, Philippine Islands, 
engaged in the beautification of Baguio. In 1908-09 he held the 
position of forest assistant in the United States Forest Service. 
In 1909 he was sent as forester to the Philippine Islands, where, 
from 1909 to I9I1, he was in charge of Bataan and Arayat forests 
and in 1911-12 in charge of the North Central Luzon District. 
His headquarters have been at Baguio since 1912. 
He is a member of the Episcopal church. In politics he was a 
Republican from 1905 to 1911, when he became a Progressive. 
He is a member of the Advisory Board to the Director of For- 
estry, the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo and the Loyal Order 
of Moose. 
Joseph A. Fitzwater 
Sandpoint, Idaho 
Joseph Albert Fitzwater was born March 20, 1884, in Pheenixville, Pa., 
the son of Albert Fitzwater and Letitia (Vanderslice) Fitzwater. His 
father is engaged in the carriage and automobile business. He is the 
grandson on his father’s side of Joseph Fitzwater and Fannie (Penny- 
packer) Fitzwater and on his mother’s side of Addison Vanderslice and 
Caroline (Murray) Vanderslice. He has a sister, Caroline Murray 
Fitzwater, who attended Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, for three 
years. 
