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winter of 1911-12 I was in charge of a correspondence course of 
study. for rangers in Ogden. The spring of 1912 was engaged 
on forest nursery work, timber sales, etc., and the summer and 
fall, mapping, etc., on the Sawtooth National Forest.” 
He is a Progressive Republican. 
Glenn W. Traer, Jr. 
Business address, 8 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IIl. 
Residence, 4363 Oakenwald Avenue, Chicago, IIl. 
Glenn Wood Traer, Jr., was born April 9, 1880, in Chicago, Ill, the son 
of Glenn Wood Traer, chairman of the Illinois mining commission, and 
Ida (Solberg) Traer. He is of Scotch-English and Scandinavian 
ancestry. He has two brothers and two sisters: Charles S. Traer, Yale 
’10S., Josephine Traer, Morton Traer and Elsa Traer. 
He was prepared at the Harvard School, Chicago, Ill, and received 
the degree of Ph.B. at Yale in 1909. He was a member of Chi Phi. 
He is unmarried. 
Traer took the Forestry Course in Sheff and in Senior year 
completed a portion of the Junior Forest School work. In the 
fall of 1909 he entered a law office and also studied at the Kent 
College of Law in Chicago. He entered the coal mining business 
at Danville, Ill., in March, 1910, and held various positions, such 
as engineer, clerk, salesman and assistant superintendent, until 
April, 1912, when a strike amongst the miners of Illinois led him 
to give up that occuption temporarily. He is now assistant to 
the sales manager of A. B. Leach & Company, dealers in bonds 
and securities. 
Alvin G. Whitney 
St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, Alaska 
Alvin Goodnow Whitney was born March 2, 1883, in Hamilton, Ont., 
Canada. Before entering the Yale Forest School he studied at Dartmouth 
College. He entered the School in 1908-09 and took the Senior work in 
Ig09-Io until the spring term and returned in 1911-12 to take certain 
courses. 
He was married July 28, 1912, in Washington, D. C., to Miss Gibson. 
Whitney is located at St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, Alaska. 
He has not furnished any information for this record. 


