316 YALE FOREST SCHOOL 

Robison entered the Forest Service immediately upon gradua- 
tion and was first assigned to Whitman National Forest with 
headquarters at Sumpter, Ore. In January, 1913, he was trans- 
ferred to the district office. He is now engaged in the retail 
lumber business as a partner in the Sisson-Robison Lumber 
Company at Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is 
a Republican and a Mason. 
Karl Schmitt 
Business address, Andrews, N. C. 
Home address, 181 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Karl Schmitt was born March 28, 1887, in New York City, the son 
of William Schmitt and Margaret (Zaisser) Schmitt. He is of German 
ancestry on his father’s side and of German Swiss on his mother’s. He 
has three brothers and a half brother: August, John and William 
Schmitt, and Max Waldan. 
He received the degree of B.S. at the College of the City of New York 
in February, 1909. Before entering the forest school he was engaged in 
tree surgery for two summers. 
He is unmarried. 
On graduation from the Yale Forest School Schmitt entered 
the United States Forest Service, being located at Erwin, Tenn. 
He has recently been transferred to Andrews, N. C., as forest 
assistant in the Nantahala area, examining land acquired through 
the Weeks Law. 
He is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of the New 
York Athletic Club. 
Will J. Sproat 
Business address, United States Forest Service, Bend, Ore. 
Home address, 1054 Cass Avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Will Jay Sproat was born January 16, 1887, in Grand Rapids, Mich., 
the son of J. C. Sproat. 
He received the degree of B.S. from Michigan Agricultural College in 
Ig1t. Before entering the Forest School he spent two and a half months 
on Gunnison National Forest, Colo., and for the same length of time 
was stationed on Crater National Forest, Ore. 
He is unmarried. 

