contributors to their professional 

 and scientific societies and trade 

 associations as officers, committee 

 members and chairpersons, 

 members of editorial review 

 boards, writers for publications, 

 program chairpersons, and 

 speakers at meetings. Here are 

 some significant examples from the 

 South. 



In Alabama, professor Wilbur 

 DeVall, former head of Auburn's 

 Department of Forestry, helped 

 organize the Alabama State Board 

 of Registration of Foresters in 

 1958. He served as its first 

 chairman and has been a member 

 of the board continuously since its 

 founding. In Arkansas, the 

 University's Department of Forest 

 Resources has been represented 

 continuously on that State's 

 registration board. In other States, 

 faculty and administrators have 

 served frequently on such boards, 

 which are charged with promoting 

 and maintaining ethical standards 

 for professional practice. 



University forestry administrators 

 have often been involved in 

 policymaking for State forestry 

 organizations. The president of 

 Clemson University is an ex officio 

 member of the South Carolina 

 Forestry Commission. The director 

 of the Louisiana State University 

 School of Forestry and Wildlife 

 Management is an ex officio 

 member of the Louisiana Forestry 

 Commission. The head of the 

 Department of Forest Resources, 



University of Arkansas at 

 Monticello, serves on the advisory 

 board of the Arkansas Forestry 

 Commission. At the University of 

 Tennessee, the director and faculty 

 of the Department of Forestry, 

 Wildlife and Fisheries were 

 extremely influential in getting 

 legislation passed in 1984 creating 

 the seven-member Tennessee 

 Forestry Commission. The director 

 currently represents the general 

 public on this policy- and budget- 

 recommending body. In 

 Mississippi, a former director of 

 Mississippi State's School of 

 Forest Resources played a key role 

 in the passage of legislation to 

 create staggered terms for 

 members of that State's Forestry 

 Commission. This has provided for 

 continuity from administration to 

 administration not only for 

 commission membership but also 

 to a greater extent than before in 

 the position of State Forester. The 

 dean of the School at Mississippi 

 State is a continuing member of 

 the commission (Foil, personal 

 communication). 



The work of pioneer extension 

 foresters in Arkansas and South 

 Carolina in helping secure 

 legislation establishing forestry 

 commissions in these States has 

 already been mentioned. 



In the trade association area, the 

 director of the School of Forestry 

 and Wildlife Resources of VPI and 

 SU led in the establishment of the 

 Virginia Forestry and Forest 



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