Samuel N. Spring
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Samuel N. Spring attended Yale University, receiving his A.B. degree in 1898; and M.F. degree in 1903 from the Yale School of Forestry after service in the Bureau of Forestry, predecessor to the USFS.
Spring was the first professor of forestry and department chair at the University of Maine
from 1903 - 1905. In 1905, he resigned to return to the USFS as Chief of the Office of Forest Extension. In 1909 he was appointed State Forester of Connecticut and lecturer at the Yale School of Forestry. From 1912 - 1933, Spring was Professor of Silviculture in the Department of Forestry within the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University
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In February 1933, Spring was appointed dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University
, succeeding Hugh P. Baker
who had been elected president of what was to become the University of Massachusetts. Spring was Dean of the College of Forestry from 1933 until his retirement in 1944. On his retirement in May 1944, Syracuse University
conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of laws, henceforth to be known as Dr. Samuel N. Spring.
He died February 3, 1952, in Atlanta, Georgia, at age 77.
Spring was the first professor of forestry and department chair at the University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
from 1903 - 1905. In 1905, he resigned to return to the USFS as Chief of the Office of Forest Extension. In 1909 he was appointed State Forester of Connecticut and lecturer at the Yale School of Forestry. From 1912 - 1933, Spring was Professor of Silviculture in the Department of Forestry within the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
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In February 1933, Spring was appointed dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University
History of the New York State College of Forestry
The New York State College of Forestry, the first professional school of forestry in North America, opened its doors at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, in the autumn of 1898. After just a few years of operation, it was defunded in 1903, by Governor Benjamin B. Odell, in response to public...
, succeeding Hugh P. Baker
Hugh P. Baker
Hugh Potter Baker was a graduate of the Michigan State College of Agriculture; Yale's School of Forestry ; and the University of Munich...
who had been elected president of what was to become the University of Massachusetts. Spring was Dean of the College of Forestry from 1933 until his retirement in 1944. On his retirement in May 1944, Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of laws, henceforth to be known as Dr. Samuel N. Spring.
He died February 3, 1952, in Atlanta, Georgia, at age 77.