Evening star., 1940-12-21
International Medal
Awarded 10 Pinchot
For Forestry Work
Presentation Comes os
Surprise to Former
S. Chief Forester

Gluord PlncnOJ, former cnle1 1or"
ester of the United States Forest
Service and former Governor Of
Pennsylvania, was accorded inter-
national recognition" for his work
in forestry last night, when ne was
presented with the Sir William
Schlich memorial medal.
The presentation, at the 10th
annual meeting of the Society Of
American Foresters. caught Mr..
Pinchot so completely by surprise
that he was visibly overcome tenn
porarily by emotion.
Mr.. Pinchot was praised by DR..
c. F. Korstian, president of the
Society of American Foresters. who
presented the medal, as "one of our
great pioneers and most distin.
guished leaders In the forestry pro.
fession"
Warns Of Dangers to Forests.
The medal ceremony followed an
address by the former Pennsylvania
Governor during which he praised
the profession of forestry, recited
with pride the great advance it had
made in the past 40 years, but
warned of the dangers still con-
fronting the forests of this country.
Declaring that "devastation Of
privately owned forest lands still
is going on" the speaker recon-.
mended that to stop this" there
should be either Government own
ership or Government control
The Society of American For
esters, he explained, had grown in
40 years from seven men to an or
ganization of nearly 5000.
Roosevelt a Recipient.
The medal received by Mr. Pin.
chot, DR.. Korstian explained, was
founded on an international basis
to perpetuate the memory of the
late Sir William Schlich, famous
British forester, who had distin-
guished service in India and other
parts of the British Empire. Only
previous American to receive the
award was President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1885 II has been
awarded elsewhere to distinguished
leaders in other countries.
| Fire medals of the American For
est Fire Foundation were awarded
posthumously by John D. Guthrie
of the United States Forest Service.
to two Civilian Conservation Corps
enrollees who lost their lives while
| fighting a fire in Toiyabe National
Forest, Nevada. in January, 1899.
The award for James Tippln, II.
| of OsWego. Kans., was received by
Senator Capper of Kansas. rep
resenting Raymond Tippin. the
boys father and the award for
Walter James, 18. of Ridgewood.
N. Y, was received by William G.
Howard. forest commissioner Of
New York, representing the boys
mother, Mrs. Anna James.
Entertainment was provided by
group headed by Edward I. Kotok,
presenting program entitled The
Order of the Cambium Ring"
Charter Members Presented.
! Henry S. Graves. former oean of
the Yale School of Forestry who
succeeded Mr.. Pinchot as chief of
the Forest Service, was toastmaster.
He reviewed the history of the serv-
ice and presented three other char
ter members of the society. Mr..
Pinchot, William L. Hall and Ralph
| S. Hosmer.
/ The annual meeting was to come
! to a close today with discussion of
the subject Regulated Forest Man
agement in the United States" On
I the program we're Clyde S. Martin,
| Tacoma. Wash: c. NJ. Granger,
1 Forest Service; Karl A. Swenning,
Berlin, N. H. Raymond E Kendall,
/ Augusta, Me: Frank Hayward. At
/ lanta. Ga: James w. Girard of the
Forest Service and Walter j. DAM
| toft of Canton, N. c.