Joseph S. Illick (September 16, 1884 - August 31, 1967) was Dean 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., It was advocated for by Governor Frank S. Black, but after just ...

at Syracuse University, from 1944 to 1951. He was a graduate of

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 18 ...

(1907), and the

Biltmore Forest School The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America. Carl A. Schenck founded this school of "practical forestry" in 1896 on George Washington Vanderbilt II, George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North ...

(1913); he studied at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

, as well. Prior to coming to New York, Illick was State Forester, in

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

.Federal Writers' Project. 1939. "Conservation Education". Bulletin 214. Harrisburg, PA: Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Available: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/environmental_education_in_pa/13898/appendix/588419. Accessed: February 16, 2010.

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*The Archives from Joseph Illick's tenure as Dean of the New York State College of Forestry are located in the Archives of the SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry http://www.esf.edu/moonlib/archives/ 1884 births 1967 deaths People from Easton, Pennsylvania State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry faculty Leaders of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Lafayette College alumni Biltmore Forest School Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1880s-stub