Samuel Newton Spring (February 5, 1875 in

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– February 3, 1952 in

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) attended Yale University, receiving his A.B. degree in 1898; and M.F. degree in 1903 from the

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after service in the Bureau of Forestry, predecessor to the

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. Spring was the first Professor of Forestry and department chair at the

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from 1903 to 1905. In 1905, he resigned to return to the

as Chief of the Office of Forest Extension. In 1909 he was appointed State Forester of Connecticut and lecturer at the

. From 1912 - 1933, Spring was Professor of Silviculture in the Department of Forestry within the

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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

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. Spring was Dean of the College of Forestry from 1933 until his retirement in 1944. On his retirement in May 1944,

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conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (

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); he was henceforth known as Dr. Samuel N. Spring. He died February 3, 1952, in Atlanta, Georgia, at age 77."In Remembrance of Samuel N. Spring," ''The Maine Forester'', April 1952, p. 11
Accessed: January 16, 2013.

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*The Archives from Samuel Spring'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/ 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 New York State College of Forestry Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies alumni American foresters Cornell University faculty University of Maine faculty 1875 births 1952 deaths People from Sioux City, Iowa People from Atlanta Forestry academics Scientists from New York (state) {{forester-stub

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