Background
Gaskill, Alfred was born on November 6, 1861 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joshua W. and Caroline E. C. (Lippincott) Gaskill.
Gaskill, Alfred was born on November 6, 1861 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joshua W. and Caroline E. C. (Lippincott) Gaskill.
Educated Friends’ schools, Philadelphia. Special studies Harvard, forestry Baltimore, North Carolina, U. Munich.
Nickerson. Superintendent of large glass manufacturing business, Millville, New Jersey, Philadelphia, 1881-1898. Gave up manufacturing to study and practice forestry when the field was new. With United States Forest Service, 1901-1906.
State forester of New Jersey, 1907-1922.
Director State Department of Conservation and Development, 1915-1922. Now retired.
Member Society American Foresters, American Forestry Association, Washington Academy Sciences.
Married Marion East. Nickerson, May 19, 1906.