Background
Post, Boyd Wallace was born on October 5, 1928 in Glouster, Ohio, United States. Son of Herbert Dwight and Fern Hazel (Wallace) Post.
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Boyd Wallace Post
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Bachelor of Science, Ohio U., 1950; Master in Forestry, Duke U., 1958; D in Forestry, Duke U., 1962.
Career
Weather observer, United States Weather Bureau, 1948; soil conservationist trainee, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, 1948; firefighting laborer Forest Service, USDA, 1949; weather observer, United States Air Force, 1950; personnel officer, United States Air Force, 1952; assistant ranger, Ohio Division Forestry, 1953; assistant professor, assistant forester, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1959-1967; associate professor, associate forester, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1967-1969; forest biologist CSRS, USDA, Washington, 1969-1980, 80-81; assistant department administrator, USDA, Washington, 1981-1982; program coordinator, USDA, Washington, 1982-1983; forest biologist, USDA, Washington, 1984-1995; retired, 1995. Group leader national resources USDA Science & Education Administration, Washington, 1980. Assistant director Hawaii Institute Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources, Honolulu, 1983-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Co-president Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, N.Va. chapter, 1984-1986. Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Vienna, Virginia, 1978-1983, assistant, 1987-1994, chartered orgn.rep., since 1994, district activities chairman, since 1997. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society American Foresters.
Member International Union Foresty Research Orgns., International Society Tropical Foresters, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Vivian Joan Baker, July 19, 1952. Children: Rebecca Jane, Martha Eleanor, Boyd Wallace, Charles Christopher.
