Background
Newlon, Charles Joseph was born on October 23, 1931 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Wilson Earle and Jessie Margaret (McCornack) Newlon.
government forestry official Photographer
Newlon, Charles Joseph was born on October 23, 1931 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Wilson Earle and Jessie Margaret (McCornack) Newlon.
Associate of Arts, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1953. Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Colorado State University, 1956.
Yard foreman Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, South Fork, Colorado, 1956. District forester Colorado State Forest Service, Fort Collins, 1956—1964, marketing and utilization forester, 1964—1967. Research information officer United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Portland, Oregon, 1967—1971, regional public information officer Missoula, Montana, 1973—1974, national public involvement coordinator Washington, 1974—1984.
Director information Eastern Region, Milwaukee, 1984—1988, forest resources liaison officer Broomall, Pennsylvania, since 1988. Volunteer, chairman steering committee Keep America Beautiful, New York City, 1979—1981. Chairman national advisory council 81Keep America Beautiful, 83.
Television host forestry program Colorado State University Outdoors, 1959—1964, radio narrator 100 5-minute programs, 1970—1971. Photographer, editor Greenbriar Civic Association, Fairfax, Virginia, 1975—1982. Served with United States Air Force, 1951-1952.
Member school board Montclair School, Portland, 1971. Chairman Boy Scout Troop Committee, Missoula, 1972, Fairfax, 1975—1976. Member of National Audubon Society (Southeast Wisconsin chairman 1987-1988), Society of America Foresters (Colorado-Wyoming chairman 1965-1966, public affairs chairman Oregon 1970-1971, national education chairman 1979, District of Columbia chairman 1982-1984), American Forestry Association, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Barbara Jean Jones Newlon, June 1, 1957. Children: Douglas Wilson, Kathryn Lynn Sonnenfeld.