Background
Gay, Charles W. was born on June 30, 1937 in Tulsa. Son of Charles W. Senior and Juanita T. (Reeder) Gay.
Gay, Charles W. was born on June 30, 1937 in Tulsa. Son of Charles W. Senior and Juanita T. (Reeder) Gay.
Bachelor of Science in Forest Management, Oklahoma State University, 1962; Master of Science in Range and Livestock Management, Oklahoma State University, 1964.
Range research assistant, Santa Rita Explt. Range/United States Forest Svc., Tucson, Arizona, 1962;
range management extension specialist to associate professor, New Mexico State University, 1964-1968;
chief of party livestock development project in Paraguay, New Mexico State University, 1969-1972;
general manager agriculture division, Collier Cobb and Associations/Hudson Farms and Farm Superior vena cava syndrome, Pike Road, Alabama, 1973-1979;
vice president, Gay Sales and Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Tulsa, 1979-1983;
associate chief of party, Adjunct Professor on range management project, Utah State University, Rabat, Morocco, 1983-1986;
research assistant professor of range science, Utah State University, Logan, 1986-1987;
acting department head range scie., Utah State University, Logan, 1987-1988;
assistant to dean for administrative affairs, expert program leader, Utah State University, Logan, 1989-1997;
assistant dean extension & administration, Utah State University, Logan, since 1997. Invited lecturer Bank of America Symposium, 1978, Global Natural Resources Monitoring and Assessments Conference, Venice, Italy, 1989, Icelandic SoilConservation Svc., Iceland, 1989.
Invited visiting scientist N.W. Plateau Institute of Biology, Haibei Alpine Research Station, China, 1992. Co-chairman United States Range Management Task Force/USDA and Mexico's Department Agriculture and Water Resources.
President board directors Nora Eccles Harrison Museum Art, 1994-1997. Board directors USUComty. Credit Union, 1991-1997, Utah Festival Opera Company, 1995-1999.
Trustee, past director Development for the Logan Chamber Music Society, 1988-1989. Chairman joint committee for Mendon Ward, Boy Scouts American, 1989-1990. Democratic Party chairman, Mendon, since 1990.
Member Kiwanis Youth Development Committee, Logan. Member New York Academy Sciences, Society Range Management (secretary, chairman international affairs committee, others), Society American Foresters (chair range ecology work group), American Management Association, Society International Development (mentor), Utah Society Environmental Education, Intermountain Association Environmental Education.
Married Sarah E. Frost Smith, September 8, 1953 (divorced June 1967). Children: Timothy L., Patrick N. Married Louise M. Kiser, December 22.
Stepchildren: Beth L., Richard E. Macatee.