Edwin Yorke Wheeler

Background

Wheeler, Edwin Yorke was born on November 18, 1926 in Buffalo. Son of Rowland Vincent and Sybil (Yorke) Wheeler.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1951; Master of Science, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1956; postgraduate, Oklahoma State University, 1960-1966; postgraduate, Michigan State University, 1966-1967.

Career

Manager cost department, Setter Brothers, Inc., Cattaraugas, New York, 1953-1956; division sales manager, W&F Manufacturing Company, Inc., Buffalo, 1956-1958; assistant professor, Oklahoma State University, STillwater, 1958-1967; instructor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1966-1967; associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1967-1972; owner, manager, G-W Lumber Company, Stover, Missouri, 1972-1989; consultant forester, G-W Lumber Company, Stover, Missouri, since 1989.

Achievements

• Edwin Yorke Wheeler has been listed as a noteworthy Forestry consultant and researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Stover Economics Development Corporation, since 1990. With United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO. Member Society Am Foresters, Conservation Federation Missouri, Missouri Forest Products Association, Missouri Cons. Foresters Association (Vice-President since 1988), Natural Areas Association, Stover Chamber of Commerce (president since 1989).

Connections

Married Carolyn Palmer, August 30, 1958. Children: Randall P., Holly V.

Father:

Rowland Vincent Wheeler

Mother:

Sybil (Yorke) Wheeler

Spouse:

Carolyn Palmer

child:

Randall P. Wheeler

child:

Holly V. Wheeler