Everette Duncan Rast

Background

Rast, Everette Duncan was born on April 24, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Omer Odell and Roberta Margaret (Moose) Rast.

Education

Student, Rhodes College, 1956-1957; Bachelor of Science in Forestry, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1960; Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, Ohio State University, 1970.

Career

Forester, USDA Forest Svc., Corning, California, 1960-1961; timber sale officer, USDA Forest Svc., Corning, California, 1964-1966; researcher Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Svc., Delaware, Ohio., 1966-1987; researcher Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Svc., Princeton, West Virginia, since 1987.

Achievements

• Everette Duncan Rast has been listed as a noteworthy Forest products technologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1961-1964. Fellow Society American Foresters (assistant treasurer 1971, Ohio chapter program chair 1984-1985, chairman 1985-1986). Member Hardwood Research Council, Forest ProductsRsch.

Society Ohio (chairman 1986-1987), Xi Sigma Pi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: softball, volleyball, yard work.

Connections

Married Melinda Lou Miller, June 21, 1963. 1 child, Holly Janine.

Father:

Omer Odell Rast

Mother:

Roberta Margaret (Moose) Rast

Spouse:

Melinda Lou Miller

child:

Holly Janine Rast