Background
Rolfe, Gary Lavelle was born on September 5, 1946 in Paducah, Kentucky, United States.
Rolfe, Gary Lavelle was born on September 5, 1946 in Paducah, Kentucky, United States.
B.S, University of Illinois, 1968; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1972.
With, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1968;
assistant professor forestry, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1972-1975;
director, principal investigator, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1973-1977;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1975-1980;
assistant director, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, 1977-1981;
professor, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, since 1980;
head department forestry, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, 1981-1995;
interim associate director, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1992-1995;
associate director, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, since 1995;
head department natural resources and environmental science, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, since 1995. Consultant Soil and Land Use Technology, Inc., since 1980, Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Pk. Lead in the Environmental, 1981-1982, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 1976-1977.
Consultant environmental education, Urbana, 1976-1981, Rossville, Illinois, 1978. Delegate Conservation Congress, since 1993.
Member Ecological Society American, American Society Agronomy, Association Watershed Scientists, Society American Foresters, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Xi Sigma Pi.
Son of George Washington and Inez (Holt) R. 1 foster son, Terry Edwards:1 son, Cory.