Background
Garratt, George Alfred was born on May 7, 1898 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry Masters and Rebecca (Kerr) Garratt.
Garratt, George Alfred was born on May 7, 1898 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry Masters and Rebecca (Kerr) Garratt.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1920, Doctor of Laws, 1972. M.F., Yale, 1923, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933. Doctor of Science, University of South, 1957.
Deceased 1976); children—Stephen Masters, Rowland Masters. Instructor forestry Michigan State College, 1920-1922. Professor forestry and engineering University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1923-1925.
Assistant professor forest products Yale, 1925-1931, associate professor, 1931-1939, Manufacturers Association professor lumbering, 1939-1955, assistant dean School Forestry, 1936-1939, dean, 1945-1965, dean emeritus, since 1965, Pinchot professor forestry, 1955-1966, emeritus, since 1966, part-time leave to serve as chief division technical service training United States Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 1942-1945. Director Canadian Forestry Education Study, 1965-1971.
Member Connecticut State Park and Forest Commission, 1949-1971, chairman, 1951-1971. Member Connecticut Council Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1959-1971, chairman, 1961-1964. Fellow Society American Foresters (president 1958-1959), Forest History Society (director, president 1970-1974).
Member Society Wood Science and Technology, Forest Products Research Society (president 1948), American Forestry Association (director), Sigma Xi, Xi Sigma Pi.
Married Barbara Julia Lillie, July 28, 1922. Children: Stephen Masters, Rowland Masters.