Henry Solon GRAVES

Background

GRAVES, Henry Solon was born on May 3, 1871 in Marietta, Ohio, United States. Son of William Blair and Luranah (Copeland) Graves.

Education

Phillips Academy, Andover 1888. Yale College, Bachelor of Arts, 1892. Postgraduate work, Harvard University, 1894-1895.

Honorary Master of Arts, Harvard, 1911. Syracuse University, Doctor of Laws. Special study in Germany, 1895-1896.

Career

Trustee, Department of Parks, New Haven, Connecticut Assistant Chief of Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, 1898-1900. Director, Yale Forest School, 1900-1910. Chief Forester, United States Forest Service, 1910-1920.

Dean, Yale School of Forestry, since 1922.

Achievements

• Henry Solon Graves has been listed as a noteworthy forester by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mississippi Valley Committee (P.W.A.). Served as lieutenant colonel Corps Engineers, United States Army, 1917. Member American Academy of Arborists, Royal British Arboricultural Society, Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society.

Member American Forestry Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Societe Forestière de Franche-Comte de Belfort, and numerous associations for the advancement of forestry and conservation.

Connections

Married Ella Marian Welch, December 19, 1903.

Father:

William Blair Graves

Mother:

Luranah (Hodges) Graves

Spouse:

Ella Marian Welch