Background
Guthrie, John Dennett was born on July 15, 1878 in Charlotte Court House, Virginia, United States. Son of Eppa Dennett and Nancy Katherine (Franklin) Guthrie.
Guthrie, John Dennett was born on July 15, 1878 in Charlotte Court House, Virginia, United States. Son of Eppa Dennett and Nancy Katherine (Franklin) Guthrie.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1902, Master of Science, 1932. Master of Forestry, Yale, 1906; unmarried. Government forestry work in western part of the United States, 1902-1908.
Forest supervisor Arizona, 1908-1917, New Mexico, 1919-1920.
Assistant regional forester, Portland, Oregon, 1920-1933. Liaison officer, 8th Corps Area, Civilian Conservation Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1933-1934.
General inspector Civilian Conservation Corps, Washington, District of Columbia, 1934-1943. Retired, 1943; forest travel in Alaska, Mexico, France, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Scotland, Finland, Sweden.
Commissioned captain, Company C. 10th Engineers (forestry), American Expeditionary Force, June 1917.
Successively with timber acquisition, central France, staff 14th Battalion 20th Engineers, war damages commission, to Rumania, 310th Engineers, North. Russia (captain). General WordPress Richarson’s staff, Archangel, Russia. Honorary discharge, July 1919.
Major Engineers, O.R.C. from 1919.
Delaware to International Forestry Congress, Rome, 1926 Budapest, 1936.
Captain, Company C. 10th Engineers (forestry), American Expeditionary Force, June 1917. General WordPress Richarson’s staff, Archangel, Russia. Major Engineers, O.R.C. from 1919.
Delaware to International Forestry Congress, Rome, 1926 Budapest, 1936.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geographical Society, Society American Foresters. Member Military Order World War, American Legion, Sons of American Revolution, South Carolina.V., Virginia Academy Science, Farm Bureau, Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation (national trustee and vice president), Poe Foundation, Institut Francais de Washington, District of Columbia, Sigma Phi. Clubs: Army and Navy, National Press (Washington), Ruritan.