Background
Butler, Ovid was born on July 14, 1880 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Scot and Julia (Dunn) Butler.
Butler, Ovid was born on July 14, 1880 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Scot and Julia (Dunn) Butler.
Bachelor of Arts, Butler University, 1902. Master of Forestry, Yale, 1907.
Member editorial staff, Indianapolis Journal, 1903-1904, Indianapolis News, 1904-1905. Was United States forester, Boise (Idaho) National Forest, 1907-1908. Assistant district forester, Utah, Southern Idaho, 1909-1910, 1911-1914, Montana, Northern Idaho, 1910-1911.
In charge special study Lumber Distribution in the United States, 1915-1916.
Assistant district forester, Arizona, New Mexico, 1916-1917. Assistant director United States Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 1917-1922.
Forester American Forestry Association, 1922-1923, executive secretary, 1923-1944. Executive director 1945-1948, executive director emeritus, from 1948.
Editor-in-chief American Forests 1922-1948.
Member of advisory council National Arboretum. Editorial advising committee American Scholar. Member-at-large, National Council Boy Scouts of America.
American del World Forestry Congress, Budapest, 1936.
Member editorial staff, Indianapolis Journal, 1903-1904, Indianapolis News, 1904-1905. Member of advisory council National Arboretum. Member-at-large, National Council Boy Scouts of America.
Fellow Society American Foresters (president 1927-1928.
Member Sigma Chi, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cosmos, Yale, Wrote: Wholesale Distribution of Lumber in the United States, Retail Distribution of Lumber in the United States (both public, United States Forest Service).
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Married Adele McMaster, November 28, 1908. Children: Ovid McMaster, Elizabeth Anne, Scot.