Education
University of Oregon.
University of Oregon.
During the 1930s he oversaw Civilian Conservation Corps programs to preserve totem poles and other aspects of traditional, native architecture. In conjunction with a $24,000 United States. grant to the Alaska Native Brotherhood as a Commodity Credit Corporation project, Forrest oversaw the construction of the Shakes Island Community House and totems at Wrangell, Alaska during 1937-1939. Drawing on this experience, he later authored The Wolf and the Raven: Totem Poles of Southeastern Alaska which went through 20 editions.
He designed the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, the Juneau Federal Building and, with Harold B. Foss, also designed the nearby Chapel by the Lake.
The Elvey Building, on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was also designed by Forrest. Forrest came to Alaska after working in the 1930s in Oregon, where he was the lead exterior designer of Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood.
He is the architect of record of the Oregon State Forester" General’ s Office Building, at 2600 State Saint in Salem, Oregon, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At one time he worked for the architecture group within the United States Forest Service Northwest regional office.