Background
Dugan, Richard Franklin was born on July 27, 1916 in Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Ralph and Nettie Frances (Bunnel) Dugan.
Dugan, Richard Franklin was born on July 27, 1916 in Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Ralph and Nettie Frances (Bunnel) Dugan.
Student, Aurora College, Illinois, 1934—1935. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, University Illinois, 1938. Bachelor of Science in Forestry, University Michigan.
MF in Wildlife Management, University Michigan, 1941. Postgraduate in Outdoor Recreation, Texas A and M University, 1967—1968.
Timber surveyor United States Forest Service, Oregon, 1940. With agricultural aide Soil Conservation Service, United States Department Agriculture, Michigan, 1941, biologist-woodland conservationist New Jersey, 1958—1959, biologist-recreation specialist Virginia, 1960—1977. Biologist/recreation specialist West Virginia University, 1942—1957.
Member of Smithsonian Institution, National Audubon Society, American Forestry Association, National Recreation and Parks Association, American Fisheries Society, Wildlife Society, Izaak Walton League (licentiate), National Rifle Association (life), National Wildlife Federation (life), Soil Conservation Society America (life), Lion, Xi Sigma Pi (deacon), Alpha Zeta.
Married Lucile Helen Shoger Dugan, June 19, 1941. Children: Richard, Mary, Phyllis, Carol.