Robert Lee Izlar

Background

Izlar, Robert Lee was born on December 5, 1949 in Waycross, Georgia, United States. Son of Durham Wright and Marion Ethel (Odom) Izlar.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Forest Resources, U. Georgia, 1971; M Forest Resources, U. Georgia, 1972; Master of Business Administration, Georgia Southern U., 1977.

Career

Teaching fellow, U. Georgia, Athens, 1971-1972; district manager, Brunswick Pulp Land Company, Woodbine, Georgia, 1974-1978; division forester, American Pulpwood Association, Jackson, Mississippi, 1978-1984; executive vice president, Mississippi Forestry Association, Jackson, 1984-1987; executive director, Georgia Forestry Association, Atlanta, 1987-1998; director Center for Forest Business,, Warnell School Forest Resources, U. Georgia, since 1998; forest history consultant, U. Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Delegate IX World Forestry Congress, Mexico City, 1986. Consultant Finnish, Swedish goverments, distinguished visiting lecturer Yale University School of Forestry and Environ.Studies.

Adjunct Professor forest policy Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center. Member U. Georgia-National Science Foundation Long-Term Okefenokee Swamp Ecological Research Team. Consultant forest history, history of Okefenokee Swamp, Station WQED-television/National Geography Society and Turner Adventure Learning.

Adjunct Professor forest policy and law U. Georgia Warnell School Forest Resources.

Achievements

• Robert Lee Izlar has been listed as a noteworthy Forester by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Governor's Rivercare 2000 Commission, board directors U. Georgia Young Alumni Council, 1978-1981. First lieutenant United States Army, 1972-1974, Korea. Lieutenant colonel Reserve, since 1982.

Member Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans, National Council Forestry Association Executives (president 1991-1992), Society.Am. Foresters (Georgia division president 1995), Royal Forestry Society, Commonwealth Forestry Association (honorary secretary since 1977), International Society Tropical Foresters, Forest History Society, Warnell School of Forest Resources Alumni Society (president 1994, Distinguished Alumnus 1997), Jayhole Club (president 1993), Ga.Acad. Science, Demosthenian Literature Society, Huguenot Society of South Carolina., Military Order of the Stars and Bars, Reserve Officers Association, Military Order of World Wars, Military Order of Foreign Wars of United States of America, U. Georgia Alumni Society (vice president 1981-1983, 93-96, 98-), Commerce Club, Gridiron Club, Old Guard, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Shriners, Hospitaler Order St. John, Blue Key, Sapelo Island National Estuarine, Research Advisory Committee Sigma Xi.

Xi Sigma Pi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Mu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Nu.

Connections

Married Janice Elaine Bullard, August 10, 1974. Children: Olivia Frances Tate, Durham Joel Poinsett.

Father:

Durham Wright Izlar

Mother:

Marion Ethel (Odom) Izlar

Spouse:

Janice Elaine Bullard

child:

Olivia Frances Tate Izlar

child:

Durham Joel Poinsett Izlar