Background
Perry, Thomas Oliver was born on May 31, 1925 in Cleveland.
Perry, Thomas Oliver was born on May 31, 1925 in Cleveland.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1949. Master of Arts in Genetics and Physiology, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Physiology of Trees, Harvard University, 1952.
From assistant to associate professor forestry University Florida, Gainesville, 1952-1959. Senior postdoctoral fellow National Science Foundation, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1959-1960. Professor Forestry and Landscape Architecture North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1960-1987, professor emeritus, 1988.
Owner, manager Natural Systems Associates, since 1974. Consultant Central Park Commission, National Capital Park Service. Lecturer at national meetings tree care specialists.
Member City of Raleigh Planning Commission, 1974, 75, Greenway Commission, 1976-1982. Consultant Nature Conservancy on land use history, forestry and natural resource management, member stewardship committee With United States Army, 1943-1944. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of America Foresters (past chairman, tree physiology committee, past member tree improvement Committee), International Society Arboriculture (member editorial board Journal Arborculture), Metropolitan Forest Tree Improvement Alliance (past president), Municipal Arborists Association.
Son of Emmanuel von Betzen and Gertrude Irene (Green) P. Married Hazel Eaton, September 10, 1949. Children: Susan, Beth, Crag, Thomas II, Karen.