Background
Beede, Victor was born on December 9, 1886 in East Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Herbert and Caroline May (Coan) Beede.
Beede, Victor was born on December 9, 1886 in East Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Herbert and Caroline May (Coan) Beede.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1910, Master of Forestry, 1912.
1 son, John Knowlton. Assistant secretary, Massachusetts Forestry Association, 1912. With United States Forest Service, Pike National Forest, Denver, Colorado, 1913-1914.
Assistant state forester, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1914-1916.
Secretary, New York State Forestry Association, Syracuse, 1916-1917. Assistant manager, Timberlands Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1917-1918.
Woods inspector and scaler, Brown Corporation, Trois Pistoles, Quebec, Canada, 1918-1920, local manager, Riviere du Loup, 1920-1924, forester, Quebec City, 1924-1931. Instructor and assistant professor of forestry, Pennsylvania State College, 1931-1934.
Visiting professor, Yale, 1934-1935.
Associate professor, Pennsylvania State College, 1935-1937, head, department of forestry, professor forest management, 1937-1952, now emeritus. Chairman, alumni advisory council, Yale School of Forestry, 1941-1947. Member Yale Alumni Board, since 1941.
Vice chairman, advisory council, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, United States Forest Service, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Member Yale Forest School Alumni Association (president, 1941-1947), Pennsylvania Forestry Association (Executive Board), Society of America Foresters (chairman, commission on civil service, Canadian Society of Forest Engineers, American Forestry Association, Zeta Psi, Alpha Zeta, Xi Sigma Pi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Ella Small, June 26, 1912.