William Rodgers Pierce

Background

Pierce, William Rodgers was born on August 13, 1915 in Topeka. Son of Robert Stevens and Esther (Rodgers) Pierce.

Education

BSF, University Washington, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1958. MF, Yale University, 1947.

Career

Inspector, Department of Justice-Border Patrol, El Paso, Texas, 1940-1942; inspector, Department of Justice-Border Patrol, Vaughn, New Mexico, 1940-1942; inspector, Department of Justice-Border Patrol, Missoula, Montana, 1940-1942; district ranger, Department Agricultural Forest Svc. Region One, Montana and Idaho, 1946-1955; professor forestry, U. Montana, Missoula, 1955-1981; retired, U. Montana, Missoula, 1981. Expert witness Quinault Indians, Tahola, Washington, 1971-1987.

Computer programmer State of Montana, Missoula, 1981-1985.

Achievements

• William Rodgers Pierce has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Gig Harbor Penninsula Advisory Commission, Gig Harbor, since 1986. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of America Foresters (club and chapter chairman, Golden Member 1991), Gig Harbor Lions, Nature Conservancy, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, fishing, house construction.

Connections

Married Joann Geddes Randall, September 19, 1942. Children: Patricia Martha, John Randall.

Father:

Robert Stevens Pierce

Mother:

Esther (Rodgers) Pierce

Spouse:

Joann Geddes Randall

child:

John Randall Pierce

child:

Patricia Martha Pierce