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| Biography | Carl Alwyn Schenck was born in Darmstadt, Germany in 1868 and studied forestry at the Universities of Tubingen and Gissen. He was granted his Ph.D. in 1894 and was recommended by Brandis and Pinchot to be the chief forester at Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Schenck's arrival in Asheville was revolutionary in that he was the first man in the USA who was a professionally trained scientific forester. In 1898 he helped to establish the Biltmore School which trained students in scientific forestry. He also traveled the USA giving tours and lectures. In 1914 he returned to Germany and served as an officer in WWI on the Russian front. After the war he continued traveling the USA and Europe until he was forced to return home again in 1939 with the onslaught of WWII. He resumed his work and travels in the 1940's and was appointed by the U.S. military government as chief forester of the new American state of Hessen. He died on May 17 1955 at age 87. He is regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of forestry in the USA and Europe. |
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: Schenck, Carl A. (1868-1955) United States Forest Service Forests and Forestry --- United States Forestry and Community Forestry Extension North Carolina Forestry Extension Southern States Forestry Industry Forestry Innovations Forestry Schools and Education Forestry Schools and Education --- North Carolina United States. Department of the Interior Schenck, Carl (1868-1955) |
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Bibliography |
Schenck, Carl A. Address
by Dr. C. A. Schenck. American Forest Congress (AFA Proceedings),
1905. Laxton, Josephine. Pioneers in Forestry: The Biltmore Forest School. American Forests (AFA), July 1931. Frost, S. L. The “Plymouth Rock of Forestry.” American Forests (AFA), July 1950. Darmstadt
Germany. The Biltmore Immortals (Volumes I and II). Printed by L.
C. Wittich, 1953 and 1957. Jolley, Harley E. Biltmore Forest Fair, 1908. Forest History (FHS), April 1970. Van Noppen, Ina and John. Western North Carolina Since the Civil War. Appalachian Consortium Press, 1973. Schenck, Carl A. The Birth
of Forestry in America: Biltmore Forest Clark, Thomas D. The Greening of the South. The University Press of Kentucky, 1984.
Buxton, Barry M. and Gray, Sam. The Great Forest: An Appalachian Tainter, F. H. and Cool, B. M. This Was Forestry in America: The
Biltmore Forest School 1898-1913. Department of Forestry at Clemson University, 1994 (?). Jolley, Harley E. The Cradle of Forestry. Forest History Today (FHS), 1998. Lassoie, James. Roots of American Forestry Education. Forest History Today (FHS), 1998. Earley, Lawrence S. Forestry for the New Millennium. Wildlife in North Carolina, November 1998. Miller, Char and Staebler, Rebecca. The Greatest Good. Forest History Today (FHS), Spring 2000. Chapman, Tamara. Pioneers in American Forestry. Appalachian Life Magazine, June 2000.
The Editors. “Cradle” Remembered at Schenck’s Home. The
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Schenck, C.A. "Forestry Conditions in the United
States." Lectures on Forest Policy.
Note:
The D. H. Hill Library at NCSU has an extensive collection of
materials from Mr. Schenck and the Biltmore School of Forestry. |
| Citation | U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff - Erica Ojermark |