Outstanding Alumni Awards

The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding alumni and to foster closer relationships between the award recipients and students, faculty, staff, and other alumni. All alumni of the School of Forest Resources and successor Department of Ecosystem Science and Management are eligible. This includes graduates of all associate, baccalaureate, master's, and Ph.D. programs. Also eligible are graduates of Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs (IGDPs) who were advised by a faculty member in the School of Forest Resources or successor Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. Awards may be made posthumously. The Outstanding Recent Alumni Award is designated for alumni who have graduated within the previous 10 years. Nominations are due September 30.

For information about the awards:
Outstanding Alumni Award  
Outstanding Recent Alumni Award

Nomination forms:
Outstanding Alumni Nomination Form (PDF)
Online Outstanding Alumni Nomination Form

The first recipients of the School of Forest Resources Outstanding Alumni Awards were honored in 2001, and the first recipient of the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award was honored in 2003. The recipients of these awards to date (and the degrees they earned from Penn State's School of Forest Resources and successor Department of Ecosystem Science and Management) are listed below. Click on each for a photo and biosketch.

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