B.S. Forest Science, 1971
Bruce M. Edwards completed a B.S. in Forest Science at Penn State in 1971 and a master's degree in Forest Biometrics at Colorado State in 1973. He then worked for five years at Potlatch Corporation in Lewiston, Idaho, as a research biometrician, helping adapt and implement computerized stand modeling program for management planning on the 600,000 acres of Potlatch forest in Northern Idaho. He returned to the East in 1978 and worked for three years as a consultant forester with Northeast Timbers Service, Inc., in Hancock, New York, providing a wide variety of forestry services to land owners and forest products companies.
In 1981 Edwards returned to Potlach Corporation in Idaho as a research forester. Two years later he returned to Hancock, New York, this time to Mallery Lumber Corporation, where he held various positions including procurement manager, mill manager, and vice president. During his last two years at Mallery Lumber he managed the Hancock sawmill and all other operations in the Hancock area.
Since 2000, Edwards has been owner of Starlight Forests LLC and operator of a tree farming business. Starlight Forests owns more than 11,000 acres of high-quality timberlands in northeastern Pennsylvania and southeastern New York.
Edwards has been a member of the Society of American Foresters since 1971 and a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters since 1978. He is a member and past director of the Empire State Forest Products Association, and a member of the American Chestnut Foundation and the Pennsylvania Forestry Association.
Edwards has been a Boy Scout volunteer since 1983, and in 2006 received the Silver Beaver Award, the highest award given in scouting for lifetime volunteer services. Since 2002 he has been a member of Hancock Partners, Inc., a group of local businesses created to improve the economic, social, and cultural well being of the local community.
Edward's involvement with Penn State includes membership in the Mount Nittany Society, the Armsby Honor Society, the Nittany Lion Club, A Friend of the Blue Band, and a lifetime membership in the Penn State Alumni Association. He is a member of the Development Committee of the College of Agricultural Sciences, and established a Trustee Scholarship with preference to Forest Science students.
He was one of our School's earliest "pioneer contributors" to the new building project, donating funds for the Edwards Student Center, and he worked hard to convince other alumni and corporations to join this development effort.
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