OSAF Members Recognized as SAF Fellows
Elected to honor members who have provided outstanding contributions to the SAF and to the forestry profession
Fellow | Year Elected | Status |
Ohio Chapter, Cental States Division | ||
William F. Cowen, Jr. | 1979 | Moved to Arizona, Passed 2020 |
Ohio Society (OSAF) | ||
Ture L. Johnson | 1983 | Passed 2001 |
Ovid A. Alderman | 1984 | Passed 1986 |
Irving I. Dickman | 1984 | Passed 1987 |
Donald E. Richter | 1984 | Passed 1989 |
Franklin P. Newell | 1985 | Not currently a SAF member |
James H. Brown | 1986 | Passed 2019 |
Ernest J. Gebhart | 1986 | Passed 2005 |
William R. Lebold | 1986 | Passed 2019 |
James T. Lenox, Jr. | 1986 | Not currently a SAF member |
Garry F. Marcum | 1986 | Moved to Virginia |
Robert A. Nelson | 1986 | |
David M. Bergman | 1987 | Not currently a SAF member |
Everette D. Rast | 1987 | Moved to West Virginia |
David A. Schatz | 1987 | |
Ralph Elmer Hershberger | 1989 | Passed 2007 |
Howard B. Kriebel | 1989 | Passed 2004 |
Robert A. Nosse * | 1989 | Passed 1989 |
John “Jack” P. Vimmerstedt | 1989 | Passed 2021 |
David F. Berna | 1990 | |
Robert B. Redett | 1990 | Passed 2008 |
Dan B. Kincaid | 1991 | |
Lawrence J. Ehlers | 1994 | |
David L. Embree | 1994 | Passed 2021 |
John R. Gerlach | 1995 | Passed 2012 |
William D. Ticknor III | 1996 | Passed 2011 |
Walter D. Smith | 1999 | |
Emmett A. Conway | 2000 | Passed 2009 |
Daniel B. Houston | 2002 | Passed 2019 |
Mark A. Jukich | 2002 | |
Philip S. Perry | 2003 | |
Thomas D. Berger | 2005 | Passed 2018 |
John E. Dorka | 2006 | |
Daniel A. Yaussy | 2007 | |
Peter R. Woyar | 2008 | |
Ronald G. Abraham | 2009 | Passed 2020 |
Roger D. Weaver | 2010 | |
Stephanie Miller | 2011 | |
Lee Crocker | 2013 | |
Kathy Smith | 2014 | |
Dave Apsley | 2015 | |
Bob Boyles | 2016 | |
Rich Cappell | 2017 | |
Mark Ervin | 2018 | |
Jeremy Scherf | 2019 | |
Eugene Walters | 2021 |
* Died after nomination and prior to election.
Originally Fellows were elected by the membership. Beginning in 2006 the District 9 Fellow Committee evaluated and recommended Fellows to National SAF Council, which has final approval.
Updated 11/2021 tlr