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Paul
Smith’s
College
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Doug
Brown
Dean
W
illia
m
Rutherford,
Jr.,
Head
of
the
Forestry
D
ivision
of
Paul
Sm
ith
's
College
since
1950,
has
announced
his
retirem
e
n
t
ef
fective
in
M
a
y
at
the
end
of
the
current
academ
ic
year.
A
native
of
M
isso
u
ri,
\T
h
e
D
e
a
n
\
(as
he
is
affectionately
known
to
thousands
of
Paul
Sm
ith's
graduates)
earned
his
Bachelor
of
A
r
ts
degree
at
Central
College
in
Fayette,
M
issou
ri
in
1938
and
earned
both
a
B
a
c
h
e
lor's
and
M
a
s
te
r
's
degree
in
Fo
r
e
s
try
at
the
U
n
iversity
of
M
ich
ig
a
n
in
1940.
Follow
in
g
one
year
w
ith
the
United
States
Forest
Service,
he
entered
service
in
the
United
States
A
r
m
y
from
w
h
ic
h
he
w
a
s
separated
in
M
a
r
c
h
,
1946
as
Captain.
N
e
a
r
ly
tw
e
n
ty
years
later,
he
retired
in
1965
from
the
active
A
r
m
y
Reserve
as
a
Lieutenant
Colonel.
A
fter
three
years
as
a
Forest
Econom
ist
and
M
a
n
a
g
e
r
of
various
forest
projects,
M
r
.
R
u
therford
landed
in
Paul
Sm
iths,
New
Y
o
r
k
in
1949
as
assistant
to
John
R.
C
u
r
r
y
,
forester
in
charge
of
the
U.S.
E
x
p
e
r
im
e
n
tal
Forest
Project
at
Paul
Sm
ith's.
He
resigned
from
that
post
in
Septem
b
e
r,
1950
to
becom
e
head
of
the
college's
Fo
re
s
try
D
e
p
a
rtm
e
n
t
w
h
ic
h
then
consisted
of
3
faculty
m
e
m
b
e
rs
and
approx
im
a
tely
fifty
students.
Under
his
leadership,
the
departm
e
n
t
has
prospered
and
grown
to
become
a
m
a
jor
D
ivision
of
the
College
w
ith
faculty
num
b
e
ring
in
excess
of
tw
e
n
ty
and
w
ith
d
ivisio
n
a
l
enrollm
e
n
t
ranging
between
four
and
six
hundred
students
during
recent
years.
D
u
ring
his
three
plus
decades
at
Paul
Sm
ith's,
he
has,
in
addition
to
his
divisional
a
d
m
in
is
t
r
a
t
iv
e
d
u
t
ie
s
,
ta
u
g
h
t
lit
e
r
a
l
l
y
thousands
of
classes
in
Surveying,
Forest
M
e
n
s
u
ration,
Logging
and
Fo
rest
M
a
n
a
g
e
ment,
supervised
the
m
a
n
a
g
e
m
e
n
t
of
some
20,000
acres
of
college
forest,
and,
at
various
tim
e
s,
served
as
Dean
of
the
F
a
c
u
lt
y
and
C
o
l
lege
R
e
g
istrar.
He
is
the
author
of
num
e
rous
article
s
published
in
professional
forestry
journals
and
m
a
g
a
zines.
Dean
\
B
i
l
l
\
R
u
th
e
r
ford
is
highly
respected
throughout
his
profes
sional
com
m
u
n
ity
as
the
man
who
shaped
and
guided
the
college
Forestry
D
e
p
a
rtm
e
n
t
into
the
prestigious
position
w
h
ich
it
enjoys
in
both
the
academ
ic
and
professional
w
o
rld.
He
is
a
licensed
land
surveyor
and
holds
active
m
e
m
b
e
r
s
h
ip
in
n
u
m
e
r
o
u
s
p
r
o
f
e
s
s
io
n
a
l
o
r
g
a
n
iza
t
io
n
s
in
c
lu
d
in
g
the
S
o
c
ie
t
y
of
A
m
e
r
ic
a
n
Foresters.
Though
he
is
fo
r
m
a
lly
re
tirin
g
from
the
c
o
l
lege
classroom
and
laboratory,
\T
h
e
D
e
a
n
\
w
ill
never
leave
Paul
S
m
ith
's
College
entirely.
He
and
his
w
ife,
Louise,
w
ill
continue
to
reside
in
B
loom
ingdale
near
the
cam
p
u
s
so
that
he
can
advise
and
consult
when
called
upon,
and
perhaps
even
d
e
liver
a
guest
lecture
or
two.
The
Saranac
Lake
M
e
thodist
Church
and
M
a
s
o
n
ic
Lodge
w
ill
continue
to
benefit
from
his
dedicated
service
w
h
ile
he
continues
to
en
joy
life
in
the
great
outdoors
as
an
avid
gardener,
hunter,
and
fisherm
a
n
.
Upon
his
acceptance
of
Dean
R
u
th
e
rford
's
notice
of
retirem
e
n
t,
Thom
a
s
N.
Stainback,
P
resid
e
n
t
of
Paul
S
m
ith's
College,
said
\F
e
w
at
Paul
S
m
ith
's
College
have
signified
the
years
of
service,
leadership
and
vision
that
you
have
provided
the
institution.
The
fact
that
you
have
m
a
intained
an
annual
exchange
of
'C
o
llege
G
reetings'
w
ith
so
m
a
n
y
who
have
graduated
from
this
institution
speaks
m
o
re
c
le
a
r
ly
than
I
could
of
the
relationship
you
have
established
w
ith
so
m
a
n
y
of
our
alum
n
i.
You
have
provided
leadership
not
only
in
the
College
com
m
u
n
ity,
but
also
in
organizations
on
the
local,
regional,
state
and
national
level.
M
o
s
t
ce
r
ta
in
ly,
you
have
brought
m
u
ch
recognition
and
cre
d
it
to
Paul
S
m
ith
's
C
o
llege.\
Bill
Rutherford
poses
for
the
1955
yearbook
picture.
He
was
known
to
his
students
as
“
The
Captain”
Rutherford
Featured
Speaker
at
Maple
Syrup
Conference
A
B
a
c
k
y
a
r
d
M
a
p
le
Syrup
Conference
w
a
s
held
on
Saturday,
F
e
b
r
u
a
r
y
27,
at
the
F
r
e
e
r
Science
B
u
ildin
g
A
u
d
ito
r
iu
m
on
the
c
a
m
p
u
s
at
Paul
S
m
ith
's
College.
The
production
of
m
a
p
le
syrup
w
a
s
presented
from
four
different
v
ie
w
points
by
experts
who
have
had
m
a
n
y
years
of
experience
w
ith
this
\m
o
s
t
delightful
of
all
fa
r
m
w
o
r
k
.\
Dean
W
illia
m
R
u
therford,
the
long
tim
e
Head
of
the
Fo
restry
D
ivisio
n
at
Paul
Sm
ith's,
m
a
de
the
them
e
presentation
under
the
topic
of
P
R
O
D
U
C
I
N
G
M
A
P
L
E
S
Y
R
U
P
IN
Y
O
U
R
B
A
C
K
Y
A
R
D
.
Professor
R
u
therford
has
m
a
n
y
years
of
experience
in
su
g
a
rm
a
k
ing
and
w
a
s
instrum
e
n
tal
in
setting
up
the
college's
sugar-
bush
operation
w
h
ich
has
been
a
very
su
c
cessful
p
r
a
c
tica
l
tra
in
in
g
experience
for
lite
r
a
lly
thousands
of
Paul
S
m
ith
's
foresters.
Steve
Guenther,
an
Instructor
in
the
Forestry
D
ivison,
and
one
who
w
a
s
introduced
to
m
a
k
ing
syrup
at
Paul
S
m
ith's
in
the
class
of
1976,
follow
e
d
with
G
O
O
D
ID
E
A
S
F
R
O
M
T
H
E
P
A
U
L
S
M
I
T
H
'S
C
O
L
L
E
G
E
S
U
G
A
R
B
U
S
H
.
D
a
v
id
Johnson,
an
e
a
r
lie
r
forester
w
ith
the
class
of
1966
at
Paul
S
m
ith
's
and
now
an
In
stru
c
to
r
w
ith
the
Ecology
and
Environm
e
n
tal
Technology
D
ivision,
joined
w
ith
his
w
ife,
Jud
y
,
in
a
presentation
for
beginners
—
M
A
P
L
E
S
U
G
A
R
I
N
G
—
G
E
T
T
I
N
G
S
T
A
R
T
E
D
IN
A
G
R
E
A
T
T
R
A
D
I
T
I
O
N
.
F
in
a
lly
,
to
answ
e
r
som
e
of
the
questions
about
new
procedures
Lew
Staats,
New
Y
o
r
k
State
M
a
p
le
Extension
Specialist,
from
the
C
o
rnell-U
ihlein
Sugar-
bush
in
Lake
P
la
c
id
talked
on
P
L
A
S
T
I
C
T
U
B
IN
G
and
answ
e
red
questions.
D
e
a
n
R
u
t
h
e
r
f
o
r
d
W
i
l
l
R
e
t
i
r
e
i
n
M
a
y
