Pinchot
GIFFORD, forester of the State of Pennsylvania. Born 1865 at Simsbury, Conn., and graduated from Yale in the class of '89. After studying forestry abroad in Germany and Switzerland he became professor of forestry at Yale in 1903. While he held this position he also held office under the United States Government. During Roosevelt's administration Pinchot as chief of the forestry bureau took a leading part in the movement for the preservation of our national resources. He resigned his position in 1911 because of his disagreement with the policies of the Taft administration. Appointed by Governor Sproul in 1920 forester of Pennsylvania.