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Industrial Forestry Career
Industrial Forestry Career of Paul M. Dunn — printed p. 12 — recorded November 2, 1978 at Peavy Hall, Oregon State University campus, Corvallis, Oregon. Every printed page has its own permanent link.
Jackson, Royal G. and Jennifer A. Lee 1990. Paul M. Dunn. Biographical Sketch and Story of the Adair Tract, Benton County, Oregon. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #02, 2nd printing. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 53 pp
p. 47 = printed page 47 of the original book; the link on each page number is a permanent address you can send to anyone.
Provenance
- From
- #2 Paul M. Dunn
- Narrator
- Paul M. Dunn
- Recorded
- November 2, 1978 · Peavy Hall, Oregon State University campus, Corvallis, Oregon
- Interviewer
- Royal G. Jackson, Jennifer Lee
- Printed pages
- p. 12
- Original
- http://www.nwmapsco.com/ZybachB/Oral_Histories/Soap_Creek_Valley/02_Dunn/Jackson-Lee_1990.pdf
- Accessioned
- From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026
Paul M. Dunn: and there have been many more since. The classes for those three years were mostly veterans. That was the major reason for the increase in enrollment.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: What did you do in 1955, after you ceased being Dean?
Paul M. Dunn: I was offered a position with St. Regis Paper Company in New York City, as Technical Forester, which later was changed to Director of Forestry, then in 1962, I was made a Vice President in charge of Forestry and Forest Lands.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: Did you have any regrets about leaving Oregon State?
Paul M. Dunn: I don't believe I ever regretted leaving, but it was difficult. We were well established here after twelve years.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: Let's see, you had gone from Iowa to Missouri to Utah to Oregon, and now to New York City, is that the right chronology?
Paul M. Dunn: Yes.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: How did your wife feel about that?
Paul M. Dunn: She was enthusiastic because it seemed to be a good phase in my career. She was always interested in my career as we moved through the years to several locations and this was another challenge. Neither one of us knew very much about New York City. I had been through there a few times in my work at Utah State and Oregon State, but we were willing to accept the challenge and we came to enjoy it.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: Were your two sons grown by this time? How old were they?
Paul M. Dunn: Yes, by this time they had both graduated from College. Bob graduated with the Class of 1950 when he was 23, and Jim graduated in 1951 when he was 22.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: Here at OSU?
Paul M. Dunn: Yes, at Oregon State.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: Also in Forestry?
Paul M. Dunn: No, both in Business. Bob finished in the technical minor program, with a Forestry minor. He thought about working with timber interests, but he was offered a scholarship at Columbia University and went on and got his master's degree in Finance there. After his graduation he was offered a position with the U.S. Steel Company in Pittsburgh and accepted it. He is still with the Company. Now, he is the Manager of Sales in the New England area for U.S. Steel.
Royal Jackson / Jennifer Lee: Did they move with you to New York?
Speaker attribution inferred from typography where the printed page prints only Q and A.
How to cite this item
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- As printed
- Jackson, Royal G. and Jennifer A. Lee 1990. Paul M. Dunn. Biographical Sketch and Story of the Adair Tract, Benton County, Oregon. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #02, 2nd printing. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 53 pp
- This page
- Dunn 1990. Industrial Forestry Career, p. 12. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/m02-dunn/industrial-forestry-career/ (accessed 2026).
- Cite this passage
- Dunn 1990, p. 12 — Monograph #02:12
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