Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award
The Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award recognizes and honors exceptional service to the Forest Products Society by an individual member. The Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award is presented annually in memory of Fred W. Gottschalk, the first President of the Forest Products Society who died in a plane crash in Salt Lake City in 1965.
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Fred W. Gottschalk graduated from Iowa State College with a B.S. in Lumber Marketing in 1933. He later received a Master’s Degree in Forest Products from Yale. At the time of his death, he was head of the research/marketing section of Potlatch Forests in Lewiston, Idaho. Previously, he had been employed with the American Lumber Treating Company and was the President of MacIntosh and Truman, a Seattle-based wood engineering firm. |
The Award is supported by funds from the Society’s general operations and consists of an engraved plaque and complimentary registration to the Annual Meeting for the winner and their spouse. The Award is presented during the Official Luncheon at the International Convention.
Winners of the Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award
Doug Stokke (left) accepted the prestigious Gottschalk Award from
John Shelly, Chair of the 2009 Gottschalk Award Judging Committee.
- 2009 Douglas D. Stokke, Senior Lecturer, Iowa State University and Principal Consultant, Midwest Fiber Consultants, Story City, IA
- 2008 Chung-Yun Hse, Principal Wood Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA
- 2007 George Woodson, Business Technical Manager, Flakeboard Company, Louisiana Particleboard Plant, Simsboro, LA
- 2006 Barry S. Goodell, Professor, University of Maine, Orono, ME
- 2005 John E. Phelps, Professor and Chair, Department of Forestry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
- 2004 Poo Chow, Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
- 2003 Fred M. Lamb, Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- 2002 H. Michael Barnes, Professor, Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
- 2001 Howard Rosen, Research General Engineer, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC
- 2000 James W. Funck, Associate Professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
- 1999 Norman P. Kutscha, Research Scientist, Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA
- 1998 James Granskog, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans, LA
- 1997 Carl Jansen, Owner, Search North America, Inc., Sunriver, OR
- 1996 John F. Senft, Associate Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 1995 Gilbert L. Comstock, R&D Director, Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, WA
- 1994 Peter Koch, President, Wood Science Laboratory, Inc., Corvallis, MT
- 1993 Eugene M. Wengert, Professor and Extension Forestry Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
- 1992 Otto Suchsland, Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 1991 Wayne K. Murphey, Principal Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service Cooperative State Research Service, Washington, DC
- 1990 Arno Lessheim, President, Arnopallet Company, Bedford, IN
- 1989 Donald R. McGillivray, Consultant, D.G Bell & Associates, Inc., Ottawa, ON
- 1988 Ali Moslemi, Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
- 1987 Donald H. Percival, Research Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
- 1986 Joseph R. Saucier, Project Leader, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Athens, GA
- 1985 Ed Kallio, retired, North Central Forest Experiment Station, Duluth, MN
- 1984 Michael O. Hunt, Professor and Director of the Wood Research Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 1983 Charles W. McMillin, Principal Wood Scientist, USDA Southern Forest Experiment Station, Pineville, LA
- 1982 Harold E. Worth, retired, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO
- 1981 Don Burnet, Technical Director, Crown Zellerbach Paper Co., Camus, WA
- 1980 Jerome F. Saeman, Deputy Director, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- 1979 Terry Sellers, Jr., Marketing Manager, Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL
- 1978 Dwight W. Bensend, retired, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- 1977 Warren S. Thompson, Director, Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
- 1976 John B. Grantham, Assistant Director, Pacific Northwest Forest & Range Experiment Station, Seattle, WA
- 1975 Duncan R. Young, President, DHYM Limited, Likskeard, ON, Canada
- 1974 Charles P. Berolzheimer, Research Director, California Cedar Products Company, Stockton, CA
- 1973 Milton and Jean Mater, Owners, Mater Engineering, Corvallis, OR
- 1972 Richard F. Blomquist, Project Leader, USDA Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Athens, GA
- 1971 James L. Love, President, Love Wood Products Company, Diboll, TX
- 1970 Ed M. Conway, President, Conway Corporation, Grand Rapids, MI
- 1969 Frank T. Parrish, retired, Heywood-Wakefield Company, Gardner, MA
- 1968 Wayne C. Lewis, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- 1967 Walton R. Smith, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, NC
- 1966 Colonel J.H. Jenkins, Director, Forest Products Laboratories of Canada
To be eligible for nomination, the candidate must have been an active member of the Society for a minimum of 10 years with a demonstrable history of service to the Society. Also, the candidate must not have held the office of President, President-Elect, or Vice President or currently be a nominee for Vice President.
Each nomination must be submitted on a nomination form and must be accompanied by a synopsis (not to exceed 200 words) outlining the candidate’s service to the Society and reasons why the candidate should be considered for this prestigious award.
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