Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Hurst, William D. |
Born |
October 5, 1915 |
Birthplace |
Parowan, Utah |
Titles & honors |
Rotary's Paul Harris Fellow award, the Jim Bridger Award for conservation achievement and Lifetime Achievement Award from Utah State University, as well as the 2004 Frederic G. Renner Award from the Society of Range Management. |
Father |
William M. Hurst |
Mother |
Katie May Daly |
Education |
Utah State Agricultural College and graduated with a B.S. in Forestry and Range Management in 1938 |
Notes |
Served United States Army during World War II, training for the invasion of Japan and then spending one year in Japan as part of the occupation forces in 1946 |
Occupation |
Summer of 1937, he worked for the United States Forest Service as an Administrative Guard in the Stansbury Mountains near Grantsville, Utah. After graduation, he took a permanent assignment with the Forest Service in the same location, becoming a third-generation forester in Utah, after his father and grandfather. Bill continued his work with the Forest Service for 39 years, serving in posts in Ogden, Manilla, Logan, and Vernal, Utah, Washington D.C., and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He retired in May, 1976, as the Regional Forester of the Southwest Region in Albuquerque. |
Spouse |
Emma (Dolly) Johanson 1941 died 1982; 1985 - Elizabeth Colbert, |
Children |
five children and their spouses: Bill (Sandy) Hurst of Bend, Oregon; Kathleen (Dean) Hughes of Midway, Utah; Linda (Bryant) Nelson of Waco, Texas; Helen (Tom) McKay of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Carl (Gaye) Hurst of South Jordan, Utah |
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