A History of the Architecture of the USDA Forest Service
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Chapter 3
People: Leaders and Implementers
"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on."
—Walter Lippmann, Roosevelt Has Gone

The Forest Service Architects

Current Architects (1999)

Rudy Brown
Bruce Crockett
Daryl Dean
Lee Deeds
Dave Dercks, Region 9*
Ken Duce
Dave Faulk, Region 2*
Nancy Freeman
Dana Henderson
Maurice Hoelting
Josiah Kim, Washington Office
Jane Kipp
Jeff Klas
Kurt Kretvix, Region 3*
Keith Lee
Gil Levesque
Hal Miller
Oswaldo Mino
Wilden Moffett, Region 4*
Thad Schroeder
Jo Ann Simpson, Region 6*
Kathie Snodgrass
William A. Speer, Jr., Region 8*
Adele Tsunemori

Retired Architects (1999)

Arthur F. Anderson, Region 1*
S.A. Axtens, Region 2*
Jim A. Calvery, Region 9*
Harry W. Coughlan, Region 1 *
Don Critchlow
A.P. "Benny" DiBenedetto, FAIA, Region 6*
Clyde P. Fickes, Region 1*
Bill Fox, Region 1*
W. Ellis Groben, Washington Office*
John R. Grosvenor, Region 5*
Glenn Hacker
Alton Hooten, Region 6*
W. Earle Jackson, Region 2*
Keplar B. Johnson, Region 5*
Harry Kevich, Region 5*
Joe Lazaro
Bob LeCain, Region 1*
Joe Mastrandrea, Region 6*
Allan Mitchell
Dick Modee
George Nichols, Region 4*
Nels Orne, Region 9*
A.E. Oviatt (Research)
Ken Reynolds, Region 6*
Bob Sandusky, Region 5*
William Turner, Region 4*
Art Ulvestad
Wes Wilkison, Region 2*
Jim Wilson
Harold Zorning (Research)

*Denotes Regional Architects

Figure 3-1. Architects' Gathering, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1986

Front Row: Thad Schroeder, Region 2; Maurice Hoelting, Region 8; Dave Dercks, Region 9; unidentified (National Park Service); Wilden Moffett, Region 4; Joe Mastrandrea, Region 6; unidentified (National Park Service).

Second Row: Bruce Crockett, Region 1; Don Critchlow, Region 8; William A. Speer, Region 8; Jo Ann Simpson, Region 6; Glenn Hacker, Region 1; unidentified (National Park Service); George Lippert, retired Civil Engineer

Third Row: Lou Archambault, Region 3; Dave Dodson, Region 1; Hal Miller, Region 6; Jim Wilson, Region 6; John R. Grosvenor, Region 5; Ken Duce, Region 1; Dave Faulk, Region 2; Lee Deeds, Region 1; Bob Sandusky, Region 5; Keith Lee, Region 5.

Architects Who Left the Forest Service

Lou Archenbault, Region 3*
Tom Baltzell
Albert Biggerstaff
Jerome Brewster
Bill Bruner
Pam Chang
Byron Cochran
Dave Dodson, Region 1*
Ann Dunn
Mari Ellingson
Ward Ellis
Roy Ettinger
Dale Farr
Linn Argile Forrest, Region 10*
Dave Frese
Howard Gifford
Dave Hall
Gunnard Hans (Forest Products Laboratory)
Bill Headley
Jerry Heyers
Bill Hohnstein
Duane Hoochins
Charles Jaka
George Kirkham, Region 3*
Arthur Longfellow
Dick Lundy
Mike Madias
Tom Morland
Harold Nelson
Bill Peterson
George Raach
Neal Sands
Deford Smith, Region 8*
Cal Spaun
Si Stanich
Allan Tucker
William Irving "Tim" Turner, Region 6*
Fred Wagoner
Bill Wells
R.M. Williams
Judy Winfrey
Dean Wright
Ron Wylie

*Denotes Regional Architects

Regional Architects

Region 1
Arthur F. Anderson
Harry W. Coughlan
Dave Dodson
Clyde P. Fickes
Bill Fox
Josiah Kim
Bob LeCain

Region 2
S.A. Axtens
Dave Faulk
W. Earle Jackson
Wes Wilkison

Region 3
Lou Archambault
George Kirkham
Kurt Kretvix
Hal Miller
George Nichols*

Region 4
Wilden Moffett
George Nichols
William Turner

Region 5
John R. Grosvenor
Keplar B. Johnson
Harry Kevich
Keith Lee
Bob Sandusky

Region 6
A.P. "Benny" DiBenedetto, FAIA
Alton Hooten
Joe Mastrandrea
Ken Reynolds
Jo Ann Simpson
William Irving "Tim" Turner

Region 8
Deford Smith
William A. Speer, Jr.

Region 9
Jim A. Calvery
Dave Dercks
Nels Orne

Region 10
Linn Argile Forrest

Washington Office
A.P. "Benny" DiBenedetto, FAIA (Research)
W. Ellis Groben

*George Nichols served both Region 3 and Region 4 from Ogden.

Figure 3-2. Architects' Gathering, Denver, Colorado, 1997

Front Row: Dave Faulk, Region 2; Wilden Moffett, Region 4; Thad Schroeder, Region 2; Lee Deeds, Region 2; Maurice Hoelting, Region 8; Nancy Freeman, North Carolina; Randy Warbington, Mechanical Engineer, Region 8; Kathie Snodgrass, Region 1; Ken Duce, Region 1; Josiah Kim, Region 1; Bruce Crockett, Region 1.

Second Row: Jim Wilson, Region 6; Jeff Klas, Region 3; John R. Grosvenor, Region 5; Gil Levesque, Region 4; George Lippert, retired Civil Engineer; Kurt Kretvix, Region 3; Daryl Dean, Region 9; Hal Miller, Region 4; Dana Henderson, Region 5; Gary Gibson, Architectural Technician, Region 4; William A. Speer, Region 8.

Not in Photo: Keith Lee, Region 5; Jane Kipp, Region 1; Oswaldo Mino, Region 1.

Not at Gathering: Jo Ann Simpson, Region 6; Rudy Brown, Region 2; Adele Tsunemori, Region 2.

The following sections in this chapter are a compilation of memoirs by various past and present Forest Service architects. Their experiences were either written by the architect or by John R. Grosvenor based on interviews he conducted.

Editing in these sections was minimal; however, we made the sections consistent with Government and Forest Service Engineering styles and format. In some instances, spellings of people and places and exact dates could not be verified and can only be left up to the individual architect's recall.


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