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OBITUARIES

THOMAS F. RAMKE, BSF 1940, died at age 88 on December 26, 2005 in Knoxville, Tenn. He had a 35-year career with the Tennessee Valley Authority, retiring in 1979 as manager of the Office of Tributary Area Development.

JAMES E. BRYAN, JR., BSF 1938, died September 29, 2005 in Springdale Ark. He had moved there just before Hurricane Katrina struck his home town, Wiggins, Miss. He was a WW II and Korean Conflict veteran. He worked in forest industry and became a forestry consultant. He is survived by his wife and a son.

J.WALTER MYERS, JR. BSF 1941, MF 1951, died in Atlanta, Ga. October 8, 2005. After 31 years as Executive Director of the Forest Farmers Association (now the Forest Landowners Association) he became president of the Society of American Foresters and started his own consulting firm. He is survived by his wife and three children.

LAMBERT H. ROMERO, SR., BSF 1949, died March 31, 2006 in Baton Rouge. For many years he worked for the Louisiana Forestry Commission, serving as Fire Control Officer until he retired in 1980. He was a WW II Army veteran and is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a son.