Ross S. Whaley was the second President of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry is an American specialized doctoral-granting institution located in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, immediately adjacent to Syracuse University...

, in Syracuse, New York

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, from 1984-99. An economist by training, Dr. Whaley had previously been Director of Forest Economics Research at the United States Forest Service

United States Forest Service

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. Other prior institutional affiliations included faculty and administrative positions at the University of Massachusetts

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, Colorado State University

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, and Utah State University

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. Dr. Whaley served as President of the Society of American Foresters

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 in 1991. Following his tenure as President of SUNY-ESF, Dr. Whaley served as Chair of the Adirondack Park Agency

Adirondack Park Agency

The Adirondack Park Agency was created in 1971 by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller as a governmental agency that performs long-range planning for the future of the Adirondack Park. It oversees development plans of private land-owners as well as activities within the Adirondack Forest Preserve...

from 2003-07.