[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 69 (Thursday, April 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S5749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         TRIBUTE TO DAVID JOLLY

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, tomorrow, in Missoula, MT, a man who has 
done a great service for our Nation's national forests will be honored 
by his friends, family, and colleagues. David Jolly, the Regional 
Forester for the U.S. Forest Service's northern region, is retiring 
after almost 34 years of public service.
  Dave's career in the forestry and natural resources field has been 
long and distinguished. His work has taken him around the country where 
he has lived in eight States and in Washington, DC. Dave was born in 
Knoxville, TN. He grew up in a small town called Norris, TN, where his 
father worked as an economist for the Tennessee Valley Authority's 
Forestry Department headquarters. In this environment, Dave developed a 
great passion for forestry as a young boy. He completed a pre-forestry 
program at the University of Tennessee then went on to receive a degree 
from North Carolina State in forestry in 1961. During his college 
years, Dave served his country in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
  Dave began his forestry career in the summer of 1961 working as a 
research aid for the Weyerhauser Co. in Centralia, WA. Later that same 
year, he got his first job with the U.S. Forest Service as a forester 
on the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina. From there, 
his career took off as he went on to become district ranger on the 
Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas, then deputy forest supervisor on 
the Ozark and St. Francis National Forests in Arkansas.
  In 1972, he furthered his education in public policy at the 
University of Washington, then went on to work in the Forest Service's 
southern regional office in Atlanta. In 1976, he became forest 
supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois. In 1982, he 
became deputy director of the Forest Service's Timber Management 
Program in Washington, DC. From there his career continued to flourish 
as he became deputy regional forester, then regional forester, of the 
agency's southwestern region overseeing the National Forests in Arizona 
and New Mexico. In 1992, I am proud to say, he came to Montana to 
oversee the northern region. This was no easy task managing such a vast 
region of forests and rangeland in Montana and Idaho but Dave did an 
exemplary job.
  I personally came to gain a deep respect for Dave when the Department 
of Agriculture last year announced its intention to close region 1. 
Dave played no part in this misguided decision. And, personally, I 
suspect he shares my view that region 1 should remain open.
  Yet Dave is a professional. He has never let his personal views be 
known. But he has done a first-rate job of communicating with me, 
region 1's employees, and the people of Montana. He has heard our 
concerns. He has provided the best information possible. In short, Dave 
Jolly is a class act.
  I understand that Dave and his wife Peggy share a love of Montana and 
the great outdoors. I am pleased to hear that they plan to stay in 
Montana for awhile. Dave plans to do a lot of fishing in his 
retirement--what better place than Montana? I am sure than in between 
fishing trips, Dave will maintain his lifelong interest in forestry. He 
is a member of the Society of American Foresters, Rotary International, 
and the Society for Range Management. I wish Dave and his family much 
happiness in the coming years.

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