“T.J.” Starker was an Oregon original.

His life and activities provide guideposts to understanding the evolution of forest science and forest practices in the Douglas fir region during the first sixty years of the twentieth century. A graduate in the first class of forestry students from Oregon Agricultural College, his varied career included employment with the Forest Service, the Western Pine Association, Oregon Agricultural College/Oregon State College (1922-1942), and then managing his growing forestry estate. T. J. Starker’s extensive community activities involved service on the Corvallis School Board, the local draft board, helping develop and serving on city and county parks boards, heading up fund raising to save the local hospital, and overseeing construction of the new First Congregational Church. He was also a significant participant in local real estate. Today Starker Forests, Inc., under the third and fourth generations, manages more than 95,000 acres.

Let us know if you’re attending! Kindly RSVP HERE.