{"id":8408,"date":"2023-07-12T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=8408"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:30:54","slug":"alan-brown-had-a-global-reputation-as-a-forester-and-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/alan-brown-had-a-global-reputation-as-a-forester-and-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Brown Had a Global Reputation as a Forester and Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accomplished forester and scientist Alan Gordon Brown passed away on May 19, aged 92.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gained an international reputation after a highly successful career with CSIRO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan was born in 1931 to a farming family at Hilston in western NSW. The family moved to Canberra, where he had his early education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He earned a Commonwealth Forestry Scholarship at Sydney University (1948-1949) and attended the Australian Forestry School in Yarralumla in 1950-51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a year working with the NSW Forestry Commission in the southern highlands, he joined the Forestry and Timber Bureau in 1953. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 1960 he worked on silvicultural research and tree breeding, including responsibility for the arboreta in the ACT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan improved the records of the arboreta by producing accurate maps and associated seed origin data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He lectured in silviculture and wood science at the Australian Forestry School during 1961-66 before returning to research at the newly-formed Forest Research Institute within the Forestry and Timber Bureau. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was heavily involved in breeding Pinus radiata and other closed-cone pines with the late Jack Fielding, including world-leading progeny testing and clonal reproduction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These studies contributed to his Master of Science degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan\u2019s subsequent appointments included deputy chief of the CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products 1988-90 and Head of the Division of Forestry 1991-92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After retiring in 1996, Alan remained with CSIRO as an honorary research fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was awarded the Order of Australia (1998) and the Institute of Foresters\u2019 NW Jolly Medal (1986). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Engineering and the Institute of Foresters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The late Alan Brown was an internationally recognised forester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Internationally, Alan was involved in several of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research\u2019s collaborative forestry research projects in Africa and China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) awarded him the Distinguished Service Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was on the boards of both IUFRO (1987-90) and the Centre for International Forestry Research (1992-97).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An accomplished editor, Alan edited the Australian Forestry Journal for many years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He authored several books and many scientific papers and was largely responsible for the revised edition of the guide to Westbourne Woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His final publication was Woods Wiki in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those of us fortunate enough to have had Alan as a friend and colleague appreciated the depth of his forestry knowledge and the quiet, competent and effective way he carried out his duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many in the forestry world have been enriched by their association with him and saddened by his passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 This article originally appeared in FACTT News\u00a0No. 6, June 2023.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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