2003 Harold Biswell Award

DR. ROBERT E. MARTIN

Dr. Martin earned a B.S. in Physics from Marquette University in 1953, and then a B.S. (1958), M.F. (1959) and Ph.D. (1963) in Forestry from the University of Michigan.

Upon completion of his B.S. in Forestry, he joined the USFS Southern Forest Fire Laboratory in Macon, Georgia where he worked from 1958-1963 while simultaneously completing his graduate studies. From 1963 to 1971, Dr. Martin served as an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Forestry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

In 1971, Dr. Martin moved west to accept an appointment as Project Leader for the Cooperative Forest Fire Science Research and Teaching Program between the University of Washington and the USFS. In 1975, he moved to Bend, OR to head the USFS Silviculture Lab. Then in 1982 he moved to U.C. Berkeley as a Professor of Wildland Fire Management. He retired in 1994.

Dr. Martin had a very diverse career including research in wood physics, fire behavior, fire ecology, and fire in the urban-wildland interface. He also worked in almost all areas of the U.S. that have important wildland fire issues.

Dr. Scott Stephens, Dr. Bob Martin, and Dr. Jan van Wagtendonk

 Dr. Bob Martin