Commonwealth Forestry Review

6 COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY REVIEW
Richard Willan and his wife have just returned from a tour of Malawi, Rhodesia and
South Africa. Richard was Chief Conservator, Malawi (Nyasaland as it was then) from
1947-61.
A. Wo'ffsohn having completed his F.A.O. contract term in Korea has now accepted
another F.A.O. assignment in Nicaragua. He does not say on what he will be engaged.
Society of THE COUNCIL of the Society of American Foresters on 16th October,
American 1970 unanimously elected Mr. F. C. Ford Robertson of Oxford,
Foresters Honours England to Honorary Membership. Persons elected to this member-
F. C. Ford ship grade must be: (1) nonforesters who have made outstanding
Robertson and well-known contributions to forestry in America or abroad
(statesmen, conservationists, and civic leaders); or (2) professional
foresters of outstanding achievenlent who are not citizens of the United States, its
possessions or Canada. This honour is shared by only 31 other living persons.
Mr. Ford Robertson, a long-titne professional forester, has an outstanding record in
international forestry. Beginning his professional career in the Indian Forest Service
in 1924, he later served as Chief of Silvicultural Research for the United Provinces. In
1947 he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Forestry Abstracts. As an active member of
the Joint Comnlittee on Bibliography and Terminology of the Food and Agriculture
Organisation of the United Nations and the International Union of Forestry Research
Organisations, he contributed substantially in developing the Oxford System of
Classification of Forestry literature. From December, 1964 to February, 1970 he served
as Editor-Director for the basic English-language version of the Multilingual Forestry
Ternlinology.
Director THE MINISTER of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has appointed
Kew Gardens Professor John Heslop-Harrison, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.,
F.R.S.E., M.R.LA., F.L.S., F.I.Biol. to succeed Sir George Taylor,
D.Sc., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., V.M.H., as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew. Professor Heslop-Harrison will take up his appointment on 1st June, 1971.
Sir George Taylor, who was appointed in 1956, will retire on 31 st May, 1971.
British Columbia F. s. MCKINNON has retired as Deputy Minister of Forests. He is
Personnel Moves succeeded by J. S. Stokes. N. A. McRae has been appointed
Assistant Chief Forester and in his forlller post of District Forester,
Prince George District, is succeeded by W. Young.
FORESTRY COMMISSION NEWS
Chain-Saws and WE PUBLISH in full the following information sheet recently issued
Vibration by the Forestry Commission. We recommend it for detailed study
Syndrome by anyone responsible for employees likely to be affected:
November 1970
There is now sufficient evidence to show that most chain-saw operators begin to
notice a form of vibration effect known as "white fingers" after they have regularly
used a fixed handle chain-saw for two to five years, and that continued use of a fixed
handle chain-saw leads to worsening effects of white fingers. This does not apply,
however, to occasional users, who have not noticed the effect.