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15Corkery Family Endowed ChairThe Corkery Family Endowed Chair in <strong>Forest</strong> Resources was established in 1991by the Corkery family to permanently commemorate their long involvement inforestry <strong>and</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Resources. The donors are all UW alumni:Jack (’39, <strong>Forest</strong> Resources), his wife Vada May (’42), his sister Alberta (’37),<strong>and</strong> brother Gregory (’41, <strong>Forest</strong> Resources). Jack <strong>and</strong> George owned CorkeryBrothers Painting Company in Seattle. The family wished to enable the Collegeto attract <strong>and</strong>/or retain distinguished faculty members who have achievednational or international recognition in the field <strong>of</strong> forest resources <strong>and</strong> whoare expected to make contributions to teaching <strong>and</strong> research in the field.In past years the Corkery Endowed Chair has provided additional funding forthe Director <strong>of</strong> the Center for Water <strong>and</strong> Watershed Studies. In 2004, the CorkeryChair was allocated to provide funding for the Director <strong>of</strong> the Precision <strong>Forest</strong>ryCooperative (PFC). The PFC, part <strong>of</strong> the Washington State Advanced TechnologyInitiative funded by the Legislature, conducts pioneering research in forestproduction, management, <strong>and</strong> manufacturing at a new scale <strong>of</strong> resolution <strong>and</strong>accuracy with the goal <strong>of</strong> producing economic <strong>and</strong> environmental benefits.

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