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Southern Research Station Scientist, H. Ken Cordell Of Athens, Ga Receives Distinguished Scientist Honor Award
Asheville,NC -- H. Ken Cordell, PhD, of the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station in Athens, will receive the Chief of the Forest Service Honor Award for Distinguished and Superior Science at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on June 4. Dr. Cordell is being recognized for his national and international science leadership in developing methods for conducting broad-scale assessments of long-term trends in outdoor recreation, wilderness, and American demographics. These assessments are extensively used in planning, policy, research, and education by government agencies and private organizations.
Dr. Cordell, a native of Asheville, NC, is best known for designing and conducting national-scale studies of the American public and recreation uses and benefits on public lands. He is the principal scientist in the Federal National Recreation Survey, which began in 1960 under the Federal Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission. Among many other previous awards, Dr. Cordell received the ÂTheodore and Franklin Roosevelt Outstanding Scientist of the Year Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research from the National Recreation and Park Association in October 1989.
He has been Project Leader of the Southern Research StationÂs Recreation, Wilderness, Urban Forest, and Demographic Trends Research Work Unit, located on the University of Georgia campus, since 1977. He earned his PhD in Economics and Business at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1975. The Southern Research Station is responsible for research and development related to forested ecosystems throughout the 13 Southern States.
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