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  Anyone having pictures or stories about "The Good Old Days", please email: owen65@verizon.net
History:
Your Association's History
The Civilian Conservation Corp
The Soil Erosion Service Staff, Temple, TX - 1934
SES/SCS History
  (1937 USDA ORG CHART, The Chiefs, SCS History-1955)
National Annual Meetings and Banquets
Your Association's Distinguished persons
Jean Francis Retires as Newsletter Editor
National Conservation Celebration, Platteville, WI
Retirees impact SITES software
  (originally known as DAMS)
Our Pictures:
1938, Joe Steingraeber prepares for day in the field as Soil Scientist Trainee   near Springfield, MO
1956, Feb 20-Mar 16 - The 2nd Basic Professional Training Class   San Luis Obispo, CA
1959, Feb - Engineering Technician Training Class   Ft. Robinson, NE
1961, Basic Profession Training in Soil Consevation   Coshocton, OH
. . . . (from Fred Gilbert)
1962, April - Engineers from the Milwaukee Region   Milwaukee, WI
1964, Oct - Basic Training   East Lansing, MI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Owen Lee)
1965, First NPEG Course   Ft. Worth, TX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
1966, Basic Orientation Course   Ft. Worth, TX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
1966, Feb - New Professional Engineers Course   Lincoln, NE
. . . (from Owen Lee)
1966, Nov 22 - Illinois State Office staff
  plus a few other group pictures
1967, Texas State Office
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Wayne Chapman)
1967, Sept - Orientation Course   Lincoln, NE
1967, Oct - Orientation for Clerks and Secretaries   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, Jan - Hydraulics 1 and Design 1   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, Mar - Computer Workshop   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, Mar - Hydrology 1   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, May - Orientation for New Professionals   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, June - State Conservation Engineers' Meeting   Upper Darby, PA
. . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, Sept - Orientation for New Professionals   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
1968, Nov - Orientation for Clerical Personnel   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, Dec - Hydraulics 1   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, Dec - Design 1   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1968, Dec - Basic Computer Concepts for NE State Cons   Upper Darby, PA
. .(from Rex Tracy)
1968, Dec - Soil Mechanics Course   Lincoln, NE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
1969, Jan - Engineering Geology & Sediment   Fort Worth, TX
. . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
1969, Feb 3-14 - Hydrology II   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Owen Lee)
1969, Feb - Construction I   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
1969, Mar - Soil Mechanics 10   Lincoln, NE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
1969, May - Management Training Conference   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . .(from Rex Tracy)
1969, Oct - Midwest Regional Hydrologists Workshop   Lincoln, NE
1969, Nov - Hydraulics III   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(from Rex Tracy)
1969, Dec - New Professional Engineers and Geologists   Upper Darby, PA
. . (from Rex Tracy)
1970, Jan - Construction II   Upper Darby, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(from Rex Tracy)
1970's (early) - Hydraulic Engineers Meeting
1970, Dec 2 - Abilene, TX Area Office
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Wayne Chapman)
1971, Jan 20 - Vernon, TX Area Office
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Wayne Chapman)
1972, Jan - NTC & State Organization Charts
. . . . . . . . . . (from Tony Vrana)
1972, Feb 7-11 - Training Conference for Area, Assistant and Deputy State Conservationists
1972, Feb 18 - Program Planning Leadership Course by the University of Oklahoma at Norman.
1972, Mar 28 - Illinois Technician's Meeting, Springfield,
  many pictures
1972, Apr - Indiana Engineers & Geologist Workshop   Indianapolis, IN
. . (from Bruce Champeon)
1973, - Indiana Engineers & Geologist Workshop   Indianapolis, IN
. . . . . .(from Bruce Champeon)
1973, Oct 7-12 - SCS State Conservationist's Meeting   Nevada
1974, Planning Geologists' Workshop   Fort Worth, TX
1975, Environmental Considerations in Planning   Lincoln, NE
1976, Northeast State Conservation Engineer Mtg   Princeton, NJ
. . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
1976, Mar - Environmental Short Course   Athens, GA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
1976, Nov - Geology and Sedimentation   Fort Worth, TX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
1977, Management Training   Lincoln, NE
1977, Sept - SCS Organization Chart
1978, Resource Conservation Development   Lincoln, NE
1970's (late) - Hydrologic Modeling Course by Curt Larson U of Minnesota
1979, NY Soil Survey Conference   Bergamo East, NY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Fred Gilbert)
1979, National Conference of State Engineers   San Antonio, TX
. . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
1980, Oct - SCS Organization Chart
1981, Feb - Northeast Eng & Geol Workshop   Virginia Beach, VA
. . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
1982, NY State Office including ACs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Fred Gilbert)
1987, Oct - Northeast Eng & Geol Workshop   Chester, PA
. . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
1988, Bogner receives U of I Alumni Award
1994, Feb - Maine Engineering Staff   Orono, ME
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(from Bruce Champeon)
1997 - Autograph by Orville Freeman
2001 - Mike Wells and Jack Walker (MO) at Mike's retirement
2003 - Dave Schertz retires
Research Sites (now ARS laboratories):
Water Conservation Structures Laboratory
(Stillwater Oklahoma)
North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
(Coshocton, Ohio)
Office Locations:
Illinois State Offices in Champaign
USDA Complex on the Mall in Washington DC
  Last updated - December 26, 2006 by Owen P. Lee