ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED CONSERVATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES HISTORY WHERE WE WORKED and WHERE WE TRAINED

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   Anyone having pictures or stories about "The Good Old Days", please email: owen65@verizon.net

1. History:
   1. Your Association's History . . . . . . (from "HISTORY of ARSCSE" by Mel Cohee in 1993)
   2. SES/SCS History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1937 USDA ORG CHART, The Chiefs, SCS History-1955)
   3. National Annual Meetings and Banquets
   4. Your Association's Distinguished persons
   5. 2001 - National Conservation Celebration, Platteville, WI
   6. 2002 - Jean Francis Retires as Newsletter Editor
   7. Retirees impact SITES software . . . . . (originally known as DAMS)
2. Our Pictures:
   1. 1934, The Soil Erosion Service Staff, Temple, TX
   2. 1938, Joe Steingraeber prepares for day in the field as Soil Scientist Trainee   near Springfield, MO
   3. 1956, Feb 20-Mar 16 - The 2nd Basic Professional Training Class    San Luis Obispo, CA
   4. 1959, Feb - Engineering Technician Training Class    Ft. Robinson, NE
   5. 1961, Basic Profession Training in Soil Consevation    Coshocton, OH . . . . (from Fred Gilbert)
   6. 1962, April - Engineers from the Milwaukee Region    Milwaukee, WI
   7. 1964, Oct - Basic Training    East Lansing, MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Owen Lee)
   8. 1965, First NPEG Course    Ft. Worth, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
   9. 1966, Basic Orientation Course    Ft. Worth, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
   10. 1966, Feb - New Professional Engineers Course    Lincoln, NE . . . (from Owen Lee)
   11. 1966, Nov 22 - Illinois State Office staff       plus a few other group pictures
   12. 1967, Texas State Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Wayne Chapman)
   13. 1967, Sept - Orientation Course    Lincoln, NE
   14. 1967, Oct - Orientation for Clerks and Secretaries    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   15. 1968, Jan - Hydraulics 1 and Design 1    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   16. 1968, Mar - Computer Workshop    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   17. 1968, Mar - Hydrology 1    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   18. 1968, May - Orientation for New Professionals    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   19. 1968, June - State Conservation Engineers' Meeting    Upper Darby, PA . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   20. 1968, Sept - Orientation for New Professionals    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   21. 1968, Nov - Orientation for Clerical Personnel    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   22. 1968, Dec - Hydraulics 1    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   23. 1968, Dec - Design 1    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   24. 1968, Dec - Basic Computer Concepts for NE State Cons    Upper Darby, PA . .(from Rex Tracy)
   25. 1968, Dec - Basic Computer Concepts    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(from Rex Tracy)
   26. 1968, Dec - Soil Mechanics Course    Lincoln, NE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
   27. 1969, Jan - Engineering Geology & Sediment    Fort Worth, TX . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   28. 1969, Feb 3-14 - Hydrology II    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Owen Lee)
   29. 1969, Feb - Construction I    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Rex Tracy)
   30. 1969, Mar - Soil Mechanics 10    Lincoln, NE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   31. 1969, May - Management Training Conference    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . .(from Rex Tracy)
   32. 1969, Oct - Midwest Regional Hydrologists Workshop    Lincoln, NE
   33. 1969, Nov - Hydraulics III    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(from Rex Tracy)
   34. 1969, Dec - New Professional Engineers and Geologists    Upper Darby, PA . . (from Rex Tracy)
   35. 1970, Jan - Construction II    Upper Darby, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(from Rex Tracy)
   36. 1970's (early) - Hydraulic Engineers Meeting
   37. 1970, Dec 2 - Abilene, TX Area Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Wayne Chapman)
   38. 1971, Jan 20 - Vernon, TX Area Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Wayne Chapman)
   39. 1972, Jan - NTC & State Organization Charts . . . . . . . . . . (from Tony Vrana)
   40. 1972, Feb 7-11 - Training Conference for Area, Assistant and Deputy State Conservationists
   41. 1972, Feb 18 - Program Planning Leadership Course by the University of Oklahoma at Norman.
   42. 1972, Mar 28 - Illinois Technician's Meeting, Springfield,      many pictures
   43. 1972, Apr - Indiana Engineers & Geologist Workshop    Indianapolis, IN . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   44. 1973, - Indiana Engineers & Geologist Workshop    Indianapolis, IN . . . . . .(from Bruce Champeon)
   45. 1973, Oct 7-12 - SCS State Conservationist's Meeting    Nevada
   46. 1974, Planning Geologists' Workshop    Fort Worth, TX
   47. 1975, Environmental Considerations in Planning    Lincoln, NE
   48. 1976, Northeast State Conservation Engineer Mtg    Princeton, NJ . . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
   49. 1976, Mar - Environmental Short Course    Athens, GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   50. 1976, Nov - Geology and Sedimentation    Fort Worth, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   51. 1977, Management Training    Lincoln, NE
   52. 1977, Sept - SCS Organization Chart
   53. 1978, Resource Conservation Development    Lincoln, NE
   54. 1970's (late) - Hydrologic Modeling Course by Curt Larson U of Minnesota
   55. 1979, NY Soil Survey Conference    Bergamo East, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Fred Gilbert)
   56. 1979, National Conference of State Engineers    San Antonio, TX . . . . . . (from Cecil Currin)
   57. 1980, Oct - SCS Organization Chart
   58. 1981, Feb - Northeast Eng & Geol Workshop    Virginia Beach, VA . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   59. 1982, NY State Office including ACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (from Fred Gilbert)
   60. 1987, Oct - Northeast Eng & Geol Workshop    Chester, PA . . . . . . . . . . . (from Bruce Champeon)
   61. 1988, Bogner receives U of I Alumni Award
   62. 1994, Feb - Maine Engineering Staff    Orono, ME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(from Bruce Champeon)
   63. 1997 - Autograph by Orville Freeman
   64. 2001 - Mike Wells and Jack Walker (MO) at Mike's retirement
   65. 2003 - Dave Schertz retires
3. Research Sites (now ARS laboratories):
   1. Water Conservation Structures Laboratory (Stillwater Oklahoma)
      
   2. North Appalachian Experimental Watershed (Coshocton, Ohio)
      
4. Office Locations:
   1. Illinois State Offices in Champaign
   2. USDA Complex on the Mall in Washington DC

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   Last updated - December 16, 2008 by Owen P. Lee