College Origins
How a research institute on a timber baron's estate became Oakridge College — the founders, first students, and the stories of those early winters.
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Oakridge Institute of Forestry and Land Sciences
Oakridge Institute of Forestry and Land SciencesThe Oakridge Institute of Forestry and Land Sciences was established in 1918 on the former Hartwell estate as a direct response to the environmental damage left behind by Hartwell Timber Co. Its purpose was…
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Theodore Crenshaw
Theodore CrenshawProfessor Theodore Crenshaw was the first head researcher brought to Briarmont in the founding years of Oakridge Institute of Forestry and Land Sciences. Not a local man but a London-trained botanist and restoration specialist,…