Forestry alum relives storied career’s genesis in ESC visit

Published 04.26.2023

Photos by Tom Wilson, writer/editor-PCToday

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    A forest technology graduate, whose law enforcement career with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management culminated in being named "Special Agent of the Year" in 2019, returned to the Schneebeli Earth Science Center last week when back in the area to visit family.

    Kimberly R. Cassel, Kathy Foreman and Gregory S. Lloyd (from left) pause before their lunch in Nature's Cove, the ESC dining unit.
    Kimberly R. Cassel, Kathy Foreman and Gregory S. Lloyd (from left) pause before their lunch in Nature's Cove, the ESC dining unit.

    Gregory S. Lloyd, now retired and living in Oregon, earned his associate degree in 1982 from Williamsport Area Community College, and revisited the ESC on April 20 with classmate Kathy Foreman, a 1985 landscape/nursery technology alumna employed by Ettingers Landscaping. Lloyd and Foreman were joined by forestry instructor Eric C. Easton and Kimberly R. Cassel, college relations director, for a tour of a campus much-changed from the longtime friends' college days.

    After graduating from WACC, Lloyd continued his education at the University of Maine and earned a master's in parks and recreation/environmental education from Penn State in 1993. His national award was prompted by complex investigations into drug trafficking organizations, thefts from protected Native American archaeological sites, and his positive relationship-building with law enforcement agencies and local communities in Oregon and Washington.

    After Foreman expressed her interest in hydroponics, Easton (left) begins the tour inside an ESC greenhouse.
    After Foreman expressed her interest in hydroponics, Easton (left) begins the tour inside an ESC greenhouse.
    Friends reminisce about their time at the Allenwood-area campus, where familiar older equipment ...
    Friends reminisce about their time at the Allenwood-area campus, where familiar older equipment ...
    ... co-exists with a newly installed industrial Wood-Mizer sawmill and (not visible in this photo) edger.
    ... co-exists with a newly installed industrial Wood-Mizer sawmill and (not visible in this photo) edger.
    A time-tested tool still in use is the log scale stick, which easily found itself in Lloyd's experienced hands.
    A time-tested tool still in use is the log scale stick, which easily found itself in Lloyd's experienced hands.
    Added to campus through corporate philanthropy in recent years is the drying kiln adjacent to the sawmill and lumber yard.
    Added to campus through corporate philanthropy in recent years is the drying kiln adjacent to the sawmill and lumber yard.
    The last stop on the alumni tour is the Earth Science Center pond, which got an extensive and attractive crosscurricular makeover several years ago.
    The last stop on the alumni tour is the Earth Science Center pond, which got an extensive and attractive crosscurricular makeover several years ago.

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