File:1956. Walter J. Buckhorn (left) receives a Superior Service Award from the Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson. Washington, DC. (37166625851).jpg

Walter J. Buckhorn (left) receives a Superior Service Award from the Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson. Washington, DC.

Note: The Honor Awards Ceremony took place at the Sylvan Theater in Washington D.C. on June 6, 1956. The award presented to Walter J. Buckhorn by the Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson was: "For vision and leadership in pioneering and developing forest insect aerial surveys in the states of Oregon and Washington." From: <a href="https://archive.org/details/SER73922313010" rel="nofollow">archive.org/details/SER73922313010</a>

Photo by: Unknown; courtesy Helen Jones Date: June 6, 1956

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Scanned from: The Life and Times of Walter J. Buckhorn; a scrapbook prepared for his retirement by the US Forest Service. Courtesy of Buck's daughter Helen Jones, Portland, Oregon.

For more information about Walter J. Buckhorn, see: Furniss, M.M., 2000. Walter Julius Buckhorn (1899–1968)—Legendary Forest Entomologist, Not of the Classroom Kind. American Entomologist, 46(3), pp.133-140.

For related historic program documentation see: <a href="https://archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetectionSurveysInORandWA19472016TheSurveyHighRes" rel="nofollow">archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection...</a> Johnson, J. 2016. Aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys in Oregon and Washington 1947-2016: The survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. R6-FHP-GTR-0302. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. 280 p.

For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: <a href="http://wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources" rel="nofollow">wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources</a>