Max G. Geier

Max G. Geier is professor of history, emeritus, at Western Oregon University and taught Pacific Northwest History and the History of the North American West there from 1991-2014 while specializing in the history of community, rural-urban relations, and related environmental issues. Previously published scholarship includes two books exploring the history of scientific communities and forest science research in Alaska and at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, and more recently, a third book, The Color of Night: Race, Railroaders, and Murder in the Wartime West  (Oregon State University Press, November 2015). Another book-length editing project, Silvicultural Approaches to Animal Damage Management in Pacific Northwests Forests, with Hugh C. Black, was awarded the 1993 Wildlife Society Award for editing of a scientific publication. Oral history interviews of leading scientists associated with the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, including Jerry Franklin, are available at the Oregon State University Archives, in Corvallis.