State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry faculty

Hamid Augustine Shirvani (born October 20, 1950) is an architecture scholar and university president and chancellor emeritus.

Quentin Duane Wheeler (born January 31, 1954) is an American entomologist, taxonomist, author and newspaper columnist, and is the founding director of the International Institute for Species Exploration. He was the fourth President of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in Syracuse, New York until receiving a vote of no confidence resulting in his resignation. Other positions have included: professor of entomology at Cornell University and Arizona State University; Keeper and Head of Entomology at the Natural History Museum in London; and Director of the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation.

Samuel Newton Spring (February 5, 1875 in Sioux City, Iowa – February 3, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia) attended Yale University, receiving his A.B. degree in 1898; and M.F. degree in 1903 from the Yale School of Forestry after service in the Bureau of Forestry, predecessor to the USFS.

Hardy L. Shirley was a well-known forester, author and dean of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Svend Oluf Heiberg (1900–1965) was a silviculturalist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 22, 1900, educated at Yale University. He came to the United States in 1926, becoming a naturalized US citizen in 1934. Heiberg was Professor of Silviculture, and later Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, at the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. He and his wife, Aasa Gerlach, had two daughters, Lily and Karin, and one son, Eric. Heiberg died on February 5, 1965, in Syracuse.

Nelson Courtlandt Brown (born March 1, 1885, South Orange, NJ) graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree (1906) and a Master of Forestry degree (1908).

Frederick Franklin Moon (b. July 3, 1880, Easton, Pennsylvania; d. September 9, 1929) was Dean of the New York State College of Forestry, from 1920-27. He was a graduate of Amherst College (B.A., 1901), and Yale University (M.F., 1909). From 1912-20, he was Professor of Forest Engineering at the New York State College of Forestry.

Joseph S. Illick (born September 16, 1884, Easton, PA) was Dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, from 1944-51. He was a graduate of Lafayette College (1907), and the Biltmore Forest School (1913); he studied at the University of Munich, as well. Prior to coming to New York, Illick was State Forester, in Pennsylvania.

Ross S. Whaley was the second President of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in Syracuse, New York, from 1984-99. An economist by training, Dr. Whaley had previously been Director of Forest Economics Research at the United States Forest Service. Other prior institutional affiliations included faculty and administrative positions at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Colorado State University, and Utah State University. Dr. Whaley served as President of the Society of American Foresters in 1991. Following his tenure as President of SUNY-ESF, Dr. Whaley served as Chair of the Adirondack Park Agency from 2003-07.

Cornelius ("Neil") B. Murphy Jr. is Professor of Environmental and Sustainable Systems at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). From 2000 to 2013, he was the third President of SUNY-ESF. Previously, he was president and chief executive officer of O'Brien & Gere, a large environmental engineering consulting firm based in Syracuse, New York. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Syracuse University, and a B.A. in Chemistry from Saint Michael's College.