Carl Alwin Schenck

Carl Alwin Schenck (1868–1955) was a German-born forester and pioneering educator who became the third formally trained forester in the United States upon arriving in 1895 to manage George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate and Pisgah Forest.[1][2][3] He founded and operated the Biltmore Forest School from 1898 to 1909, the first forestry school in North America, training nearly 400 students in practical scientific forestry.[1][3][4] After leaving the estate, he retired to Germany but continued influencing American forestry through lectures and memorials.[2][5]