Ralph Clement Bryant, Sr. (22 January 1877 â February 1, 1939) was an early American professor of forestry, the author of the pioneer textbook and other books and notes in forestry. Logging (1913)
R. C. Bryant was the first person to receive a forestry degree in the United States, as a graduate from the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell (1900, Forest Engineer degree).
His positions include: Forester of New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission (1900âÂÂ1901), Assistant Chief Forester of Philippine Bureau of Forestry (1902âÂÂ1905), U.S. Forest Service (1905âÂÂ1906), Professor of Lumbering, Yale University (1906âÂÂ1939).