establish environmental studies at Yale
Garth K. Voigt, the Margaret K. Musser Professor Emeritus of Forest Soils, died on Sept. 28, 2002 at Bozeman, Montana, where he had lived since retiring from the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in 1989.
Professor Voigt's important contributions lay in studies of nutrient cycling and in developing the concept of soil as a biotic entity in which the living components were fully as important as the mineral constituents. He did extensive work on the effects of acid rain. He also played a key role in the establishment of environmental studies at Yale in the 1970s.
Born in Wisconsin in 1923, Mr. Voigt served in the Air Force in Europe during World War II. At the University of Wisconsin he received a B.S. in 1948 and a doctorate in forest soil science in 1953; he then joined the University of Wisconsin faculty.
He came to Yale in 1955 and carried on instruction and research in forest soils for the next 33 years. He was named the first incumbent of the Musser chair in 1967. He was director of admissions and of graduate studies at F&ES 1971-1975 and served as acting dean of the school in 1970, 1975-1976 and 1987.
His professional affiliations included membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He is survived by Jane Wurster, his wife of 57 years; three children, Timothy Voigt, Valerie Olson and Jeffrey Voigt; and by five grandchildren. There will be a memorial service at the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Bozeman on Jan. 17, which would have been his 80th birthday.
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