George H. Hepting

George Henry Hepting (September 1, 1907 – April 29, 1988) was an American forest scientist and plant pathologist. Hepting was Chief Plant Pathologist at Southeastern Forest Experiment Station of US Forest Service and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hepting was educated at Cornell University with an undergraduate degree in 1929 and a Ph.D. in 1933.

He spent much of his career at the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station of the US Forest Service, which he joined in 1931 as a Field Assistant. He served as Chief of the Division of Forest Disease Research at the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station in Asheville, North Carolina (1953-1961) and as Principal Research Scientist for the Washington office of the Forest Service (1962-1971). Hepting was also a visiting professor at North Carolina State University (1967-1984), on plant pathology and forest resources. Hepting's papers are part of the Archival Collections at NC State University Libraries.

Awards and distinctions 1969 - the first forester elected to the National Academy of Sciences 1954 - the Superior Service Award of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 1963 - the Barrington Moore Award for outstanding achievements in forestry research 1965 - Fellow of the Society of American Foresters 1966 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society 1974 - the Weyerhaeuser Award for Outstanding Historical Writing from the Forest History Society