Smokejumper Obituary: Hindman, Forest D. (North Cascades 1954)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Dean, 71, of Idaho Falls, died Nov. 10, 2000, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1929, in Gorham, Ill., and attended elementary school in Gorham and graduated from Gorham High School. Dean attended Illinois State University for one year and then the University of Idaho, where he graduated with his bachelor' s and master' s degrees. Throughout his life he held various jobs, including the US Forest Service as a smokejumper, which was his favorite, at Boeing as a chemist, at Hercules Powder as a chemist, and at the DOE as a Senior Research Chemist for thirty years before his retirement. He served in the army during the Korean War. Forest jumped at NCSB 1954-55.

Identifier

Hindman_Forest-D_North-Cascades_1954

Publication Date

January 2021

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Hindman, Forest D. (North Cascades 1954)" (2021). Smokejumper Obituaries. 242.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/242