Smokejumper Obituary: Goss, Roy L. (North Cascades 1946)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Roy died, October 10, 2015. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII assigned to the battleship USS Indiana. Roy was a graduate of Washington State University where he earned his bachelor's degrees in Agriculture and Education and a PhD. in Agronomy. Roy taught and worked 30 years as a research scientist and extension specialist for the WSU Agronomy department. In 2006, Roy was honored by Washington State University in the renaming of its primary turfgrass farm in Puyallup to "The Roy L. Goss Research Farm." Roy retired in 1995 and was a resource person for master gardeners as well as being a keynote speaker at many seminars. He jumped at NCSB 1946-50

Identifier

Goss_Roy-L_North-Cascades_1946

Publication Date

January 2016

Keywords

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

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Goss, Roy L. (North Cascades 1946)" (2016). Smokejumper Obituaries. 694.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/694