Smokejumper Obituary: Selby, William E. (North Cascades 1961)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Bill, 74, died October 29, 2009, in Gresham, Oregon. He was born August 4, 1935, in Baltimore, MD. He graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Range Management and began a 40-year career with the government. After working on the Okanogan N.F., Malheur N.F. and Fremont N.F., he retired in 1998 from the R-6 Regional Office in Portland, Oregon. Bill continued contracting with the Forest Service as a member of an Interagency Incident Management Team responding to fires. Over his career,Bill worked on over 80 major fires, many of them in overhead positions including Incident Commander.

Identifier

Selby_William-E_North-Cascades_1961

Publication Date

November 2009

Keywords

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

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Selby, William E. (North Cascades 1961)" (2009). Smokejumper Obituaries. 999.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/999