Mississippi State University and the Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Forest Resources invite interested members of the campus community to attend public presentations by each finalist. The CFR dean also will serve as director of the university’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center.            

Candidate Two: Dr. Michael L. Clutter, Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 10:30-11:30 a.m.     

Location: Tully Auditorium (A100) Thompson Hall

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Meeting ID: 2622 177 0510

Dr. Michael L. Clutter currently serves as Vice President and Director of Portfolio Analytics, Research, and Technology with Forest Investment Associates in Atlanta, Georgia, where he previously was Vice President and Director of North American Investments, Operations. Earlier, he served as Dean and Hargreaves Distinguished Professor of Forest Finance and Management at the University if Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He also was Vice President and Director, Decision Support and Information Resources, for The Timber Company, and Director, Forest Resources Decision Support, for Georgia-Pacific Corp. Additionally, he served as Research Scientist and Project Leader, Timber Management Research, for Union Camp Corp., and as a Procurement and Land Management Forester for Georgia Kraft Co.

Dr. Clutter completed his doctoral work in forest biometrics with a minor in corporate finance at the University of Georgia, where he also completed a Master of Forest Resources in Quantitative Timber Management/Forest Finance. His 1981 bachelor’s degree in forest resources is from Mississippi State University.

The Search Committee for the College of Forest Resources is mindful of the critical balance between individual privacy and the public's right to know. It is our responsibility to keep constituent groups informed of the progress of the search, and we are committed to that course.