Dr. Harold T. Pinkett with Elwood R. “Woody” Maunder

Pinkett served on the Forest History Society board of directors for two decades and was the organization’s president between 1976 and 1978. He was the first African American to occupy any of these positions. While serving as president he presented a “resolution of respect and affection” to Elwood R. “Woody” Maunder when he retired in 1978 as the Society’s second executive director.