College of Natural Resources gives Friend of the College Award to lumber company CEO Ken Morgan
Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources has given its Friend of the College Award to J. Ken Morgan Jr., a resident of Clarksville, Va., president of Morgan Lumber Co. Inc. in Red Oak, Va., and president of Sunrise Shavings, L.I.C.
J. Michael Kelly, dean of the college, said: “We greatly appreciate the support and service he has given to the college over the years, especially his work on our College Advisory Board, and want to honor him for all that he does for us.”
Morgan’s Lumber Company, where he has been employed for 33 years, is a manufacturer of southern yellow pine. He graduated in 1971 from the University of Richmond with a bachelor's in industrial management.
He serves on the Virginia Forestry Association Board, the Board of Directors of Halifax Regional Health System, Virginia State Reforestation of Timberlands Board, and Board of Governors of the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau. He also is stewardship chairman of Jamieson Memorial United Methodist Church, vice president of the Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation, and secretary of the Virginia Forest Products Association Board.
The College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech consistently ranks among the top five programs of its kind in the nation. Faculty members stress both the technical and human elements of natural resources and instill in students a sense of stewardship and land-use ethics. Areas of studies include environmental resource management, fisheries and wildlife sciences, forestry, geospatial and environmental analysis, natural resource recreation, urban forestry, wood science and forest products, geography, and international development.
Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech has grown to become among the largest universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Virginia Tech’s eight colleges are dedicated to putting knowledge to work through teaching, research, and outreach activities and to fulfilling its vision to be among the top research universities in the nation. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg and other campus centers in Northern Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 180 academic degree programs.
