1938
Born in Oakland, California to Jay R. and Olive Bentley.
1960
Receives a Bachelor of Science from the University of California Berkeley.
1961
Receives a Master of Forestry from the University of Michigan.
1963
Becomes an assistant professor at Iowa State University.
1965
Receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California Berkeley.
1966
Becomes an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1969
Becomes an associate professor at the University of Michigan.
1974
Promoted to full professor at the University of Michigan.
1976
Becomes manager of forest research for Crown Zellerback Corporation in Wilsonville, Oregon.
1980
Becomes a professor at the University of Connecticut.
1981
Becomes a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice.
1983
Becomes a program officer for the Ford Foundation in India.
1985
Becomes senior program officer and director of Winrock International in Morrilton, Arkansas.
1990
Becomes an adjunct faculty member at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University.
1994
Becomes principal of Salmon Brook Associates in Granby, Connecticut.
1994
Co-authors “Rural Resource Managers: Problem-Solving Tools for the Long Term,” published by the Iowa State University Press.
1997
Becomes a professor of forest policy and management and eventually Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York.
1997
Co-authors “Hotelling’s Theory, Enhancement, and the Taking of the Redwood National Park.”
2003
Becomes co-owner of Wilhelm Farm in North Granby, Connecticut.
2003
Becomes a consultant for the Connecticut Forest & Park Association in Middletown, Connecticut.