The College of Forestry Sciences in Ounce has been in existence for 66 years

66 years ago, the Faculty of Forestry Sciences was founded, which over time and due to the diversity of the educational offer and the tribute to the teacher, changed the name to Faculty of Forestry Sciences “Ingeniero Néstor René Ledesma”.

The College of Forestry Engineering was established on February 12, 1958 as the College of Forestry Engineering by Law No. 9/58 of the Province of Santiago del Estero. In the same year, the “First College of Argentine Forestry Engineering” was inaugurated on April 21 at 10 a.m., as can be read in the opening minutes. Days later, it joined the National University of Cordoba (UNC) as the Institute of Forestry Engineering through Decrees No. 4 and No. 9 of the aforementioned Council of Higher Studies. The name of the institute is due to the fact that it was the only law university person allowed by UNC law to have an affiliation in another province.

The first authorities of the Faculty of Forestry Engineering were: Dean Dr. Juan Delevano Chazarreta; Vice Dean Engineer Nestor Rene Ledesma, Secretary Engineer Mario A. As members of the Council: Engineer Leon Weisbord, Dr. Octavio A. Fernandez, Eng. Victor Antonioli, Dr. Eduardo Ritondo, Dr. Abdullah Awat, Dr. Crapanzano, Mr. Perez, Dr. Horacio J. Rava, D. Arturo Bustos Navarro.

The founders of the College, especially Dr. Ledesma, were clear from the outset that forest resources must be managed to obtain goods and services that serve human development, and that the production of these goods and services must be continued. Text continues as FORESTAL.DOC (continue down)