He gave so much of his life to public service, but his family always came first. I'm very proud he was my friend.

The service is designed to be a celebration of David's life with tributes from a wide range of family, friends and contributions from groups David spent his life working with,

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

I think that public service is tough on a family -- no ifs, ands, buts about it. And I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.

For decades, this agency has invoked the phrase 'Forest Service family' to connote a cohesive, close-knit organization, but this plan puts whole branches of the family on the auction block. This whole misguided effort is an example of mindless management by slogan lacking in any analysis as to how to make the Forest Service actually run better or more efficiently.