P. S. Lovejoy was born on an Illinois farm in 1  , of an old 
Illinois family. He was one of the first to enroll in the University 
of Michigan's School of Forestry, but entered the U.S.F.S. before 
obtaining his degree. After five years$ service on several National 
Forests in the Northwest, he returned to Ann Arbor as Assistant 
Professor of Forestry in 1912. After eight years in that position, 
he resigned and for the nest five years was staff writer for the Curtis 
Publishing Company publishing frequent articles in the 'Country 
Gentleman. In 1923 he was employed by the Michigan Department of 
Conservation to head its newly organised Land Economic Survey. Two 
years later he was commissioned by the same department to inaugurate 
a system of game refuges for the state. In 1927 he took charge of the 
newly established Game and Fur Division of the Department. From 1931 
until the time of his death last January he was in charge of land use 
planning for the Department of Conservation.