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Nosrat Ollah Sarikhani, born on March 25th 1932 Tehran, Iran,  was a forest scientist.

He was one of the first professors who established the Forest and Rangeland Institute and thereafter the Faculty of Natural Resources at the University of Tehran, Iran. He received his doctorate in forestry and forest management from Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, and was in charge of all forest engineering courses at the Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, until his retirement. In addition, as the first head of the Forest of Education and Research, the University of Tehran in Khairud, Nowshahr, Iran, he made outstanding services and achievements in the design and implementation of forestry projects and its establishment. His teaching and teaching operations in the forest were always appreciated by his students and in this respect they were among the unique professors in their work and expertise.

Early life and Family
Nosrat Ollah Sarikhani was born to Farkhondeh and Asghar Sarikhani. His father was a forward-thinking businessman and entrepreneur. He was the youngest of eight siblings. He was creative and had engineering mind since early ages. In 1965, Sarikhani married Farah Kayvanjah. Together they have three daughters, Anahita, Pantea and Mandana. Anahita resides in US, Orlando, works as a surgical nurse. Pantea is a translator, and mother of two. Mandana resides in Denmark and is an assistant professor at Technical university of Denmark in Civil Engineering department, Indoor Environment section.

First years at Forests and Rangelands Organization
After finishing high school, due to their interest in nature, they entered the service of the Forests and Rangelands Organization. This was done after a theoretical training course. His first organizational position was the head of the Department of Exploitation and Forestry in Khorasan Forestry. In 1957, with the arrival of [|Professor Hanns Gläser] in order to create an educational and exemplary forest collaborated with him for two years in the Loveh forestry project. Conversations and correspondence were in English at the time which he had the language proficiency for such level of international collaboration. In 1959, he was funded by the Iranian government at the time to pursue his academic studies in forest sciences at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany. He mastred German language in the first year along with his studies.

Academic Career
In 1964, Sarikhani completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He was then awarded a scholarship by FOA to pursue his doctorate studies at the same university on the topic of forestry and forest exploitation with focus on forest road network, which he completed in 1967.The forest department in the heart of the Faculty of Agriculture was established by [|Professor Hanns Gläser] along with several international experts, supported by World Food Organization (FAO), which later became the Faculty of Forestry and then the Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran. At this time, Sarikhani’s return was awaited to take a teaching assistant task along with Professor Gläser even before his employment at Tehran University had begun officially. He started as a teaching and took over 14 credit courses, which he further developed together with [|Professor Hanns Gläser] in the coming years and after [|Professor Hanns Gläser] retirement of later on further created and compiled additionally in years to come. In addition, every summer, there were two operations of forest roads exploitation and project preparation, and due to the lack of facilities in the educational forest at the time, a number of these operations were carried out in Sisangan, Lajim, Golband, etc. forest parks. After he (Professor Glaser) retired and returned to Germany, Dr. Sarikhani became responsible for teaching forest engineering courses as well as three courses called Introduction to Forestry.

Educational and Research forest
Sarikhani was actively in favor of setting up an educational and research forest unit since the begning of his academic career. As the first head of the scientific-research forest, despite minimum or no suppert at the time, he worked towards realization of the Khairud educational and research forest by resorting to any possible help and effective measures. Through World Peace Corps, he managed to attract three volunteers as the first personnel of the newly established educational-research forest, a newly graduate engineer from USA Bob Brown, Philip Melan from Switzerland and a Technician from Japan Kagayama. The design of the forest roads started under the supervision of Dr. Sarikhani with the participation of three volunteer forces and the participation of students who carried out their road construction operations. The work continued through years by number of his assistants, who were now his colleagues in the forestry group, including Dr. Baris Majnonian and a number of his other colleagues.

Design and Implementation of Khairud road network
[|Professor Hanns Gläser] and Sarikhani built a rout I 1964 along the Khairud River and the western side of the current and existing dormitory. Sarikhani later on redesigned this path to its current form in use by removing and changing the beginning of the route. The implemented design has proved to be robust design considering the initial route was destroyed in a massive.

Retirement and Poetry
During his retirement, Sarikhani completed a series of rhymes and poems on different topics related to nature, philosophy of life and his life. His love and passion for nature and worries of its false exploitation was not only his everyday mind hassle or not only his profession but intertwined with his very being and existence that he was set to germinate in minds and souls of whoever he could reach. As he writes beautifully in The pond: ‎من تك كنار بركه و گل دسته دسته بود ‎ابر نمور، دامن خود را گسسته بود

I was alone by the pond and dabs of flowers plentiful The rain clouds had spread its skirt

‎باران ريز دانه كه بر آب مى چكيد ‎ نقش هزار دايره بر آب بسته بود

The drizzle of rain dripping on the pond Had painted contours of a thousand circles

‎يك سار نك طلايى زيبا در آن طرف ‎با جفت خود سر شاخى نشسته بود

An inquisitive golden-beak starling on the other side Was sitting on a branch with its mate

‎افسوس و صد فغان كه از آن پس در آن مكان ‎ صدها مسافر آمده ديگر نرفته بود

Alas a thousand sighs, ever since Hundreds of passengers came and not went away

‎چندى گذشت و بركه زيباى ما دگر ‎ از زير بار سخت قدمها نرسته بود

Some time passed and our beautiful pond Did not rejuvenate under the heavy steps

‎اين يادگار مانده ز دوران و عصرها ‎آينه وار زير قدمها شكسته بود

This relic of the ages and times It was broken like a mirror under their steps

‎گويا هزار نغمه گر داستان عشق ‎از ناز گل ، ستم خار، خسته بود

Perhaps the nightingale, the singer of the thousands love stories Was fatigued from the lavish of the flower, the sting of her thorn

Written by Nosratollah Sarikhani, 2018