Will Troyer was born into an Amish farm family in 1925 near Kokomo, Indiana. He received a BS degree in Wildlife Studies at Oregon State College in 1952, and an MS from Montana State University in 1962. During a 30-year career with the Department of the Interior, he served as refuge manager of the Kodiak and Kenai National Wildlife Refuges, conducting research studies on brown bear, moose, caribou, bald eagles and trumpeter swans. As a pilot, he flew wildlife surveys in many remote regions of Alaska. After retiring, Will and his wife, LuRue, lived in a wilderness log home they built themselves in Cooper Landing, Alaska.
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