Education

Academic Training:

B.S.	The Pennsylvania State University	1966
	Wood Science - physical & mechanical properties
M.S.	Colorado State University	1973
	Wood Science - mechanical properties
Ph.D.	Texas A & M University	1983
	Forestry - industrial engineering in wood processing

Honor Societies:

Xi Sigma Pi
Sigma Xi
Phi Kappa Phi
Gamma Sigma Delta

Served as Historian, Treasurer, Secretary, and President of the West Virginia University Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta (Honor Society of Agriculture).

Professional Societies:

Forest Products Society

Vice-Chairman and Chairman - Softwood Lumber Technical Committee

Secretary, Vice-Chairman, and Chairman - Plant Design Engineering Technical Committee, and then Technical Interest Group

Secretary-Treasurer - Mid-South Section (twice)

Section Correspondent - Mid-South Section (three years)

Secretary-Treasurer - Carolinas-Chesapeake Section

Chairman-elect - Carolinas-Chesapeake Section

Chairman - Carolinas-Chesapeake Section

Past Chairman - Carolinas-Chesapeake Section
Chairman - Mid-South Section

South Central Regional Board Member to International Executive Board (2004-2007)

Society of Wood Science and Technology

member of Ad Hoc Committee on the Future and Vitality of SWST
Vice-Chair of Public Relations Committee

Arkansas Forestry Association

Education