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APPENDIX
CBiographical Information on
Committee Members
JOHN C. GORDON (Chair) is dean and professor of the School
of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. His research
includes photosynthesis and translocation in trees; enzymes in woody plants,
and biological nitrogen fixation. Dr. Gordon received his undergraduate
and doctoral degrees from Iowa State University and is a member of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Phi Kappa
Phi, Sigma Xi, and the Society of American Foresters.
WILLL\M A. ATKINSON serves as professor and head of the Depart-
ment of Forest Engineering at Oregon State University and as director of
the OSU Research Forest. Dr. Atkinson has also held teaching positions
at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Washington
in addition to management and research positions in the forest products
industry. He received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from
the University of California, Berkeley.
ELLIS B. COWLING is associate dean for research in the College
of Forest Resources and University Distinguished Professor of Natural
Resources at North Carolina State University. A member of the National
Academy of Sciences and the NRC Board on Agriculture, Dr. Cowling does
research on changes in the chemical climate of the earth and their impact
on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, forest and wood products pathology,
and physiology of trees and tree diseases. He received his B.S. and M.S.
degrees from the State University of New York, Syracuse, and his Ph.D.
from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Uppsala in Sweden.
MARY L. DURYEA received her B.S. and M.S. from the University
of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in tree physiology from Oregon
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State University; she is currently an assistant professor in the Department
of Forestry at the University of Florida. Her research interests include
seed biology, nursery practices, and nutrition. Dr. Du~yea is a member
of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, the Society of American Foresters, and is
editor-in-chief of New Forests.
GEORGE F. DUTROW is dean and professor of forest economics in
the Duke University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Dr.
Dutrow previously taught at the University of Georgia and Our Lady of
Holy Cross College and has been employed by the USDA Forest Service.
He was awarded his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees by Duke
University and is a member of the Society of American Foresters.
DONALD R. FIELD is associate dean of the College of Agricultural
and Life Sciences and director of the School of Natural Resources at the
University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he received his bachelor's and
master's degrees in rural sociology. He received his Ph.D. from Pennsyl-
vania State University. In addition to experience with the National Park
Service, Dr. Field has held teaching positions with South Dakota State
University, the University of Washington, and Oregon State University.
His research includes studies of the social ecology of parks and the impacts
of rural resource development activities on communities and their regions.
RICHARD F. FISHER serves as professor and head of the Department
of Forest Resources at Utah State University. His research includes studies
on soil-plant relationships, plant-plant interactions, soil chemistry and bio-
chemistry, and nitrogen fixation. He is a fellow of the Soil Science Society
of America and the Society of American Foresters and is co-editor-in-chief
of Forest Ecology and Management. Dr. Fisher received his B.S. from the
University of Illinois and his Ph.D. from Cornell University.
JERRY F. FRANKLIN is the Bloedel Professor of Ecosystems Analysis
in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington. He
is also a chief plant ecologist for the USDA Forest Service. A member
of ALAS, the Society of American Foresters, and the Ecological Society
of America, Dr. Franklin conducts research on ecosystem structure and
function, forest community ecology and succession, effects of environmental
i change, and incorporation of biological diversity into forest management.
DAVID W. FRENCH is a professor in the departments of Plant Pathol-
ogy and Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Dr.
French received his undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees from the
University of Minnesota, and his research focuses on products pathology,
mycology, and forest pathology.
VVILLLAM T. GLADSTONE received a B.S. from Syracuse Univer-
sity, an M.F. from Yale University, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina
State University. His most recent position was manager of the Southern
Forestry Research Department for Weyerhaeuser Company. His research
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includes variability and heritability of wood properties and relationships
between wood fiber properties and products manufactured from wood. Dr.
Gladstone is a member of the Technical Association of Pulp and Paper In-
dustry, the Forest Products Research Society? and the Society of American
Foresters.
I>WRENCE D. HARRIS serves as professor of wildlife ecology in the
School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida.
In past positions, Dr. Harris has served as a wildlife management officer
with the Tanzania Game Division and a wildlife biologist in the United
States. His primary research is on development of renewable resource
management strategies. A member of the Society for Conservation Biology,
AAAS, Sigma Xi, and the Wildlife Society, he earned his B.Sc. from Iowa
State University and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
LOIS K. MILLER is a professor in the departments of Entomology
and Genetics at the University of Georgia. A member of the American
Society for Microbiology and the Society of Invertebrate Pathology, Dr.
Miller does research in such areas as nucleic acid biochemistry, molecular
biology, recombinant DNA technology, and biological insect pest control.
She received her B.S. from Uppsala College and a Ph.D. in biochemistry
from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
JAMES R. SEDELL is a research aquatic ecologist at the Pacific
Northwest Forestry and Range Experiment Station for the USDA Forest
Service. DF. Sedell has held positions with Oregon State University and
Weyerhaeuser Company. He received his B.N from Willamette University
and his Ph.D. in aquatic biology from the University of Pittsburgh. He
is a member of the American Fisheries Society, the Ecological Society of
America, the North American Benthological Society, and the Society of
American Foresters.
RONALD R. SEI)EROFF serves as a professor of forestry at North
Carolina State University. His research is on the molecular genetics of
conifers. Dr. SederofT earlier served as a senior scientist with the USDA
Forest SeIvice and has also held a variety of teaching positions. He received
his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in zoology from the University
of California, Los Angeles.
DAVID B. THORUD is the dean of the College of Forest Resources
at the University of Washington. Dr. Thorud has also been employed by
the USDA Forest Service and has held a number of teaching positions. He
has participated in international delegations on such issues as watershed
management training and research, soil and water conservation, and rural
development. Dr. Thorud is a graduate of the University of Minnesota,
where he received his B.S. in forestry and his M.S. and Ph.D. in forest
hydrology.
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