Education

                 Univ. of Nebraska                  Pre-Forestry                  1965-1967  

 B.S.       Southern Ill. Univ.                  Forestry                                    1970

M.S.       Southern Ill. Univ.                  Forestry (Ecology)                  1972

Ph.D.      Univ. of Missouri                   For. (Eco-Physiology)            1976

Awards and Recognition of Scholarly Achievement

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Member of Xi Sigma Pi

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Member of Gamma Sigma Delta

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Member of Sigma Xi

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Gamma Sigma Delta Dean's Teaching Honor Roll

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Weaver Brothers Distinguished Professorship in Forestry

 

Other Scholarly Contributions

Co-developer of GSRoot® a computer software program which allows for highly accurate measurements of plant root systems,
including root length, diameter classification, and number of root tips  from scanned images. 

 Other

    ·                   Forestry Program Leader, School of Renewable Natural Resources

                (June 2000 –  November 2005)

  Public Service

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·                    Secretary, Physiology Working Group, Society of American Foresters (1983-1984).

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·                    Chair-Elect, Physiology Working Group, Society of American Foresters (1993- 1994)

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·                    Chair, Physiology Working Group, Society of American Foresters, (1995-1996)

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·                    Chair, Southeast Chapter, Louisiana Society of American Foresters (1983).

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·                    Executive Committee, Louisiana Society of American Foresters (1983).

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·                    Steering Committee Member, Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands.(1991-94.), Research Subcommittee

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            Chair, Governor's Coastal Wetland Forest Conservation and Use Science Working Group (2004-2005)

 

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