Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the extraordinary effort of the following individuals in their review of the final draft of this entire volume. Their effort has substantially enhanced the clarity, consistency, and coverage of The Encyclopedia of Wood.



Donald Bender
Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington



Arthur Brauner
Forest Products Society
Madison, Wisconsin



Bradford Douglas
American Forest & Paper Association
Washington, DC



David Green
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wisconsin



Michael Hunt
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana



Thomas McLain
Department of Forest Products
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon



Russell Moody
Madison, Wisconsin



Michael O’Halloran
APA—The Engineered Wood Association
Tacoma, Washington



Erwin Schaffer
Sun City West, Arizona




Contributors to The Encyclopedia of Wood are indebted to the following individuals and organizations for their early technical review of chapter manuscripts.



Terry Amburgey
Forest Products Laboratory
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi



Jon Arno
Troy, Minnesota



B. Alan Bendtsen
Madison, Wisconsin



A. William Boehner
Trus Joist MacMillan
Boise, Idaho



R. Michael Caldwell
American Institute of Timber Construction
Englewood, Colorado



Donald Carr
NAHB—National Research Center
Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Richard

Caster
Weyerhaeuser Company
Tacoma, Washington



Kevin Cheung
Western Wood Products Association
Portland, Oregon



Stephen Clark
Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
Cumberland Center, Maine



Richard Cook
National Casein Company
Santa Ana, California



William Crossman
Atlanta Wood Industries
Savannah, Georgia



Thomas Daniels
Energy Products of Idaho
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho



Donald DeVisser
West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau
Portland, Oregon



Bradford Douglas
American Forest and Paper Association
Washington, DC



Stan Elberg
National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association
Memphis, Tennessee



Paul Foehlich
Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



Barry Goodell
Forest Products Laboratory
University of Maine
Orono, Maine



Kevin Haile
HP&VA
Reston, Virginia



Daniel Hare
The Composite Panel Association
Gaithersburg, Maryland



R. Bruce Hoadley
Forestry Department
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts



David Hon
Department of Forest Resources
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina



Robert Hunt
Western Wood Products Association
Portland, Oregon



Lisa Johnson
Southern Pine Inspection Bureau
Pensacola, Florida



Tom Jones
Southern Pine Inspection Bureau
Pensacola, Florida



Charles Jourdain
California Redwood Association
Novato, California



John Kressbach
Gillette, New Jersey



Robert Kundrot
Nestle Resins Corporation
Springfield, Oregon



Steven Lawser
Wood Component Manufacturers Association
Marietta, Georgia



Phillip Line
American Forest & Paper Association
Washington, DC



Joseph Loferski
Brooks Forest Products Center
Blacksburg, Virginia



Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association
Northbrook, Illinois



Thomas McLain
Department of Forest Products
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon



David McLean
Civil Engineering Department
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington



Rodney McPhee
Canadian Wood Council
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada



Michael Milota
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon



Jeffrey Morrell
Department of Forest Products
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon



National Hardwood Lumber Association
Memphis, Tennessee



Darrel Nicholas
Forest Products Laboratory
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi



Michael O’Halloran
APA—The Engineered Wood Association
Tacoma, Washington



Perry Peralta
Department of Wood and Paper Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina



David Plackett
Forintek Canada Corporation
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada



David Pollock
Civil Engineering Department
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington



Redwood Inspection Service
Mill Valley, California



Alan Ross
Kop-Coat Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



Thomas Searles
American Lumber Standards Committee
Germantown, Maryland



James Shaw
Weyerhaeuser Company
Tacoma, Washington



Bradley Shelley
West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau
Portland, Oregon



Ramsey Smith
Louisiana Forest Products Laboratory
Baton Rouge, Louisiana



William Smith
SUNY-ESF
Wood Products Engineering
Syracuse, New York



Edward Starostovic
PFS/TECO Corporations
Madison, Wisconsin



Louis Wagner
American Hardwood Association
Palatine, Illinois



Eugene Wengert
Department of Forestry
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin



Michael Westfall
Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau
Bellevue, Washington



Borjen Yeh
APA—The Engineered Wood Association
Tacoma, Washington