George Thomas Tsoumis

Background

Tsoumis, George Thomas was born on September 13, 1920 in Kozani, Greece. Son of Thomas and Ecaterini (Katsikas) Tsoumis.

Education

Degree in Forestry, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1942. Master Wood Technology, University Michigan, 1951. Doctor Forestry, Yale University, 1957.

Career

Assistant, lecturer, assistant professor, Aristotelian U., Thessaloniki, 1943-1960; professor forest utilization, Aristotelian U., Thessaloniki, 1967-1988; professor emeritus, Aristotelian U., Thessaloniki, since 1988; dean, Aristotelian U., Thessaloniki, 1977-1978, 81; assistant professor, Montana U., Missoula, 1961; assistant professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1961-1965; research associate, Yale University, New Haven, 1966. Visiting professor Colorado State University, 1984, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1985.

Achievements

• George Thomas Tsoumis has been listed as a noteworthy forestry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Wood as Raw Material: Source, Structure, Chemical Composition, Growth, Degradation and Identification

    (Oxford 1968 first edition Pergamon. Hardcover. Small octa...)

  • Wood as Raw Material: Source, Structure, Chemical Composition, Growth, Degradati

Membership

Corporal Signal Corps, Greek Army, 1941, 45-49. Fellow International Academy Wood Science. Member Hellenic Forestry Society (president since 1983), International Association Wood Anatomists, Fulbright Scholars N. Greece (president 1993-1994).

Connections

Married Alexandra Mamatsios, December 12, 1954. Children: Thomas, Constantine.

Father:

Thomas Tsoumis

Mother:

Ecaterini (Katsikas) Tsoumis

Spouse:

Alexandra Mamatsios

child:

Thomas Tsoumis

child:

Constantine Tsoumis