Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Southern Illinois U., 1966; Master of Science in Forest Management, Michigan State University, 1967; Master of Business Administration, Michigan State University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Management & Economics, Michigan State University, 1974.
Forestry aide, United States Forest Svc., Salem, Missouri, 1965; research assistant forestry, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1965-1966; from assistant district forester to assistant forester technical forestry, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Crossett, Arkansas, 1967-1971; assistant professor department forestry and forest products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1974-1975; from forest finance taxation specialist to forest economist, USDA Forest Svc., Atlanta, 1975-1979; associate professor forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1979-1983; professor, head extension forest resources Department, University Georgia, Athens, 1983-1993; dean school forest resources, director Arkansas Forest Resources Center, U. Arkansas, Monticello, 1993-1994; dean college forest resources, director Forest Research Center, Mississippi State University, since 1995.
Fellow Society American Foresters. Member Society American Foresters (chair hall of fame committee Arkansas division, chair-elect, chair Georgia division, secretary, chair-elect, chair economics, policy and law working group, vice chairman lower Michigan chapter, forester of year 1994), Alpha Zeta, Beta Gamma Sigma, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Sigma Xi, Xi Sigma Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.
