50 Years Of Partnership

Paper Science and Engineering

1954 – 2004 1955 – 2005

History compiled by Robert Hitchings, Michael Kocurek, and Ben Chilton 2 History A History of the Pulp and Paper Program and Foundation at NC State University

THE PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED

During the 1951-52 academic year, a pulp and paper program, combining the facilities and Faculty of the School of Forestry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry was announced. Graduate studies and research were already conducted in the pulp and paper area both in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the School of Forestry. The equipment available to the original pulp technology program included a chipper, defiberizer, beater, sheet forming cylinders, and a digester.

A search was started at this time to employ an outstanding man to head up the program in pulp technology and to establish the first undergraduate training program for the pulp and paper industry in the South. In order to attract an outstanding individual to the faculty of the School of Forestry, Dean R. J. Preston approached leaders of the industry with the aid of Mr. Reuben B. Robertson, Sr., Chairman of the Board of Champion Paper and Fiber Company. As a result of this meeting, Mr. Robertson invited a number of executives from major pulp and paper companies to Champion’s Lake Logan Camp so that Chancellor Harrelson, Dean Preston, and other School personnel could present their case for the need of a new curriculum in this field and for the necessity of industry’s support in R.J. Preston an effort to maintain a superior program in this field at North Carolina State University.

During the Annual Paper Convention in New York City, February 1952, Mr. Robertson persuaded a number of industrial executives in his hotel suite to support the establishment of such a program. Mr. Larry Riegel, Mr. W. F. Bold, Mr. George Mead, Mr. Hugh Camp, and Mr. Gunnar Nicholson committed themselves and their companies to financially support a pulp and paper program at North Carolina State College of Forestry. Additionally, in the spring of 1952, Mr. Robertson, supported by his fellow paper executives, was instrumen- tal in persuading the Legislature of the State of North Carolina to approve an appropriation of $200,000 for a laboratory and teaching facility to house the embryo pulp and paper program.

3 C. Earl Libby agreed to join the faculty and reported to Raleigh on May 1, 1952. He was uniquely qualified to head the pulp and paper program at North Carolina State University and to develop an industrially oriented curriculum. Libby, a native of Benton, Maine, was born on November 14, 1892. After participating in one of the first courses offered by Mr. J. N. Stephenson in pulp and paper technology at a U.S. university, he graduated from the University of Maine (B.S.) in 1916. During the next four years, Libby was active in a number of chemical pulp operations that supported the gunpowder industry of World War I. He associ- ated himself on March 1, 1920 with the New York State College of Forestry in Syracuse, New York to teach in the department of forest chemistry. In 1932, he became head of the Department of Pulp and Paper Technology at Syracuse and continued to lead this C. Earl Libby outstanding program until 1952. Additionally, he was responsible for the establishment of Empire State Paper Research Associates, Inc. (ESPRI), an organization ini- tially devoted to improving the utilization of hardwoods in the pulp and paper industry of New York State. He received the TAPPI Gold Medal in 1962, recognizing his contribution as a leader in pulp and paper edu- cation. Libby’s long contact with education programs in the paper industry made him an outstanding selec- tion to organize the North Carolina State program.

In 1952, a representation was made to the Southern Regional Educational Board concerning the establish- ment of this new curricular program. An agreement was reached with the Board which provided that North Carolina State University would establish an undergraduate program in pulp and paper science and technol- ogy to serve the South. The purpose of this agreement was to minimize the dilution of support and prolif- eration of poorly conceived programs that might be established by other colleges and universities.

In 1954, Professor Libby contacted Mr. R. G. Hitchings, a former colleague in the program of pulp and paper instruction at the New York State College of Forestry and asked him to come to North Carolina to assist him in instruc- tion on the two students registered in pulp and paper for the fall 1955 semes- ter. Additionally, his responsibilities included overseeing the purchasing and installation of equipment for the new pulp and paper laboratory that was to be undertaken.

Mr. R. G. Hitchings

4 The Robertson Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Technology Dedicated October 25, 1957

The laboratory building which was authorized by the 1953 Legislature with an original appropriation of $200,000 was started during the late fall of 1954. The sum appropriated to construct the laboratory build- ing proved to be inadequate and a transfer of $25,000 of surplus funds left from the D. H. Hill Library appropriations and a modification in the construction contract allowed the building construction to get under way. Due to some minor problems in construction, the original building was finally occupied for class in September 1956. Although the laboratory of 13,500 square feet was not fully furnished and equipped, laboratory classes for eight senior students were conducted during the 1956-57 academic year. THE FOUNDATION IS ESTABLISHED

In an effort to strengthen the industrial support of the many programs of the emerging School of Forestry, a series of advisory committees were appointed for the several programs of the School and were asked to meet in Raleigh on November 6, 1952. Representatives of the corporations who initially gave their support to Mr. Robertson in the early part of the year were present as the Pulp and Paper Policy and Technical Advisory Committees. These men met in several subcommittees concerned with student enrollment, building and lab- oratory facilities, and curriculum. As a result of their recommendations, it was felt a broader industrial base would be necessary to support scholarships for outstanding high school graduates in the south. Based on the recommendations of the industrial contacts of Dean Preston and Professor Libby, invitations to join the sup- port of the program were sent to the majority of the pulp and paper industry in the South. As a result of this meeting, the pulp and paper advisory committee sought the incorporation of the Pulp and Paper Foundation, Inc. The meeting of the incorporators was held on February 4, 1955 and Mr. E.J. Gaynor, III of Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company was elected president of the Corporation. A budget was proposed and accepted by the group with a total of $25,000 appropriated. This budget included funds for salaries and salary supple- ments, undergraduate student scholarships, a graduate fellowship, and travel funds. Early memberships in the Foundation were held by Paper companies. A few years later suppliers were invited to join and serve on the Board.

5 In the initial development of the Pulp and Paper Foundation, gifts of approximately $100,000 worth of papermaking equipment were obtained from companies interested in the Pulp and Paper Program and $25,000 was used from the initial appropriation for the laboratory building for the equipping of the labo- ratories. These monies and gifts were not enough to completely furnish the laboratory building and during the 1956 legislature, a request for $127,000 was approved to complete the equipment for the laboratory building. During this year, monies were approved for scholarships for outstanding high school students by the newly formed Foundation. Dean Preston and Professor Libby spent considerable time to recruit these students from several southeastern states, thus reinforcing the South and Southeast "regional" concept for the program. THE FIRST 25 YEARS 1954 - 1979

To assist in the instructional program in the areas of pulp and paper engi- neering and additives, Mr. Hillard D. Cook was hired in the fall of 1956 as Assistant Professor of Pulp and Paper Technology. Cook was a B.S. gradu- ate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and had worked in industry for seven years in a research laboratory and for over 25 years in paper production. He worked as a consultant in the three years prior to his joining the staff and brought an interesting combination of practical engineering and applied tech- nology to the instructional program. Professor Cook, affectionately known as Hilliard D. Cook “Doc,” retired during 1968 after 12 years as a teacher. Assistant Professor, Pulp & Paper Technology On October 25, 1957, the completed Reuben B. Robertson Pulp and Paper Laboratory was dedicated by ceremonies at the Third Annual Meeting of the Pulp and Paper Foundation. Mr. Reuben Robertson, Jr., son of the senior Mr. Robertson and President of the Champion Pulp and Fiber Company gave the dedicatory address. Also, dur- ing this year, President Dwight J. Thompson, who was then Vice President of Champion Paper and Fiber Company, led the Foundation. In 1957-58, the Foundation scholarship recipients rose to a total of 44.

The program continued to grow and it was evident that additional faculty in the area of wood chemistry would be required. In the search for the most attrac- tive individual to fill this position, Dean Preston contacted Dr. Alfred J. Stamm who had completed over 30 years with the USDA Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Stamm had authored over 120 papers relating to wood and paper chemistry. Born in Los Angeles, California on December 29, 1897, Stamm had graduated from the California Institute of Technology (B.S. 1921) University of Wisconsin (M.S. 1923), (Ph.D. 1925), and spent a lifetime in academic and government wood-oriented research. He became the Dr. Alfred J. Stamm first recipient of the Reuben B. Robertson Distinguished Professor of Wood Reuben B. Robertson Chemistry. Professor of Wood Chemistry

6 During this same period of the 1959-60 academic year, Mr. Ed Ruckdeshel was hired as a paper laboratory superintendent, to oversee the operation of a miniature fourdrinier paper machine. At the end of this academic year, Professor Libby retired but agreed to accept the executive secretary’s position with the Pulp and Paper Foundation and to continue his service to the paper industry.

As the student body continued to grow, the need for additional staff became apparent. A search was conducted to find an individual com- petent in the paper additives and the paper-coating field. Professor Chester G. Landes was attracted to the college in September 1960 as an Associate Professor of Pulp and Paper Technology on a part-time Edmund G. Ruckdeschel basis. Landes, a native of Indiana and a 1926 B. Ch. E., from Ohio State University had been 11 years in the employ of paper companies and over 22 years in the employ of a major chemical supplier to the paper industry. His vast experience in wet strength resin additives and his knowledge of the industry made him an attractive candidate for the instructional program in these areas. He became a full-time teacher in the following year and served the institution for 12 years.

Following the period in which C. E. Libby retired, the decision was made to combine the wood products program and the pulp and paper program under one department head. After extensive search, Dr. Eric L. Ellwood was attracted from the Forest Products laboratory of the University of California and assumed the head of the combined depart- ment. Dr. Ellwood is a graduate of the University of Melbourne in Chester G. Landes Australia and received his Ph.D. from the Wood Technology Program Associate Professor, Pulp of Yale University. and Paper Technology As a result of a curriculum study, a fifth year program was inaugurated in 1960 to allow a student to obtain a B.S. degree in pulp and paper technology in four years and complete the requirements for a B.S. Ch. E. in a fifth year. This dual degree program continues today, and is unique in the U.S.

During the 1962-63 academic year, the Pulp and Paper Foundation membership totaled 17 primary members, 37 associated members, and over 83 individual members. The combined income from the dues, dividends, and interest of the Foundation was $65,510. Although Professor C. E. Libby continued to serve the Foundation following his retirement, the program lost his talents when he died on May 26, 1964. During this period, it became apparent that an individual would be required to serve the day-to-day needs of the Pulp and Paper Dr. Eric Ellwood Foundation on at least a half-time basis. Head, Department of Wood Science and Technology

7 On July 13, 1964, Ray Smith, a former personnel manager of Albemarle Paper Company, was hired to fill the executive secretary position with the Foundation and to serve as associate director of the University’s placement center. Mr. Smith had a B.S. from North Carolina State University and had been associated with the early efforts of the pulp and paper program to attract outstanding high school student from the Roanoke Rapids area.

The Foundation quickly created an organizational structure that involved the direct participation of literally hundreds of industry, alumni, and other sup- porters participating on several committees. The goal of these committees was simple—to recruit students, scholarships, equipment, corporate and individual members, and other support needed to make the Pulp & Paper program at NC State the best in the world. A history of the committee chairs is shown on the following page. Ray Smith

Curriculum Committee 1966: Reading clockwise around the outside of the table: Dr. Eric Ellwood, Mr. Daniel O. Adams, Mr. Glenn Kimble, Mr. Alfred Heald, Mr. Robert Baynard, Mr. Robert Leahy In the inner circle, clockwise: Dr. Alfred J. Stamm, Mr. Ray Smith, Prof. R. G. Hitchings, Chester G. Landes

Scholarship Committee 1966: Center Front: Mr. Ray Smith. Reading Clockwise around the table: Tom Lauderdale, H. H. Cotton, Dr. Eric Ellwood, Dr. Richard Preston, R. E. Phinney, Prof. R. G. Hitchings, Dr. Kingston Johns Jr., Dr. William D. Major, R. J. Leahy, James Palmer

8 Committee Chairs

Curriculum H. M. Reed, Jr. Scholarship Summer Employment C. E. Hartford L. H. Camp Ramsey Buchanan K. F. Adams E. H. Graves C. C. Peters Elmer Leavitt F. B. Schelhorn G. C. Kimble J. M. Piette H. Y. Charbonnier C. E. Hartford D. O. Adams D. O. Adams E. H. Graves C. C. Peters G. W. Brumley D. L. Ashcraft Leslie J. Darby B. P. Ellen D. O. Jennings J. Robert Carpenter Harry Cotton M. L. Boinest R. E. March J. Carter Fox T. W. Lauderdale F. A. Adams K. M. Guest Robert C. Harrison R. E. Phinney W. J. Verross L. E. Culbertson Joe K. Donald C. O. Skoggard P. W. Bartsch C. T. Hazelwood Ted A. Owens R. J. Leahy D. H. Grubb Paul J. Schmitt Jerry H. Ballengee H. M. Reed, Jr. D. R. Russell Hugh M. Smith Richard B. Phillips H. S. Pedley W. H. Richards A. Ben Groce, Jr. C. C. Peters J. O. Blackwell Development/Endowment B. Robert Harley W. V. Cross Joe K. Donald W. V. Cross Dr. F. B. Schelhorn Ted Owens B. C. Moore Membership M. L. Boinest A. Ben Groce David Ashcraft C. S. Heustis L. H. Camp F. Gray Carter Kathy Buckman Gibson Howard D. Hinman J. M. Piette Lou Boos J. H. Long D. O. Adams Student Recruitment W. W. Wommack D. L. Ashcraft A. M. Fairbrother Equipment & Technology T. S. Coldeway J. R. Carpenter W. H. Warren Edward A. Turner H. M. Reed, Jr. J. M. Barnes Ronnie Hise W. V. Cross Robert Aranow B. P. Ellen Carl Welte Investment D. S. Hollingsworth T. A. Owens E. J. Gayner K. M. Guest F. B. Schelhorn Sture G. Olsson J. M. Piette P. J. Shouvlin Dwight Thomson E. J. Rice H. D. Sheesley C. S. Huestis David G. McMaster D. O. Adams H. Y. Charbonnier James R. Thompson C. E. Faries C. E. Hartford Thomas Blackburn W. J. Verross E. H. Graves Asa D. Hardison J. Carter Fox R. E. Phinney Robert C. Harrison R. J. Leahy John F. Pritchard Dr. F. B. Schelhorn B. Robert Harley M. L. Boinest John McClendon Philip Davis

In an effort to extend the awareness of the students in surface treatment of papers, a program was undertaken with the approval of the Pulp and Paper Foundation to create the C. E. Libby Memorial Coating Laboratory. Through contacts with industry and paper chemical suppliers, approximately $14,000 in contributions and

9 equipment was raised. An additional quantity of $10,000 was appropriated from the general funds of the Foundation and equipment was purchased to set-up the specialized laboratory during the 1965-66 academic year. Additionally, the School of Forestry received news that the new forestry building and third floor addi- tion to the present Reuben B. Robertson Laboratory was approved by the 1965 North Carolina General Assembly.

NC State University’s newest forestry building, Biltmore Hall, dedicated November 6, 1970

Approval of this new facility allowed the architects to go forward in designing these facilities that would allow for an expansion in the chemistry area of the pulp and paper program. Recognizing the need for a biochemist to aid in the program of the pulp and paper curriculum, a search was made to attract additional wood chemists. Dr. Wyn Brown, a graduate of the University of London with a Ph.D. from the University of Uppsala, Sweden was attracted in March 1967. Later that year in December, Dr. Knut Kringstad, formerly assistant director of the Norwegian Pulp and Paper Institute was called to the staff. Kringstad was a graduate of the Technical University of Darmstadt with a Ph.D. from the Institute of Cellulose Chemistry of this same institution. Due to the lack of facilities, these two scientists used facilities in the Schaub Food Science Building on a temporary basis.

A visiting scientist program was started; and dur- ing the 1966-67 year, Dr. Eng Albrecht Meinecke, from Germany, spent approximately nine months on a NATO postdoctoral program investigating Dr. Wyn Brown Dr. Knut Kringstad

10 the techniques for refiner ground wood production. Professor H. D. Cook retired during the end of the 1967 academic year and his replacement was found in Professor C. N. Rogers, who arrived at State after a successful career in the paper industry. Rogers was an electrical engineering graduate of North Carolina State University and had spent close to 30 years in paper engineering departments of the Sonoco Products Company and the Cellotex Corporation. Professor Rogers had formally been a director of the Pulp and Paper Foundation while in the employ of the former company. In the 1969-70 year, the depart- ment underwent a change in name to that of the Wood and Paper Science Professor C. N. Department and the pulp and paper program was changed in name to the pulp Rogers and paper science and technology curricula. Dr. Bengt Ramby spent six month as a visiting professor from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden relating the use of nuclear technique to the problems of cellulose and lignin chemistry. During this period, funds were provided to hire additional faculty who were knowledgeable in the waste effluent problems of the paper industry. Dr. Peder J. Kleppe joined the faculty to investigate problems in pulp processing relating to water effluent control. Dr. Kleppe was a graduate of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, with a Ph.D. He came to the University from West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company of Charleston, South Carolina.

The additional interest in research and the completion of the laboratories on the Dr. Peder J. Kleppe third floor of the Robertson Laboratory continued to attract new staff members in the 1968-1978 decade.

In August 1968, Dr. Hou-min Chang joined the staff as a postdoctoral fellow having graduated form the National University of Taiwan and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Washington. Following his postdoctoral studies, he became a member of the faculty as Assistant Professor of Wood Chemistry in1970, replacing Dr. Wyn Brown who left in 1969. He is recognized as a world authority on lignin and wood chemistry, pulping, bleaching, recycling and papermaking. In 1998 he was named the current Reuben Robertson Distinguished Professor, and in 1989 was awarded a TAPPI Fellow,

A short time later in 1972, Dr. Chen-Loung Chen became a Research Associate Dr. Hou-min Chang after completing a Ph.D. program at the University of Heidelberg. He had been engaged in the determining complex organic extractives found in wood and pulp products. He retired in 2002

During the early portions of the 1970’s, Dr. Kringstad left the department to join the staff of the Swedish Forest Products Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and Dr. Kleppe returned to Norway to join the industrial concern of M. S. Peterson & Son, Moss, Norway. To replace these staff members, Dr. William T. McKean came from Batelle Northwest to join the research activities in the area of process development. He obtained his engineering background at the University of Colorado and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Dr. Chen-Loung Chen

11 Approximately one year later in August 1971, Dr. J. S. Gratzl became an Associate Professor of Wood Chemistry. He had received his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna, Austria and had spent several years in pulp and paper research in Austria and at several institutions in the United States. He was awarded the Elis-Signe Olsson Memorial Professorship that was established by Mr. Sture Olsson, Chairman of the Board of the Chesapeake Corporation of West Point, Virginia. Dr. William T. Dr. J. S. Gratzl Dr. Gratzl held the distinguished professorship McKean until his retirement in 2001. He is recognized as one of the best wood and cellulose chemistry scientists in the world.

During the 1969-71 period, a special one-year training program for Latin Americans was sponsored in the pulp and paper area by W. R. Grace and Company. Professor Cook returned to oversee the instructional program and provide advisory duties for a group of approximately ten college graduates in engineering from Columbia and Peru.

In January 1972, through the auspices of the Pulp and Paper Foundation and contributions from ITT-Rayonier, an electron microscope was purchased. This William E. Caldwell valuable research tool was installed in the new forestry building and operated under the direction of Dr. Richard Thomas.

This same year saw the establishment of the Foundation’s first endowed scholarship fund in the name of William E. Caldwell, a former executive of the St. Regis Paper Company. The Foundation realized that mem- bership support alone would not provide the level of scholarships needed to attract the best and brightest students.

View of Chemical Laboratory Showing First Senior View of Partially Equipped Air-Conditioned Class in Papermaking at Work Paper Testing Laboratory Showing Physical Testing 12 With the selection of Dr. Eric Ellwood as the Dean of the School of Forest Resources, a committee was appointed to select a new department head for the Wood and Paper Science Department. Following a search of approximately one year, Dr. Irving Goldstein, who had a long career in both the wood and paper chemicals industry, became the new department head. Prior to coming to North Carolina, he had been head of the wood technology program at Texas A&M University. During this same time period, the completion of the third floor of the Robertson Lab made it possible for the pulp and paper program to be reunited under one roof. Additionally, the completion of the large Biltmore Dr. Irving Goldstein Hall brought the entire school under one roof for better communication.

During the 1972 academic year, Professor Landes reached the age of retirement and a search was started to seek a replacement for his talents on the teaching faculty. Dr. R. Heath Reeves joined the faculty in 1972 as Assistant Professor of Wood and Paper Science. He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and his M.S. and Ph.D. form the Institute of Paper Chemistry. He had held responsible positions with two lead- ing paper companies before undertaking his academic duties. His background as a technical director with specialty paper mills was used in his development of courses in paper properties and additives.

At the urging of Mr. Robert Vokes, the course “The Making of a Manager” Dr. R. Heath Reeves was offered through the School of Forest Resources and the Department of Economics and Business. Mr. Vokes organized the program in the spring of 1975 and was instrumental in bringing outstanding industrial leaders to the campus for the benefit of the students. During the 1976-77 academic year, Dr. William McKean left to accept employment with a West coast paper manufac- turer. Dr. Venkatakrishnan Venkatesh was brought to the campus as a visiting assistant professor. He became an official member of the staff and assumed the duties of Dr. McKean one year later. He was instrumental in bringing the com- puter simulation techniques in the form of the GEMS programs to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of the pulp and paper curricula.

The position of Head of the Wood and Paper Science Department became vacated when Dr. Irving Goldstein stepped down to concentrate his attention as Dr. Richard J. a National Science Foundation research grant to study “Chemicals from Wood.” Thomas In February 1978, Dr. Richard J. Thomas was selected to head the department. Dr. Thomas was a long-time faculty member of the department, teaching cours- es in wood identification and fiber science. He had graduated with a B.S. from Penn State University, obtained his M.S. from North Carolina State University and a D.F. degree from Duke University. Having taught students in the Pulp and Paper Curriculum previously, Dr. Thomas was familiar with the nature of the student body.

After a search period, Dr. Heinz Olf was selected to replace Dr. R. Heath Reeves who had left for employment with a new pulp company in Alabama. Dr. Olf had spent 16 years with the Camille-Dreyfus Laboratories of the Research Triangle, NC as a physicist in the fiber science area. He obtained his education including his Ph.D. at the Technical Institution of Munich (West Germany). In the late portion of the academic year, 13 Dr. Richard Cornell was called to teach in the pulp and paper program and to assume the course responsibilities of Charles Rogers, who entered retirement. Dr. Cornell had spent several years in industry with a West Coast paper com- pany. He completed his Ph.D. at the Institute of Paper Chemistry and had received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University.

During the 1970’s, there had been a noticeable increase in the difficulty of attracting teaching personnel to the pulp and paper area. The differential between industry’s salaries and those of the academic world continued to grow. In some instances, a one to two year search was necessary to find replacements for faculty member who had retired or left to enter the industry. Additionally, Dr. Heinz Olf the growth in the graduate program and the cooperative research programs led to space problems. In several cases it was difficult to maintain the equipment and facilities due to multiple use by undergraduate students, graduate students, technicians, and research staff.

The 25-year period, 1954-1979, saw the paper program grow from two students to an enrollment exceeding 140. At the same time, the support of the Pulp and Paper Foundation grew from $25,000 to $160,000. The Foundation and State support of these activities provided the impetus to granting degrees to individu- als who have and will continue to make outstanding contributions to the pulp and paper industry. It is difficult today to enter any mill in the southern part of the United States without encountering graduates of the curricula. With the continued support of the members of the Pulp and Paper Foundation, the coop- Dr. Richard Cornell erative research agreements with industry and government, and with a founda- tion of outstanding competitive students, it was expected that the program should move forward in the next 25-year period. THE SECOND 25 YEARS 1979 - 2004

The second twenty-five years began with Professor Bob Hitchings being selected as a TAPPI Fellow. This honor is reserved for the most distinguished scientists, engineers, educators, and administrators in the global paper industry. A new addition to the faculty was Thomas W. Joyce in 1980. Joyce received his PhD from Purdue University in Environmental Engineering, and his J D law degree from North Carolina Central University. Prior to joining NCSU, he worked at the Institute of Paper Chemistry and Envirotech Corporation. His teaching and Thomas W. Joyce research focus was environmental science and biotechnology.

In the early 1980’s paper graduates were averaging around $22,000 starting sala- ries, the highest at NCSU. Recruiting by chemical suppliers was increasing and several new “green field” mills, plus new expansions, set the stage for increased demand for graduates. Foundation support and endowed scholarships continued to grow, with 50% of the students receiving scholarships. As the program at NC State entered into the mid 1980’s, it had the largest undergraduate student enrollment (pulp & paper & wood products) in the US, as it does today in 2004 -2005.

14 The Churchillian quote, “never have so many owed so industry, not only in our region but throughout the nation much to so few,” aptly describes the outstanding contribu- and abroad. tions made by Robert G. Hitchings to teaching, service and Professor Hitchings’ legendary endless class lectures, not development of program excellence which have influenced only on the technology of the industry, but also on its the lives of more than 620 pulp and paper students. intrinsic nature is fed from his voracious technical reading For 33 years Professor Hitchings dedicated essentially all of and keeping up with a variety of publications that even his unstinting working hours to the maintenance and devel- remotely relate to the industry. Simply put, there are few opment of the quality of the school’s undergraduate Pulp who have the overall perspective of pulp and paper making and Paper Science and Technology program with particular that he has. emphasis on ensuring, firsthand, that the students received A “hands on” person by preference, his ability at the con- high quality education and guidance. trols of the forklift truck and the pilot paper machine, or He was a superb and dedicated teacher as evidenced by: fixing a piece of equipment with a wrench was without peer. being named by alumni more times than any other teacher His style lended emphasis to the lesson that to be a good in the school as being the person who contributed most to technical manager there are times when one must get dirty. their education at NCSU; being selected several times by His personal philosophy exemplified the service oriented the students as Distinguished Classroom Teacher; being a professional who gives completely of himself to a cause he member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers; being believes, in-not only the teaching of students without com- appointed as the Reuben B. Robertson Professor of Pulp promise, in level of excellence-but also to the may university and Paper Science and Technology; and being honored by major academic committees and to working committees of the endowed scholarship established in his name by grate- the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. ful alumni. His personal impact on the careers of all of the hundreds of students who have graduated since the begin- We the students want you to know, Professor Hitchings, ning of the program has also resulted in a major contribu- that on your retirement in July 1987, you will leave a void tion to the growth and development of the pulp and paper and will be missed. And it is with thanks and pride; we dedicate the 1987 PINETUM to you.

Dedication by students on the 1987 retirement of Professor R. Hitchings

15 The 1987 year was a major milestone for both the program and Foundation. It included the retirement of Bob Hitchings, the arrival of faculty John Heitmann and Hasan Jameel, and Foundation Executive Director Ben Chilton. These individuals lead the program today. This year also began the campaign for a new building addition to maintain the program as the best of its kind in the world.

With the retirements of Professor R.G. Hitchings and Dr. R.H. Cornell, Dr. John A. Heitmann Jr. who graduated from the PPT program in 1966, assumed the teaching responsibilities held by Professor Hitchings. After leaving N.C. State, Heitmann enrolled at the Institute of Paper Chemistry, where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Like most graduates of PPT programs, he began John Heitmann Jr. his industry career as a process engineer. After serving as a mill analyst and an industrial engineer for the Owens-Illinois Company, he was appointed pulp mill superintendent. In 1979 he joined Interstate Paper Corporation, where he served as technical assistant to the mill manager, and finally technical manager. Dr. Heitmann’s education and broad industry experience gave him the background required to excel in his present position as a professor in the pulp and paper pro- gram.

The second addition to the faculty was Dr. Hasan Jameel, who assumed the teaching and student advising duties formerly performed by Dr. Cornell. Dr. Jameel earned his B.S. degree at Texas A&M and a PhD degree at Princeton University. Both degrees were in chemical engineering. He began his career as a R&D Research Associate with International Paper. After several years he was Dr. Hasan Jameel appointed a Senior Research Associate. Desiring mill experience, he transferred to the company’s Ticonderoga mill, where he served as foreman for a brief period and was then named Group Leader. Dr. Jameel’s technical knowledge in the pulping and bleaching field is excellent. Again, the program was fortunate to find an individual with not only the necessary educational background but also extensive industry experience.

In 1985 Ray Smith concluded 20 years of service as Executive Director of the Foundation. During Ray's tenuure he helped establish 30 endowed Pulp and Paper Scholarships and two professorships. Ray was also instrumental in estab- lishing a network of recruiting locations throughout the South and Southeast where he met with potential Pulp and Paper students.

Ben Chilton, a 1964 graduate from UNC Chapel Hill, was named Executive Ben Chilton Director in 1987 after 17 years in the paper business, including serving as Human Resource Manager at Container Corporation of America. Ben had sup- ported Ray's recruiting efforts in Alabama.

In the 1988 Foundation President’s Report, J. Robert Carpenter’s keynote was “What we do today to strengthen this Foundation will help perpetuate the industry for the future”. The total support budget in 1989 was $308,000. with another $334,000 in special capital for the new Robertson addition. Over 100 corporations were members of the Foundation. Scholarship endowments totaled 43. A total of 91 scholarships were awarded that year, and the enrollment was 134 undergraduates and 24 graduate students.

16 The Robertson Laboratory had served the program well. It provided the classrooms, offices, teaching, and research laboratories in which the faculty built a regionally and nationally significant program. The Robertson Laboratory also contained a pilot plant that made it possible for students and faculty to gain hands-on experi- ence in the whole process of converting solid wood to paper in substantially the same way it is achieved in modern pulp and paper manufacturing.

By 1980, however, Dean Ellwood and the pulp and paper faculty were becoming more and more concerned with the growing obsolescence of this once unique teaching and research facility. At first, it was proposed that the Pulp and Paper Foundation provide funds for the additional space and facilities that were needed. A feasibility study was commissioned in connection with the Century Fund Drive commemorating the 100th year of the founding of North Carolina State University. But this study indicated that only about $1.5 of the necessary $5 million could be raised form private sources.

These increasingly critical space and facilities needs were considered in connection with plans for construc- tion of the Natural Resources Research Center (currently Jordan Hall). But financial limitations on this proj- ect forced these needs to be omitted. As a result, the Pulp and Paper Foundation and Industry asked for help directly form our state legislature. Oliver Blackwell of Champion International arranged a meeting with key members of the North Carolina General Assembly. Dean Ellwood then made his appeal once again-a new Pulp and Paper Laboratory was critical to the future of our College, the University, and the pulp and paper industry of our state and the south- ern region.

As a result, an appropriation of $4.5 mil- lion was offered on the condition that the pulp and paper industry match the legisla- tive package with at least $1.5 million of private funds. In 1987, solicitations were made by the Foundation to more the 30 companies. Pledges were received for $1.5 million, and ultimately over $3.0 million was contributed by Industry.

Construction of the 29,000-ft² addition, to be built on the Dan Allen Avenue side of Robertson started in June of 1988. The estimated completion date was January 1990. The addition contained a 6,000 square feet pilot plant, undergraduate and graduate research wood chemistry labora- tories, classroom, faculty offices, coating, printing, and paper testing laboratories. This expansion permitted the department to expand and enhance the teaching and New Addition research programs. 17 Completion of the new Robertson Laboratory and Pilot Plant required the addition of a Director of Applied Research to manage all aspects of the pilot plant. Med Byrd joined the department in 1992. Med secured his B.S. in Pulp & Paper at NCSU in 1984, and joined Procter and Gamble. While working as Director of Applied Research at NCSU he secured his PhD in Wood & Paper Science in 2001, and was promoted to Teaching Assistant Professor, and currently serves as Undergraduate Coordinator. Med Byrd Dr. L.Kirk Semke Through the excellent work of the Foundation’s External Affairs Committee chaired by Dr. L.Kirk Semke, Industry execu- tives conducted a program of legisla- tive forums to highlight the econom- ic importance of the Paper Industry in North Carolina. In 1993, the General Assembly provided an addi- tional permanent appropriation of $360,000 to the pulp and paper program, raising total support for faculty, staff, and operations to $2.5 million dollars.

In 1971, the students formed the second Student Chapter of the Technical Association of the Pulp Student Chapter of the Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry. William Taylor of & Paper Industry Colonial Heights, Virginia was the first chapter President. In 1992 Mr. Alan Rooks of PIMA presented a banner to Miss Jennifer Parr, President of the newly formed Student PIMA Chapter. The TAPPI/PIMA student chapter had a long successful history of involving students in industry conferences and programs. Students have raised funds through tailgate parties, golf outings, shirt sales, and other creative methods to fund enrichment activities. NCSU pioneered the concept of Industry Recruiting “Prenights”, whereby companies interviewing on campus would meet all students, including intern and per- manent employment candidates, over pizza and soda, to informally discuss career opportunities. These ses- sions continue today, and are part of the student’s professional development activities.

North Carolina State University Student TAPPI Section was officially chartered at special ceremonies April 13, 1971. The President’s gavel was turned over to William R. Taylor, Colonial Heights, VA. Other officers includ- ed: Russell L. Barnes, Vice-President; Charles E. Adkins, Secretary; Robert L. Armstrong, Treasurer; Chester E. Williams, Program Chairman; and Thomas G. Botkins, Forestry Council Representative.

NC State entered the arena of continuing education, with a two-week continuing education course in Pulp and Paper Technology, taught for the first time in 1990 in response to industry requests. This program con- tinues in 2005 with the weeklong “Hands on P&P Basics” short courses taught in cooperation with TAPPI. 18 A noteworthy change was the retirement of Dr. Irving Goldstein of June 30, 1992. In 1971, Dr. Goldstein was appointed professor and Head of the Department. Seven years later he resigned as head to administer a large Natural Science Foundation research grant awarded to him. The research objective was to develop improved process technology for the conversion of cellulose to etha- nol. For these accomplishments, Dr. Goldstein was awarded the first Alvin J. Huss Award presented by the American Paper Institute.

In May 1993, Dr. Richard Venditti joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. His teaching responsibilities were and remain in the area of process control Dr. Richard Venditti for pulping and papermaking processes. He also developed a research program directed toward aspects of pulp and paper recycling, surface and materials sci- ence. He graduated in 1988 from North Carolina State University with a B.S. Degree in Pulp and Paper and Chemical Engineering, and earned a M.A. and PhD in Chemical Engineering at Princeton University.

In his 1994 Dean’s Report, Dr. Larry Tombaugh who was appointed Dean in 1989 addressed the issue of assuring that the industry receives the maximum return for its investment in education and research. “By concentrating resourc- es on a few universities, it has encouraged the development of true centers of excellence. We are committed to work collaboratively with the various organizations that represent or serve the paper industry to assure that our program is an integral part of ‘all one system’ of supply, education, and research to the industry”. This support of the NCSU administration is one of the pillars of strength for which the student and industry are grateful.

Dr. Larry Tombaugh The partnership between Industry and University is illustrated by the donations to the pilot papermachine—“The Wolfpack Baby”. Originally installed in 1957, it was moved and rebuilt as part of the new building addition in 1991. It has been the recipient of many corporate donations, including new drives, gears, and motors from Allan Bradley, Reliance Electric, and Falk; Measurex scanner; Air Tech dryer hood, CRS Sirrine Engineering, BE&K Electrical Design, Eastern Ommi/Tidewater Construction; Beloit Metering Size Press and Kusters Soft Nip Calender in 1998. WPS 472 Paper Process Analysis is a capstone senior process/ product course that utilizes this machine to develop 8-12 grades of paper/bond each year. No other academic pilot machine in the world is used more exten- sively to teach engineering principals of papermaking and paper property funda- mentals to undergraduates. It is also used in the technical service program. Dr. Gary Baum Upon the retirement of Dr. Richard Thomas as Department Head in 1994, Dr. Gary Baum joined the Department as Professor and Head. He secured his M.S. and PhD in Physics from Oklahoma State University. He was Professor of Paper Physics at the Institute of Paper Chemistry, and later Director of Corporate R&D with the James River Corporation. He is a TAPPI Fellow.

The connection between industry and education continued to strengthen in the 1990’s under the leader- ship of Dr. Baum. The Department hosted the 3rd TAPPI Industry Needs Conference in 1996 in Raleigh.

19 The workshop brought together experts form the pulp and paper and allied industries to discuss the research needs for the future. Eight committees dealt with topical areas: Fibrous Raw Materials, Environment, Energy, Pulping and Bleaching, papermaking Processes, Surface and Structural Treatments, Recycling, and Sensors and Process Control. Each Committee prepared a prioritized list of needs for their for their area and then prepared a single list of high-priority research needs for the Dr. Martin Hubbe Dr. Richard Gilbert industry.

The department, administration, and foundation worked closely to secure the first endowed faculty position. In 1996 this effort was successful with the establishment of the Buckmann Distinguisted University Professor Endowment. A global search resulted in Dr. Martin Hubbe joining the faculty in 1998 as Associate professor and Buckmann Distinguisted Scientist. Dr. Hubbe received his PhD in chemistry from Clarkson University. He joined International Paper where he rose to Principal Scientist, developing research and mill support pro- Dr. Adrianna Dr. Michael J. grams in Wet end Chemistry. Kirkman Kocurek While serving as a distinguished professor in the College of Textiles at NCSU, Dr. Richard Gilbert was appointed as an associate member of the department in 1971 and served as Director of Graduate Studies until 2002. Dr. Gilbert continues to guide the research and mentoring of several young faculty in the area of polymer and cellulose science, and new material development.

Dr. Adrianna Kirkman was appointed Associate professor in 1996. Her career is one of the most unique in the University. She received her B.S. in 1970 in Applied Math and joined the Department as a Research Technician; was appointed Instructor in 1984; and Associate Professor in 1996 when she received her PhD degree in Wood & Paper Science. Dr. Kirkman was promoted to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 2002. Her research and teaching area is simulation modeling and process analysis.

In 1996, Dr. Gary Baum accepted a position as Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology, which moved to Georgia form Wisconsin in 1988. He was suc- ceeded as Department Head by Dr. Michael J. Kocurek in 1997. After earning BS, MS, and PhD. Degrees in Paper Science and Engineering form the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, Kocurek joined the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. He established and chaired the Department of Paper Science and Engineering for 16 years. In 1986, Kocurek was named Executive Director of the Charles Herty Foundation in Savannah, Georgia. He was named a TAPPI Fellow in 1985, and received the TAPPI Distinguished Service Award in 1992, and was inducted into the Paper Industry Hall of Fame in 2005.

20 Tom Joyce left NCSU in 1996 to assume the Chairmanship of the Paper Science & Engineering program at Western Michigan University. Filling his position was M.K. Ramasbramanian. Ram received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, worked for James River Paper in physics and tissue development, and originally joined NCSU in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ram returned full time to ME in 2003, and continues to hold an associate appointment in Paper Science and Engineering.

Joining the faculty in 1997 was Dr. John Kadla. John received his PhD in M.K. 1997 form NC State in Wood & Paper Science, working under Dr. Hou-min Ramasbramanian Chang, Dr. Gratzl, and Hasan Jameel. Dr. Kadla taught Wood Chemistry and his research focused on forest-based biomaterials. In 2003 Dr. Kadla accepted a position as Associate professor at the University of British Columbia.

In order to remain competitive as the best program in Paper Science and Engineering in the U.S., the paper science faculty made significant revisions to the undergraduate curriculum in 1999. These changes were collectively referred to as the Curriculum 2000 project and were intended to respond to changing priorities and needs in the Industry, to keep our graduated highly competitive. The new courses and other revisions were designed to improve critical think- ing, communications, troubleshooting, and research skills while also increasing emphasis on paper properties and new product development. A new and entire course on Wet End Chemistry was added. Industry competitiveness will depend on new innovative and lower cost products. This new curriculum was now the Dr. John Kadla. strongest program in this area

CURRICULUM 2000

New and Revised Curriculum Courses

• Paper Properties and Troubleshooting

• Paper Physics and Product Development

• Wet End Colloidal Chemistry

• Senior Research

• Aqueous Coasting and printing (elective)

• Packaging and Converting (elective)

21 Approval was given in 2000 by the University System’s General Administration to offer the 100% Distance Learning based Master of Wood and Paper Science Degree. This was the first and only pulp and paper degree of its kind in the world. It was designed to serve the needs of professional scientists and engineers already employed in the industry. Young professionals could choose electives to further their careers. The independent project is unique in that it involves a research type project of high value to the corporation. All courses and projects are conducted on a 100% distance-learning basis. The program now offered a full array of degree programs: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Wood and Paper Science (non thesis), PhD, and now a distance learning professional degree.

Master of Wood and Paper Science Professional Distance Learning Degree

Technical Core

Wood Chemistry 3

Colloid Chemistry 3

Paper Physics 3

Process Analysis 3

Electives 12

Independent Project 5

Seminar 1

Total 30

Kelly Farmer of UPM- Kymmene in Grand Rapids, Minnesota was in atten- dance at the University’s 2003 graduation ceremonies (with her daughter) to receive the first distance based Masters Degree.

Prof. Joel Pawlak,& Prof. Martin Hubbe with Kelly

22 A major factor in support of the undergraduate program occurred in 2000 with the addition of Lesley Grieco Wirt as Coordinator of Undergraduate Recruiting. Ms. Wirt received her B.S. degree in Psychology from James Madison University. While enrollments in peer programs experienced major declines, the NC State enrollment has been stabilized through the efforts of the Foundation Scholarship and Recruiting Committees, Industry Career Days, the Faculty, and efforts of Ms. Wirt.

Lesley Grieco Wirt In 2000, Dr. Richard Phillips established Foundation Scholarship number 100 for $100,000. The 1990's had proved to be a very successful fundraising period for the Foundation with 58 endowments established.

Faculty research in Paper Recycling was recognized in 2001 when Procter and Gamble, selected N.C. State to receive the largest suite of patents in recycling sep- aration technology ever received by the University. A significant cash grant was also donated to develop this technology. If fully and successfully commer- cialized, the potential dollar savings to the industry could be into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

A unique H.S. Science Teacher Research Experience was conducted in 2001 by the Paper Science faculty with funds from the foundation for twenty H.S. Chemistry and Environmental H.S. Science Teacher Research Experience Science faculty on the Science of Papermaking and Recycling. They conducted experiments on pulp- ing, papermaking, and recycling; took back to their schools a set of experiments; and received license credits. This was the first program of its kind ever held in the U.S. by Paper Science and Engineering programs. At the June 2002 meeting of all Pulp & Paper programs, this program was enthusiastically adopted by the alli- ance to be a national model. If successful at the national level, hundreds of teachers and thousands of science students will learn about our industry and its use of science in recycling and papermaking each year.

As part of Agenda 2020, a five year preliminary review of sponsored publica- tions and grants conducted in 2001, indicated NC State Faculty ranked at the top among peer programs, producing a total of 294 publications and almost $9 million in grants in the areas of recycling, manufacturing, environmental, energy performance, and new products. The program lost a key supporter with the retirement of Larry Tombaugh as Dean in 2001, and gained a new cham- pion with the arrival of Dr. Larry Nielsen as Dean.

Our strategy “to be the best…” makes major commitments to continuing our historic strengths by “investing in champions.” Without question, our Dr. Larry Nielsen paper science and engineering program is a true champion, not only in our college and at NC State, but also in the industry and across the world. Congratulations on 50 years of achievement—now, let’s go for 100!

23 The support of Industry corporations and executives reached new levels in 2002 in the Pulp & Paper Foundation. Almost $1.5 million in gifts were received, and a goal was proposed of achieving a $30 million endowment. In addition to financial support, the dedication of industry executives on all the operating com- mittees continue to be one of the best models of a public/private partnership at NC State University.

Success requires a vision. It also requires champions. Industry executives have led the North Carolina State Pulp & Paper Foundation for 50 years. A recognition of individuals who have served as Foundation Presidents is included in this history.

24 David Ashcraft was appointed as Executive in Residence in 1999. David received his BS in PPT and a MS in Chemical Engineering from NC State. He completed his industry career as Group Vice President of Temple Inland. Mr. Ashcraft served as Associate Development Director of the Foundation, and Instructor for a senior elective and distance-learning course on “Strategic Business Principles”.

Dr. Heinz Olf retired in 1999. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses in paper properties and wet end colloidal chemistry.

Dr. Joel Pawlak joined the faculty as an Assistant professor in 2001. He received his BS degree in Paper Science and Engineering from the State University of David Ashcraft New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. At NC State, Joel is teaching undergraduate, graduate, and distance learning courses in Paper Physics and Product Development.

To continue with our strong capability in Wood Chemistry, we were extremely pleased to have the addition of Dr. Dimitris S. Argyropoulos to the faculty in 2002 as a full professor. Dr. Dimitris S. Argyropoulos joined NCSU from McGill University and Paprican in Montreal, where he was an affiliated professor and prin- cipal scientist, respectively, for 21 years. He received his PhD in Chemistry from McGill Dr. Joel Pawlak University in Montreal, and he has published nearly 100 technical papers, 10 book chapters, Dr. Dimitris S. Argyropoulos and given over 160 presentations and invited lec- tures worldwide, on the organic chemistry of wood, lignin, lignin analysis and the chemistry of pulping, bleaching, and byproducts.

25 Dr. Vincent L. Chiang, an internationally renowned expert in the use of molecular genetics to improve forests for human benefit also joined the faculty in 2002 from Michigan Technological University where he was the Director of Plant Biotechnology Research Center. He is be a profes- sor of forest biotechnology, with joint appoint- ments in the Department of Forestry and the Department of Wood and Paper Science.

Dr. Vincent L. Dr. Orlando Rojas In 2003, Dr. Adrianna Kirkman was appointed Chiang Associate Dean in the College of Natural Resources (our new name). Dr. Med Byrd was appointed the new Undergraduate Coordinator, continuing the tradition of student guid- ance begun by Bob Hitchings. Replacing Med Byrd as Director of Applied Research was Christy Yochelson, a 2001 graduate of Pulp & Paper Science and Chemical Engineering. Replacing Dr. Kirkman was Dr. Orlando Rojas as Assistant Professor. Orlando received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University, and MS in Paper Engineering from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain. He recently spent two years as visiting scientist in the Department of Physical Chemistry, of the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm). His research expertise contributes to the new initiative in Forest Bio-materials, and includes cellulose polymers; lignin derivatives, wet end chem- istry, and paper recycling. Dr. Lucian Lucia Replacing Dr. Kadla in 2004 was Dr. Lucian Lucia as Associate Professor. Dr. Lucia received his PhD in Chemistry in 1996 from the University of Florida. He was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Paper Science & Technology, where his research focused on wood chemistry, oxygen chemistry, and forest based biomaterials. He joins Dr. Argyropoulos to form the new core of a wood chemistry and forest based bioproducts teaching and research team.

As we enter into the new millennium, the paper industry is moving into the area of advanced forest based bioproducts, fuel, and energy. A new ini- tiative to form a “Forest Biomaterials Center” is underway. Major grants have been received by Paper Science and Forestry Faculty to develop new super trees and new products from the forest. Joining the faculty in 2004 as a Research Associate professor was Dr. Lori Henderson. She received her PhD from the University of Massachusetts, worked as senior scientist for Novozymes N.A. her area of research is enzyme bioprocessing.

In 2005, Dr. Michael Kocurek conlcuded 9 years as Department Head, and returned to teaching as Professor. Joining the department as its new Dr. Steve Kelley Head was Dr. Steve Kelley, formerly principal scientist at the Department of Energy's National Renewal Energy Laboratory.

Our 50 Year History ends with the newly renamed program in Paper Science and Engineering receiving its initial engineering accrediation by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) 26 The Best Wood Chemistry Faculty Team in the World

Dr. Josef Gratzl retired in 2001. Over his 30-year tenure at North Carolina State University, he has directed nearly 60 masters and doctoral candidates. He has been associated with the Austrian Wood Research Instituet (Vienna), the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (Appleton, WI), the Institues of Organic Chemistry at the University of Vienna, and the University of Washington (Settle, WA). Dr. Gratzl is also a Guest professor at the Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, and a Concurrent-Professor of Chemistry at Nanjiing Forestry University, Nanjing, China, and an Honorary Professor of Dr. Josef Gratzl Chemistry, Gunagzhou Institute of Chemistry, Guangzhou, Chian. In 1989 he received the Dr. Karl Kellner Medal from the Austrian Pulp and Paper Association (OEZEPA) and in 1992 the Dr. Alexander Mitscherlich Medal form the Association of the German Pulp and Paper Chemists and Engineers (ZELLLCHEMING). He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science.

Dr. Gratzl is the author and co-author of over 150 technical papers and holds three patents. Serving as a consultant to international agencies, Dr. Gratzl has worked with the Organization of American States (OAS) and several organizations of the United Nations such as the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Education and Science Organization (UNESCO) in a number of developing countries.

Dr. Chang retired in 2004 although he continues an active part time appoint- ment as Research Professor. Chang’s research contributions, made in a vibrant laboratory with many graduate students, technicians, colleagues and visiting scientists, have been primarily in the areas of the chemistry of pulping and bleaching, the chemistry of lignin biodegradation, and the biological treat- ment of lignin-derived wastewaters.

Dr. Hou-min Chang Through his career, Chang has recognized the potential of biotechnology to the pulp and paper industry. His interests have extended from genetically engineering the lignification pathway in trees, to the use of enzymes in kraft pulp bleaching, to bioremediation. It is estimated that Hou-min Chang has taught over 500 students. He is noted for the clarity and logic of his lectures. In recent years he has been heavily involved in working with Taiwan, Japan, and China to develop educational strategies and pulp and paper curricula in those countries. He has adjunct or concurrent professorships at Nanjing Forestry University and Kyoto University.

Over 35 graduate students have obtained graduate degrees (M.S. and/or PhD) under Chang’s supervi- sion as major professor. Twenty-four visiting international scholars have studied with Chang. He is the author of over 130 publications and the holder of seven U.S. Patents. He has been honored by Sigma Xi, the International Academy of Wood Science, NCSU Alumni Association, TAPPI, and has chaired over fifteen major global conferences on Wood Chemistry.

27 PAPER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PROGRAM NC STATE UNIVERSITY

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

How will graduates of the Paper Science & Engineering Program at NC State be perceived, recognized, and identified as they work in the industry?

1. They will have mastered the fundamentals of physical, mathematical and engineering sciences, analytical problem solving, engineering, experimentation and design, and information technology.

2. They will demonstrate the ability and confidence to grasp and apply engineering and scientific principles and procedures to solve complex, real-world problems.

3. They will have an understanding of the economic, social and environmental implications of their deci- sions.

4. They will communicate effectively for various audiences and purposes.

5. They will participate in intra-grouped cross-funct:ional teams to solve technical, non-technical and broader business issues.

6. They will have a wide perspective of the paper industry and its relationship to society.

7. They will possess a strong sense of professional responsibility, ethics, and awareness of people’s needs as they function in industry.

8. They will have continued their education and learning to maintain their technical skill.

9. They will have broadened their non-technical education to further enhance their job skills and aspects of their personal lives. RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES

Contributions to research & development and the education of MS and PhD scientists have been part of the 50 year history and mission of the pulp & paper program at NC State. The scope of research activity covers the entire range of pulp and paper making product properties. Over the past 25 years, from 1979 to 2004, pulp and paper faculty have secured competitive grants from the USDA, DOE, NSF, EPA and Industry total- ing over $22 million dollars; and produced knowledge in the public domain through almost 1200 publica- tions and patents.

In particular, faculty and staff have made fundamental contributions to present knowledge of lignin chemis- try, cellulose and hemiellulose chemistry, and to the chemistry of pulping and bleaching. Notable is oxygen delignification, and bleaching technologies with the overall focus on improving efficiency and reducing the discharge of organic chlorine; recycling chemistry focusing on deinking; ;use of enzymes in chip preparation, pulping, bleaching, recycling, and fiber modification; process modeling and simulations; the relationship between fiber properties and paper properties; fundamental paper physics; colloidal chemistry of papermaking 28 (wet end chemistry), and pollution abatement. More recently, research has focused on ne forest based materi- als development. New initiatives include a Forest Biomaterials and Biotechnology Forestry Center combining the intellectual integration of paper Science, Wood Products, Forestry, Faculty, and other faculty at NCSU. In addition to supplying the global demand for paper and packaging, super forests and new bioprocessing tech- nologies will produce an entire array of new natural fiber based materials and chemicals. A sampling of grants received over the past 25 years is included in this history, as are the Ph.D and Masters degree graduates. Notable Areas of Research

Wood Chemistry and Biomaterials • Understanding the structure and reactivity of lignin • The development of quantitative NMR spectroscopy • Lignin and cellulose chemistry and biochemistry • Molecular biology of wood formation • Enzymes involved with lignin and cellulose formation • Genetic engineering of enzymes • Chemistry of lignin • Design and synthesis of carbon fibers from renewable materials • Cellulose diacetate fibers of enhanced biodegradability and air filtration • Effect of cellulose mesophase structure on cellulose fiber properties • Metabolic Profiling • Creation of new materials from forest resources • Utilization of cellulose and lignin in engineered plastics • Chemical and morphological characterization of wood

Pulping • Mechanical Pulping • Non-wood Pulping • Chemical processing of wood • Chemistry of pulping and bleaching processes

Recycling • Recycled Fibers • Paper recycling contaminant removal operations • Rapid detection of recovered paper grades

Papermaking and Paper Physics • Wet-end Chemistry • Electrokinetics • Dry Strength development • Effects of polyelectrolytes on the papermaking process 29 • Wood and fiber quality of juvenile pine • Compression of fibrous masses in the plastic regime • Friction characteristics of paper • Analysis and measurement of paper formation • Modification of existing papermaking processes

Biotechnological applications to papermaking/Environmental • Biotechnological applications to papermaking processes • Pollution abatement in pulp and paper mills

Education • Pulping and Bleaching Process Analysis • Process modeling and control • Mathematical modeling and simulation

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2004-2005 The Mission Statement for the Paper Science & Engineering Program states the following:

The mission of the paper Science & Engineering program within the Department of Wood & Paper Science at North Carolina State University is to educate and train engineers to meet the demands of the pulp and paper industry. It is expected that graduates of this program will make a significant con- tribution to the business performance of the industry and its constituent units. As part of a land-grant university, the program has a statutory mission in research and extension as well as in education.

The past success of this program has been the result of the unique partnership between NC State and the paper & allied industry. The current quality of the program is a dividend of this fifty-year partnership. Today, the program has 120 undergraduates and 30 graduate students, making it the largest program in the U.S. The distance learning based Master Degree is the first in the U.S. The Faculty of eleven is the largest among peer institutions, and is a balance of young and senior teachers/scientists. The new Robertson laboratories, added in 1991 to the original building, total 50,000 sq. ft. for instruction, research, and technical service. The Foundation has 179 members, with an annual budget of $604,000. There are 130 endowed scholarships, the largest number in any other department at NCSU. The depth of loyalty of industry supporters and alumni is as strong as ever. There are a total of 1400 Alumni. Many have executive positions, and all have contributed to the industry. Hundreds of distinguished leaders of the Foundation and 40 faculty, have been part of the program over these past 50 years.

Endowments

30 Ben Chilton, Executive Director of the Pulp and Paper Foundation

The partnership between the Paper Science program and the Pulp & Paper Foundation is truly unique at NC State University. Our foundation members/supporters assist in the recruiting of outstanding high school students to this pro- gram. Donors provide the merit scholarships to entice the students. Paper and paper related companies provide lucrative summer jobs or internships that enhance the students’ practical skills and knowledge. A curriculum committee comprised of both faculty and industry representatives examines the curriculum on a periodic basis to assure relevance of the materi- als being taught. Companies often provide laboratory equipment to enhance the practical teaching aspect of the program. The program from day one has been a collaborative effort between the paper industry and the paper program.

The Foundation has been blessed with outstanding leadership over the past 50 years. Most of these volunteers have felt honored to be involved with the workings of the Foundation. Several, but not all, are alums of the program. As a matter of fact, some of the best leadership had no connection with NC state except for the Paper Science program. A few, such as Bill Cross and Woddy Rice, were extremely effective Commitee Chairs for many years. The Foundation and the Paper Science program owe much to these wonderful volunteers.

Bob Harley Foundation President 2003-2005

Reviewing the past “President’s Reports,” I was reminded of the changes that have occurred in our industry, program and foundation. We believe that we are making the changes necessary to advance the industry in a competitive global mar- ketplace. Whether the future involves new packaging concepts, new bio-based products from the forest or more efficient pulping and papermaking processes, NC State’s Paper Science Program will lead the way.

It is timely on this 50th anniversary of the paper science and engineering program that we express our thanks this year to all those companies and individuals that have supported this educational foundation. Let us look forward to the next fifty years with anticipation of even greater success.

Foundation Officers Standing Committee Chairperson President B. Robert Harley Executive/Investment B. Robert Harley Vice President Jim Bowen Committee 2nd Vice President Lou Boos Nominating committee Ben Groce Development & Treasure Kathryn S. Hart Lou Boos Membership Committee Scholarship & Philip Davis Recruitment Committee Student Employment F. Gray Carter Committee

31 Endowed Scholarships

THE CENTENNIAL 2054-55 Mike Kocurek, Professor and Department Head

Where are we going? What will the program look like when we celebrate our Centennial Anniversary in 2054-55? What are the drivers that will affect the program and industry? Mergers and global competition have impacted the industry in unprecedented ways, including the demand for B.S., M.S., and PhD graduates. What is our plan to maintain the best program to serve our cur- rent industry, and prepare graduates to lead the industry of tomorrow?

The vision to be the choice for education and research will keep NC State as the best program of its kind if we continue to be successful in meeting three objectives, which will drive our efforts and require industry and foundation support.

1. Recruit and graduate the best available students in sufficient numbers to meet the demand of industry. The greatest challenge to remaining a strong regional and national program is nonresident tuition. Scholarships are not able to keep pace, and major gifts will be needed to increase the endowment form $7 million to $25 million.

2. Continually review the curriculum, including professional development of the students, to keep the pro- gram relevant and highly competitive. Both the undergraduate and graduate programs are reviewed continuous- ly and at annual faculty retreats. Industry and the Foundation Curriculum Committee are key partners. Emphasis on science and engineering fundamentals, professional skills, and intern/co-op experience remain cornerstone ele- ments. New courses and/or options such as Bioproducts, Textiles, and others, will be added to meet program and industry opportunities. ABET accreditation will increase assessment of our learning objectives and outcomes.

3. Recruit the best faculty who are dedicated to teaching, in addition to being excellent researchers. We believe that the current faculty are the strongest group in the history of the program. The challenge is to provide space and resources to support their efforts

We are on a pathway that joins the celebration of a successful past, with a vision to an equally successful future. Achieving our 100-year Centennial vision will require even greater commitment to the partnership between Industry and the University.

32 LISTING of FACULTY

Name Position Career Dates

C. Earl Libby Professor and Head 1954-1960

Mr. Robert G. Hitchings* Reuben B. Robertson Professor, in Pulp and 1955-1986 Paper Technology

Mr. Hilliard D. Cook* Associate Professor, in Pulp and Paper 1956-1968 Technology

Mr. Chester G. Landes* Assistant Professor, Pulp and Paper 1960-1972 Technology

Dr. Eric L. Ellwood* Head, Department of Wood Science and 1961-1989 Technology

Dr. Alfred J. Stamm* Reuben B. Robertson Professor of Wood 1963-1968 Chemistry

Dr. Richard J. Preston Dean, School of Forestry 1963-1970

Dr. A.C. Barefoot Associate Professor Wood Science and 1966-1972 Technology

Mr. Charles N. Rogers* Professor Pulp and Paper Engineering 1967-1978

Dr. Wyn Brown Associate Professor Wood Chemistry 1967-1968

Dr. T.K. Kirk Reasearch Instructor in Plant Pathology 1967-1968

Dr. Knut Kringstad Professor Wood Chemistry 1968-1970

Dr. Peder .J. Kleppe Professor Wood and Paper Science 1968-1970

Dr. V.T. Stannett Professor of Wood and Paper Science 1968-1981

*denotes Faculty Emeritus

33 LISTING of FACULTY

Name Position Career Dates

Dr. Hou-min Chang* Reuben B. Robertson Professor of Wood and 1969-2005 Paper Science

Dr. W. "Bill" T. McKean Professor of Wood and Paper Science 1970-1976

Dr. Irving S. Goldstein Head, Department of Wood Science and 1971-1995 Technology

Dr. Joseph S. Gratzl* Ellis Signe Olsson Professor Wood and Paper 1971-2000 Science

Dr. Richard J. Thomas* Professor Wood and Paper Science 1972-1994

Dr. Heath Reeves Professor Wood and Paper Science 1972-1977

Dr. Richard H. Cornell Professor Wood and Paper Science 1978-1986

Dr. Heinz G. Olf Professor Wood and Paper Science 1978-2001

Dr. Thomase W. Joyce Professor Wood and Paper Science 1979-1996

Dr. Elisabeth A. Wheeler* Professor Wood and Paper Science 1978-2001

Dr. Chen-Loung Chen Senior Research Assistant Wood and Paper 1981-2002 Science

Dr. Adrianna G. Kirkman Instructor Wood and Paper Science 1981-1996 Professor Wood and Paper Science 1996-

Dr. John A. Heitmann, Jr. Associate Professor Wood and Paper Science 1986-

Dr. Hassan Jameel Professor Wood and Paper Science 1986-

Dr. Larry W. Tombaugh* Dean, College of Forest Resources 1989-2001

Dr. Richard A. Venditti Assistant Professor, Wood and Paper Science 1993-

34 *denotes Faculty Emeritus LISTING of FACULTY

Name Position Career Dates

Dr. Gary A. Baum Head, Department of Wood Science and 1994-1995 Technology

Dr. Med Byrd Director of Applied Research 1994-2004 Teaching Assistant Professor 2004-

Dr. M.K. Ramasubramanian Associate Faculty Wood and Paper Science 1997-

Dr. Michael J. Kocurek Department Head Wood and Paper Science 1997-2005 Professor 1997-

Dr. John Kadla Associate Professor Wood and Paper Science 1998-2004

Dr. Martin Hubbe Associate Professor and Buckman 1998- Distinguished Scientist

David Ashcraft Executive In Residence 2000-

Dr. Joel Pawlak Assistant Professor Wood and Paper Science 2001-

Dr. Larry A. Nielsen Dean, College of Natural Resources 2001-2005

Dr. Dimitris S. Professor Wood and Paper Science 2003- Argyropoulos

Dr. Vincent L. Chiang Professor & Co-director Biotechnology 2003- Group

Dr. Orlando Rojas Assistant Professor Wood and Paper Science 2002-

Dr. Lucian Lucia Associate Professor Wood and Paper Science 2004-

Dr. Steve Kelley Professor and Department Head 2005-

*denotes Faculty Emeritus 35 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1954 Reis, Calvin Joseph 1960 Hofmann, Alfred George 1962 *Bentley, Charles Scott Holland, Phillip Parker *Bridgers, Gary Bryant 1956 Tester, John Wallace Kirkpatrick, Thomas *Cauthorn, H Starke Wilson Mulkey, Marcus Allen Chapman, Larry Pinkney *Luxzycki, Stanley Stephen *Eck, Thomas H Magette , Kindred Pope 1957 Andrews, W P Freuler, William D *Mizelli, Edgar Larry Ciliberti, Vito A Gruzdis, James Vincent Moody, Melvin Louis Crumpler, Richard Alton Harden, William Roy *Robinson, Ted Lee George, Horace William Hardin, Paul Russell, Norman Arnold

1958 Al-simanni, Michael S. *Scott, Jesse Hobson 1962 *Hawkins, Jack L Ambler, Arthur Chase *Schultz, Gary C Jenkins, Henry Scott Andrews, George H *Smathers, Robt Luther Latimer, Arthur Lee *Barlow, Wayne Setzer *Steppe, Kenneth Edward Mills, Carl Fred Cabe, Herschel Herrin Tanner, Charles Allen Shreni, Suresh Dillard, Aavid H *Thompson, John Reid Chandrad Mills, Harold Wayne Kolodij, Roman *Smith, William Rough, Ronald James Edmond 1961 *Avera, Roy Glen White, David Boyce *Spain, Milton Franklin *Brown, Charles Calvin Tharpe, Otto David 1959 *Bauer, Lawrence P *Carter, Cecil Neal *Toms, John Amos *Bickel, Richard J 1961 *Deaton, Bobby Bernard Bourne, David Collins 1963 Agarwala, Prem Mohan Garner, Gilbert Giles Clardy, John Palmer *Amick, William Michael *Hinson, Thomas McCaffey, Joseph Edwin *Best, Elwood Vance *Kiser, Albert Rufus *Mceachern, George H *Biggar, Francis Bradley *Lambert, Roger Dewitt Ross, Ernest, Lewis *Blevins, Ronald Lee *Owens, Ted Alfred Schul, William Andrew Boughan, John Robert *Puckhaber, Edmund *Thigpen, Jacob Joyner *Brown, Thomas Wayne Clarence *West, John Lewis Dennis, Marcus Vaughan Rhodes, Albert Jones *Dunning, Charles E *Stone, Louis Howard 1960 *Beasley, Jerry Nelson *Dowless, Victor Gerald Su, Cheh-jen Carpenter, James Robert *Groce, Augustus Sumner, William Rea *Carter, Charles David Benjamin *Corkern, Terrell Wayne *Mitchell, Barre Ryan 1961 *Wilkinson, Michael *Fary, Avery David Weston *Moore, John Laughridge *Frank, Jack Martin *Younger, Ronald Lee *Quesinberry, Garnett Despard Hays, James,malcolm Beard, Wayne A *Hinson, Edwards Reid

36 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1963 *Robertson, Gerald Wayne 1965 Puckett, Ralph Keith 1967 Hamilton, Douglas Lewis Smith, Alford Lee *Sanders, Harry Thomas Harrell, Howard Waverly *Tickel, William Howard Sawyer, Thomas Wayne Hinton, Ransom Victor *Uptegrove, Raymond R Seagle, Joe Ben Hood, William Wells *Williams, James, Varnado Sharma, Yajna, Valk Kear, James Fountain Wintzer, Charles Davis Siddique, Abu Bakr *Mullis, Ralph Huntley *Stroup, Thomas Frank Naimuddin, Khaja 1964 Benton, David Ross Pemble, George Gifford *Broughton, Royall M 1966 Bannan, William Charles Reed, Walter Neal *Calloway, James Lyle *Brown, Robert, Clifford Watson, James Thomas Ford, Michael J *Chestnutt, Robert Spencer Leary, Jesse Herbert Crossland, William Earl 1968 *Ashcraft, David Lee *Lindsey, Alfred Walter Donald, Joe Kennan Bailey, Mack William *Livingston, William R *Elliot, William Joseph Boggs, Joseph Wilder Major, Eugene Hartwell Gabriel, Richard Gill Britton, Leslie Allison *Oakley, George David *Goodman, Harry Kale Goodman, Gale Herbert O’hara, George,richard Harris, Aubrey Donald Holder, Jack Eugene *Owenby, Furman, *Heitmann, John Adolph Johnson, Andrew Louis Douglas *Hendricks, Robert Johnson, Lawrence Julius *Prescott, Jack B Vincent Lennon, George Edward *Self, Jerry Lee *Holder, Charles Delbert Mclemore, Charles Edwin *South, William David *Holt, Marion Arthur *Prichard, John Francis Ward, Richard Samuel *Lamm, John Anthony *Respass, Johnnie Dupre *Webb, Joseph Thomas *McClendon, John E Sellers, Harry E *Mizell, Ronald Stephen *Ward, Michael Edward 1965 *Altman, Laurice G Morris, Arthur Macon Zukowski, David Eugene Augspurger,david E *Parham, William Clyde Ogden, Roger Wayne *Baird, Bennett Ray *Parker, Homer Vann Bradford, William Edward Safrit, David M 1969 Adams, William Cary *Clark, Ernest, Calvin Simmerson, Hayden Curtis *Armstron, William Daniel Crabtree, Virgil, Forrest Taylor, Ray Stanley Binkley, Cornelius Alan *Guerard, Edward Percy *Thomas, Robert Andrew *Brown, George Ronald *Harrison, Robert Clark *Tomlin, Thomas Allen Check, Martin Lewis *Holley, Richard Howard *Collier, Samuel Kirkbride Kall, George Richard 1967 *Alexander, Ernest G Cox, Jerry Boyd Langley, William Howard *Brewer, Stanley Wayne Devane, Watson Boyd Li, Mun Tai *Coleman, David A *Gardner, Charles S *Pritchard, John Stanley Deka, Narayan Chandra

37 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1969 Hayes, Kenneth Harold 1971 Griffin, Larry Gordon 1972 Tanner, Fredrick William *Haynie, Raymond Riley *Hazelwood, Carroll Whichard, Philip Ray Thomas Herlt, David Edward *Williams, Chester Earl Horne, Larry Edward Liverman, Enos Benton Howell, Gary Ray *Shelfer, Jonathan Wayne 1973 Adams, Robert Wayne *Kelly, Barry Thomas Slagle, Henry Philip Allen, Michael Glenn Lever, Richard Craig Small, James Richard *Armstrong, Jack Lee Mitchell, Robert Ivan Spruill, Joseph Scott Barnes, Russell Lee Parson, Tony Eugene *Wall, Charles G *Betts, Richard O’dell Parton, Warren Stanley Whittington, Mitchell *Black, Adrian Keith Eugene Quarterman, James Leon *Brafford, Harley Wayne Shirley, Randall Delron *Cherry, Marvin Roy 1970 Antley, William Rudolph Skinner, Charles Daniel *Crean, Mark Dennis Barber, Dewey Wayne Suggs, Waldon Christopher *Curtis, George Stanley *Brenton, Michael John *Tamsberg, Joseph Lane Daley, Jeffery Martin *Clark, Daniel Lewis Thompson, Harry Rudolph *Dawson, Thomas Collins *Coker, Jerry Furman *Gailey, George Chadwick Collins, Woody 1972 *Adkins, Charles Edward *Handley, Bobby Jack *Dykes, Clarence Allen *Armstrong, Robert Lynn *Hearn, Jeffrey Alan Furr, Joseph Strong *Botkins, Thomas Grey Hudson, Ames Murrell *Harrison, Raymond Bowen, Jim Carson Hunter, Daniel Mckiever Edward Campbell, Walter Robert Joyner, Ronald Lee *Hickerson, Gary Douglas Cothern, William Hodges *Karson, Gregory K Hoffmaster, James Willis *Davidson, Steven Lanier *King, Henry Leroy *Howard, Ernest E *Hardison, William *Newton, Baron Blakely *Lewis, Joseph Terrell George Prince, Charles Chandler *Martin, Marcus Lewis Harley, Benjamin Robert Rogers, Robert Murray Mccarthy, Harry Vincent Hilton, James W Smith, Kenneth Edwin *Nall, Jimmy Ray Holmes, Charles Eugene Taylor, William Randall Ousley, Robert Waddell Hudgins, William Steven *Owen, Leon Wayne Ivie, Walker Lawrence 1974 *Drew, Kenneth Edward Pask, Mark David James, Bob *Godsey, Kenneth Morgan Schroeter, Martin C Lasater, Richard Thornton *Hewitt, Calvin Henry *Snellings, William Ross Mcfee, Wayne Allen *Hood, Richard Frederick *Wade, William Hamilton Nelson, Larry William *Mashburn, James Alonzo *Rabb, Thomas Calvin *Moore, Steven James 1971 Adams, Dan Allen Raley, Ronald Binom *Nickell, John Truland *Allison, Robert William Shaw, Joseph Lawton *Robertson, Rex Alexander *Fowler, David Earl *Frye, Carroll Edward

38 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1974 Trexler, Gary Goodwin 1976 Ryan, Dwight Carey 1978 Copeland, William C *Vanosdoll, John Clark Schreier, John Mark *Cutler, Terence Dwayne *Whitehead, John Frazier Sherrill, Michael David Daniels, Douglas Lee *Williams, James Keith St Denis, Dale Ritchey *Garnett, Bradford Cameron *Wright, Carl Mason Terry, Ronald Lynn *Gregg, Jimmy Carroll Walters, Clayton Russell Grygotis, Robert Casey 1975 Askew, Kenneth Bryant *Williams, Rodney Clay *Bradley, David Lynn Hardison, Asa Dalton Davis, Arch Lyle 1977 *Aderton, John Victor *Hickman, Edward Benton *Dennison, Michael *Barlow, Robert Edward Hoke, Stephen Pierce Eugene *Bradshaw, Scott Michael *James, Ted Sherwood *Durland, Robert Earnest *Brothers, Carl Russell *kerkhof, Michael John Faulkner, John Milton *Bucher, Calvin Wayne *Merck, Jeffrey Charles Harman, Glenn,sherwood *Damsky, Robert Stanley *Osborne, David Mark *Howell, David Mickle *Edwards, James Rodney *Putnam, Thomas Richard *Hudson, Kent Ogburn *Gaines, James Stephen Richardson, John Earl *Jensen, Jeffrey Martin Ghosh, Bivas Kanti Schultz, Walter Bradshaw *Kaminskas, Judd Vincent *Gurganious, John Harry *Slockett, Robert Thomas *Nielson, David Allen *Harper, Frank David *Vinson, Robert Andrew *Owell, Chesley Edward *Kaminskas, Robert *Waters, Michele Lee *Rector, Joseph D Richard *Watson, William Harrison *Schreier, Carl Bunting *Lawson, Thomas Julian *Willey, Andrea Jean Skipper, Walter Roger *May, John Milton *Williams, Bobby Gerald *Smith, Christian Arthur *Melton, Edward,madison Williams, Larry Lynn Stuart, Adrian Newt Milovicz, Richard Edward Vining, James Boswell Monteith, Joel Kent 1979 Andrews, Ethan Kim Woodard, Kathleen Neal, Thomas Garrett Barker, Jeffery Barden Gylnquist *Ray, Mark *Cable, Joseph Richard Wiseman, Steven William Cannon, Mark Robin 1976 Barnes, William Alan *Canup , Robert Terry *Brown, Stephen Edward 1978 *Adams, Patricia A *Carlyle, Stanley Jay *Buzzard, James Alan Anderson, Joel Moye Cartee, William Bryan Callaway, John Furniss *Armstrong, Alan Fisher *Chrise, John Eric *Dillon, Robert Eugene *Arroyo, Blas Phillip *Collins, Brent Allen *Dubois, Marsha Jane *Bunch, James Henry Coulter, Tom Ezell *Gulley, Desi Ward Byrd, Willie C *Duncan, Jimmy Lance *Hall, Robert Stephen *Campbell, Ronnie Wayne Gibson, Richard Lee *Metheney, Frank Walker *Cate, Robert Louis *Gill, John Charles Midyette, Harold Glenn Chupp, David Jeffrey *Nelson, Leonard Dorsey

39 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1979 *Holden, Michael Harold 1981 *Barnes, Thomas Steven 1982 Alexander, Mark Jeffrey Jacobs, Michael Joseph Belt, Kimberly Childs Boss, Susan Fringer Jones, Philip Howard *Benjamin, Robert C *Bray, Sharon Jill Keaten, Mark Logan *Bernhardt, Timothy W Brinson, Roy Lawrence *Martin, Gary Lee *Correll, Curtis Jay *Carpenter, John David *Paris, Jeanette E Daniels, Kathryn Marie Carpenter, Myra Jacks *Parker, Mary Susan *Davis, Philip Henley Chesson, Stanley Horton Richard, Larry Barron Deal, Howard Xavier Conrad, Arnold Gray *Robertson, Robbie Lee Dickens, Julia Ann Corcoran, Glenn Edward Rossignol, Ardith Graden *Dickey, Eugene G *Cross, Anthony Louis *Stevens, Keith Lee Etsano, Roland Ewanebi *Head, Larry Thomas Thomas, William *Greeson, William *Hinson, Karen Beth Barnhardt Malcome Hodgin, Calvin Bruce Tyler, Douglas Bruce *Griffin, Kenneth Paul Howell, Douglas Lynn *White, Charles Leonard Griffin, Timothy Paul *Humphrey, Sheri M *Hancock, Charles *Kilgannon, Robin William 1980 *Anglin, Joseph Lamar Goodrich Hedrick, Gregory Thomas *Barlow, Cynthia Lou *Krecklow, Charles W *Jackson, Robert Tewart *Baxter, Mitchell Reagan Lowdermilk, Dallas Dale Maton, Hollis Thomas *Belgard, Wallace Eugene *Marcilliat, Kevin J *Monteith, John Conley *Bucher, David Eugene Paul, Alvin Joseph *Nicholson, Garrett Campbell, John Perrin *Shorter, Walter W Hobart Carpenter, Stanley Warren *Smith, Gregory Clinton Norris, Franklin Wayne Carter, Wayne Whitfield *Taylor, Matthew Harold Norton, Larry Charles Crouse, Eric Martin Taylor, Richard Xavier Oberstadt, Diane Crumpler, James Kenton *Turpin, David Brent *Post, Daniel Bruce Degroot, David Leslie Tyndall, Lemuel Carr Russell, Carrie Diane Dilday, Colbert Lee Smith, Anthony Clifton Huskey, Terry Anderson 1983 Angle, Charles Davis *Speight, Kevin Lewis Mashburn, Joseph Lee *Birk, Gregory Thomas Stillwell, Charles Dale Mead, Richard Norman *Boor, Joyce Strader, Philip Mark Morehead, Fritz Edward *Boyden, John William Strickland, James W Nielsen, Stephen James Brock, Gregory Lynn *Trepte, Robert Edward Raiford, Rex Taylor Corey, Henry Tilmon *Upchurch, Anthony Rose, Clarence Edward Newland *Coward, Jim Bernard Shearin, Ernest David Wicks, William Royall *Farley, James Brian Short, Scott Earl *Witherspoon, Karen Gordon, Steven Jeffery Rutledge *Sproull, Howard Ellway Grimes, Julian Scott Volker, Emma Nancy *Hinkie, Dwayne Henry Waite, Brian Roger 40 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1983 *Hosch, Joseph Donald 1984 *Jensen, Karl Peter *Riddle, Tommy Dean Hudson, Todd Alan *Johnson, Mark Alan *Rosendale, Michael Alan *Johnson, Derwin Blair Joyce, Margaret Mary Sanders, Charles Allen *Kirk, Steven Edward Lee, Walter Timothy *Scheye, Steven Lloyd Landy, John Paul *Lehmann, Richard P *Steiger, Gary John Midyette, Allen Dale *Litz, Kimberly Hawkins Thomason, Kevin Sherrill Miess, Michael David *Lovelady, John Sidney *Turner, Richard Roy *Moore, Jeffrey Franklin Lowry, Edwina Warren, Larry Hugh *Morris, Brian Jay Mcculloch, Daniel West, John Bennett Frederick *Parker, Steven Herman White, Joey Craig Moore, Alan Dale Parnell, James Alan Wint, Jonathan Edward *Murray, Jeffery Darrelll *Petke, William Harold Pressel, Brian Eugene Phillips, John Allen 1986 Bailey, William Peter *Schofield, John S *Radford, George W Barnwell, Dana Wintzer Stephenson, Edwin Neal *Rogers, William Harold *Blohm, Robert Chancy Williard, Sara Sutton *Ryan, Mark Edward *Bovitz, Jennifer Ann *Seyler, David Klopp *Butler, Galen Francis 1985 *Allen, Grace Seyler, Laura Anne Carpenter, Brent Alan Barnes, Richard Byrd *Single, Thomas Edward *Caudill, James Hawkins *Benton, Alexandria *Slaydon, John William Cobb, Robert Samuel Brand, Glenn Stuart Stanley, Gary Lee Dolan, Janis M *Cheek, David Jonathan *Sylvester, Eric Stuart Garnett, John Eyster *Cleveland, Charles H Trojak, Robert Walter Greenway, Carl William Coen, Judith Katzin *West, David Allen Hardee, James Richard *Grant, Roy Arston *Whitley, Robert Frank Hester, Clinton Douglas *Haikala, Harri Johannes Williamson, William Frank *Hight, Marianne Clark *Henderson, Alan Kyle Wynn, David Lee *Holt, David Cary *Henderson, Glenn Joseph James, Beverly Taylor *Howell Eric 1984 *Burnette, Anthony Jerome Jerome, John London Jackson, Michael B *Byrd, Medwick Vaughn *Joyce, Jeffrey Talbot Kesler, Anita Michele *Carter, Frederick Gray *Krozser, James Allen Mallory, William B *Chinnis, Samuel Jack Nicholson, Rebecca N Milner, David Hembree *Gresham, Andrew Homer Nussman, Roger William Miner, Albert R *Horry, Robert Anthony *Sharpe, Gary Franklin Mitchell, Wilton Dale Howard, Willie Ray *Szafranski, Brian R Nelson, Christopher S *Huffman, Steven Walter *Vermilyea, Jeffrey Mark *Oliver, William David Inman, Edward Malcolm *Wadsworth, Tom William Purdue, Susan Elizabeth Wetherington, Everett G *Reese, Jeffrey Richard

41 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1986 Williams, Gregory Alan 1988 Thomas, Milan Kent 1990 *Fullenwider, William Gregory Thomas, William Kirk *Garrick, Melinda Joyce 1987 Abuhasan, Mohamad Jamil Thornton, Jeffrey W *Gramelspacher, Kevin J Clark, Susan Lee *Van Valkenburgh, Dianne Frazier, John Andrew Peek *Graves, John William *Gill, Jasdev Singh *Venditti, Richard A *Hamilton, Scott Alexand Hall, Barbara Gilmore Weatherman, John David *Jackson, Larry Scott Hall, David Byron Jurado-blanco, Bernardo A 1989 *Gloster, Andrew B Hall, Jerry Stephen Kincaid, Heidi Lyn *Gore, Christopher Lewis *Hamm, Wendi Ann Lewis, Andrea Leigh *Hammack, Deborah Jean *Hammond, Jack Arnold *Malcolm, Mitchell Alan *Harris, Robert Wade *Harmon, Laurie Lynn *Michael, John Gerhard *Hyer, David Andrew *Keller, Mark Steven Nguyen, Stephenson Lap *Johnson, Joseph William Lollis, Clyde William *Single, John Charles Joncas, George Julius Mackey, Janet Ann Singleton, Dennis W *Kay, Bryan Reid *Meiers, Kenneth James *Smith, Ronald Lee *Ludwig, Barbara Ann *Miller, Stephanie R *Spencer, Steven Robert *Mastro, Christopher Stuber, James Allen Thomas, Paulette Andrew *Sumrell, George Alan *Tucker, Ronald Bowman *Modlin, Gary Wayne Tompkins, Timothy G *Owens, Derek Scott 1991 Albright, Joey Kyle *Watkins, Patrick Michael *Robinson, Jack Leonard Best, James Fitzgerald Watters, Alan James Sadler, Esmond Wise *Best, Mark Duane *White, Benjamin Powell Tate, Angela Blair *Blenk, Christopher W Threatt, Retha Mcrae 1988 *Baker, Tony Lane Brown, Matthew Ross *wilde, Timothy Kadez *Bradbury, James Edward Estridge, Ronald Douglas *Williams, Albert Keith Brinkley, Charles E *Falls, Douglas Frank *Williams, Denorris *Callender, Anne Winter Fielding, Richard T Williamson, Donnie Kent *Covington, Barry Olin Haney, Charles Kevin *Young, Chavonda Janeva *Edwards, Tammy Sue Kirkpatrick, Thomas K Lee, Stacy Ray Lawson, Stephen Patrick 1990 *Allen, Sylvia Ellen *Legrand, Scott Page *Low, Patrick Wayne Barbour, Matthew Wilson *Lipscomb, William M *Mcree, Robert Glenn Chatmon, Joan Renee *Marks, Gerald Wayne Noles, Amy K Chevalier, John Edward *Martin, Paul Edward *Norris, William Anthony Christian, Kevin Cornell *Nuckols, Timothy Alan Pate, Breton Bonner Coltrain, James Todd Simonsen, Kai Erik *Pouchot, Daniel Edwin *Cumbee, Robert Shean *Spears, Maureen Kaye Rushing, Wade Edward Durkee, James Alan Suratmadji, Teddy

42 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1991 Thomas, Jeffrey Gordon 1993 *Evans, Bradley Lee 1994 Buchanan, Jeffrey Heath *Turner, Edward Allen Fanti, Joel Carlyle *Cecil, Janice Ruth Venditti, Gregory James *Flanagan, Joseph Belt Daniel, Marty Long Williams, Richard Bruce *Fullenwider, John Helem Farley, Kevin Benton Willis, Troy Alphin Gill, Timothy David Floyd, Jerry Michael Golson, Cobb Mac Freeman, Linda Edith 1992 *Barron, Bradford Scott Goolsby, Andrew Michael Galloway, Melanie Gail *Beaver, Angela Heinrich *Goss, John Ernest Griffin, Karen Genevieve Brewer, Gary Dwayne Lai, Yen-ling Harrison, Sidonia Undin Brinker, Timothy Allen *Minnick, Kevin Todd Hasty, David Curtis *Cronin, Jason Scott Mitchell, Jerome Hurst, Angela Denise *Ford, Carol Sanders *Norton, David Roger Husain, Asher *Greene, Lisa Joan *Palmer, Paul Keesee Kear, David S Hayter, Christopher James Puangchinda, Ku Wilaipun Kinsey, Donald Paul Hayter, Mark Allen *Rasberry, Darryll Mccombs, Jennifer Dawn Dwyanne *Hobson, Andrew Anthony *Medlin, Jamison Scott Robinson, Douglas Todd Hunt, Todd Lee Offill, Lawrence Gray *Simmons, Robert Scott *Jackson, Michael Steven *Piercy, Jennifer Michelle *Slocumb, Shaun Douglas *Johnson, James Anthony Reavis, Stacie Mckenzie *Small, William Snow *Jones, Christopher David *Sarigumba, Edzel Peter Spitz, Jeffrey Douglas *Lewis, John Marvin Small, John Craig Stephens, Joseph Edwin *Linn, Albert Hackett Vaughan, James Scott Sterling, Brian Lisk McCracken, Matthew Vonnoh, John William Thomas *Stubbins, George Edward Walker, Sayed Denard *Moody, Kimberly Beth Thompson, Trevor Kent Revels, Robert William *Tingle, Scott Douglas 1995 Allen, Brian Keith Rogers, Steven Carl Winghart, Monica Hyson Arrington, Crawford Singh, Uday Pratap *Zehner, Brian Glen Garland *White, Harvey William *Ashley, Brian Christopher *Windley, John Leon 1994 Alford, Michael Anthony Atkins, Edgar Allen Bass, Raymon Mark Bethea, Elizrean Jan 1993 *Barnhill, Dana Kathleen Blankenbeckler, Nicole Bolt, Christopher Cary Lee Betler, Mark David Campbell, Edgar Robert Bochey, Mark Edward Bidwell, Jennifer Elise Chao, Edward I-hua Brewington, Darnell Kent Bidwell, Stephen Edward Clark, Christina Caroll Brown, Curtis Len *Blanchard, Theresa Borho Cotton, Cynthia Monique Brown, Jacob Aaron *Boettcher, Gary Norman *Cox, Jefferson Hyde Brown, Montoya Eugene Brewer, James Christopher Daniels, Steven Thomas

43 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1995 Davis, Neil Roland 1996 Black, Dehavalyn Sherrell 1997 *Barnes, Marcus Wayne *Deberry, Christopher Burgess, Milton Leon *Barrett, John Robert Allen *Carroll, Melissa Carol Bryant, Eric Eugene *Deel, Travis Philip *Cawthorne, James Edwin Caldwell, Chad Nason *Edwards, Rita Lavern Clary, Tony Lee *Campbell, Matthew David *Elium, Tonya Wylene Floyd, David Russell *Clemmons, David Lloyd *Rard, Robert Thomas Gardner, Gary David Crawford, Ronald Gresham, Anne Christine *Hobbs, Ryan David *Foster, Eugene Anthony *Hair, Thomas Edward *Holtman, Kevin Matthew Gregory, Shana Wynn Henson, Eric Michael Howell, Todd Elliott *Haddock, Britt Mills *Hightower, Kent Evan *Jackson, Jon Russell Hamid, Khaleda *Holland, Brook *Jordan, Phillip Todd *Hanes, Holly Elizabeth Montgomery Kent, Paula Tiffany *Harris, Ayanna Nicole Huckaby, Jason Matthew *Lawton, Harry Atkins *Huneycutt, Veronica Jill Jennings, Richard Douglas Lee, Seung Yong Ithipathachai, Suwat Lee, Denisha Lajer *Livingston, Danah Ann *Jenn, Thomas Mclachlan *Leonard, Jeffrey Scott *Malak, Joseph Eliot *Jett, Paul Michael Martin, Donnie Nathaniel *Mattison, Carlotta Landers, Timothy Bradford Mathew, Dinesh Alex Michelle Lee, Ching-chin Jane *Maxwell, George Henry Moore, James Oliver Foy Lindsey, Robert Bradley *Meredith, Aaron Nelson Moore, Michael Lloyd *Lovelace, Julie Christine *Miller, Jeffrey Allen *Petrea, Wesley Boyd *Lowery, Robin Rodrickus Murphy, Antonio Jerome Powell, Monte Wayne *Lucas, Bradley Earle *O’Daniel, Kimberly Lynn Quick, Sue Ann *Martin, William Craig *O’Daniel, William David *Rambusch, Michael Mcnair, Ryan Philip Okoth, Dunford Englebert Schwarz *Minor, Valerie Jean Rhea, Robert Brown *Redmon, Loletta Catrice *Morgan, Matthew James *Rosen, Tricia Ann *Schleining, Timothy Lee Morgan, Patrick Scott *Stephens, Jason William Shifflett, Jill Walker *Pai, Valerie Ivy *Stephens, Jennifer Ann *Smith, Donna Lynn Parsons, Michele Leigh *Vann, Clifford Cale Snowden, Coley Davis Raiford, Jennifer Dale Viands, Ted Lowell Spear, Brian Timothy Revell, Gene Stanford Wright, Tammy Leigh Tutor, David Neal *Rchter, Jennifer Louise Viar, Kari Ann *Rowe, Chester, Lenis 1996 *Andrews, Robert Layne West, Christopher Ryan *Shigehara, Karen Reiko *Bacon, Steven Williams, Adam Livant Christopher Smith, James Callie *Witzgall, Eric Alan Barr, Leigh Phipps *South, Kevin William Wones, Elizabeth Ann *Batley, Kendra Krystyna Thompsen, Eric Steven *Yang, Robert Chung-hua

44 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

1997 *Thornton, Mark Andrew 1998 Muro, Troy Anthony 1999 *Morris, Derek Roy Tucker, Jason Lee Nixon, James Michael *Moses, Daphne Jerrene Turk, Donald Paul *Ponton, William Murray *Pham, Alicia Nhu Uyen Wang, Li *Quick, Matthew Christian *Phillips, Richard Busbee *Washburn, Chancey Reddy, Manoj Satty *Samp, James C Boyce Calvin Respess, Joshua Carter *Schwartz, Christine M White, Edward Morgan *Shorter, George Brent *Scotti, Michael *Sparks, William Ashley Siddiqui, Shahnawaz 1998 Aggarwal, Amit Su, Chin-shu *Turner, Matthew Aaron *Altman, Sherri *Swift, Christopher, *Weller, Andrew Bowman, Kleist Tonise Lawrence *Yoder, Michael Vincent Branch, Chad Stafford *Tedder, Elfrey Scott Bright, Jacquelyn Denise Ward, James Matthew 2000 *Boyette, William Bradley *Bumgarner, Shannon *Will, Michael Allen Burgess, Ryan Marie *Wu, Yen Chun *Caudill, Neil Patrick Bunch, Dawn Griffin Yochelson, Christina Copeland, Kevin Lynn Carswell, Rommel Cruz Buchanan Darchuk, Amy Marie Chaudhry, Rouf Omar Davis, Tanya Shakira Collier, Mayo Elisah 1999 *Alexander, Christopher Henry *Donaldson, Keith Alan Cook, James Michael Burroughs, James Randy *Edwards, Erik Sean Corn, Roy Michael *Callander, Derrick B Fan, Chen Chun *Council, David Arthur *Cassano, April Elise *Goodwin, Jeffery Alan Dunning, Samuel Brian Chang, Christopher H *Jones, Brian Wells Farmer, Stephen Blake Deshazier, Jeremy Lynn *Jordan, Jeffrey Earl Ferguson, Adam Cord *Dowdy, Michael Brian *Laney, Bryan Anthony Fisher, Eric Jefferson Gardner, Greg Bryan Leitch, Rebecca Shea Geiger, Kimberly Lawanda Gaskins, Dalton Lee *Martin, Miranda Renee *Griffin, Wesley Ray *Harris, Mary Beth Montgomery, Lorraine *Halstead, Michael Alan Elizabeth *Jones, Nathan William Harvey, John Bryant *Morgan, John Ashby *Jones, Timothy Cornelius Hayden, Tamika Deshea *Morris, Cameron Ray Justus, Bradley Franklin *Hylton, Angela Elizabeth *Newman, Kimberly *Knox, Cory Hal Knight, Kerri Gray Crenise *Kocik, Clint James *Lail, Terri Dorinda O’Neill, Ashley Lauren *Laufer, Roger Jordan *Martin, Glenn Jason *Shapiro, Joanna Beth Lineberry, Christopher Matthews, Dwayne *Spruill, Cynthia Staton Thomas Douglas Sun, Sophia Huei-san *Linn, Andrew Haisten *Moore, Lilton Lanell Vance, Michael Stephen *Mayberry, Jason Allen Mundy, Charles Kevin Welker, Arthur Franklin Mcintyre, Percy Tirrell *Winston, Cynthia Camile

45 Bachelor of Science

Year Name Year Name Year Name

Fortner, Alysia Anne Wallace, Jeff Thomas 2001 Bennett, Marquis Dion 2002 2003 Gardner, Ricky Dean Watters, Jeremy Wayne *Blackburn, Elizabeth Ann *Hinson, Charles Victor *Young, Donnie Mack *Blythe, Robert Andrew *Johnson, David Lloyd *Bowen, David Alan *Long, Ryan Franklin 2004 Boyd, Alan,Christopher *Boyd, James Jason *Persinger, Jason Thomas Cottrell, Joshua,Lee *Brendle, Janet Ervin Quick, John Allen Dunn, Jonathan,Ray *Chipley, Mark Smith, Aaron Drake *Ernest, Rachel Alyssa Davidson, Stacey Amanda *Speller, Elizabeth Ashley *Foess, Christopher Michael Edwards, Kelsey Daneen *Stallings, William Edgar Gustin, Brian Lowell *Gaskins, Marianne Stepp, Brian Richard Hafer, Stephanie Diane Gurkin, Albert Grey Wallace, Charles Hill, Ryan Jason *Guy, Zachary O’Neal Stevenson *Jones, Jamie Bushnell Hardison, Tasha Hopkins *Weaver, Nicholas Ryan Mixon, Michael Alan *Harley, Benjamin Richard *Welf, Erik Steven *Pate, Courtney Eugene *Johnson, Carlton Wesley Wilson, Nicholas Allan *Roszko, Susan Lynda *Jones, Jason Merrill *Salley, Willard Mills *Lail, Travis Dustin 2003 Alston, Edwin Joseph Smith, Michael Alan *Leach, Daniel Ashby Armstrong, Timothy James Smyth, Heather Leake *Littlejohn, Samuel Craig *Ashcraft, David Keith Underdue, Shavoya *Lowe, Robert Mcguire Countryman, Harry Antwaun Meyers, Jeremy Paul Lawrence *Wilson, Christopher Miller, Richard Nathan Currie, Crystal Shauna Michael *Moody, Kyle Jeremy *Dockery, Courtney Nicole *Winfield, Megan Daniel Pease, Kevin Andrew Foster, David Otto Wojdyla, Michael Powell *Pittard, Randall Oldin Harris, Jennifer Nicole 2005 *Barnes, Jonathan Matthew *Rice, Justin *Lake, Keri Michelle *Behan, Patrick Wayne *Robinson, Tiffany Louise Lee, Anthony Darnell Byer, Timothy Gene Sharkey, Daniel Weydell Lindenbeck Axel *Duncan, Christopher *Shorter, Jonathan Edward Locklear, Jason Kaleb Gentry *Taylor, Scott Charles Long, David Wesley *Hayes, Colin Michael *Thompson, John Everett Lowe, Kevin Brooks *Hendren, Cynthia Ann Whitley, Betsy Jean *Mandracchia, Kelley Lynne *Herrmann, Dustin George *Yarbrough, Erik Kyle Moffat, Jeffrey Thomas *Hoffert, Brian Matthew Moses, Alnesha *Hoffman, Adam Lee 2002 Anderson, Jonathan Clark *Mountcastle, Dustin Scott Liverman, Dyron Jermaine *Bragg, Ceph Newlin, Kelly Frances Malak, Elena Francine *Bray, Brandon Ward *Patteson, John Louis Miller, Aaron Christopher *Bryson, Christy Michele Ransom, Bryan Keith *Morris, Jared Dean *Cheng, Julie Richardson, Jerry Lance *Roach, Angela Michelle Daw, Charles Clifton Twiss, Crystal Marie *Robertson, Rebecca Ann Flanagan, Jefrey B. 46 Sharkey, Ryan Warwick Masters Degrees

Name Year Name Year Name Year

Donald B. King 1955 Minn-Chang Cheng 1977 William J. Biggers 1983 Wah Joo Chin Janet Campbell Calvin J. Reis 1958 Sumit K. Dutta Elizabeth Dickson Adel Kassebi Antonio Elias Robert G. Ihle 1966 Kambiz B. Makoui Hasmin Rusli James L. Jonakin Xuan Nguyen Peter D. Senter De-Hai Chen 1984 Bennett Baird 1967 Marsha Winston Ashari Jalil Royall M. Broughton Fang Shir Jan E. Evans 1978 Aubrey D. Harris 1968 John Papadopoulos Henry T. Corey 1985 C. Sarajar Shou-Tsu Huang Homer Parker 1969 Tor P. Schultz David A. Lilley Peter Y. Yang Marcos E. Santana Curtis W. Honeycutt 1970 David K. Seyler Ray S. Taylor Te Chang 1979 Nam Shin Ronald B. McMillan Fernando Mera 1971 Yuan-Chung Tsai Robert A. Horry 1986 Stephen M. Seay Surendra Vitta John Talton Balasubraman Ching Kuei Lin 1972 Vasudevan Ethan K. Andrews 1980 Martin Schroeter Wey-Rehm Wang Choth M. Kabra Roman S. Sopko Mohammed Yasin Adrianna G. Kirkman Caifang Yin Min Y. Yang Oscar Cardona 1973 John K. Maurer Bornface Chirwa 1987 Sue-Cha Chung 1981 Balakrishna Mishal Richard P. Lehmann Ronnie G. Hise Frederick W. Tanner B. Panchapakesan Jong H. Lin William H. Petke Roberto Medina Ying Pan 1975 Cesar Onofri Jonathan Pong Rokiah Hashim 1988 Rajeshkumar Sheth Jeffrey D. Murray Philip B. Belt 1982 David Stevenson Rahul H. Nawab Anh Tranphuoc Othman Sulaiman Brian R. Waite Akbar Askar 1976 Takeshi Yamasaki Chiyin Hsu Mohamad Abuhasan 1989 Vinod D. Laad Carol Bronsdon Richard T. Lasater Carol D. McKay

47 Masters Degrees

Name Year Name Year

G. Wayne Marks 1990 Weishang Hu 1998 Yubo Huang Fariborz Bayat-Makooi 1991 William S. Small Ganapati Bhat Jeffrey Wheless James E. Bradbury Jun Zheng

Minfang Fei 1991 Monesh Desai 1999 Fred B. Makooi P. Suwan Acksorn Umit S. Sezgi Jinling Xue

John W. Graves 1992 Miguel A. Camara 2000 Larry S. Jackson Jun Hua Chen Tien-Wang Wu Sue Ann Quick Chavondra J. Young Timothy Monk 2001 Jingyu Lin 1993 Li Wang Wade E. Rushing V.S. Sundaram Jason m. Huckaby 2002 Teddy Suratmadji Youjua Zhang Jon R. Jackson 2003 Loletta Redmon Sreeram Chivukula 1994 Ajai Singh Lori Ann Eriksson Ryan Tomasiewicz Charles W. Griffin Taweewat Tripattharanan Krishna Kumar Jong Lee Robert Cheatham 2004 Brijender Parsad Takao Sezaki Kai Wang Chengbo Xu Edmund A. Pozniak, Jr. 2005

Douglas F. Falls 1996 Timothy G. Smith

Hui Cao 1997 Steven T. Daniels Sunita V. Ho Ku Puangchinda

48 PhD

Name Year Name Year Name Year

William E. Smith 1969 Ronnie G. Hise 1984 Ashok K. Ghosh 1996 David Johnson Larry S. Jackson Royall M. Broughton 1970 Michael L. Sklarewitz Adrianna G. Kirkman Stephen Y. Lin 1970 Krishna Kumar Robert W. Allison 1985 Abul Salehuddin Shuyu Wang Bruce F. Griggs Von L. Byrd 1971 Heikki Y. Hassi Paul J. Gerber 1997 Charles D. Holder David H. Hawes John F. Kadla Ali Hussain Umit S. Sezgi Cheng Wu Cheng 1972 Yuan-Chung Tsai Robert C. Eckert Sreeram Chivukula 1998 Charles J. Smith Subhash Chandra 1986 Chavondra J. Young Yanping Zhang Joseph Bentvelzen 1973 Marsha Winston 1987 Bernard T. Hofreiter Ildephonso E. Lopez 1999 Jian Er Jiang 1989 Richard Y. Ryu Shirley R. Boyette 1976 V.R. Parthasarathy Charles R. Nelson Nam Shin Medwick V. Byrd 2000 Alberto D. Venica Qing-Min Chen Nicholas A. Darkwa 1978 Caifang Yin Yu Cui Jose L. Gomide Yung-Chang Chin 1990 Qizhou Dai 2001 Akbar Askar 1979 B. Panchapakesan Lori Ann Eriksson Kanai L. Ghosh Marcos E. Santana Douglas R. Svenson Larry G. Griffin Yunbao Sun Ching Kuei Lin Xin Huo 2002 Zaki Rachmat Geoffrey E. Seger 1991 Birol Uner

Michel Beaudoin 1980 James J. Fuller 1993 Kevin M. Holtman 2003 Minh Thu Cao Rui Wang Min Zhang Abdolrahm Shyi-Wu Wang Hosseinzadeh Jun Hua Chen 2004 Xuan Nguyen Mohamad Abuhasan 1994 Bradley E. Lucas Daniel Ballado-Perez Martin Schroeter Cameron R. Morris 2005 Margaret M. Joyce Kambiz B. Makoui 1981 Sundararajan John Papadopoulos Padmanabhan Tor P. Schultz Junfu Song Rajan Sundara Ethan K. Andrews 1982 Tian Yan Xie Ying Pan Michael A. Veal Fikret Kaya 1995

Alton G. Campbell 1983 Adel Kassebi

49 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The preparation of a 50-year history of the Pulp and Paper program and Foundation was possible because of the efforts of many individuals. The information on the first 25 years came from the History of the Program, which was authored by Bob Hitchings in 1979. Credit is also extended to Ben Chilton of the P&P Foundation for providing historical data. Mike Ellis, Mary Johnson, Angela Roach, and Frances Spurgeon provided information on faculty, students, graduates, research, and pictures. Special thanks goes to Jane Howe who coordinated the entire effort.

Michale J. Kocurek, Professor

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