A History
Mason C. Carter received degrees in forestry and plant science from Virginia Tech and Duke University before beginning a forty-year career in higher education, research, and administration. A graduate of North Carolina State University and Yale University, R. Scott Wallinger worked for Westvaco Corporation for thirty-nine years and oversaw management of company forests in the United States and Brazil. Robert C. Kellison received a PhD in forest genetics from North Carolina State University, where he served as the forest silviculturist for over thirty years.