BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 



Russell Francis Theriot was born January 15, 1947, in Crowley, 

 Louisiana. He is married to the former Patricia Anne Bales; they have 

 two children, Sheri and Craig. 



As an undergraduate, he attended Louisiana State University and 

 the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He served three years in the 

 United States Army and then returned to his undergraduate studies in 

 1969 at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He received his 

 Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Management and his Master of 

 Science degree in Botany at Northwestern State University in 1972 and 

 1974, respectively. 



Upon graduating with his Master's degree, he worked for two years 

 in the Florida Department of Natural Resources as an environmental spe- 

 cialist. Since 1976, he has been employed at the U.S. Army Engineer 

 Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he pres- 

 ently serves as Director of the Wetlands Research and Technology Center. 



He is a member of Beta Beta Beta, the Ecological Society of Amer- 

 ica, and the Society of Wetland Scientists. He is also a member of 

 several national committees, including the National Technical Committee 

 for Hydric Soils, the National Review Panel of Plant Species that Occur 

 in Wetlands, the Interagency Committee Developing the National Wetlands 



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