THE AUTHORS 



HAL E. ANDERSON has been Project Leader of the Fuel Science research 

 work unit since 1966. He joined the staff of Intermountain Station's 

 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at Missoula, Montana, in 1961 and 

 served as Project Leader of the Fire Physics project from 1962 to 

 1966. Prior to employment with the Forest Service he was with the 

 General Electric Company and worked on thermal and nuclear instru- 

 mentation from 1952 to 1961. His B,S. degree in physics was obtained 

 at Central Washington University in 1952. 



ROBERT W. MUTCH was a Research Forester at the Northern Forest Fire 

 Laboratory from 1960 to 1977. His research activities have included 

 investigations of fuel moisture, fuel flammability, fuel chemistry, 

 ignition properties of fuels, and the ecological role of fire in natural 

 forest systems. He is now on the staff of the Lolo National Forest. 



ROBERT D. SCHUETTE joined the Fire Physics project at the Northern 

 Forest Fire Laboratory in 1962. He transferred into the Fuel Science 

 research work unit in 1970 and worked as a Physical Science Tech- 

 nician. He received his B.A. degree in physical sciences from the 

 University of Montana in 1962. 



