THE AUTHOR 



HAL E. ANDERSON has been Project Leader of the 

 Fuel Science Research Work Unit since 19 66. 

 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 instrumentation 

 from 1952 to 1961. His B.S. degree in physics 

 was obtained at Central Washington State 

 College in 1952 . 



