Goodell Elected Vice President of International Forest Products Society
Contact: Barry Goodell, 581-2888
ORONO — Barry Goodell, UMaine professor of wood science and technology, was elected vice president of the Forest Products Society at the 62nd International Convention held in St. Louis, Mo., June 22-24.
With 3,000 members and subscribers around the world, the Wisconsin-based Forest Products Society is a global leader in technical information transfer in the field, furthering the socially beneficial use of wood and fiber resources, according to the society’s website. The Society is an international nonprofit technical association founded in 1947 to provide an informational network for all segments of the forest products industry — from standing tree to finished products.
The society’s members represent public and private research, development, industrial management, production, marketing, education, engineering, sales, supply and consulting interests.
Goodell has been at the University of Maine since 1983.