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November 19, 2012

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H. Charles Romesburg

Business Address Home Address

Department of Environment and Society 372 N. 400 E.

College of Natural Resources Logan, UT 84321

Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5215 Phone: 435-***-****

Phone: 435-***-****

e-mail: *****@**.***.***

Education

Ph.D. in Operations Research, minor in biostatistics (University of Pittsburgh)

M.S. in Nuclear Engineering (University of Arizona)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Lafayette College)

Experience

Utah State University - Professor, Department of Environment and Society, 2002-Present

Utah State University - Professor, Department of Forest Resources, 1984-2001

Utah State University - Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources, 1978-1983

Utah State University - Assistant Research Professor, Desert Biome Project, 1972-1977

University of Pittsburgh - Graduate Assistant, 1967-1971

Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Lab - Nuclear Engineer, 1963-1966

University of California at Berkeley - Graduate Assistant, 1962

University of Arizona - Graduate Assistant, 1960-1961

Citations

For the five-year period of 2000 through 2005, the Web of Science records 291 research articles

citing my publications (for which I am the sole author).

Awards and Honors

Special Section, titled ATen Years After >Reliable Knowledge=: Are We Gaining?@, of eight

invited articles, published in Journal of Wildlife Management, 1991; 55(4):757-799. The articles

address to what extent my article AWildlife Science: Gaining Reliable Knowledge,@ Journal of

Wildlife Management, 1981, 45(2):293-313, has influenced wildlife science and education.

Workshop on AReliable Knowledge.@ Special session on the ideas of the above article, held by

The Wildlife Society in conjunction with the 57th North America Wildlife and Natural Resources

Conference, 27 MarchB1 April 1992, at Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Wildlife Society Wildlife Publication Award, for outstanding wildlife article published in

1981-82.

1982 Teacher of the Year, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University.

IAESTE award for engineering training in Sweden.

Books

H.C. Romesburg, Best Research Practices, Morrisville, NC: Lulu.com.

H.C. Romesburg, 2005. How about it, Writer?, Morrisville, NC: Lulu.com.

H.C. Romesburg. 2004. Cluster Analysis for Researchers. Morrisville, NC: Lulu.com. (Reprint

of 1984 edition, with minor revisions.)

H.C. Romesburg. 2002. The Life of the Creative Spirit. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corp.

H.C. Romesburg. 1992. Cluster Analysis for Researchers. Tokyo, Japan: Uchida Rokakuho

Publishing Co., Ltd. (Japanese translation of English edition.)

H.C. Romesburg. 1990. Cluster Analysis for Researchers. Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger

Publishing Co. (Reprint of 1984 edition.)

H.C. Romesburg. 1984. Cluster Analysis for Researchers. Belmont, Calif.: Lifetime Learning

Publications.

H.C. Romesburg and K. Marshall. 1984. CLUSTER/CLUSTIDBComputer Programs for

Hierarchical Cluster Analysis. Belmont, Calif.: Lifetime Learning Publications.

H.C. Romesburg and K. Marshall. 1984. User=s Manual for CLUSTER/CLUSTID Computer

Programs for Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, Belmont, Calif.: Lifetime Learning Publications.

H.C. Romesburg and J.V. DeGraff. 1982. Using the Normal Generated Distribution to Analyze

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Geomorphic Processes. Chapter 14 In: Space and Time in

Geomorphology. C. E. Thorn (ed.), pp. 315-326. London: Allen and Unwin.

J.V. DeGraff and H.C. Romesburg. 1980. Regional Landslide Susceptibility Assessment for

Wildland Management: A Matrix Approach. Chapter 19 In: Thresholds in Geomorphology,

Coats, C.R. and Vitek, J. (eds), pp. 401-414. London: Allen and Unwin.

H.C. Romesburg. October 20, 2003. If the NFL Can Do It, So Can Scientists. The Scientist,

17:60.

H. C. Romesburg. October 31, 2002. Creativity vs. Sensuality. Inner Self, 7:4-5.

H. C. Romesburg. April, 2002. What is Wildnerness For? The Highlands Voice. 35(4):8.

H.C. Romesburg. 1993. On Improving the Natural Resources and Environment Sciences: A

Reply. Journal of Wildlife Management, 57:184-189.

H.C. Romesburg. 1991. On Improving the Natural Resources and Environment Sciences.

Journal of Wildlife Management, 55:744-756.

H.C. Romesburg. 1990. Improving the Precision of Three Height Estimates. Canadian Journal

of Forest Research, 20:1246-1250.

H.C. Romesburg. 1990. The Case Method of Teaching Research Methods. Proceedings of

IUFRO Subject Group S6.09: Philosophy and Methods of Forest Research.

H.C. Romesburg. 1989. ZORRO: A Randomization Test for Spatial Pattern. Computers and

Geosciences, 15(6):1011-1017.

H.C. Romesburg. 1989. More on Gaining Reliable Knowledge: A Reply. Journal of Wildlife

Management, 53(4):1177-1180.

H.C. Romesburg. 1987. CLUSTAR-PC. Interactive Program for Hierarchical Cluster Analysis.

American Statistician, 41(1):79.

D.F. Balph and H.C. Romesburg. 1986. The Possible Impact of Observer Bias on Some Avian

Research. The Auk, 103:831-832.

H.C. Romesburg. 1985. Exploring, Confirming, and Randomization Tests. Computers and

Geosciences, 11(1):19-37.

H.C. Romesburg and K. Marshall. 1985. CHITEST: A Monte-Carlo Computer Program for

Contingency Table Tests. Computers and Geosciences, 11(1):69-78.

H.C. Romesburg. 1985. Wildlife Science: Gaining Reliable Knowledge. (Invited abridged

version of the article AWildlife Science: Gaining Reliable Knowledge,@ Journal of Wildlife

Management, 1981, 45(2):293-313) Rangelands, 7(6):249-255.

J. V. Degraff and H. C. Romesburg. 1981. Subsidence Crack Closure: Rate, Magnitude, and

Sequence. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology, 23:123-127.

H. C. Romesburg, and K. Marshall. 1981. LIFE: A Computer Program for Stochastic Life Table

Analysis. American Statistician, 35 (3):114.

H.C. Romesburg. 1981. Wildlife Science: Gaining Reliable Knowledge. Journal of Wildlife

Management, 45(2):293-313.

H. C. Romesburg, K. Marshall, and T. M. Mauk. 1981. FITEST-A FORTRAN Program for

AExact Chi-square@ Goodness-of-Fit Significance Tests. Computers and Geosciences, 7:47-58.

H. C. Romesburg. 1981. Randomization Tests. Resources Evaluation Newsletter, January,

1981:1-3.

H. C. Romesburg and K. Marshall. 1980. CLUSTER and CLUSTID-Programs for Hierarchical

Cluster Analysis. American Statistician, 34(3):186.

H. C. Romesburg, K. Marshall, and J. V. DeGraff. 1980. NGD-A FORTRAN IV Program for

Fitting the Normal Generated Distribution. Behavior Research Methods and Instrumentation,

12(3):385-386.

H. C. Romesburg. 1979. Simulating Scientific Inquiry with the Card Game Eleusis. Science

Education, 63:599-608.

H. C. Romesburg. 1979. Use of Cluster Analysis in Leisure Research. Journal of Leisure

Research, 11(2):144-153.

M. H. Balph, D. F. Balph, and H. C. Romesburg. 1979. Social Status Signaling in Winter

Flocking Birds: An Examination of a Current Hypothesis. The Auk, 96:78-93.

H. C. Romesburg and K. Marshall. 1979. Fitting the Geometric Distribution to Capture

Frequency Data. Journal of Wildlife Management, 43(1):79-84.

H. C. Romesburg. 1978. EXACTFIT: Computer Program for Exact Chi-square Goodness-of-

Fit. Decision Line, 9(1):6.

H. C. Romesburg. 1976. Use of the Normal Generated Distribution for Estimating Population

Survival. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 61:447-457.

H. C. Romesburg. 1976. Estimation of Parameters of the Beta Distribution: Comment.

Decision Sciences, 7:162.

H. C. Romesburg. 1974. Scheduling Models for Wilderness Recreation. Journal of

Environmental Management, 2:159-177.

Presentations

H. C. Romesburg. Integrated Teaching of Research Methods and Cluster Analysis. IUFRO

Subject Group S6.09 Meeting. Philosophy and Methods of Forest Research. Houghton, Mich.,

August 19-22, 1985.

H. C. Romesburg. The Case Method of Teaching Research Methods. Paper presented at IUFRO

Subject Group S6.09 Meeting: Philosophy and Methods of Forest Research. Houghton, Mich.,

August 19-22, 1985.

H. C. Romesburg and J. V. DeGraff. Using the Normal Generated Distribution to Analyze

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Geomorphic Processes. Invited paper presented at the

Twelfth Annual Geomorphological Symposium, Urbana, Illinois., September 24-26, 1981.

M. H. Balph, D. F. Balph, and H. C. Romesburg. Application of Some Measures of Similarity

and Dissimilarity to Avian Community Studies. Poster session at Annual Meeting of the Cooper

Ornithological Society. Fallen Leaf Lake, Calif., May 8-11, 1981.

H. C. Romesburg. Science and Planning. Keynote address to the Canada/United States

(CANUSA) Spruce Budworm Program Workshop. Portland, Oregon, October 21-24, 1980.

M. H. Balph, D. F. Balph, and H. C. Romesburg. Some Effects of Dominance and Aggression

on Spatial Relationships in Mixed Species Forging Flocks of Winter Finches. Presented at the

97th Annual Meeting of American Ornithologists= Union. College Station, Texas, August 13-16,

1979.

M. H. Balph, D. F. Balph, and H. C. Romesburg. Winter Plumage Variability and Social Status

in Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco nyemalis). Presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of American

Ornithologists= Union. Madison, Wisconsin, August 14-18, 1978.

H. C. Romesburg. A Wilderness Recreation Scheduling Model. Presented at the joint meeting

of the Operations Research Society of America and the Institute of Management Sciences, Las

Vegas, Nevada, November 17-19, 1975.

H. C. Romesburg. Ecological Data Banks. Presented at US/IBP Desert Biome Fourth Annual

Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23-25, 1975.

H. C. Romesburg. Desert Biome Data Processing. Presented at US/IBP Desert Biome Second

Annual Conferrence. Tempe, Arizona, March 14-15, 1973.

A. L. Mowery and H. C. Romesburg. Reactivity Coupling of Clustered NERVA Reactors.

Presented at 1967 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting.

R. K. Disney and H. C. Romesburg. Transport and Heat Deposition of Gamma Rays by Sn

Transport Progams. Presented at 1965 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting.

M. A. Capo, H. C. Romesburg, and H. C. Woodsum. Comparison of NERVA Heating Rates

Calculated by Various Methods. Presented at 1965 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting.

Guest Commentaries (op-eds)

H.C. Romesburg. September 11, 2003. ORV-friendly Shoshone Trail system back in under the

radar. Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah.

H.C. Romesburg. September 9, 2003. Wasatch-Cache National Forest Plan hides a sucker

punch. Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.

H.C. Romesburg. September 7, 2003. Shoshone Trail Secretly Approved. The Herald Journal,

Logan, Utah.

J. Steitz and H.C. Romesburg. May 8, 2002. Bush administration is abandoning commitment to

our forests. Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah.

Select Letters to Editor

H.C. Romesburg. August 27, 2004. Do more to prevent fatal medical errors. Ogden Standard-

Examiner, Ogden, Utah.

H.C. Romesburg. August 25, 2004. Medical errors under the radar. The Herald Journal,

Logan, Utah.

H. C. Romesburg. March 15, 2003. Well-grounded fear. Science News.

H.C. Romesburg. November 22, 2002. No conscience in dugway plan. The Herald Journal,

Logan, Utah.

H.C. Romesburg. October 10, 2002. Return Milky Way to our children. The Herald Journal,

Logan, Utah.

H. C. Romesburg. June 24, 2002. Logan=s beauty quickly fading. The Herald Journal, Logan,

Utah.

J. Steitz and H.C. Romesburg. May 11, 2002. Protect our national forests. The Herald Journal,

Logan, Utah.

H. C. Romesburg. May 1995. Education data called incomplete. The American Biology Teacher,

vol 57, p. 262.

Book Reviews

H. C. Romesburg. 1979. Integrated review of seven books on cluster analysis. Journal of

Leisure Research, 11(2):154-156.

H. C. Romesburg. 1979. Review of S. Chatterjee and B. Price=s ARegression Analysis by

Example.@ BioScience, 28(8):484.

H. C. Romesburg. 1978. Review of J. H. Austin=s AChase, Chance and Creativity.@ Decision

Line, 9(4):6.

H. C. Romesburg. 1978. Integrated review of three books on cluster analysis. Decision Line,

9(1):7.

H. C. Romesburg. 1978. Review of P. H. A. Sneath and R. R. Sokal=s ANumberical

Taxonomy.@ Decision Line, 8(4):7.

Reports

K. Marshall and H. C. Romesburg. 1978. CLUSTAR and CLUSTID-Programs for Hierarchical

Cluster Analysis. Report 34, sponsored by USDA Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service. Department of Forestry and Outdoor Recreation, Utah State University, Logan, 65 pp.

H. C. Romesburg and K. Marshall. 1974. LIFE: A Computer Program for Stochastic Life Table

Analysis. US/IBP Desert Biome Res. Memo. 74-78. Utah State University, Logan, 6 pp.

H. C. Romesburg. 1974. Data Processing Methodologies for Ecological Research. US/IBP

Desert Biome Res. Memo. 74-56. Utah State University, Logan, 26 pp.

L. L. Jones, Jr. and H. C. Romesburg. 1966. Critical Dimensions of U-235 Aqueous Systems

Containing U-238 or Th-232. Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Report, WAPD-

TM-632, 22 pp.

A. L. Mowery and H. C. Romesburg. 1966. Reactivity Coupling of Clustered NERVA

Reactors. Westinghouse Electric Astronuclear Laboratory Report. WANL-TME-1152, 68 pp.

H. C. Woodsum and H. C. Romesburg. 1966. A Shield Optimization Study for NERVA.

Westinghouse Electric Astronuclear Laboratory Report. WANL-TME-743, 43 pp.

H. C. Woodsum and H. C. Romesburg. 1964. Energy-averaged Neutron Absorption Gross

Sections. Westinghouse Electric Astronuclear Laboratory Report. WANL-TME-611, 58 pp.

Theses

Prescriptive Decision Models for Managing the Harvest of Whitetailed Deer Herds. Ph.D.

Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1972.

Absorption Induced Thermal Neutron Flux Perturbations. M.S. Thesis, University of Arizona,

1962.

Grants

Training of Indian Student in Statistical Methods of Agro-Forestry. Funded by FAO ($16,861).

1989.

Development of a Course in the Principles of Mathematical Applications, with Emphasis on

Cluster Analysis-National Science Foundation, July 1, 1981-February 29, 1984 ($31,600)

Research Methods in Natural Resources-USDA/Forest Service Two Week Shortcourse, 1981.

($12,000)

Research Methods in Natural Resources-USDA/Forest Service Two-Week Shortcourse, 1980.

($11,000)

Research Methods in Natural Resources-USDA/Forest Service Two-Week Shortcourse, 1979.

($11,000)

Professional Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science

International Dark-Sky Association

Text and Academic Authors Association

The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)

Florida Writers Association.

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