Reed John D. - Embalming: history, theory, and practice

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And to those special persons who have educated, mentored, challenged, and supported my career in funeral service:

Alfred H. Davis, Paul H. Velker and John T. Rebol,
William J. Neff, William J. Musmanno,
J. Sheridan and Dorothy D. Mayer,
Edward C. and Gail R. Johnson, Melissa Johnson,
Dr. Emory S. James, Lester Wakeham,
Robert J. Inman, Peter J. Ball, C. Richard Sanders,
David G. Hicks, William Zwicharowski,
William A. Smith, and David G. Williams

Edward C. Johnson, Gail R. Johnson, and Melissa Johnson

Edward C. Johnson, Gail R. Johnson, and Melissa J. Williams

David G. Hicks

Chair of Embalming Sciences

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science

Cincinnati, Ohio

Patty S. Hutcheson

President

American Board of Funeral Service Education

President

Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service

Decatur, Georgia

Melissa Johnson

Funeral Director/Embalmer

Executive Director

American Society of Embalmers

Forest Park, Illinois

Eugene C. Ogrodnik

President and CEO

Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Alta Williams

Curriculum Chair

American Board of Funeral Service Education

Associate Professor

City Colleges of Chicago

Malcolm X and Richard J. Daley Campuses

Chicago, Illinois

These persons have made contributions to the development of this textbook throughout its four editions 19902006. They are listed with their titles at the time of their initial contribution to the text.

John Alsobrookd, MS

Associate Professor, Funeral Service Program

Vincennes University Junior College

Vincennes, Indiana

R. Stanley Barnes

Funeral Director

Canton, Ohio

Daniel Buchanan, MA

President

Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service

Decatur, Georgia

Jeff Chancellor

The Dodge Company

Fresno, California

Paul Cimiluca, BS, MA

Adjunct Professor of Chemistry

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science

Cincinnati, Ohio

William Counce, PhD

Funeral Service Education Department

Jefferson State College

Birmingham, Alabama

Emmet Crahan

Dodge Chemical Company

Jay, New York

Kenneth Curl, PhD