William M. Ciesla

William M. Ciesla earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University in 1960. He later specialized in forest entomology at the same institution and earned a Master of Science Degree in 1963. He began his professional carrier in Asheville, North Carolina with USDA Forest Service and subsequently held assignments as a forest entomologist and forest health program manager in several locations throughout the USA. From 1990 to 1995 he served as Forest Protection Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy and in 1995, chartered Forest Health Management International, an international forest health consulting service based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He has worked with forest insects in over 30 countries and is author or co-author of over 160 publications. He is also author of Stranieri: An Italian Odyssey, a light hearted account of life and travels in Italy. In 2005 he received the Western Forest Insect Work Conference - Founder’s Award for outstanding contributions to forest entomology in the West.