Acknowledgments

• Author: James G. Wigmore
• Pages: 31-33

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Acknowledgments

I was fortunate in the f‌irst  years of my professional career to work

at one of the top forensic laboratories in North America, the Centre of

Forensic Sciences (CFS) in Toronto. When I started there in the Toxicol-

ogy Section in , the court-going scientists who testif‌ied in alcohol-

related cases were very experienced, dedicated, and extremely helpful to

a new, inexperienced scientist like me. The technologists and other sta f‌f

were also of great assista nce.

I would like to acknowledge their contribution to my professional

education. These people include Ron Hallett, Rita Charlebois, A.E.D.

Hall, John Kofoed, Ismai l Moftah, Bill Robin son, Bernie Yen, Wanch-

ing Sun, Frank McAuley, George Cimbura, John Wells, Andrew Bell,

Dale Randall, Teri Kang, and Gladys Uchimaru; and later Daryl Mayers,

Robert Langille, Robert Chechlacz, Mike Corbett, M arie Elliot, Laura

Gorczynski, Justi n Hinman, Chris House, Betty Chow, Teri Martin, J.-P.

Palmentier, Karen Woodall, Patricia Solbeck, Yvonna Buczek, Marc Pel-

letier, Dave Riley, and Mike Wilkie; Gus Cline, Norm Shaw, Bruce Mar-

kle, Gord Leslie, and Arma nd Giroux (of the Ontario Provincia l Police);

Jef‌f Patrick (Toronto Police Service); Ed Nicholson (Peel Regional Police);

Pat Frost (Ottawa Police Service); and many others. I was also fortun-

ate that CFS had a large librar y with a staf‌f of three—Eva Gulbinowicz,

Maryanne Brenton, and Catalina Che—who were able to f‌ind many of

the obscure and old alcohol-related papers for me.

My major mentor at CFS was Doug Lucas, who was the director of the

laboratory for the f‌irst  years or so that I worked there. He was a wise

and perceptive director who encouraged and inspired me immensely.