Acknowledgments to the unabridged edition

• Author: James G. Wigmore
• Pages: 23-25

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Acknowledgments to the

Unabridged Edition

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 Cha rlebois, A.E.D. Hall,

John Kofoed, Ismail Mofta h, Bill Robinson, Bernie Yen, Wanching Sun,

Frank McAuley, George Cimbura, John Wells, Andrew Bell, Dale Ra ndall,

Teri Kang, and Gladys Uchimaru; a nd later Daryl Mayers, Robert Langil le,

Robert Chechlacz, Mike Corbett, Marie Elliot, Laura Gorczynski, Justin

Hinman, Ch ris House, Betty Chow, Teri Martin, J.-P. Palmentier, Karen

Woodall, Patricia Solbeck, Yvonna Buczek, Marc Pelletier, Dave Riley,

and Mike Wilkie; Gus Cli ne, Norm Shaw, Bruce Markle, Gord Leslie, and

Armand Giroux (of the Ontar io Provincial Police); Jef‌f Patrick (Toronto

Police Service); Ed Nicholson (Peel Regional Police); Pat Frost (Ottawa Po-

lice Service); and many others. I was also fortunate that CFS h ad a large

library with a st af‌f of three—Eva Gulbinowicz, Maryanne Brenton, and

Catalina C he—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.