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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This dissertation has taken many years to complete and would not have been possible
without the support of many people. My wife Theodora has been my constant advocate and
source of strength. I am very grateful for the invaluable support and guidance that Dr. Don Liles,
my supervising professor, has provided over these years. I would like to thank my dissertation
committee members Dr. Brian Huff, Dr. Panos Shiakolas, Dr. John Priest, and Dr. Jamie Rogers
for their interest in my research and their willingness to serve on the committee. I am grateful to
numerous teachers, mentors, and colleagues, living or dead, whose inspiration has given me
strength, courage and encouragement to do this work, among them Mrs. Whitehead, Mr.
Wheeler, Dr. R.R. Boedeker, Dr. B.K. Lambert, Dr. Bob Lange and Dr. Yih-Farn Chen. Finally, I
thank my family for their unwavering support.
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