2021

Richard Reese

 Dick Reese is currently the President of Dick Reese and Associates, Inc. in Georgia. Prior to forming his own company, he worked for a number of paper and paper related companies including Hammermill, Huyck, Pöyry-BEK, Sirrine and Georgia-Pacific. He has been a prolific author of technical papers appearing in technical journals and trade publications. In addition, he has presented numerous presentations at technical conferences. His major area of activity has been in the development of paper machine performance guidelines and paper machine performance analysis and reporting techniques that were used to identify paper machine strengths and limitations. 

Dick has been very active in TAPPI and has been recognized with the 1997 Paper and Board Manufacture Technical Award, 1999 Engineering Division Technical Award and the 2011 Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal.