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Acknowledgments

e would like to thank all of the instructors and students who have used
Effective Group Discussion. We welcome your written reactions to its con-
Wtent and composition. You can send your comments to us via the Depart-
ment of Communication, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri; or the
Department of Communication, California State University, Fresno, California.
May all your groups be enjoyable and satisfying!
Numerous people contributed to this book; we can name only a few. First, we
acknowledge our debt to instructors and writers Freed Bales, Ernest Bormann, Elton
S. Carter, B. Aubrey Fisher, Larry Frey, Kenneth Hance, Randy Hirokawa, Sidney
J. Parnes, J. Donald Phillips, M. Scott Poole, Linda Putnam, Marvin Shaw, Victor
Wall, and W. Woodford Zimmerman.
Finally, we want to acknowledge the vision and contributions of Jack Brilhart,
who died in 2005. Jack wrote the first version of this text in the late 1960s as one
monograph in a communication series. For many years, Jack shared his expertise, his
passion for understanding and working with small groups, and his vast experience
working with a variety of groups. We enjoyed working with him, appreciated his gen-
erosity, and greatly miss him.
The following instructors were exceptionally helpful in supplying thoughtful,
carefully considered suggestions:
Suzanne Atkin, Janet Jacobsen,
Workplace Harmony Arizona State University
Ewan Tristan Booth, Chris Kasch,
Arizona State University Bradley University

Aileen Buslig, Melissa Leembruggin,
Concordia College Sinclair College
Jessica Delk- McCall, Peter Miraldi,
University of North Carolina Pennsylvania State University
Greensboro

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