Sex: Male

Education

• UPLB, Los Baños, Laguna
• UPLB, College of Forestry, Los Baños, Laguna, B.S. Forestry, 1968
• UPLB, Los Baños, Laguna, M.S. Forestry , 1982

Field of Specialization

Forestry, Wood Science, Wood Technology

Researches

America, W.M., (1970) Occurence of normmal and traumatic gum canals in porous woods.
FORPRIDECOM Technical Notes Volume 98

America, W.M., (1974) Wood of the "Palosapis" group
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 3, No. (3-4):

America, W.M. Meniado, J.A., (1975) Anatomy and differentiation of the woods oof pahudia.
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 4

America, W.M., (1975) Tuai, lamog and toog: their identification and uses..
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 157

De Vela, B.C. Meniado, J.A. America, W.M., (1976) Guide to wood identification.
FORPRIDECOM, College, Laguna

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M. Tamolang, F.N., (1976) Technical information on dita (Alstonia scholaris ( L.) R. Br.)
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 5

De Vela, B.C. America, W.M. Meniado, J.A., (1977) Identification of Philippine timbers: a punch card system.
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 6, No. (1):

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M., (1977) Philippine woodsand their equivalents in Malaysia and Indonesia
FORPRIDECOM Technical Note Volume 175

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M., (1978) Notes on manggis.
Asian Forest Industries Yearbook

Maniado, J.A. America, W.M., (1978) Notes on Philippine Xanthostemon and Guaiacum.
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 7, No. (1):

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M. De Vela, B.C., (1978) Observations and related problems in wood identification: some suggestions.
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 7, No. (4):

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M. Valbuena, R.R., (1978) Oleaceae family with emphasis on wood anatomy and uses of Philippine Linociera spp.
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 7, No. (2-3):

America, W.M. Meniado, J.A. De Vela, B.C., (1979) Wood identification : differentiating the woods of anongo and aganit.
FORPRIde Digest Volume 8, No. (2):

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M. De Vela, B.C., (1980) Wood of Lomorau or "Apitong Babui" (Suitonia forwothyi Elm.) Anarcardiaceae.
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 9, No. (3-4):

Maruzzo, M.W. America, W.M., () Wood anatomy of three strains of giant ipil ipil (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit).
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 10, No. (1-2):

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M. De Vela, B.C. Tamolang, F.M. Lopez, F.R. Alonzoo, D.S., (1981) Wood Identification Handbook, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
APO-NEDA Production Unit, Quezon City

Meniado, J.A. America, W.M., () Wood lanutan-bagyo (Gonystylus macrophyllus (Miq) Airy Shaw) family: Thymalacaceae.
FORPRIDE Diggesst Volume 10, No. (3-4):

Meniado, J.A. America W.M., (1982) Wood identification of some Philippine lesser-known species.
FORPRIDE Digest Volume 1, No. (3-4):

Awards

• Research Fellowship to the Federal Republic of Germany, Foundation for Internationl Development, 1972
• 2nd Place, Board Examination for Foresters, PRC, 1973
• Scholar, MS Forestry, UPLB Graduate School/ NSDB, 1972
• Co-awardee, Best Researcher, Wood Identification Handbook for Philippine Timber, NSDB, 1979