Posts Tagged: obituary
Bohart Museum to Dedicate Open House to Jerry Powell
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology of UC Davis hosts a “Night at the Museum”...
In this 2017 archived photo, Jerry Powell (seated at microscope) talks to colleagues at a Lepidopterist Society meeting at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. From left are entomologist Max Klepikov of Berkeley; UC Davis distinguished professor Don Strong of the Department of Evolution and Ecology; and Eric Lopresti, then a UC Davis graduate student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with Jerry Powell, a longtime director of the Essig Museum of Entomology. This image was taken Feb. 9, 2013 at a Lepidopterist Society gathering at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jerry Powell, 1933-2023
Professor Jerry Alan Powell, an international authority on Lepidoptera and a longtime...
Internationally recognized moth expert Jerry Powell sorting and identifying insects on Dec. 7, 2013 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
Jerry Powell, longtime director of the Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley, with Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, at a Lepidopterist Society gathering at the Bohart on Feb. 9, 2019. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dr. Eric Carnes Mussen: May 12, 1944 -- June 3, 2022
Celebrated honey bee authority Dr. Eric Carnes Mussen, an internationally known 38-year California...
Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist, at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. This image is from 2010. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen and his wife, Helen, by Miss Bee Haven, a bee sculpture by Donna Billick in the UC Davis Bee Garden on Bee Biology Road. This image was taken in 2017. Eric served as the president of the Western Apicultural Society, and Helen, the vice president, in 2017. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Legislative aide Tony Madrigal (Assemblyman Louis Alejo’s office) asks Extension apiculturist emeritus Eric Mussen questions about colony health at the 2015 Agriculture Day at the state capitol. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen surveys the site of the soon-to-be Haagen Dazs-Honey Bee Haven, planted in the fall of 2019 on Bee Biology Road. It is now the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Good Morning America" interviewed Eric Mussen about bee health in 2018. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility discussing honey bee health. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors watch as Eric Mussen opens a hive at the apiary of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility sign in 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene when a bee swarm hitched a ride on a commuter van from El Cerrito to UC Davis in 2008. This is the hand of Eric Mussen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Prominent Scientist and UC Davis Alumnus Nadav Aharonson: 1934-2021
Internationally known scientist Nadav Aharonson of Israel, a UC Davis alumnus celebrated for...
In 1971, Nadav Aharonson began working at the Agriculture Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Institute, and established the Department of Environmental Chemistry. He managed the lab until 1997.
Charles 'Charlie' Geddes Summers, 1941-2021
Prominent integrated pest management (IPM) entomologist Charles "Charlie" Geddes Summers...
Charlie Summers and his colleagues, self-described "Bug People" at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, posed for this photo in 2008. In front (from left), are Elizabeth Crafton-Cardwell, Kent Daane, and Summers. In back (from left) are Marshall Johnson, Walter Bentley and Pete Goodell. (Photo courtesy of Marshall Johnson)
Research entomologist Charlie Summers in his earlier years with Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center. He always referred to his work as "my dream job." (UC ANR Photo)