EPAF memorial presentation · 2020. 4. 23. · Microsoft PowerPoint - EPAF memorial...
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In Memoriam
Bert Harris Jr. 1919 –2019• WWII Veteran
• 26 years in UF/IFAS Extension
• 27 years in Florida House of Representatives
• Champion of private property rights
• Worked on citrus canker cases for growers
• Worked to meet the Greenbelt Law
• Citrus grower, rancher, and farmer
Luther Lynson Rozar, Jr. 1929‐2018
• Korean Conflict Veteran• Agriculture Agent in Pasco and Sarasota Counties
Fred Burkey (Farmer Fred)1940‐2019
Entrepreneur, 20‐years as environmental horticulture agent in Martin County.
Dr. Karl Havens 1957‐2019
• 2007‐2019 ‐ Director of the Florida Sea Grant College Program and Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the School of Forest Resources and Conservation
• Avid photographer and artist
Robert Bezelle Whitty 1934‐2019
• Suwanee County Extension 1965‐1971• Martin County Extension 1971‐1999
Kristen Poppell 1992‐2019 Nassau County 4‐H Extension Agent
Jesse Godbold 1940‐2019• Clay County Extension Director for 25 years
• His high school FFA Jacket is one of only five in the Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.
Philip A Stansly, Ph.D. 1944‐2018• UF professor and international entomologist
• While working to combat citrus greening in Florida two years ago, Stansly earned the nickname “psyllid slayer.”