Professor Alfred M. Boyce, one of the first researchers to study the effects of pesticides on crops, animals and people, died on 11 July 1997 at age 96. In 1927, Dr. Boyce joined the Citrus Experiment Station and subsequently became chair of the Department of Entomology, director of the Experiment Station, and dean of the College of Agriculture, University of California, Riverside. Dr. Boyce s autobiography, Odyssey of an Entomologist, was published in 1986. Dr. Marla Holder , Ph.D. in soil chemistry, died in a tragic accident at age 42. She was the general manager of a 500-acre citrus farm, chair of the Pesticide Control Branch, and vice chair of the Citrus Research and Education Institute of Belize.
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