JULY 2007
14625 CR 672, Wimauma,FL 33598
(813) 634-0000

To say, my fate is not tied to your fate, is like saying,
your end of the boat is sinking.     Hugh Downs

Welcome New Faculty!...We welcome our two newest faculty members to begin the fiscal year. Dr. Geoffrey Denny, Assistant Professor for Commercial Landscape Management, comes to us from Texas A&M were he has been working as graduate teaching assistant and finishing his PhD degree in Horticulture this year. Born in El Paso, Texas, he attended Texas A&M where he received his BS in Horticulture, then received his MA from the University of Texas in Plant Biology.  Geoff has found a good place to enjoy his hobbies of gardening and fishing.  We welcome you, Geoff to our research team!

Our other new faculty member, Assistant Professor for Tomato Breeding, is a familiar face to those who have worked at the Center since 1993!  Dr. Jeremy Edwards first found his interest in horticultural research in his junior year of high school (Southeast High School) in 1993 when he started working summers at the Bradenton Research Center, first on the farm crew and then under the guidance of Dr. Jay Scott in the Tomato Breeding program.  He continued his pursuit in horticultural studies at the University of Florida where he earned his BS degree.  He earned his PhD in 2005 at Cornell University, majoring in Plant Genetics.  He has been working at the University of Arizona in Tucson as a research associate before accepting the Assistant Professor in Tomato Breeding position here at GCREC.  Welcome home, Jeremy!

Welcome New Staff...Joining us in June is new OPS, Sara Hutchinson, who is working in Dr. Shober's program.  Sara is a student at Newsome High School in Lithia.  4-H and agriculture have always been a big part of her life and has given her a good background for the assistance she is giving to the research program. 

We also welcome back again this year, our Visiting Professor, Dr. Arie Markus, who is doing cooperative research this summer with Dr. David Schuster's entomology research program.

13.....Cora Sanders
16.....Sara Hutchinson
17.....Rosa Ayala
21.....Arie Markus
23.....Pat Jones (ret.)
29.....Natalia Peres

Special Dates This Month:

Independence Day,
July 4th

Retirement
Lunch
July 24th
for
Brent
Harbaugh
We will be celebrating Brent's retirement in July with a Pot-Luck Luncheon.  Please join us!