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C E C I L W. F R U T C H E Y H O N O R E D Dr. Cecil W. Frutchey was born and raised in western Oregon and operated a 900 acre potato-dairy ranch prior to attending Oregon State University from which he received his B.S. degree in 1930. He did graduate work in Plant Pathology at Michigan State University from 19301935 and won his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. He was a U S D A Agronomist at Colorado Springs 1935-37 and Presque Isle, Maine 1937-42, and operated a potato farm in Maine from 1942 to 1946. From 1946 to 1960 Dr. Frutchey was manager Potato Seed Certification - - Extension Potato Specialist, at Colorado State University. While Extension Potato Specialist, he developed extensive variety trials, seed certification foundation programs and cooperated with research men in the conduct of extensive fertilizer trials with potatoes. H e is the author of many publications on potatoes and his last one was a widely accepted bulletin on the production of potatoes for potato chipping. Dr. Frutchey also supervised the operation of the San Luis Valley Station of the University while it was under the jurisdiction of the Ex-

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tension Service. He contributed to the use of better seed and varieties, improved cultural practices and better storage of potatoes in Colorado, which resulted in the development of a progressive method of potato production. For the years 1960-1962, he was on the University of Wyoming A I D Team at Kabal, Afghanistan, and in the second year was director of horticultural research on this team. Upon returning here he was assigned to a University of Nebraska cooperative unit in Turkey in 1963. Both of these educational and research efforts on potato improvement were in cooperation with A.I.D. Dr. Frutehey actively served the Potato Association of America on many committees and as Vice President and President. In the year of his Presidency 1956, he was an instigator of the Potato Association's Potato Handbook. In addition to urging its production, he worked hard as Associate Editor of the first issue on Seed Certification. The Potato Handbooks have been a success and as a result have been published annually. It is with pleasure that I present Dr. Cecil W. Frutchey for Honorary Life Membership in the Potato Association of America. --ARTHUR HAWKINS

H E N R Y M. D A R L I N G H O N O R E D Dr. Henry M. Darling is a native of Wisconsin having been born in Spring Valley on December 1, 1908. He took his Bachelor of Philosophy degree at Ripon College in 1931 and the Master of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in 1935 after taking about a year and a half from his studies to work in the Federal Land Bank. H e then accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology with Auburn University in Alabama. Again taking time off, he returned to the University of Minnesota where he completed work for his Doctor of Philosophy degree. In late 1940 he returned to Wisconsin where he joined the staff of the Department of Plant Pathology where he now holds the position of Professor. Dr. Darling started work on potato diseases in 1931 while studying for his Master's degree. In Alabama he continued his research on diseases, particularly those related to the productivity and quality of seed stocks. His interest in this phase of potato culture led to extensive cooperative tests of seed stocks from all parts of the country. In 1940 when he came to Wisconsin he was placed in charge of potato certification. H e was also responsible for developing a second proiect on the production of foundation seed. His interest in disease problems led to his discovery of a damaging nematode pest in 1954. His research program on its control resulted in a soil fumigation treatment that has presently eradicated the pest from several hundred acres of infested land. His continued interest in nematodes led to the establishment of an expanded program of research and teaching in the Department of Plant Pathology. Although Dr. Darling has spent much time with students, he has