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A Gathering of UC Davis Entomologists

  • March 13, 2019

Eric Grissell at the 2007 UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion. He received his master's degree and doctorate in entomology from UC Davis, completing his Ph.D. in 1973. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Grissell at the 2007 UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion. He received his master's degree and doctorate in entomology from UC Davis, completing his Ph.D. in 1973. See news story at https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=14265. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a gathering of UC Davis entomologists--from students to graduates to faculty to retired faculty.

The third UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion is set Sunday, March 31 through Tuesday, April 2. Most of the events will take place in the Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center on Alumni Drive, UC Davis campus.

Co-chairing the event are Will Crites and Arnold Menke.

Forensic entomologist and adjunct professor Robert Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will keynote the banquet on Tuesday, April 2 in the Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center.  He is known as "The Fly Man of Alcatraz" for his entomological research on the island. (See news story.) Kimsey serves as the advisor of the UC Davis Entomology Club.

The participants will tour several campus facilities, including the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Facility, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, and the Shrem Museum of Art.

Sunday, March 31 is the day of arrival.

See updated agenda.

Reservations must be made by Sunday, March 24 with Carrie Cloud, director of programs and events, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, at crcloud@ucdavis.edu or (530) 752-2120.

UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey, known as "The Fly Man of Alcatraz," will be the keynote speaker at the UC Davis Entomology Alumni Dinner on April 2. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey, known as "The Fly Man of Alcatraz," will be the keynote speaker at the UC Davis Entomology Alumni Dinner on April 2. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene at the 2007 UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion. At right is chemical ecologist Walter Leal, then chair of the Department of Entomology (now the Department of Entomology and Nematology). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene at the 2007 UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion. At right is chemical ecologist Walter Leal, then chair of the Department of Entomology (now the Department of Entomology and Nematology). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology alum Will Crites takes a photo at the 2007 reunion. He is co-chairing the 2019 reunion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology alum Will Crites takes a photo at the 2007 reunion. He is co-chairing the 2019 reunion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)