Volume 30 · Number 3 · Spring 2013
In Memoriam
Faculty
Adel Kader, M.S. ’62, Ph.D. ’66, who worked tirelessly at home and abroad to get more food and better food from every harvest, died in December at age 71. He was an emeritus professor and extension specialist in postharvest physiology. He suffered a fatal heart attack at San Francisco International Airport after arriving from South Africa, where he had addressed an international conference. He wrote more than 230 scientific publications and played a key role in the development of UC Davis renowned Postharvest Technology Center.
Veterinary professor emeritus Jori “Jerry” Kaneko, ’52, D.V.M. ’56, Ph.D. ’59, died in January in a San Francisco hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 88. During his 1959–94 tenure, he chaired the veterinary Department of Clinical Pathology and co-edited the standard textbook Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals. He also served four years on the Davis City Council. Even though his family was sent to an internment camp during World War II, he served in the U.S. Army at the war’s end in occupied Japan.
Distinguished Professor Fumio Matsumura, described as “one of the grand masters of insect toxicology,” died in December at a Sacramento hospital. He was 78. A faculty member since 1987, he served as editor-in-chief of the journal Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology; and wrote the textbook Toxicology of Insecticides, used by generations of college students around the world.
Ralph Pomeroy, a professor of rhetoric and communication for 32 years, died in Davis in February at age 86. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
Paul Sabatier, a professor of environmental science and policy, died in February at a Sacramento hospital at age 68. He co-designed a leading theory of the policymaking process.
Frances Zeman, a professor emerita of nutrition, died in February in Davis. She was 87. A faculty member since 1964, she authored or co-authored more than 70 research papers and three textbooks.