CANR Dean Fred Poston selected as 2015 Gary Simmons Memorial Lecturer
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EmailDr. Fred Poston, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has been selected as the 2015 Gary Simmons’ Memorial Lecturer, hosted by the members of the MSU Graduate and Undergraduate Entomological Student Society (GUESS).
Dr. Fred Poston, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has been selected as the 2015 Gary Simmons’ Memorial Lecturer, hosted by the members of the MSU Graduate and Undergraduate Entomological Student Society (GUESS). Dean Poston’s talk, “A Path Planned but Not Followed,” will take place Friday, March 27, 2015 at 3 p.m. in The Gordon Guyer Conference Room, 244 Natural Science Building. Refreshments will be served at 2:45 p.m.
Gary Simmons was a Forest Entomologist and Biostatistician in the MSU Department of Entomology. Gary always placed students first among his priorities and was the Major Professor of 13 M.S. and six Ph.D. candidates. When Gary passed away at the age of 47 in January 1991, the Department established the Gary Simmons Distinguished Lecturer Series as a memorial, with a special fund to cover all expenses for a speaker to be selected by the students in the Department. Every year, GUESS members nominate, invite and host this distinguished speaker.
