Past Employment

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Entomologist

1982-2003

Iowa Department of Agriculture   

Identify insect and disease problems of landscape nursery trees and shrubs. 

Inspect nursery dealer locations and/or holding yards.

Provide a listing of the insect/disease problems found and restrict stock movement when necessary.

Recommend remedial actions and control strategies. 

Certify raw agricultural   products (grain, processed products, wood) for foreign shipment. 

Assist in USDA with quarantine survey/control programs:  Gypsy Moth, etc.

Plant Protection and   Quarantine Technician -Supervisor 

1981 - Summer, Fall

United States Department of   Agriculture 

Identify gypsy moth populations in the Chicago area and vicinity. 

Supervise 12 college students monitoring gypsy moth pheromone traps throughout the Chicago area. 

Inform citizens, environmental group leaders, and press representatives of survey progress.

Plant Protection and   Quarantine Technician

1981 - Spring

United States Department of   Agriculture

Conduct alfalfa weevil population evaluations. 

(Henry and LaSalle Counties, IL)

Laboratory Technician/Graduate   Student

1980-1981 - Fall, Winter

Utah State University 

University Research

Isolate various range grass species resistant to Labops hesperious. 

Develop methods to raise L. hesperious in large numbers.

Laboratory Technician

1980-1981 - Fall, Winter

United States Department of   Agriculture Research

University Research

Accumulate research data on bee pollination efficiency.

Examine seed heads for percent viability and weight.

Document and present data to Research Professors. 

(sunflower and onion crops).

Plant Protection and   Quarantine Technician - Supervisor

1980 - Summer

United States Department of   Agriculture

Identify gypsy moth populations in the Chicago area and vicinity. 

Supervise four college students monitoring  gypsy moth pheromone traps throughout the Chicago area.

Plant Protection Aid

1979 - Summer

Illinois Department of   Agriculture

Conduct gypsy moth survey using pheromone traps. 

(Lake and McHenry Counties, IL)

Plant Protection Aid

1978 - Summer

United States Department of   Agriculture 

Conduct gypsy moth survey using pheromone traps. 

(Kane, Lake, and McHenry Counties, IL)

Nursery Field Work

1977-1979 -Summers

F.D. Clavey Nursery – Gages Lake, Illinois

Plant propagation, plant pruning, insect/disease identification and  control.

Routinely reported insect/disease presence/activity to nursery manager.

Cultivated field liner blocks.

Spray Operator

1976 - Spring

Dennis Anderson Landscaping –   Lake Zurich, Illinois

Insect/disease identification for trees/shrubs at homeowner and commercial sites.

Operated a spray truck for treatments of trees/shrubs throughout the Chicago area.

Nursery Field Work

1974-1977 - Summers

Synnestvedt Nursery Company,   Inc. – Round Lake, Illinois

Plant propagation, plant pruning, insect/disease identification and control.

Routinely reported insect/disease presence/activity to nursery manager.

Pest Control Timing Field Work   

(Zimmerman Pine Moth)

1973 - Summer

Synnestvedt Nursery Company,   Inc. – Round Lake, Illinois

To dig Zimmerman Pine Moth larvae from infested pine trees. 

Recorded numbers of  viable/non-viable Zimmerman Pine Moth larvae and pupae. 

Identify the beginning of the adult flight period of the Zimmerman Pine Moth.

By discovering when (degree day accumulation - 30 degree base) the adult moths were in flight...treatment timings were greatly improved.

Nursery Inspection

Field Aid

1963-1973

Robert W McAdams - Nursery   Inspector

Illinois Department of   Agriculture

(Lake and McHenry Counties)

To aid state nursery inspector (father) to conduct nursery production field inspections for insect and disease presence. 

My father had a leg injury which limited  his walking abilities.