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In Memoriam
Ed Gamble
Retired professor Ed Gamble, who served as chair of the Department of Crop Science for 10 years, died Oct. 5 at age 75. A world-renowned plant breeder, he held a BSA and MSA from the Ontario Agricultural College and a PhD from Iowa State University and joined the faculty of OAC in 1956. Prof. Gamble took his expertise around the world and, after retiring in 1994, received China's Friendship Award, the country's highest award for a foreign researcher, for his efforts to increase China's wheat yield. He is survived by his wife, Mary; five children: Brenda, William, Dean, Christopher and Cynthia; six grandchildren; and one great- grandchild. A tree will be planted in his memory at the Wall-Custance Memorial Forest.