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Professors Alan and Mark Windham Retire

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  The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology had the privilege of honoring two longtime faculty members. On June 29th and June 30th, students, staff, and faculty gathered alongside friends and family to celebrate the careers of Alan and Mark Windham, respectively. Both professors joined the department in 1985 after receiving their Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. Throughout their thirty-seven years of service at EPP, they have mentored many students, provided scientific information to people in agriculture across the state, and helped create many memories that will be cherished.   A Few Messages for Professor Alan Windham Karen Vail, Ph.D., Professor – “It has been a pleasure to work with you. You have served our state well and were

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Dr. Pat Parkman Announces Plans for Retirement

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  Entomology and Plant Pathology Research Assistant Professor Pat Parkman announced that he plans to retire effective December 31, 2021. Dr. Parkman joined the department in November 1996. Since joining EPP, Parkman conducted research on honey bee pests and developed extension materials for beekeepers; wrote several training manuals for the department’s Pesticide Safety Education Program; and served as UTIA’s IPM Coordinator, representing Tennessee in the USDA Southern Region. Parkman stated that one of his greatest achievements was serving as Director of Lindsay Young’s Beneficial Insects Laboratory. Dr. Parkman has served as Director for the last fifteen years. The focus of LYBIL is to mass rear predators of the hemlock wooly adelgid, an invasive and deadly pest of hemlock trees, which

Dr. Frank Hale and his wife posing for a photo at the 2021 Winter Banquet

Dr. Frank Hale Announces Plans for Retirement

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    Dr. Frank Hale grew up in Wilmington, Ohio. As the son of a general surgeon and naturalist, it was only “natural” for Frank to pursue science. He began on his entomology journey in the 1970s at the University of Cincinnati after meeting Dr. Tom Wood, an expert in Membracidae (treehoppers). He eventually accompanied Dr. Wood and his former classmate, Dr. Glenn Morris, who studied Tettigoniidae (katydids), to Costa Rica in 1976. During the day, he was learning treehoppers with Dr. Wood while at night, he was learning katydids with Dr. Morris. This is when Dr. Hale recalls he officially caught the “bug” of entomology. Dr. Frank Hale finds Extension entomology to be very gratifying. His co-workers and colleagues