| Show I t Local ocal 1903 Graduate i I t Still Puts in Days j Work at Wisconsin U. U I I. I Gerald Thorne Thome Professor Emeritus of i I the the University of or Wisconsin Madison visited Jit l t Week with friends and ret rel rett t r in Vernal i 1 A WORLD renowned t 5 Dr Thorne was a member of ot the first grade graduating class In f i County in 1903 He HC graduated from Crom Wilcox Wll- Wll cox Academy in Vernal and Utah Agri cultural Coll College gc now in Logan I lie He is a a son of Mr and Mrs George GeorgeE E E. E Thorne early Ashley Valley resi rest dents i In 1918 he joined the US Department of or Agriculture to work on sugar beet pests pest especially those known as nematodes nema nema- which arc are microscopic eel worms At that time lime fewer than ten men Inthe in 1 the whole world were interested in them j 1 DURING THE ensuing years he ex the work to include all types of nematodes nema and worked throughout allI all I the western sugar beet producing states I and finally reached all aU states except Maine and Alaska Today some GOO COO per t sons arc are working in this field of ot study i and experimentation in the United States and the science is now well known as About half of th these se scientists have been trained d by Dr Thorne After retiring from the USDA in 1950 1956 he joined the Department of or Plant Path Path- I of or the University of Wisconsin and retired from Crom this l institution in ini i i 1961 becoming Professor ProCessor Emeritus SINCE RETIRING he has worked as tea teacher her I and nd consultant at eleven cleven different I universities and experiment stations and now spends five or six hours each day Iday at hi hill hig office at the university He JIe is isi i i the author of the first textbook on Nem Norn- and of about sixty f r and technical p papers pers Dr Thorne has bas served as a consultant 1 in Puerto Rico Ireland England Holland Belgium Ceylon In Thailand and the Philippines On his eightieth birthday he attended G t r 5 GERALD THORNE THORNS Prof Pro of 0 WisconsIn visits her hr the International Association convention in Pescara Italy and toured other European countries and Egypt A HIGHLIGHT of his visit to Vernal was a reunion with Mrs LaVern Adams the other surviving graduate of the gr grade de class of 1903 Family members visited were Mrs Leo Thorne Mrs Robert Thorne and Mr Mr and Mrs Lawrence DeVed |
