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Dr. Frank Waldreth Mead

Edited from the Gainesville Sun (Sunday, October 14, 2012):

 Dr. Frank Waldreth Mead passed away on October 12, 2012 in Gainesville FL.

  Frank was born in Columbus Ohio on June 11, 1922. He served in the US Army in WWII..Dr. Mead graduated from Ohio State University, where he also received his MS degree. He received his Ph.D from North Carolina State University, and worked for the State of Florida Department of Agriculture from 1953 until his retirement in 1994.  He was an international expert on Hemipteran insects.

Dr. Mead was an avid photographer and traveler. He was very active in the Audobon Society, Wheaton Club, Alachua County Historical Society, and the Florida Entomological Society. 


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  16 October 2012  rmankin