Background
Bergstrom, Gary Carlton was born on May 12, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Robert Carlton and Virginia Mae (Jensen) Bergstrom.
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Gary Carlton Bergstrom
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Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Purdue University, 1975, Master of Science in Plant Pathology, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology, U.Ky., 1981.
Career
Teaching assistant Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1975-1976, research assistant, 1976-1977. Research assistant U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1978-1981. Assistant professor Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1981-1987, associate professor, 1987-1995, professor 1995.
Chairman New York Dairy/Field Crops Integrated Pest Management Committee;team leader field crops north fungicide assessment project United States Department of Agriculture, 1989-1991.
Member Department Agriculture regional research committee Northeastern Corn Improvement Conference, president, 1987, member committee corn and sorghum diseases, chairman,1991. Speaker United Nations Development Program Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1987, British Society Plant Pathology Bath, England, 1990, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Radzikow, Poland, 1994.
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Membership
Member American Phytopathol. Society (Chairman.extension committee 1985, president Northeast division 1988, chairman public relations committee 1992, press editorial board), International Society Plant Pathology, American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society American, New York Forage and Grasslands Council, Canada Phytopathol. Society Gamma Sigma Delta (president Cornell chapter, 1995), Epsilon Sigma Phi, Sigma Xi (president Cornell chapter, 1995).
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Married Frances Helen Brach, June 11, 1983. Children: Walter Carlton, Helen Kathryn.
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Presbyterian