Michael Jay Davis

Background

Davis, Michael Jay was born on March 9, 1947 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Jay Edward and Joan Roberta (Dirmeyer) Davis.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1973; Master of Science, Colorado State University, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.

Career

Research technician, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1972-1973; research associate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1973-1975; research assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-1978; postdoctoral associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1978-1979; assistant professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1979-1981; assistant professor plant pathology, U. Florida, Fort Lauderdale, 1981-1985; associate professor, U. Florida, Fort Lauderdale, 1985-1988; associate professor, U. Florida, Homestead, 1988-1990; professor, U. Florida, Homestead, since 1990.

Achievements

• Michael Jay Davis has been listed as a noteworthy Plant pathologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Phytopathol. Society (chair committee, associate editor), American Society for Microbiology, International Society Sugar Cane Technologists, International Organisation Mycoplasmologists.

Interests

• Avocations: basketball, fishing, stamp collecting.

Connections

Married Carol Ann Freeman, June 21, 1980 (divorced April 1992). 1 child, Christopher Michael.

Father:

Jay Edward Davis

Mother:

Joan Roberta (Dirmeyer) Davis

Spouse:

Carol Ann Freeman

child:

Christopher Michael Davis