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in memory of Galen Brown
Dr. Brown was one of the recipients of the 2005 AE Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Galen was born and raised on a fruit farm in Byron Center, Michigan. He earned his B.S. in Agricultural Engineering at MSU, M.S. at University of California-Davis, and his Ph.D. in 1972 here at MSU. After earning his B.S. in 1961, he was employed by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the USDA as a Research Engineering and Research Leader, at cooperative research locations with Land-Grant Universities in California, Ohio and Michigan. During this period, he worked on harvesting and handling projects for dates, cling peaches, prunes, apricots, pears, citrus, avocados, boysenberries, grapes, blueberries, jojoba, tart and sweet cherries, and an array of other fruits and vegetables as well as nursery crops. He retired from the ARS-USDA in 1995 and joined the Florida Department of Citrus as the Harvesting Program Administrator, working cooperatively at the University of Florida Citrus Research & Education Center at Lake Alfred. Galen retired again in 2003 after cooperative work to develop commercially viable mechanical harvesting systems for processing citrus. He also initiated R&D projects on fruit abscission and automated robotic harvesting for citrus.
Galen has over 200 professional publications to his credit, has received several awards, and is recognized as a national and international expert. His cooperative work with undergraduate and graduate students, research technicians, inventors, manufacturers and grower associations has been very productive.
Galen passed away on June 8, 2005. The Galen K. Brown Endowment Fund has been established by his family. For information, contact University Development, 4700 S. Hagadorn Road, Suite 220, East Lansing, MI 48824 or call 517-355-8257.
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