Jim Anderson Dies 



James F. Anderson, Emeritus Associate 

 Professor of Pomology, passed away on 

 February 8, 1997. Professor Anderson was 

 born in Morgantown, West Virginia, and 

 received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the 

 University of West Virginia. He served in the 

 miUtary during World War II and participated 

 in the Battle of the Bulge. 



Jim joined the faculty of the Pomology 

 Department of Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College in 1948 and retired from the 

 Department of Plant & Soil Sciences of the 

 University of Massachusetts in 1988. For 

 many years Jim was involved in evaluation of 

 new fruit cultivars, and he was expert at 

 identifying fruit cultivars by their vegetative 

 characteristics. However, his primary respon- 

 sibility during these years was teaching, and he 

 was honored by selection for a number of 

 Outstanding Teacher Awards by the Stockbridge 

 School students. 



In an^ interview at the time of his 

 retirement, Jim said, 'Tou can't really learn 



about trees from books. You have to get out 

 there with the trees." Many alums will 

 remember their orchard pruning experiences 

 with Jim in the dead of winter, because that is 

 when the pruning is done. "But the students 

 were all good about it; they never ambushed 

 me," Jim said. "They'd know that I'd be out 

 there in the cold with them." 



Jim leaves his wife, Edna (18 Wildwood 

 Lane, Amherst, MA 01002). He also leaves his 

 former colleagues, who are saddened by the loss 

 of a true gentleman and friend, and by 

 generations of alums who learned much more 

 from him than was written in books. 



In memory of Professor Anderson's love of 

 teaching, a memorial scholarship fund for 

 students in Plant & Soil Sciences is being 

 established. Anyone wishing to assist in this 

 memorial to Jim may send a contribution to the 

 Plant & Soil Sciences Scholarship Fund, c/o 

 William J. Bramlage, French Hall, University 

 of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. 



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