IN M E M R I A 

 Dr. Walter D. Weeks 



Dr. Walter D. Weeks, Associate Professor of Pomol- 

 ogy in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, died 

 on July 25, 1968, after a relatively short illness. Dr. 

 Weeks obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees at the Univer- 

 sity of New Hampshire and his Ph.D. at the University of 

 Massachusetts in 1941. 



He was a Research Assistant at Rutgers University 

 and an Associate County Agent in Worcester County, Mass- 

 achusetts, before joining the faculty at the University 

 of Massachusetts, in 1945. During his professional ca- 

 reer, he was especially well known for his research on 

 nutrition, clonal rootstocks, vegetative varietal char- 

 acteristics and the influence of growth regulators on 

 the abscission of apples and other deciduous tree fruits 

 He published over twenty research articles in books, 

 technical journals and bulletins during his lifetime and 

 was a regular contributor to Fruit Notes. 



He was a member of the American Society for Horti- 

 cultural Science and Sigma Xi . He served as Chairman of 

 the Northeastern Rootstock Conference in 1951 and as a 

 member of the National Committee on the Mineral Nutri- 

 tion of Horticultural Crops in 1963. 



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Surviving Dr. Weeks are his wife, Doris, and his 

 Paul . 



