BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 



Michael Edward Bledsoe was born on February 26, 1951, in Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. He moved to Melbourne, Florida, in 1961. There he attended 

 elementary and junior high and graduated from Melbourne High School in 

 1969. September 1969 he was awarded an athletic scholarship for 

 basketball at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. 

 There he earned two varsity crew and four varsity basketball letters. 

 He was captain of the basketball team his junior and senior years. 

 He served as Chief Justice of the Student Court, was a member of 

 Blue Key, and was listed in Who's Who Among Students in American 

 Universities and Colleges. He was a member and officer of the Pi 

 Kappa Alpha Fraternity. In 1973 he received his B.S. in Biological 

 Sciences from Florida Institute of Technology. On August 11, 1973, he 

 married Janette Arlene Barger. 



He received his Master's of Science degree from the University of 

 Florida in 1975. He served as Vice President of the Newell Entomo- 

 logical Society in 1976-77. 



On March 15, 1977, he took the position of Product Development 

 Specialist with Chevron Chemical Company and is currently living in 

 Atlanta, Georgia. 



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