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Volume 21
Number 2
Winter 2004
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1956  Donald Dahlsten died in September 2003 at age 69 from skin cancer. An insect biologist, he taught at UC Berkeley for three decades and researched the biological control of insects, helping fight California's pest problems with predatory insects as an alternative to chemical pesticides. Survivors include his wife, Janet, two daughters, two stepchildren and 10 grandchildren.

1957  Ralph Boyd and his wife, Georgene, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. He worked in commercial real estate for 40 years before his retirement in 1996. They have five children and eight grandchildren.




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