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Harry Scott Smith Scholarship Fund

 

 

Harry Scott Smith
Harry Scott Smith, circa 1930-1933

In memoriam of Harry Scott Smith, 1883 - 1957

Harry S. Smith, was born in 1883 to a poor farming family in Nebraska. He was trained in Biological Control in the northeast United States where he worked on the biological control of gypsy moth with the USDA. Upon his appointment to Sacramento in 1913 to work on biological control issues important to California, Smith brought recognized entomological training in biological control to California for the first time. 

Dr. Smith was an authority on the subject of biological control. He had charge of the parasite and predator work at the Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside, California. The State of California has played a leading part in biological control investigations since the inception of this method of controlling insect pests.  

The phrase “Biological Control” was first used by Smith in August 1919 at the meeting of Pacific Slope Branch of the American Association of Economic Entomologists at the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside.

Based on his experiences on biological control of forest and pasture pests, Smith brought caution and tempered exaggeration about biological control in California as he worked with citrus growers and other commodity groups.
Dr. Smith left UC Riverside $15,000 to develop a scholarship fund to support training and education in biological control.

Photo reproduced from page 261 in "The Biological Control of Insects" by Assistant Professor Harvey L. Sweetman, Massachusetts State College, Amherst, Massachusetts. This book was published in 1936 by the Comstock Publishing Company, Ithaca New York. We thank Jennifer Walker photo restoration. 

 

Harry Scott Smith
Harry Scott Smith

Please support the Harry Scott Smith Scholarship Fund

Harry Scott Smith left UC Riverside $15,000 to develop a scholarship fund to support training and education in biological control. This fund has since grown but is insufficient to provide meaningful support to students wanting to be trained in biological control.

Our goal is to build the Harry S. Smith Scholarship fund to a significant level where the corpus of the fund will be able to generate enough revenue to provide substantial support to students wanting to be trained in biological control. This can only be achieved by actively soliciting donations from individuals, industries, and organizations that have benefited over the years from biological control projects that have been run by UC scientists, in particular entomologists at UC Riverside. 

If biological control is to continue to prosper in southern California we need to continue recruiting and training high-quality students. To do this, we need to be able to provide substantial financial support, and the Harry S. Smith Scholarship is one way to attract excellent students to UC Riverside.

If you would like to support this scholarship but have more questions, please download this brochure or contact Mark Hoddle by email (mark.hoddle@ucr.edu) or by phone (951) 827-4714.

A tax-deductible donation can be made online, here

More information about Harry Scott Smith's Legacy

Harry Scott Smith, in Memoriam, 1959

Claussen C.P. and S.E. Flanders. 1958. Harry Scott Smith 1883-1957. J. Econ. Entomol. 51(2): 266-267

Anon. 1958. Harry Scott Smith Memorial Fund. Bull. Entomol. Soc. of Am. 4(3) 113

 

A special message from Mark Hoddle

With an ever-increasing number of production challenges facing the citrus industry, biological control is still one of the best tools available for reducing economic damage from invasive pests, and projects on Asian citrus psyllid and Diaprepes root weevil are attempting to... Read more

 

A message from Dr. W. Joe Lewis about Harry Scott Smith's Legacy

At the 1990 National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, I was awarded the privilege to present the Founder’s Memorial Lecture in honor of Harry Scott Smith.  Selection as the Founder’s Memorial Lecturer was, of course, highly gratifying.  But, by far, the greater pleasure was the opportunity to use this presentation to honor Prof. Harry Scott Smith, a true giant in our profession. Read more

 

You can help with the Harry Scott Smith Scholarship

If you would like to support this scholarship but have more questions, please download this brochure or contact Mark Hoddle by email (mark.hoddle@ucr.edu) or by phone (951) 827-4714.

A tax-deductible donation can be made online, here

2024

$10,000 and Above

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$1,000 - $4,900

     

$500 - $999

Retha Keenan (in memory of Ray Keenan)    
     

$100 - $499

     

$1 - $99

     

 

2023

$10,000 and Above

-    

$1,000 - $4,900

Carol and Logan Hardison Dr. John and Mrs. Janet Kabashima Southern California Chapter of CAPCA
Mrs. Susan Deardorff Mr. Gary Veeh  

$500 - $999

Retha Keenan (in memory of Ray Keenan) Dr. George Markin Claudia Giardina
     

$100 - $499

Tognazzini Avocado Partnership    

$1 - $99

Mr. Robert Cooley Ms. Fran Lambert, Mariposa Landscaping  

 

2022

$10,000 and Above

-    

$1,000 - $4,900

Dr. George Markin Gary and Kathy Veeh Susan and Donald Deardorff
     

$500 - $999

Claudia Giardina    
     

$100 - $499

Phil and Robin Tognazzini Gary Caviglia, Crystal Cove Farms  

$1 - $99

Robert and Sue Cooley    

2021

$10,000 and Above

Anonymous    

$1,000 - $4,900

Logan and Carol Hardison Mrs. Susan and Mr. Dondald Deardorff  Mr. Gary and Mrs. Kathy Veeh
John and Janet Kabashima Leavens Ranches LLC  

$500 - $999

Retha Keenan, in memory of Ray Keenan Mrs. Pamela and Mr. John Pavela Dr. Betsy Boyd and Dr. Justin Nay
     

$100 - $499

Tognazzini Avocado Partnership Mr. Devon and Mrs. Claire Carroll  

$1 - $99

Mr. and Mrs. Cooley    

 

2020

$10,000 and Above

Stuart Swanson Anonymous  

$1,000 - $4,900

Jonh Orr Ed Traynor Dr. Marshall Johnson and Dr. Lynn LeBeck
Rees Agricultural Services Mud Creek Ranch Leavens Ranches
Gary Veeh Susan Deardorff  

$500 - $999

Susan Deardorff Retha Keenan Peter Miller
Dr. Nora Hackett James Lloyd-Butler Family LLC Dr. John N. Kabashima
Betsy Boyd and Dr. Justin Nay    

$100 - $499

Claudia Giardina John and Janet Kabashima Pamela Marrone
Dr. W Joe Lewis In memory of Dr. Ken Hagen Ms. Pam Pavela Mr. Bill Gardner
Mr. Paul Lofthouse Mrs. Catherine I. Zimmer Mrs. Venita Jorgensen
Tognazzini Avocado Partnership Devin Carroll Dan Cahn
Claudia Giardina    

$1 - $99

Ms. Carol L. Engelhardt Mr. Robert B. Cooley Mr. Robert E. Orth

 

2019

$1,000 - $4,999

George Markin    

$500 - $999

Susan Deardorff Retha Keenan, In memory of Roy Vincent Keenan Pamela and John Pavela

$100 - $499

Dan and Carolyn Cahn Roger and Patricia Essick Paul and Kathryn Madonna
Pamela & John Pavela Gayle and Rick Marrocco Dr. Kouichi and Mrs. Grace Tanaka
Phil and Robin Tognazzini    

$1 - $99

Chuck & Cathi Wrench Robert and Sue Cooley  

 

 

2018

$1,000 - $4,999

Dr. George Markin  CAPCA San Diego  

$500 - $999

Paul & Kathryn Madonna Susan Lyon Nora Hackett
Retha Keenan Cynthia and Allen King, King and King Ranch John Orr

$100 - $499

Richard Kitzman Cristina Leon & Emma Ruiz Charles & Claudia Giadina
Salvador Dominguez, Total Labor Force Inc. California Rare Fruit Growers, Foothill Chapter Dr. Kouichi & Mrs. Grace Tanaka
Marth Orth Pamela Pavela  

$1 - $99

 Anonymous Bob and Sue Cooley  

 

HERE LOWER

 

2017

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous Merla Gaut Steven and Robin Smith,
Mud Creek Ranch
Dwight Tate Peter R. & Shane L. Butler. Butler Family Growers LLC Patrick Lloyd-Butler, James Lloyd-Butler Family LLC
James Lloyd-Butler, James Lloyd-Butler Family LLC Rachel Levin Gary & Kathy Veeh
Jim Pardee, Pardee Farms Leslie Leavens, Leavens Ranches LLC Logan & Carol Hardison

$500-$999

Nora Hackett Wayne & Carol Elder, Durling Nursery Ellen Brokaw, Brokaw Ranch Company 
David Holden, Holden Research and Consulting Tom Delfino and Cynthia Dong Retha Keenan
Jim Finch, Finch Family Foundation Susan & Don Deardorff  John Orr, Orr Del Norte

$100-$499

Timothy Kelley Patrick Mahoney,
West Coast Arborist Inc. 
Fred & Suzanne Legner,
In memory of Jim McMurty, friend, & fellow Entomologist
Kirke & Venita Jorgensen Jennifer Merchant Richard Pidduck, Santa Paula Creek Ranch
Kouichi & Grace Tanaka Robert & Martha Orth Gary Caviglia, Crystal Cove Farms
John & Janet Kabashima Warren Nishimura, Nishimura Farms David Donlon & Jane Donlon Waters, Donlon Ranch
Michael Capesius, Dudly Ranch Partnership Paul Lofthouse, Lofthouse Ranch Rick & Gayle Marrocco, Fallbrook AgLab
Nora Hacket Pamela & John Pavela Albert Stehly, Stehly Grove Management Inc.
George McEwen, McEwen Nursery Lynn LeBeck & Marshall Johnson Phil Tognazzini, Tognazzini Avocado Partnership
Devon & Claire Carroll Carl Stucky Sinthya Penn
Roger & Patricia Essick Daniel & Carolyn Cahn  

$1-$99

William Gardner Carol Englehardt Peter & Patricia Miller
Brenda & Robert Powers  David Wahlquist Harold Doshier
Patrick & Norma Yarbrough    

 

 

 

2016

$1,000-$4,999

Logan and Carol Hardison Ed Clark and Jane Delahoyde Merla Gaut
Dr. Marshall Johnson and Dr. Lynn LeBeck California Avocado Commission Jim Finch
Carol and Wayne Elder, Durling Nursery Ed Traynor CAPCA San Diego
Glenn Rees, Rees Agricultural Services Inc. Gary Veeh Leavens Family Ranches
Jim Pardee Dwight Tate  

$500-$999

Dr. Betsy Boyd and Dr. Justin Nay Scott Van Der Kar, Pinehill Ranch Mr. John Grether, Grether Farming Company Inc.
Rachel Levin Dr. Nora Hackett Barton and Merla Gaut
Steve & Robin Smith, Mud Creek Ranch James Lloyd Butler, Lloyd-Butler Ranch Peter Butler, Family Growers LLC
Patrick Butler PL-B Ranch Reetha Keenan, in memory of Roy Keenan  Dorcas Thille, J.K. Thille Ranches
John & Pamela Pavela     

$100-$499

Tim Spann Joe Barcinas, FAR Inc. John Orr, Oro del Norte, LLC.
California Organic Gardening Club Jim Davis, American Insectaries Inc.  Colleen Klapproth (in Memory of Jim Mickey)
Oscar and Minda Suguitan  (in memory of Jim Mickey) James Mickey Leffingwell Ag. Sales Company, Lindsay California
Ruth Wilson Allen & Cynthia King, King & King Ranch Richard Pidduck, Santa Paula Creek Ranch
George McEwen, McEwen Nursery Dr. Fred and Mrs. Suzanne Legner Marjie Bartels, Bartels Ranch
Warren Nishimura, Nishimura Farms California Avocado Development Organization Dr. Richard Goeden & Mrs. Joan Goeden
Nora Hackett John Orr, Oro del Norte Paul Lofthouse, Lofthouse Ranch
Howard Vipperman Joe Barcinas F.A.R. Inc. Kouichi and Grace Tanaka
Limoneira Ranch Robert & Marth Orth Roger & Patricia Essick
Dr. John & Mrs. Janet Kabashima Sinthya Penn, Beneficial Insectary Dan & Carolyn Cahn
William (Bill) Hahlbohm, Sundance Natural Foods Co William Carleton, Las Palmitas Ranch Devin & Claire Carroll
James McMurty Scott Van Der Kar Susan & Donald Deardorff
Carl Stucky Phil & Robin Tognazzini  

$1-$99

Glenna Horton Carolyn Louise Villines (in memory of James [Jim] Mickey Leffingwell Ag. Sales Co., Lindsay California
Lorraine Foster    

 

 

2015

$1,000-$4,999

Gary Veeh Dwight Tate Nora Hackett
CAPCA Ventura Pardee Farms California Avocado Commission
California Avocado Society (Sawsan Knobel) Ed Traynor Steve & Robin Smith, The Mud Creek Ranch
Gary & Kathy Veeh Leavens Ranches LLC Glen Rees, Rees Agricultural Services

$500-$999

David Finch Tom Delfino Dorcas Thille, J.K.Thille Ranches
Sinthya Penn, Beneficial Insectary Inc. James Lloyd-Butler, James Lloyd-Butler Family Growers, LLC Shane Lloyd-Butler, Shane L. Butler Family Growers, LLC
Patrick Lloyd-Butler, PL-B Ranch LLC Dr. Betsy Boyd & Dr. Justin Nay  

$100-$499

Sony Pictures Rachel Levin Carl Stucky
Jonh Orr, Oro del Norte Marjie Bartels, Bartels Ranch James Rudig
CAPCA Ventura Dr. Kouichi Tanaka Green Valle Garden Club
Robert and Martha Orth Warren Nishimura (Nishimura Farms) Fred & Suzanne Legner
David Donlon & Jane Donlon-Waters Rickard Pidduck, Santa Paula Creek Ranch Tom Royden
Peter & Patricia Miller Paul Lofthouse George McEwen (McEwen Nursery)
Dave Machlitt (Consulting Entomology Services) Wayne & Carol Elder, Durling Nursery Inc. John & Janet Kabashima
Rancho Largo Pamela & John Pavela Arthur Bliss Ranch
Gary Caviglia, Crystal Cove Farms Patrick & Norma Yarbrough Gary Nichols, Rancho Largo LLC
Gary Nichols, Arthur Nichols Ranch  Cynthia & Allen King, King Ranch Robin and Phil Tognazzini
Susan & Donald Deardorff Derek & Sawsan Knobel Dr. Jim McMurtry
Mary Bergen Gayle & Rick Marrocco Dan & Carolyn Cahn
Michael Capesius, Dudley Ranch Partnership Glenna Horton Jim Davis, American Insectaries Inc. 

$1-$99

Emily Wieber Lawrence Dodson, California Rare Fruit Growers Fran Lambert, Mariposa Landscape & Tree Service Inc.
Nora Hackett William Gardner  

 

 

 

2014

$1,000-$4,999

JD Farms  Edwin Clark & Jane Delahoyde Brian & Claire Federici
Logan, Carol & Michael Hardison  Glen Rees Harriett Nelson Trust
C.A.P.C.A Ventura County Chapter Ed Traynor Jim Pardee, Pardee Farms
William Hahlbohm, Sundance Natural Foods Co. Logan & Carol Hardison Shirley Balliet, California Organic Gardening Club
Steven & Robin Smith, Mudcreek Ranch CAPCA San Diego Glen Rees
Leslie Leavens, Leavens Ranches Jane Delahoyde  

$500-$999

Association of Natural Bio-Control Producers La Perla Citrus Growers Beneficial Insectary, Inc
Dr. Fred Legner & Mrs. Suzanne Legner    

$100-$499

Colleen Mullen John Wiley & Sons Limited William & Patricia Carter 
Ruth Wilson Ophelia Fisher Oro Del Norte, LLC
Donald & Susan Deardorff Col. Robert Conlin Syngenta Bioline
California Organic Gardening Club,
(in memory of Peggy Jensen)
Robert Essick Daniel & Carolyn Cahn
William Grant, B & D Grant Farms Gary Caviglia, Crystal Cove Farms Cynthia King, King & King Ranch
Warren Nishimura, Nishimura Farms Wayne & Carol Elder, Durling Nursery Inc.  John & Janet Kabashima 
Richard Brecunier, Tierra Rejada Farms David Donlon, Donlon Ranch Paul & Kathryn Madonna, Madonna Ranch
Tim Kelley Peter Miller Richard Pidduck, Santa Paula Creek Ranch
Howard Vipperman Thomas Royden, Larga Vista Palms Mr. Phil Tognazzini
Mike Capesius, Dudley Ranch Paul Lofthouse, Lofthouse Ranch Reetha Keenan (in memory of Roy V. Keenan) 
Mark Wollam Brokaw Ranch Co. Brokaw Nursery
Harold Edwards, Limoneira Ranch Colleen Mullen Donald & Susan Deardorff (Sony Pictures)
Richard and Gayle Marrocco Emma Ruiz, Rancho Soledad Brian and Claire Federici
Jim McMurtry Jim Davis, American Insectaries Inc  

$1-$99

Kathleen Konya Stephen Bailey Landon Stableford
Stephen Drummy George McEwen, McEwen Nursery Anonymous
Mr. Mark Lawless Carol Englehardt  Norma Yarbrough
John Pavela    

 

 

 

2013

$1,000-$4,999

Rachel Levin  Barton & Merla Gaut E. H. Traynor
Marrone Bio Innovations Inc.  Leavens Ranches Gary R. Veeh
C.A.P.C.A Ventura County Chapter    

$500-$999

Edward C. Brainard E Fred and Suzanne Legner  Syngenta Bioline
California Rare Fruit Growers, Foothill Chapter The Mud Creek Ranch Trust  

$100-$499

Tim Kelley Norma Yarbrough Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. 
Book Royalties from Mark Hoddle  Dr. Devin P. Carroll Crystal Cove Farms
Dr. Richard and Joan Goden  Dr. Kevin M. Heinz Pidduck Ranch Partnership
Cynthia King, King & King Ranch Arthur Bliss Ranch Kabashima Family Living Trust 
Nishimura Farms, Inc. Dudley Ranch Partnership Carl F. Stucky
Robert E. and Martha H. Orth  Roger Essick E. Fred & Suzanne Legner
Gabrielle G. and John P. Watson  PL-B Ranch LLC Shane L Butler, Family Growers, LLC
James Lloyd-Butler Family LLC  Kouichi & Grace Tanak Ms. Rachel C. Levin
J. A. & M.C. McMurtry Marjie Bartels, Bartels Ranch  Dorcas H. Thille and TT J.K. Thille Ranches
David L. Holden, Holden Research and Consulting Robin and Steve Smith (in memory of Carl Barringe) Lynn M. Lebeck and Marshall W. Johnson

$1-$99

Mina Gardner Bill Lambert Stephen Bailey
Lorraine C. Forester McEwen Nursery Rudolph John Haluza
Peter K. and Patricia C. Miller  Patrick S. & Norma D. Yarbrough   

 

 

2012

$1,000-$4,999

CAPCA Ventura Leavens Ranches   

$500-$999

Mud Creek Ranch, in memory of Ted Debbs    

$1-$99

GFK Kynetec    

 

 

2011

>$10,000

Anonymous     

$1,000-$4,999

Edward Traynor Gary Veeh CAPCA Ventura
Dr. T. Wofford, Monsanto R&D Vegetable Division Harry C. Johnson & James W. Johnson, Rancho Simpatico  Leavens Ranches

$500-$999

Brokaw Ranch Co. Brokaw Nursery Edward Traynor
Syngenta Bioline    

$1-$99

Carol Englehardt McEwan Nursery Peter & Patricia Miller
Rancho Vista Del Rincon William J. Kaffer, Kaffer Enterprises LLC  

 

 

2010

$1,000-$4,999

Leavens Ranches    

$100-$499

Scott van der Kar, Pinehill Ranch    

 

 

2009

$1,000-$4,999

CAPCA Ventur    

$500-$999

Royalties from the Biological Control Text Book    

$100-$499

Robin Smith (in memory of Claude Wells) Robin Smith (in memory of Joy Rogers) Robin and Steve Smith (in memory of Mason Dollar)

 

 

2008

$1,000-$4,999

California Avocado Society Mary Matava & Agri Service Inc.  Logan & Carol Hardison
Leavens Ranches  CAPCA Ventura County California Avocado Society

$500-$999

David Lanthier, Emerald Plains Inc  J. K. Thillie Ranches Index Fresh
van der Kar Family Trust    

$100-$499

Al Stehly & Stehly Grove Management Lofthouse Ranch Kaffer Enterprises
David Holden (Holden Research & Consulting) Steve & Robin Smith (in memory of Jane Skelley Wigley) Steve & Robin Smith (in memory of Geraldine Morris)

$1-$99

King & King Ranch Dickson Schafer Richard Hatano
Dr. Edward Stika & Carol Stika     

 

 

2007

>$10,000

South African Avocado Grower's Association     

$1,000-$4,999

CAPCA Ventura John Deere Landscapes Leavens Ranches
Association of Applied IPM Ecologists Mary Matava & Agri Service Inc.  Mr. & Mrs Robert L. Hardison 

$500-$999

CAPCA San Diego David Lanthier, Emerald Plains Inc   

$100-$499

Mark McKee Enrico Ferro PL-B Ranch
Shane L. Butler Family Growers  Bailard Citrus M. L. Coykendall
Wilde Residual Trust Kaffer Enterprises Nishimura Farms
Lorraine C. Foster William & Bernice Yarak  Five Points Limited Partnership 
Landon Stableford William & Glenna Horton Snow Ranch
Gary Ross & Allison Thomas  Joe Barcinas (FAR Inc) King & King Ranch
Lofthouse Landscaping Stehly Grove Management Stehly Enterprises 
LF Grove Management  Ward & Mary Lou Whaling Howard W. Vipperman
K. R. Tanaka Rudy Haluza Janet W. Davis
Anita Tate Roger Essick  
James Llyod-Butler Family Partnership Bill & Carol Steel, Fairfield Farms  Steven & Robin Smith (in memory of Howard Dawson)

$1-$99

Jane Delahoyde Art Harris Robert & Marie Stanton
Carol L. Engelhardt Richard Hatano Evelyn Little Bono & J. C. Bono 
Peter & Patricia Miller Dr. Edward Stika & Carol Stika  Nancy Shimamoto & Daniel Collins
George Goodall Ron Nichols Dudley Ranch

 

 

 

2006

$5,000-$9,999

California Avocado Commission     

$1,000-$4,999

Logan. and Carol  Hardison     

$500-$999

Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Froehlich Dorcas H. McFarlane  

$100-$499

John M. Grether Robert & Sharon Coleman William F. & Glenna B. Horton
Carl Stucky Nishimura Farms Inc. Oro Del Norte LLC
Holly Stosic Glen Rees Henry & Myrta Thys
Keyes Fibre Corporation Anita Tate, in memory of Ed Tate Steven & Robin Smith
Shane L. Butler Family Growers PL-B Ranch  
Molly S. King, in memory of C. Russell King James Lloyd Butler Family Partnership  

$1-$99

Joseph L. Spychaj Sr. Shirley & Gerald Duryee Art Harris
Peter & Patricia Miller Reed Webb  

 

 

2005

$5,000-$9,999

California Avocado Society    

$1,000-$4,999

Logan Hardison Matt Hand CAPCA San Diego
CAPCA Ventura    

$500-$999

Hofshi Foundation    

$100-$499

Roger Essick Dickson Shafer Paul Lofthouse
Wesley Humphrey Don & Susan Deardorff  

 

 

 

 

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