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Title: MEMORIAL DR. OLIVER "CECIL" COMPTON

Author
item Hummer, Kim

Submitted to: Journal of the American Pomological Society
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/20/2006
Publication Date: 1/20/2006
Citation: Hummer, K.E. 2006. Memorial dr. oliver "cecil" compton, emeritus professor, Oregon State University, Department of Horticulture. Journal of American Pomological Society. 60(1)46-47.

Interpretive Summary: Dr. Oliver "Cecil" Compton of Corvallis, Oregon, died Wednesday 10 August 2005, at Samaritan Heart of the Valley Care Center. He was 102. Dr. Compton was a retired Professor of Oregon State University. This brief article gives a brief summary of his life and some of his academic activities in fruit science.

Technical Abstract: Dr. Oliver "Cecil" Compton of Corvallis, Oregon, died Wednesday 10 August 2005, at Samaritan Heart of the Valley Care Center. He was 102. Dr. Compton was an Emeritus Professor of Oregon State University. This brief article gives a brief summary of his life and some of his academic activities in pomology.