Marjorie A. Hoy: Undaunted Pioneer, Eminent Scholar

摘要

Marjorie A. Hoy is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking research with the first laboratory-modified natural enemy deployed in a pest management program. The natural enemy had been genetically improved through selection to be resistant tothree pesticide classes. Hoy is also highly regarded for the development of classical biologicalcontrol of invasive pests of Florida citrus Hoy attended the University of Kansas as a National Merit Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. (Zoology and Entomology, 1963). She earned her M.S. (Entomology, 1966) and Ph.D. (Entomology and Biological Control, 1972) from the University of California, Berkeley, under the guidance of Carl HufFaker. Her first professional position involved genetic improvement of a gypsy moth parasitoid at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (New Haven). She joined the faculty at University of California, Berkeley in 1976 and rapidly advanced from assistant professor to associate professor and professor withinsix years. Later, she joined the University of Florida in 1992 as Professor and Eminent Scholar, retiring in 2015.