This book is dedicated to our colleagues who died after
the book project was launched.
Dwight Glotfelty, PhD, was an expert in measurement
of pesticides in air, rain, and fog, as well as in conducting fux studies in soil. A native of western Maryland,
Glotfelty earned a PhD in environmental chemistry at
the University of Maryland. He was a scientist in the
Beltsville Agricultural Research Service, USDA, working with Dr. Alan Taylor, specializing in environmental
analytical chemistry of pesticides in water, air, soil, and
biota. He was coauthor of “Pesticides in Fog,” published
in Nature in 1987, and coauthor of a number of papers on
pesticide fux to air during volatilization events.
Michael Majewski, PhD, was an expert
in measuring and interpreting fux of
contaminants in the air. He earned his
PhD in agricultural and environmental
chemistry at the University of California,
Davis (UC, Davis), and held postdoctoral
research positions at USDA-Agricultural
Research Service, Riverside, California,
and the Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Sacramento, California.
William Barry Wilson, PhD, was a professor
of avian sciences at UC, Davis. He was active
in the pharmacology and toxicology graduate program at UC, Davis, and an expert on
cholinesterase inhibition and inhibition of
neurotoxic esterase. He was a spokesman for
students during student antiwar demonstrations in the 1960s.