ENTOMOLOGY NEWSLETTER Summer 1998 The Entomology Newsletter is produced for Alumni & Friends of the Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota.

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A Letter from the Department Head Welcome New Faculty! In Memoriam Gerrit Cuperus Update Frenatae Notes Lab Programs Hodson Graduate Alumni Award 1998 Honors & Awards New Publications 1997 ESA Alumni Reception Alumni & Friends Initiative 1998 ESA Alumni Social Department T-Shirts are Available Alumni & Friends News Considering Giving? Missing Alumni - 1998 Hodson Graduate Alumni Award Nomination

Co-Editors: - Bill Hutchison - Ann Fallon   Production Editor: - Janet L. Moe   Alumni & Friends Assistant: - Lee Fields	Circulation: - Lee Fields - Janet Moe   Home Page (www): - /   Publicity Committee - 1997-1998 - Vera Krischik, Ann Fallon, Bill Hutchison, Steve Katovich, Karen Mesce, Becky Simmons, Dharma Sreenivasam, Susan Palchick, Carlyle Holen, and Lee Fields.
Acknowledgments The editors and Publicity Committee thank all the staff, students, faculty and alumni who helped contribute to this newsletter. We particularly express our appreciation to Janet Moe for newsletter production and to Lee Fields for Alumni & friends mailing list maintenance.
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