Creator: Gordon Guyer

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description:

Gordon E. Guyer came to MSU in 1947 to begin studies as a fisheries and wildlife major. He eventually switched to entomology, and led one of the first American scientific groups allowed to visit China in the mid-1970s.

Guyer received his bachelor's degree (1950), master's degree (1952) and PhD (1954) from MSU. He became an MSU faculty member in 1953. He is the author of over 60 scientific papers, some used as basic reference material in entomology.

Prior to being appointed as President of MSU, Guyer was a Professor and chairman for the Department of Entomology, and the director of the Pesticide Research Center at MSU. He also served as the director of MSU Extension from 1973 to 1985. Guyer became MSU's 18th President on September 1, 1992.

Guyer has served as consultant to the Michigan Vegetable Growers' Association, Michigan Farm Bureau, Agricultural Council, Michigan Departments of Health, Conservation, and Agriculture, Agriculture and Ways and Means Committees in the Michigan Legislature, and the Michigan Governor's office. He also held high-level positions at the Michigan Department of Agriculture, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the Kellogg Biological Station. In addition, Guyer has served as chairman of the Biological Science Committee and as a member of the Athletic Council at MSU.

In 1964, Guyer received a National Science Foundation grant to participate in the International Congress of Entomology in London. He also received MSU's Distinguished Faculty Award in 1965.

Topics/People Covered in the Interview include: Walter Adams; Perry Atkinson; Robert Ball; Larry Boger; Cy Boyer; Jack Breslin; George H Bush; John Cantlon; Rachel Carson Silent Spring; Jimmy Carter; John DiBiaggio; Jacob Eddy; Joel Ferguson; Jim Goodheart; Daniel Guyer; John Hannah; Fred Honhart; Dan Howell; Jenison Fieldhouse; Kellogg Biological Station; Cecil Mackey; M Peter McPherson; Bert Martin; Russell Mawby; E I McDaniel; Big Ten; Cooperative Extension Program; presidential debates; student unrest; wine program; Walt Morosky; H Ross Perot; Pesticide Research Center; Gordon Sabine; John Shingleton; U of M; George Wallace; Wharten Center for Performaing Arts; Clifton Wharton; Sylvan Wittwer; World War II experience

Date: April 6, 2000

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

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Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections