Roderic Park dies at 81

September 12, 2013

Professor of Botany and Plant Biology

Roderic ParkRoderic Park, a professor of botany and plant biology whose leadership at UC Berkeley spanned three decades, died at home on Sept. 6, surrounded by family. He was 81.

Often described as a “Renaissance man” – a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he was also a vintner, an expert sailor and a pilot who built his own plane – Park joined the Berkeley faculty in 1960, and went on to have a long and distinguished career as a professor, researcher and campus administrator.

Read the full article at UC Berkeley News Center

Read his obituary at SF Gate