Begin forwarded message: From: Gordon Murdock <murdo...@umn.edu> Date: July 25, 2008 4:49:48 PM CDT
> From: Peggy Rinard <rinar001 at UMN.EDU> > Subject: [CBS-EMPL] Harrison "Bud" Tordoff > To: CBS-EMPL at LISTS.UMN.EDU > > > Bud Tordoff, professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology, > Evolution and Behavior and former director of the Bell Museum, passed > away Wednesday, July 24 at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul. > Tordoff, who was 85, was known for leading efforts to restore the > Midwest's peregrine falcon population, which was decimated by DDT use > in the 1950s and 1960s. He is survived by his wife, Jean; sons Jeff > and Jim; sisters Betty, Jean, Dona and Caryl, and three > grandchildren. > Details about funeral arrangements to follow. > > > Peggy Rinard > Communications Director > College of Biological Sciences > University of Minnesota > 612.624.0774 >