Obituaries

James E. Britt

James E. Britt, 53, of Leverett, a skilled laborer in Grounds Management, died Sept. 21 in Dart-mouth Hitchcock Hospital in Lebanon, N.H.

He had served the University since 1970.

He leaves his wife, Joyce Britt, clerk III in Biology; his father, Gerald Britt of Amherst; four brothers, Paul, storekeeper II in Auxiliary Services, and Robert, both of Amherst, Donald Britt of Belchertown, and Lawrence Britt, maintainer I in Housing Services; and two sisters, Connie Russell of Hadley and Shirley Jakutowicz of Rocky Hill, Conn.

Memorial gifts may be made to the American Heart Association, 1111 Elm St., Suite 9A, West Springfield 01089-1540.

Robert Morris Grover

Robert Morris Grover, 79, of Hadley, a retired professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, died Sept. 21 in Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

He served the public for 31 years, including 19 at the University, before retiring in 1979. He specialized in poultry science, working for nine years as a coun-ty agricultural agent in Maine and for several more each as a county extension agent in eastern Massachusetts and a supervisor for White's Poultry Farm and Hatchery in Skowhegan, Maine.

For two decades after he retired, he wrote a weekly column for the United Cooperative Farms Newsletter.

He served in the U.S. Navy Corps of Engineers during World War II.
In 1965 he was given the Epsilon Sigma Phi award for outstanding service in extension work for his contributions to the development of programs for state poultry raisers.

He leaves his wife of 54 years, Avis Grover; two sons, Richard of Portland, Maine, and Bruce of New Orleans; a daughter, Marilyn Wax, of London, England; and five grandchildren.