Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....STORMONT , Clyde Junior  September 10 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Saturday, September 21, 2002
Clyde J. Stormont

Clyde Junior Stormont, professor emeritus at UC Davis, died on Sept. 10, 2002,
at Woodland Memorial Hospital.

Born in Wisconsin on June 25, 1916, to Clyde James Stormont and Lula Elizabeth
Mathews, he was 86 years old.

A professor of genetics and serology, he started his pioneering work in animal
blood groups in the late 1930s at the University of Wisconsin in the
"Immunogenetics" laboratory. In July 1944, he received a commission in the U.S.
Navy Reserve and fought in the Pacific Theater in World War II.

In 1950, he returned from a Fulbright Scholarship in New Zealand to join the
faculty of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the UC Davis. He spent several
sabbaticals doing research around the world and in particular at the San Diego
Zoo. His scientific work and vision remain the foundation of individual
identification, parentage analysis, cross breeding detection and gene mapping
animals.

In 1982, after 32 years, he retired as a full professor at the prestigious step
VIII. He retired to become chairman and director of laboratory services at
Stormont Labs in Woodland. He remained active in research and development until
April 2001 when macular degeneration and arthritis forced his retirement.

A world-renowned scientist, some of his many accomplishments include:

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Honoris Causa -- MVDr. H.C. Czech Republic, 1994;

Louis Pasteur Medallion, Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1953;

Lifetime membership in the Dairy Shrine Club, 1963;

President, Davis Chapter of Society of Sigma Xi, 1972-73, secretary 1951-1953;

Elected into the Bison Hall of Fame in 1994 by the National Buffalo Association
for "Valuable Contribution to Bison Conservation and Breeding";

Elected to honorary membership in the National Buffalo Association in 1975 and
to honorary membership in the International Society for Animal Blood Group
Research;

Inducted into the Equine Research Hall of Fame, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research
Center, University of Kentucky, 1990;

Ellen B. Scripps Fellowship, Zoological Society of San Diego, 1957, 1964-66;

Received first Director's Award in 1979 from the Arabian Horse Registry of
America Inc., for "Valuable Contribution to the Horse Industry Through the
Development of Equine Blood Typing.

He is survived by Marguerite, his wife of 62 years; his brother Charles; his
children, Bonnie, Michael, Robert, Charles and Janet; and his grandson, Clyde Jr.

A memorial scholarship will be established at a later date in his honor.

Services will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis
Funeral Chapel.


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Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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