Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....HARRINGTON, James Foster  April 12 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Wednesday, April 17, 2002
James F. Harrington

James Foster Harrington died of congestive heart failure at his home on April
12, 2002.

Born Nov. 24, 1916, in Newark, N.J., he was 85. He grew up in Caldwell, N.J.,
and Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Dartmouth College for one year, but received
his bachelor's degree from Ohio State University in 1939. That year, he married
Helen Myrtle Butcher.

Harrington earned his master's degree from Ohio State in vegetable crops in
1940, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1944. That year he became an
assistant professor at Iowa State University.

In the fall of 1946, the family moved to Davis, where he was appointed assistant
professor of vegetable crops at UC Davis. During his time at UCD, he traveled
extensively around the world, teaching seed storage techniques to preserve
viability and vigor of seeds. In all, he visited more than 100 countries.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen, and a grandson, Guy Harrington. He
is survived by his three children and their spouses: daughter Sally and Leigh
Holmes, son Gordon and Delia Harrington and son Mark Harrington and his wife
Dixie Dursteler; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Martin's Episcopal
Church, 640 Hawthorn Lane in Davis. Memorial contributions may be made to Yolo
Hospice or to the charity of the donor's choice.


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

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