Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....LEACH , Lysle  1988
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“Winters Express,” Thursday, January 7, 1988
Lysle Leach

Rites held for Lysle Leach, 86

Memorial services for Lysle Leach, 86, will be held today at 3 p.m. at the Davis
Community Church.

A native of Nebraska, Mr. Leach was a retired UC Davis faculty member and
administrator.

He received a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University in 1923 and a
master’s doctoral degrees in plant pathology from Iowa State University.

Mr. Leach joined the UCD faculty in plant pathology in 1928 and became a full
professor in 1948.  His research was primarily on fungal diseases of cotton and
sugar beets.

He also worked on seedling diseases of field and vegetable crops and treatment
control.

Mr. Leach served as an agricultural consultant and visiting professor in Chile,
Uruguay, Spain, Denmark and Ireland.

In 1955, Mr. Leach was elected Faculty Research lecturer, the Academic Senate’s
highest honor.

He is also a member of the Cal Aggie Athletic Hall of Fame.

Mr. Leach served as UCD’s first dean of students from 1952 to 1958 and was the
campus faculty representative to the Far Western Intercollegiate Conference for
many years.

As department chair from 1960-68, Mr. Leach expanded the plant pathology
graduate program.  He retired in 1968.

The UCD Graduate Residence facility was named Lysle Leach Hall in recognition of
his contributions to the campus. 

Mr. Leach is survived by his wife, Jane Rhoads Leach of Davis; two daughters,
Joann Larkey of Winters and Janet Chapman of Los Altos; and one son, Douglas
Leach of Orinda.

He also leaves seven grandchildren; Katherine Leach of San Francisco, Kyle Leach
of Arcata and Leslie Leach of Davis; Christy and Brenna Chapman of Los Altos;
and Diane Larson and Jefferson Larkey of Santa Cruz.  Two great-grandchildren,
Tom and Scot Larson, also survive.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lysle Leach Memorial Fund, Office of
the Chancellor, UCD, Davis, CA 95616.  Checks should be made payable to the
Regents of the University of California.


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Winters, CA 95694.  

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