Yolo-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....WOOD , Byron Lee  February 6 2004
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"The Davis Enterprise," Friday, February 13, 2004
Byron L. Wood

Byron Lee Wood, a former Davis resident, died unexpectedly at his Folsom home
Feb. 6, 2004. He was 57.

Born Dec. 19, 1946, in Lake Park, Iowa, he grew up in Davis, graduating with the
Davis High School class of 1964. He earned his bachelor's degree in geography
from San Francisco State College in 1969. In 1977 he received his master's
degree in geography from UC Berkeley, where he went on to become a doctoral
candidate.

For the past 22 years, he was employed by the NASA Ames Research Center in
Moffett Field, where he specialized in remote sensing. He was a lecturer in
remote sensing at both Cal and UC Davis from 1978 to 1987. He also authored
numerous publications related to geography.

He was a member of the American Society of Photogrammerty and Remote Sensing
(Northern California Chapter board member from 1984-85), Association of American
Geographers and the Latin American Society of Remote Sensing.

Throughout his education and busy career, he remained an avid Cal Bears fan.

He is survived by his wife, Herlinda Acevedo, son, Nathaniel C. Wood of San
Jose, and parents, Clifford and Dorothy Wood of Folsom.

At the request of his family, no services will be held.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made in his name to: the Acevedo-Wood
Trust for Nathaniel C. Wood, care of Wells Fargo Bank, 1250 Lincoln Ave., San
Jose CA 95125.

Davis Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.


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

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