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Columns::August 20, 2001

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New assistant dean named for Tifton ag and environmental sciences

UGA professor David Bridges has been appointed assistant dean of the Tifton campus of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Bridges succeeds Phil Utley, who retired this month. The Tifton campus consists of the Coastal Plain Experiment Station and the UGA Rural Development Center.
The Tifton campus assistant dean provides leadership for UGA CAES teaching, research and extension programs in south Georgia.
A native of Terrell County, Bridges earned his first degree from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agronomy from Auburn University and a Ph.D. in agronomy/weed science from Texas A&M University.
He joined the UGA faculty in 1987 at the Griffin campus. In 1997, he reached the rank of professor in the college’s crop and soil sciences department.
During his 14 years with UGA, Bridges has conducted agricultural research in a variety of areas related to weed management. He is now studying non-crop vegetation management, including vegetation management for enhancing wildlife habitat and pre- and post-planting herbaceous weed control for Conservation Reserve Program plantings.
Bridges validated and released two computer programs that help county agents make weed-control decisions in soybeans and peanuts. He also developed the current framework for the CAES commodity Web pages. Bridges has received many professional awards, including the Southern Weed Science Society’s Outstanding Young Weed Scientist award and the Weed Science Society of America’s Outstanding Young Scientist award.

--Sharon Omahen

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