Experience

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  USDA

  • Citrus Disease Tech

    • 2003 - 2013

    Inspected Citrus trees in Florida for Citrus Canker, a highly contagious bacteria that infect citrus trees. Skills include identification of citrus varieties, citrus canker and all common diseases of citrus trees. Frequent contact with home and grove owners required skills needed to represent the program to a large cross section of people.

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  Margo Farms

  • Puerto Rico

  • Grower

    • Oct 1989 - Oct 2003
    • Puerto Rico

    grower of tropical ornamental plants including propagation,fertilization, watering, disease suppression and prevention,along with shipping ,local .to the states and Europe.

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  Miranda Groves and Nursery

  • Perrine fla

  • Head grower

    • Jan 1984 - Oct 1989
    • Perrine fla

    Managed the production and growing of Tropical Palms.Supervised all phased of production and growing.Directed the activities of over 60 employees with the direct supervision of 8. Increased production from 45 acres to 120.

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  United Brands Floriculture

  • Perrine Florida

  • Head Grower

    • Oct 1978 - Oct 1984
    • Perrine Florida

    Managed the growing of Tropical Interior Plants. During my tenure my area of responsibility increased from 5 acres to over 80 acres with a corresponding increase in the amount of employees to direct.

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  Pennsylvania State University

  • Reading, Pennsylvania

  • Instructor In Labor Studies

    • Oct 1970 - Oct 1975
    • Reading, Pennsylvania

    I was a Instructor in Labor Studies and a Administrator of Labor Education Programs

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  Reading Model Cities Agency

  • Reading, Pennsylvania Area

  • Citizen Participation and Public Information Officer

    • Oct 1967 - Oct 1970
    • Reading, Pennsylvania Area

    The Model Cities Agency was a agency with a mandate to improve the quality of urban life in a particular section of a participating city by concentrating private,local,state,and federal government resources on problems before the neighborhood went into serious decline. My position was to organize the neighborhood council, provide information and see that the residents were involved in the planning and implementation of the program.

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  Lockheed Aircraft

  • Burbank Calif

  • Assembler

    • Oct 1961 - Aug 1963
    • Burbank Calif

    Assembled the Lockheed P-3 Orion

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  Pan American Airline

  • Kennedy Airport New York

  • Aircraft Mechanic

    • Oct 1960 - Oct 1961
    • Kennedy Airport New York

    Worked on the Boeing 707 and DC-8 Aircraft performing the 250 hr check

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  United States Marine Corps

  • United States and Caribbean

  • Corporal

    • Jul 1956 - Jul 1959
    • United States and Caribbean

    Aircraft maintenancewith the following aircraft F-4j, AD-4j, C-119.