Describe your duties for B&G Equipment Co. There’s no other place, company or location I’d rather be than B&G. I’m on a dream team of smart, technical people. I have two primary responsibilities: 1. I support the network of distributors of our products in the Asia-Pacific Region as a technical representative. As an academic, I […]
Jerry Mix
Longtime Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Jerry Mix died June 15, 2021. Read more about his life and career here.
Difference Maker: David Naffziger, DHN Solutions LLC
Tell us about your new organization: When BASF consolidated its Specialty Products Division in Raleigh, N.C., in January 2013, my...
An American Success Story
Jan. 8, 1961, is a date Lonnie Alonso and his family won’t soon forget. That was the day that he...
Difference Maker: Joe Wilson, Permatreat Pest & Termite Control
Were you fearful of pests as a child? No. My father raised bees, and I had squirrels as pets. When...
Staying power
For more than 80 years, Bowco Laboratories in Woodbridge, N.J., has been serving customers in the pest management industry. Frederick...
Difference Maker: Dr. Susan Jones, The Ohio State University
As a child, were you fascinated by or fearful of pests? I was fascinated by all kinds of insects. I...
Difference Makers: Kim Kelley-Tunis
How did you turn your Purdue University degree in wildlife into your position as director of technical services for Rollins? People...
Bob Kunst, Fischer Environmental Services
How did you get into the pest management industry? In January 1974, I needed a job, any job; but by...
Mix Reflects on Pest Management’s Past
When I was named editor of Pest Control magazine in fall 1982, to say the industry was undergoing profound changes...
diference makers: Dr. Austin M. Frishman
When and why did you first fall for the bug business? Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I’ve been...
Gene Harrington: National Pest Management Association
How did you get involved in this industry? I was working on Capitol Hill and wanted to see what other...
Knowledge is the strongest weapon: Controlling rodents
These days, rodent expert and Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Famer, Dr. Bobby Corrigan, roams the streets of New...
Difference Maker: Norman Goldenberg, Terminix
How many years have you now been in the industry? The year 2013 will mark 52 years that I have...
Difference Maker: Dr. Dini Miller, Virginia Tech University
As a child, were you fascinated by or fearful of pests? I don’t know if I would say fascinated, but...
Difference Maker: Shripat T. Kamble, University of Nebraska
As a child, were you fascinated by or fearful of pests? I wasn’t fascinated or fearful, but I was curious...
Difference Maker: Gary Bennett, Purdue University
As a child, were you fascinated by or fearful of pests? Growing up in a pest control family (Bennett Pest...