Honoring our retirees: Kent Bradford

Kent Bradford retired in 2019 as a distinguished professor emeritus in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. He was the founding director of the UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center. His research has focused on the development, maintenance and expression of seed quality, and he has been active in education and outreach.

Bennett lauds Bradford

Alan Bennett is a distinguished professor in the department and director of the UC Davis Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture. He offered this perspective on Bradford's career:

Bradford: "How grateful I am that this happened to me"

Bradford didn't start out in this area of research, and he had applied for another position in the department when he got a call asking him to consider learning "something about seeds." He tells the story:

Taylor welcomes guests and honorees at the 2023 Retirement Dinner

The department traditionally has held its retirement dinner every two years. But, the COVID-19 pandemic caused postponement of both the 2020 and the 2022 dinners, chair Gail Taylor explained. This event, held at the UC Davis Convention Center on April 28, 2023, honored several faculty members who had retired since 2018.

Here, the department chair offers closing remarks:

Video playlist

You can watch the entire video playlist from the 2023 Retirement Dinner here.

Read more about the work of Kent Bradford here.