Code,980002
Subject,Robert Allen Endobroch
Date,6/23/2009
Interviewer,Jodi Rzeszotarski
Abstract,"Robert Allen Endobroch was born in Springfield, Ohio. After moving to Columbus, Ohio Endobroch pursued a career in horticulture and botany. After graduating form Ohio State University Endobroch was drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. During his service Endobroch was educated as a soil analyst by the Copr of Army Engineers. When he was relieved of duty Endobroch worked for the Department of Agriculture in Lake County Ohio. Endobroch worked for the Department of Agriculture for 29 years working to control and quarantine plant pests and diseases."
Special Notes,
minutes:,47:52.7
0,Introduction and background
1,"Born in Springfield, Ohio/ Discusses where he went to High School"
2,Attended Miami University
3,Roomate in college was (Senator) Mike Dewine
4,Left Miami University to pursue a Landscape Horticulture degree from Ohio State University
5,After graduating applied for a position with the Department of Agriculture
6,Discusses being drafted for the Vietnam War
7,Was educated by the Corp of Army Engineers as a soil analyst
8,Discusses completing his duty witht the army and attempting to get his job back with the Department of Agriculture. Worked with the Department of Agriculture for 29 years.
9,The origins and responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture
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11,Discusses quarantining plant diseases and pests
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13,Tools used in assesing plant diseases and pests
14,Plant Pest Law of Ohio
15,"Discusses most common plant pest, the Black Vine Weevil"
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17,"Discusses most common plant disease, Powdery Mildew"
18,Discusses the quarantining process
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20,"Explains the difference between ""enforcement"" and ""regulation"""
21,Discusses a pest quarantine that effected all of Lake County
22,Mentions DDT as a phased out pestacide/ insect resistance to pesticides
23,Local nursery association funded research to get rid of Black Vine Weevil
24,Lake County is the cooridor of entry for quarantined pests
25,Gypsy Moth quarantine
26,Environmentalist resistance to mass pesticide spraying
27,Big growers in the area understood the benefits of quarantines
28,Discusses unlincensed nurseries
29,Some unlicensed nursery owner hostile
30,Addresses public response to new regulations
31,In the early 1970s pesticide became the focus of regulation
32,Pesticide education and licensing
33,Recounts stories of people mishandling pesticides
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35,Relationship and communication between the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency
36,Rivalries among agencies
37,Nursery industry as a political force
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40,Nurserymen involvment with environmental issues
41,Nursery industry highly scientific and constantly brought up to date about technology
42,Most nursery owners are college graduates
43,Organic nursery movements
44,Future funding and regulations on nurseries
45,Agencies shifting toward bureaucracy
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