SPENCER J. BERRY

SPENCER J. BERRY, professor of biology emeritus, died Nov. 21, 2005. He was 72. After receiving a bachelor?s degree from Williams, a master?s from Wesleyan, and a Ph.D. from Western Reserve University, he joined the Wesleyan faculty, where he taught for 35 years. An expert in the mechanisms of insect development, his research was focused on the development of insect embryos, maternal messenger RNA, and cytoskeletal elements. He published more than 40 papers and held a National Institutes of Health award from 1971?76. An active member of the Wesleyan community, he was also an environmentalist who served on several local land-use boards and was an original member of the Middlefield Land Trust. He is survived by his wife, Susan Wylie Berry, MALS ?79; three children; and five grandchildren.