Interviewer: Ted DeJong Date Interviewed: 5/9/2018 Date Appointed: 1981 Date Retired: 2016 Department(s):Pomology;Plant Sciences In this conversation, Ted DeJong, Distinguished Professor/Extension Specialist/Pomogist Emeritus discusses his career at the University of California at Davis, including important persons and events that shaped his interests and scholarship. How he came to the Davis campus and his experiences, relationships and accomplishments as a member of the University and the local community. He served as Department Chair, Graduate Group Chair, He is a Fellow of the American Society of Horticultural Science and the International Society for Horticultural Science