{"id":135372,"date":"2021-02-12T10:42:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=135372"},"modified":"2021-02-12T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T23:09:47","slug":"in-memoriam-barry-brennan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/12\/in-memoriam-barry-brennan\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam: Barry Brennan, emeritus CTAHR<\/abbr> faculty, mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Barry Brennan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Barry Brennan<\/strong>, who had a long and illustrious career in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr>) at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa, passed away at home in the early morning hours on January 27. Supportive of colleagues and a leader in CTAHR<\/abbr>, Brennan was a great mentor for many. <\/p>\n

Brennan came to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> in 1967 after graduating with his bachelor\u2019s degree from Arizona State University. He studied in the entomology department (now part of the Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences), earning his master\u2019s degree in 1969 and PhD<\/abbr> in 1975. He served as UH<\/abbr>\u2019s pesticide coordinator and pesticide applicator training coordinator from 1976 to 2001.<\/p>\n

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Brennan with his grandson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During much of this period, Brennan was a member of, and even chaired, the Department of Environmental Biochemistry. He took a leave from August 1997 to January 1999 to work in Washington, D.C.<\/abbr>, as associate national program leader for pesticide applicator training for the U.S.<\/abbr> Department of Agriculture. He led the formation of a new national organization, the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators, which represents state extension and regulatory personnel at state and federal levels. He served as lead P.I.<\/abbr> for the Western Region IPM<\/abbr> Center American Pacific Pest Management Information Program in 2001, and as CTAHR<\/abbr> associate dean for cooperative extension for three years prior to his retirement in 2004.<\/p>\n

In retirement, Brennan remained active in the college as an emeritus faculty. He helped form the American Pacific Pest Management Information Network, which allowed stakeholders to respond to federal regulations that affect the use of pesticides. This effort had a major impact on ultra-minor crop production in the Pacific region. In 2002, he took a lead in the Western Plant Diagnostic Network and was instrumental in establishing Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> as a satellite diagnostic laboratory for the Pacific region.<\/p>\n

Brennan also served as the lead editor of the book, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources: Celebrating the First 100 Years<\/em>. He and his wife, Barbara, endowed a fund within the UH<\/abbr> Foundation<\/a> to support the agrosecurity program. Many organizations have recognized Brennan\u2019s contributions. He received the Presidents\u2019 Award from the American Association of Pesticide Safety Education for his years of dedication to pesticide safety education in 2018. In 2019, he was recognized as the CTAHR<\/abbr> Outstanding Alumnus.<\/p>\n

As a colleague, he took pride in his work. He was known as a hardworking person and came to work regularly after his retirement, devoting his time to ensure the college\u2019s sustainability for as long as he could contribute. <\/p>\n

Brennan is survived by his wife Barbara, son Brian and daughter-in-law Aileen, daughter Kathleen, and grandsons Kainoa and Kenji. Messages of aloha may be sent to Barbara Brennan at brennan3202a@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brennan was a great mentor and a leader in UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[212,756,319,9],"class_list":["post-135372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-in-memoriam","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135372"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135417,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135372\/revisions\/135417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}