Regent Edmundo M. Varona passed away on October 28, 2007—just five days after his birthday—due to a lingering illness. He was 71.
An alumnus of the University, Regent Varona earned his BS Agriculture degree at UP Los Baños in 1957. He then moved on to become a researcher at the UPLB Forest Products Research Institute, where he conducted studies on pest control in logs, lumber, and forest trees.
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