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Memorial—Raymond B. Becker

Raymond B. Becker of Gainesville, Florida, died at age 96 at the Veterans Administration Nursing Home Care Unit after a long illness.

Born in Clermont, Iowa, Becker went to the University of Florida in 1928 from Stillwater, Oklahoma. He went into semi-retirement in 1963.

Becker made a tremendous impact on Florida's animal industry. Outstanding among the long list of his accomplishments are those dealing with fluorine in phosphorus supplements and the inclusion of urea in ruminant rations.

In mineral research, Becker showed that phosphorus is involved in converting nutrients above maintenance and growth for weight gains, that supplemental iron is required for cattle in certain areas of Florida, that cobalt and copper are necessary and can be deficient in cattle diets, and that excess molybdenum affects phosphorus metabolism. He was an early pioneer in the use of citrus by-products, now a giant Florida industry. He was a prodigious writer and has published over 150 articles, and was author of the chapter "Digestion in the Ruminant" in Dairy Cattle and Milk Production. Becker also authored the book, Dairy Cattle Breeds, Origin and Milk Production.