Barry Brennan
CTAHR) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, passed away at home in the early morning hours on January 27. Supportive of colleagues and a leader in
CTAHR, Brennan was a great mentor for many.
Brennan came to Hawaiʻi in 1967 after graduating with his bachelor’s 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’s degree in 1969 and PhD in 1975. He served as
UH’s pesticide coordinator and pesticide applicator training coordinator from 1976 to 2001.
Brennan with his grandson.
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,