July 12, 1996

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The unusually cold winter virtually wiped out Tennessee’s peach crop, and lack of pollination cut the apple crop nearly in half, a University of Tennessee fruit specialist said Friday. David Lockwood of the UT Agricultural Extension Service estimated 95 percent of the state’s peach crop is gone. “We lost a lot of

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Harold Schmitt, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville industrial engineering professor, will head a new program to build and enhance UT’s participation with the industrial and commercial world. Dr. Michael Devine, vice chancellor for research, and Chancellor Bill Snyder said Friday Schmitt will direct the new Office of Industry Programs and Technology Transfer,