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IN MEMORIAM: JOHN CAIRNS, UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF

Date: November 10, 2017
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BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 10 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release: John Cairns Jr., a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental Biology, died Sunday, Nov. 5, in Blacksburg. He was 94. Cairns joined the faculty of Virginia Tech in 196

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