DR. CHRISTINA GLADWIN

I met Dr Christina Gladwin in CATIE Costa Rica where I was finishing data collection for my PhD - Univ of Missouri- Columbia 1978. She was an outstanding professional, and I was impressed with her decision making modeling based on her field experience in Guatemala. Her research analytical skills would captivate the enduring attention of her colleagues, as I found out later in my international agric R&D career which extended to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Belize, Mexico and FAO in Rome. God...

I was supervised by Professor Christina Gladwin at the UF as a graduate student in Food and Resource Economics in 1990. I was amazed by her vast knowledge on African women with who she had worked extensively in Ghana, Cameroon and Malawi. Incidentally she had similar knowledge on women in Guatemala, Mexico and other South American countries. She had, in her office, photos depicting this knowledge. She also liked her family. On her table, were pictures of her son who was a medical doctor...

(I just heard about Christy's death on 1/1/2022.) She and I were friends in college. I visited her (by bus from Hershey, PA.) in Cranston the summer of 1963 and she showed me around the pretty water areas there. She was always a cheerful, friendly and happy person and I am sorry she died of a bad disease. What a long, varied and useful career she had. Though I cannot remember her saying she was interested in agriculture back then she must have been quite successful at it. Tom Modesto, MD

I still remember Christina vividly. Our first meeting was in Gainesville way back in 1990. She encouraged me to get interested in smallholder farmers, a passion I have since picked up. She loved smallholder women farmers in Africa with who she related in small enterprenuership in fish, fruit production, tailoring and produce market stalls. As I continue to work with smallholder farmers in Uganda, I cherish her guidance and personal friendship.

I met Christy in 1990 at University of Florida, Gainesville. She interested me in smallholder farmers and fertilizer use in Africa. She was my professor and my main supervisor for my MS. I shall truly miss her. I pray to the Good Lord to rest per in peace. Dr. George Lukwago, Entebbe, Uganda.

Christy and I met on the elevator at the Center of African Studies in 1996. We were going up three floors where Christy was giving a talk. Hard to believe but a short conversation of five minutes led to a wonderful and true friendship. She played a key role in my obtaining my PhD. Without her support, help, criticisms, and mostly high standards, my journey would have been much more difficult. Every year when I returned to Gainseville, I'd stop by and visit. She made great soup! She was a...

Christy opened her heart to help and encourage a single mother here in Kenya, helping this woman be trained in dressmaking and then encouraging her by buying her products to sell in Global Todders. God's peace to the family.

Hugs to Christy's family and friends. She was on my PhD committee and thus strongly influenced my work since. I lived in her home to write up my thesis and won't forget cleaning up with Christy after one of the hurricanes in Gainesville!

We met Christy through the Gainesville Multiple Myeloma Support Group, but soon a mutual love of golf took our friendship from the chemo room to various links around Gainesville, where we shared weekly golf dates. Christy was fearless both on and off the links, and was one of the most delightful people we've ever met. We will fondly remember and sorely miss her cheerful, positive outlook on life. RIP Christy