Background
Robert Gray Byers was born in Iowa and resided in Pasadena, California before enrolling as a student at the University Farm
(now UC Davis). While at Davis he served as a member of the Blue and Gold Dairy Club and also on the Refreshment and Decorating
Committees for Picnic Day. He completed a three year degree in agriculture at the University Farm in 1921. He passed away
on August 22, 1926 at the age of twenty five in Half Moon Bay, California.