Norman Bezona has an undergraduate bachelor’s degree at U of Hawaii and U of Arizona in tropical agriculture. Norm earned a graduate degree from the University of Florida while working as an Agriculture Extension Agent in Palm Beach Co. Norm moved back to Hawaii in 1968 to work for C Brewer Sugar Co and later became an Agriculture Extension Agent with the University of Hawaii. Norman retired in 2002 from UH College of Tropical Agriculture and is now teaching at his family trust, Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary konacloudforest.com. He has 3 children, 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Norman has been an IPS member since 1961!