James F. Dill is an American
entomologist, politician and professor from
Maine
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. A
Democrat
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Politics
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, Dill serves
Maine House of Representatives District 26, comprising
Bradley
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, the
Penobscot
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Nation Voting District, and
Old Town. Dill was first elected to the Maine Legislature in 2010 when he represented
Maine House District 14 for two terms before running for the Senate District 5 in 2014. He completed his fourth term in the
Maine Senate
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in 2022. Dill works as the pest management specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Maine. He is considered one of the foremost experts on insect pests in Maine and one of the pioneers of
integrated pest management
Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests. IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the econ ...
(IPM) in the state.
Education & career
Dill received both a
Bachelor of Science
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and a
Master of Science
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in entomology from the University of Maine and a
PhD in entomology from Purdue University in 1979. He has worked as a pest management specialist for the
University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classifie ...
Extension since 1981. Dill coordinates the Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, the Integrated Pest Management, and the Pesticide Safety Education programs. He also serves as a legislative and congressional resource liaison for the university.
Dill also serves as the state of
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
's first
Integrated pest management
Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests. IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the econ ...
coordinator. In 2021, he was awarded the University of Maine Presidential Public Engagement Award.
Maine Legislature
![Map of Maine highlighting Penobscot County](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Map_of_Maine_highlighting_Penobscot_County.svg)
Dill was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2010. He served two terms tin the House before running for Senate District 5 in 2014. Dill is currently serving his fourth term in the Maine Senate.
Personal life
Dill lives in
Old Town, Maine
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where he has served on the boards of both the Regional School District 34 and Maine
Vocational
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Region #4 since 2003. Dill is a member of the Orono-Old Town Kiwanis. He has been treated for
Lyme disease
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a vector-borne disease caused by the ''Borrelia'' bacterium, which is spread by ticks in the genus ''Ixodes''. The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash, known as erythema migran ...
twice.
Electoral history
References
Notes
External links
Entomologist & Maine State Senator Jim Dill on Your Maine
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Old Town, Maine
School board members in Maine
Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
Purdue University College of Agriculture alumni
University of Maine alumni
University of Maine faculty
American entomologists
21st-century American politicians