Extracts from obituary for George J. Raleigh ,The Ithaca Journal, Nov 18 1982

"George J. Raleigh, 84, of 1010 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, died in Tompkins Community Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1982. He was a native of Clyde, Kan., son of the late Stephen Martin and Mary Sinnott Raleigh. He was the widower of Janet Weeks Raleigh who died in 1980.

Mr. Raleigh was an emeritus professor of vegetable crops at Cornell, and served on the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences from 1932 until his retirement in 1966.

His research on plant nutrition and vegetable production included development of new varieties, notably Buttercrunch lettuce. 

He was an Army veteran of World War I and received the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Stanley J. O'Connor of Ithaca; three sons, George J. Raleigh of Rochester, William J. Raleigh of Burlingame, Calif. and Edward W. Raleigh of Wilmington, Del.; three brothers, Dr. Walter P. Raleigh and Francis J. Raleigh, both of Clyde, Kan., and Dr. Stephen M. Raleigh of State College, Pa.: and five grandchildren."