Bio of Ray Layton

After Costa Rica I headed back to BYU and by 1982 had a BS in Zoology, a wife, and a son. Packing our 1979 Ford Fairmot Futura and a 5x8 U-haul that wouldn't even hold what is currently in my closet, we drove to Blacksburg VA, went to a few more years of school at Virginia Tech - and I ended up with a PhD in Entomology, two more kids, several years of experience as a scoutmaster, and a job offer in Delaware working for DuPont. I spent thirteen years as a research scientist in the area of pesticide risk assessment, we had another kid, bought a house, worked another few years as scoutmaster/YM president/bishopric member, used my Spanish and taught several technical courses in Mexico and home taught a wonderful Mexican family, and sent our oldest off to BYU then to a mission in Sicily.... In early 2002 we felt prompted to move and were guided to where we now live - Ankeny, Iowa - where I work for Pioneer Hi-Bred International doing risk assessment for GMO's, will soon have three kids at BYU, a 12 year old at home, drive my Jeep Wrangler to scout camps - and we are loving every minute of it.