Marvin Ogilvie

Dr. Marvin Lee Ogilvie, of Portage, died February 1, 2008, at the University Hospital in Ann Arbor, of complications from oral cancer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on May 3, 1935, to Daniel M. and Doris Hempstead Ogilvie. After graduating from Cheboygan High School in 1953, he earned a B.S. from Michigan State University in 1957 and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1962. In July 1963 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Agricultural Chemistry and Assistant Agricultural Chemist at the University of Nevada at Reno. In 1964 he joined the Agricultural Division of the Upjohn Company, from which he retired in 1996 after its merger with Pharmacia. For many years he was active as a volunteer for Boy Scout Troop 244 in Portage. He is survived by daughter Lynn Ogilvie of Ypsilanti, Mich.; son and daughter-in-law Brian Ogilvie and Jennifer Heuer of Hadley, Mass.; brother Danl Ogilvie and sister-in-law Mary Ogilvie of Webster, Fla.; and ex-wife Beverly Eby, of Kalamazoo. A memorial service will be held later in the spring. Memorial gifts may be made to the American Cancer Society.