Loyl Stromberg May 5, 1914 – September 30, 2011 Obituary

Loyl Stromberg passed away on September 30. He was an American poultry breeding patriarch, both literally and figuratively, and committed his long life (97 years) to the study, promotion, and perpetuation of the legacy in the poultry industry. Loyl Stromberg was a writer and editor of 14 books, in one way or another associated with poultry. The internationally most notable were Poultry of the World (1996), ABC's of Poultry Genetics (compiled by Willard Hollander, 1989), and Poultry Oddities, History, Folklore (1992). It is difficult to identify his profession in one word: he was an entrepreneur, publisher, breeder, poultry amateur, and chicken guru, as he was even called. But perhaps most importantly, he was a Collector with a capital letter...