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ROGER BEACHY TO RECEIVE COMUONWEAIJTHATTARD
Plant
Biologist
LA JOLLA,
Beachy'
Award
Ph.D.,
of
to
cALrF.
iloin
March
Scripps
4,
Service
in
plant
199L
has been chosen to
Distinguished
Clinic
1991
biologist
receive
the
the
category
in
.fuly,
Roger
N.
1991 Common Wealth
of
Science
and
science
at
join
the
Invention.
currentry
director
washington
university,
Department,
of
Clinic
in
of plant
CeIl
La Jolla
Adrienne
Award;
Rich,
Sociology
at
the
plant
for
Missouri,
Beachy wirr
Research
Institute
L, 1991r. where he will
individuals
others
actor
Wilrnington,
announcing
were
Salgado,
Literature
of
Scripps
head a division
at
Jones,
the
paul
economist
Dramatic
and sociologist
will
an awards
for
Mass Communications
Award;
The recipients
be honored
selected
James EarI
Sebastiao
Award.
Beachy rfis
six
The
photojournalist
In
center
biology.
Government
Pont,
the
Louis,
on July
Awards.
and will
st.
Biology
He was one of
wealth
of
1991 Common
A.
Volcker,
Arts
Award;
Award; post
Nathan
Keyfitz,
share $12orooo in cash prizes
banquet
March 16 at
the
Hote1
du
Delaware.
the
internationalry
awards,
the
selection
recognized
for
committee
leading
noted
a team of
that
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who produced
researchers
food
crop
that
The
plant
research
to
plant
1980s
and his
resistance
be
commercialize
seeds.
crops
the
developing
in
plants
that
Beachyts
are
important
opened
experirnents.
varieties
population
the
A full
also
and his
is
of
of
be
applied
that
are
will
and
especially
that
types
of
underway
to
sell
there
to
pests
demonstrate
improved
damaging
is
to
an increased
rnechanisms
these
also
avenues
the
to
areas,
late
20th
his
and early
undergraduate
at
been associated
in
improve
including
University
Monsanto Chemical
for
centuries.
degree
pioneering
may provide
that
crops
21st
rrBeachy,
that
his
the
new
worldrs
rl
from Goshen College,
1973 from Michigan
Washington
with
noted
with
cornerstone
and disease-resistant
doctorate
professor
develop
advancements
different
countries,
committee
work
Beachy received
Indiana,
Awards
research
pest-
of
on to
plans
are
and
plant
four
peoples
new
His
of
went
improvement
could
against
rrbasic
tl
and rice.
has
transfer
to
to
engineered
applying
scientific
diseases
laboratory
The Comrnon Wealth
46,
the
by companies
virus
effort
plant
prants.
tomato
resistance
tropical,
in both
against
Because plant
in
cassava
and
this
for
colleagues
achieved
tobacco
cited
protection
and
diseases...Beachy
in
that
genetic
involving
could
also
agriculture
He realized
genetically
first
disease.rl
was
needs of
production
viruses
world's
to
biologist
the
early
the
was resistant
protection.
crop
the
CIJINIC
State
since
University.
1986,
Beachy has
Company, St.
Louis,
ds
a consultant.
He was named a Fellow
Advancement
from
the
of
Science
American
in
of
the
L987 and received
Phytopathological
he has been a foreign
American
advisor
Society
Association
the
in
Ruth
1990.
to the China National
UORE
for
the
Allen
Award
Since
L987,
Open Laboratory
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for
Genetic
Plant
Engineering,
member of
the
Recherche
Scientifique
Cell
Reports
The
public
to
External
Delaware,
distinguished
past
O1ivier,
Jeane
candy
Kingsley
WiIIiam
and
Edward Rosinski,
Bioloqy.
ComrnonWealth
by the
Awards
and
Leon
James Hillier,
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businessman
and
Trust
Bank of
have
H.
and
schultz,
Literature;
Lowell
Brinkley,
Mass
public
surrivan,
Alice
been
and Jerome
George
and David
Sewell
Forrester,
and Invention.
of Plant
Stephen Sondheim,
and Leroy Hood, Cesar Milstein,
Science
of
Common Wealth
Norman cousins
Davis,
editor
by
the
Kirkpatrick
Lieghtner
de Ia
Ln L979.
Sociology;
Laboratory,
Journal
Penn Warren and Eudora We1ty,
cronkite,
communications;
Service;
of
National
Administered
given
recipients
Arts;
Robert
warter
service.
1989 a
he is
conceived
Tennessee Williams,
Dramatic
Governmentl
the
were
awards were first
Among the
Robbins,
of
and since
Centre
Currently
editor
Awards
for
Ralph Hayes who established
the
Laurence
university,
Conrnittee
in France.
Common Wealth
recognize
Thomas,
Review
and associate
servant
Bejing
S.
Rossi,
Kenneth Thompson, Jay W.
and the
Jet
propulsion