The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Orville Alvin Vogel
Title:
Professor Emeritus, Department of Agronomy & Soils
Affiliation:
Washington State University
Pullman,Washington 99163 USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1991
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
1975
Citation:
"For outstanding contributions to agronomic research including the development of radically new and improved semidwarf varieties of wheat that now grow on five continents and have made the green revolution a reality."
Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.