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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.

 

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