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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Folke K Skoog

Title:

C. Leonard Huskins Professor of Botany Emeritus

Affiliation:

University of Wisconsin

Madison,Wisconsin 53706 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2001

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1991

Citation:

"For his pioneering work on plant hormones, including discovery of cyotkinins (a major class), chemical induction of organ formation and regulation of morphogenesis in plants, and contributions to the development of plant tissue culture as an experimental technique of fundamental importance in biotechnology."

Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.

 

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