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The Frank N. Meyer Memorial Medal of the American Genetic Association. Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875–1918) given for outstanding contribution in plant introduction.

History

The award was founded in 1919 through a contribution left by Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875–1918) to his fellow workers in what was then known as the Office of Seed and Plant Introduction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is awared by the American Genetic Association in cooperation with the Office of Plant Introduction of the U.S.D.A. for outstanding contribution in plant introduction. Since 1920, up to 1966, 25 medals have been awarded. A complete account of the Meyer Medal was published in The Journal of Heredity, Vol. 11, pp. 168–173 (1920).

Laureates

1920: Barbour Lathrop (1847–1927)
1922: Francesco Franceschi (1843–1924)
1924: Charles Parkman Taft (1856–1934), the namesake of the Taft avacado
1936: Palemon Howard Dorsett (1862–1943)
1956: Walter Koelz (1895–1989)
1973: Jack Hawkes (1915–1907)
1965: Carl Oscar Erlanson (1901–1975)
1966: Russell Howard Seibert, PhD (1908–2000), Director of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, from 1955 to 1979
1966: Howard Scott Gentry (1903–1993)
1967: William Hartley (1906–2000) of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
1968: Knowles Augustus Ryerson (1892–1990)
1969: John Lewis Creech, PhD (1920–2009) retired in 1980 as Director of the U.S. National Arboretum
1970: Charles Ranger Enlow (1893–1977)
1972: Donovan Stewart Correll, PhD (1908–1983)
1982: Desmond Daniel Dolan (1916–2001)

Bibliography

Notes

References

Fairchild, David Grandison (1869–1954), President of the American Genetic Association (April 1920). "Foreign Plant Introduction Medal – Memorial to the Late Frank N. Meyer Presented to Barbour Lathrop 'for distinguished service in the field of Foreign Plant Introduction'". Journal of Heredity. Vol. 11, no. 4: 168–173. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via HathiTrust. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) ISSN 0022-1503 (web). ISSN 1465-7333 (print).