Neal L. First
American biologist
Neal L. First | |
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| Born | (1930-10-08)October 8, 1930 |
| Died | November 20, 2014(2014-11-20) (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
| Known for | Animal genetics |
| Awards | Wolf Prize in Agriculture |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Animal genetics |
Neal Lloyd First (October 8, 1930 – November 20, 2014) was an American biologist.[1]
Birth and education
Neal L. First was born in 1930.[1]
Awards and honors
Neal L. First received several awards. He received the Animal Science Morrison Award, the Upjohn Research Award, the Society for the Study of Reproduction Research Award, the National Association of Animal Breeders Research Award and the Von Humboldt Award. In 1996/7, he received the Wolf Prize in Agriculture "for his pioneering research in the reproductive biology of livestock".[2] He was at the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison when he received the prize.
He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]
Personal life
First died on November 20, 2014, from cancer.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Neal L. First". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ "Neal L. First - Wolf Foundation". Wolf Foundation. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "In memoriam: Neal L. First, pioneer in reproductive physiology". University of Wisconsin college of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Retrieved June 12, 2015 – via ecals.cals.wisc.edu.
External links
- "Human Cloning Symposium - Neal First, Ph.D." The Science and Ethics of Human Cloning. Northwestern University. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- R. Michael Roberts and John J. Parrish, "Neal L. First", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
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Laureates of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture
- George F. Sprague / John C. Walker (1978)
- Jay Laurence Lush / Kenneth Blaxter (1979)
- Karl Maramorosch (1980)
- John O. Almquist / Henry A. Lardy / Glenn W. Salisbury (1981)
- Wendell L. Roelofs (1982)
- Don Kirkham / Cornellis T. de Witt (1983/4)
- Robert H. Burris (1984/5)
- Ralph Riley / Ernest R. Sears (1986)
- Theodor O. Diener (1987)
- Charles Thibault / Ernest John Christopher Polge (1988)
- Peter M. Biggs / Michael Elliott (1989)
- Jozef Stefaan Schell (1990)
- Shang Fa Yang (1991)
- John E. Casida (1993)
- Carl B. Huffaker / Perry Adkisson (1994/5)
- Morris Schnitzer / Frank J. Stevenson (1995/6)
- Neal L. First (1996/7)
- Ilan Chet / Baldur R. Stefansson (1998)
- Gurdev Khush (2000)
- Roger N. Beachy / James E. Womack (2001)
- R. Michael Roberts / Fuller W. Bazer (2002/3)
- Yuan Longping / Steven D. Tanksley (2004)
- Ronald L. Phillips / Michel A. J. Georges (2006/7)
- John A. Pickett / James H. Tumlinson / W. Joe Lewis (2008)
- David Baulcombe (2010)
- Harris Lewin / R. James Cook (2011)
- Joachim Messing / Jared Diamond (2013)
- Jorge Dubcovsky / Leif Andersson (2014)
- Linda Saif (2015)
- Trudy Mackay (2016)
- Gene E. Robinson (2018)
- David Zilberman (2019)
- Caroline Dean (2020)
- Pamela C. Ronald (2022)
- Martinus Theodore van Genuchten (2023)
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