The President's National Medal of Science - Mathemematics and Computer Science - 1970
Award: "For his success in breeding semi-dwarf, disease-resistant high-yield wheat and instructing farmers in its cultivation under harsh growing conditions, thus providing a new high-quality food source for millions of people around the world."
Biography
A Biographical Memoir by J.A. Green, National Academy of Sciences, biography 19 pages, 27 pages total.
Name: Richard D. Brauer
Birth: 10 February, 1901
Death: 17 April, 1977
Award: Mathematics and Computer Science
National Medal of Science:
Affiliation: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Citation: "For his success in breeding semi-dwarf, disease-resistant high-yield wheat and instructing farmers in its cultivation under harsh growing conditions, thus providing a new high-quality food source for millions
of people around the world."
Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on February 13, 2006.
Biography
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