Word: mangelsdorf
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...Mangelsdorf retired from Harvard in 1968, but continued his botany research, working on crosspollination experiments with corn and holding a retirement professorship at the University of North Carolina...
...Mangelsdorf and two of his colleagues received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to study the food needs in Mexico...
...addition to numerous articles published throughout his career, Mangelsdorf wrote Corn: Its Origin, Evolution, and Improvement, which observers hailed as a landmark work on one of the world's most important grains...
...Mangelsdorf graduated from Kansas State University in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He continued his studies at Harvard, earning a masters degree in 1923 and his doctorate in 1925. In 1977, the botanist was presented with an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Harvard...
...Mangelsdorf has also received honorary degrees from seven other educational institutions in North and South America...