The Wilder Medal Nomination
Date: __________________________
Name of nominee: ___________________________________
Date & place of birth: ___________________________________
Please attach a document with the following information:
- Education: Briefly cite the home background, and work
and educational experience of the nominee through the high school
and college period.
- Adult Work Experience: Cite positions held and military
experience.
- Horticultural Contributions: These should be described
briefly but in sufficient detail to serve as a basis for critical
evaluation. In selecting Wilder Medal recipients, special
attention will be given to the origination and introduction of
meritorious varieties of fruit. Significant contributions to the
science and practice of horticulture will also be considered.
These may involve any important area of fruit production such as
rootstock development and evaluation, anatomical or morphological
studies, pollination requirements, mutation or bud sport
segregation, isolation of virus free clones, or unusually
noteworthy publications.
- The significance of the contribution should be
documented by a listing of fruit varieties which have been
named and introduced, and the extent to which they have been
planted. If the award is to be based on the science or practice
of horticulture, evidence should be presented to indicate the
importance of the contribution, and its benefits to
horticulture. The total number of publications issued should be
indicated, but complete citations are needed only for those
which make significant contributions in the area of activity
for which the award is being made.
- Honors Received or Professional and Honorary Society
Affiliation: Cite any honors or society affiliations which
attest to the eminence of the individual being nominated.
- Nominated by: Record name and positions of person, or
persons, making the nomination.
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Please submit Wilder Medal nominations to committee chair:
D. R. Layne
Note: To expedite the evaluation of nominations for Wilder
Medals, biographical material should be assembled and submitted in
the above form. Please present brief but complete information.