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CollectionBledisloe Medal RecipientsDescriptionA portrait of H. P. Donald (1928-33, MAgrSc, PhD, DSc(Edinburgh)), the Bledsloe Medallist, 1959. Hugh Donald is an old student who earned his Bledisloe Medal for distinguished work carried out overseas. In 1934 he was awarded a University of New Zealand MacMillan Brown Agricultural Research Scholarship and travelled to study at Edinburgh University where he completed a PhD in 1936 and a DSc in 1939. He stayed on in the United Kingdom and until 1948 was on the staff of the Institute of Animal Genetics in Edinburgh, mainly concerned with population genetics and dynamics of dairy cattle and pigs. Hugh was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He died in 1989.PersonH. P. DonaldDate2012KeywordsBledisloe MedalawardsAlumniScotlandTimaru Boys’ High SchoolMarlborough CollegeWellington CollegeMacMillan Brown Agricultural Research ScholarshipEdinburgh UniversityThe Royal Society of EdinburghFilename1959 Donald H PSourceBledisloe and Alumni International Medal Recipients 1930 - 2012Item Reference0000803

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1959 H. P. Donald