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CollectionBledisloe Medal RecipientsDescriptionA portrait of L. T. Evans (1945-50 MAgrSc, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), DSc, FRS), the Bledsloe Medallist, 1974. Canterbury Agricultural College’s second Rhodes Scholar. To Brasnose College, Oxford University, 1951. Other awards include: Harkness Fellowship to California Institute of Technology; US National Academy of Science Fellowship to US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland; Research Fellowship to Churchill College, Cambridge. Career posts have included CSIRO, Controlled Environment Research Laboratory; Head of Plant Industry Division, CSIRO, Canberra, 1971 to 1978. President of Australian Academy of Science, 1978 to 1982. World reputation for research on induction in plants; factors in development of crop yield; environmental factors in plant growth; and design of controlled environment research equipment. Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Canterbury at Lincoln College’s centenary, 1978.PersonL. T. EvansDate2012KeywordsBledisloe MedalawardsAlumniRhodes ScholarshipUniversity of OxfordAustralian Academy of ScienceFilename1974 Evans L TSourceBledisloe and Alumni International Medal Recipients 1930 - 2012Item Reference0000818

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1974 L. T. Evans