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Presented at the joint 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science and 29th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science (CSHS), Vancouver, B.C., on 6 Aug. 1984.
Hess (MS, PhD, Cornell Univ.) held academic appointments at Purdue Univ., Rutgers Univ., and Cook College before accepting his current post in 1975. He has received numerous awards for his work in the physiology of plant growth regulators, particularly those affecting root formation. He has served on state, national, and international advisory boards and commissions, including President of ASHS (1973). In 1982, he received a Presidential appointment to a 6-year term on the National Science Board, of which he was elected Vice Chairman. In 1984, he was appointed by the Governor to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture for a 4-year term.
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