George W. Beadle

(1903-1989) born in Wahoo, Saunders County. Geneticist, educator, co-recipient of 1958 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for his work in demonstrating how genes control the basic chemistry of the living cell, appeared on cover of Time, July 14, 1958 and January 2, 1961, received 36 honorary degrees and many awards, elected to National Academy of Sciences. Consult American National Biography, Vol 2 (1999) 393-395 and Paul Berg and Maxine Singer, George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2003) and Crete /NE/ News, September 1, 2004, p. B-8.

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