Glenn W. Burton

(1910- ) born at Clatonia, Gage County, lived at Bartley, Red Willow County, and in Lincoln. Agronomist, research geneticist, and plant breeder, developed Coastal and other improved bermuda grasses, resulting in improved hay and pasture for livestock production, and in improved lawns, golf courses, and playing fields worldwide with luxuriant grasses; developed first pearl millet grain hybrid in India in 1965, resulting in a doubling of that country's production, authored or co-authored over 675 papers and book chapters; elected to National Academy of Sciences in 1975, recipient of U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1980, and the National Medal of Science in 1982. Consult Agronomy Journal, Vol 68 (January-February 1976) 160 and Cambridge /NE/ Clarion, August 6, 1981, p. 1 and Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Vol 1 (Gale, 1995) 283-284 and American Men & Women of Science, Vol 1 (2003) 901.

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