George F. Sprague

(1902-1998) born at Crete, lived at Thedford, Butte, and Lincoln. Agronomist, plant geneticist, developed methods for identifying and producing corn hybrids, including Stiff Stalk Synthetic in 1939, which became one of the important germplasm resources necessary to ensure consistent genetic improvement, conducted research on corn and sorghum for seven decades in the 20th century; elected to National Academy of Sciences in 1968 and inducted into Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame in 1990. Consult Agronomy Journal, Vol 49 (December 1957) 663 and Who’s Who in America, Vol 2 (1994) 3268 and National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs, Vol 78 (2000) 258-275.

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