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Feeding a Hungry World
Dr. Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr.— first Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, since January 19, 1962. Responsible for developing the campus from bare ground to a fully operating institution. Dr. Aldrich joined the University of California as a junior chemist in the Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside in 1943. Following three years of service in the armed forces during World War II, h...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1151062