Previous Morrison Lecturers

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2022	Increased organic production of berry crops – An example of impactful research, extension, and teaching at a land grant institution
	Bernadine C. Strik, Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
2021	Phytochemicals, Postharvest, and Human Health: The Next Chapter
	Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Professor, Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
	USDA, National Agricultural Libraries Oral History Series: Penelope Perkins-Veazie
2020	How the Christmas Flower Came to Be
	John M. Dole, Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs, North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Raleigh, North Carolina
2019	What’s on Your Bucket List for Horticulture?
	Mary Meyer, Professor and Extension Horticulturalist, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, Minnesota
2018	The Future of Plants
	Sir Peter Crane, FRS, President, The Oak Spring Garden Foundation
2017	Significance of Integrated Pest Management to Sustainable Horticultural Production ? Observations and Experiences
	Frank G. Zalom, Distinguished Professor and Extension Entomologist, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis
2016	New technologies for storage of horticultural products - there is more to adoption than availability
	Christopher B Watkins, Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension; Professor, Postharvest Science and Associate Dean for Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
2015	A Different Approach to Plant Breeding: Integrating Consumers with Genetics
	Harry Klee, Lyle C. Dickman, Chair for Tomato Improvement, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
2014	Dutch Flower Bulbs: Production, Transport, Research, Utilization and a bit of Serendipity
	William B. Miller, Professor, Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
2013	Opportunities in Plant Breeding: From the Integration of Genomics to the Participation of Farmers
	Paul Gepts, Head of the Gepts Laboratory at the University of California at Davis
2012	Horticulture for Space: A Classic Exercise in Controlled Environment
	Raymond M. Wheeler, Senior scientist and Lead for Advanced Life Support, Kennedy Space Center, NASA
2011	Small steps or quantum leaps - how will US horticulture maintain its competitiveness?
	Nick K. Dokoozlian, Vice President, Viticulture, Chemistry and Enology at E&J Gallo Winery
2010	Developing strategies for sustainable production in a changing global climate scenario: Merging physiological and genetic approaches
	Jiwan Palta, Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2009	Fulfilling the Promise: Applying Molecular Tools to Horticultural Crops
	Michael S. Reid, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California at Davis
2008	Toward a More Equitable and Responsible Policy on Intellectual Property as it Relates to Plants
	James R. Ballington, Professor, Horticultural Science Department, North Carolina State University
2007	Industry and Research Need Each Other
	Bryson L. James, Consulting horticulturist
2006	Cooperative Research: A Way to Minimize the Erosion of Research Support
	Harold Pellett, Director, Landscape Plant Development Center
2005	Tospoviruses and Floral Crops: A University-Industry-USDA Partnership for Science and Crop Improvement
	James W. Moyer, Head, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University
2004	Universal Commonality of Unspoken Emotions Through Plants and Flowers
	Richard Craig, J. Franklin Styer, Professor Emeritis of Horticultural Botany, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
2003	The Transgenic Papaya Story: Genesis, Impact and Current Assessment
	Dennis Gonsalves, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, Cornell University
2002	Conserving the Plants of the World: A Major Challenge
	Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
2001	New Perspectives for Tomorrow's Land Grant University
	Thomas A. Fretz, Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park
2000	The Role of Horticulture in the Production and Manufacture of Phytomedicines
	Loren D. Israelsen, President, LDI Group Inc.
1999	Gene Discovery: New Variability to Accelerate Horticultural Crop Improvement
	Frederick A. Bliss, Director of Worldwide Plant Breeding, Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
1998	Folklore, Fact, and Future of Food-based Phytoceuticals
	Irwin L. Goldman, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1997	The Evolution of Horticultural Technology
	Jules Janick, Director, Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products and James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture, Purdue University
1996	Ethylene: It's Life or Death for Many Flowers
	William R. Woodson, Director, Interdisciplinary Plant Biology Program and Department of Horticulture Head, Purdue University
1995	Elms for the 21st Century
	Eugene B. Smalley, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1994	Spray Application Technology: A Critical Component for Reducing Pesticide Usage
	Martin J. Bukovac, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
1993	George C. Papavizas, Research Leader (retired), Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1992	Conrad A. Skimina, Research Director, Monrovia Nursery Co., Azusa, California
1991	Arthur Kelman, Distinguished Scholar, North Carolina State University
1990	Marvin E. Jensen, Director, Colorado State University, Institute for Irrigation Management
1989	Mildred E. Mathias, Emeritus Professor of Botany, University of California at Los Angeles
1988	Richard W. Lighty, Director, Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora, Greenville, Delaware
1987	H.B. Tukey, Jr., Professor and Director of the Center for Urban Horticulture, Washington Park Arboretum, University of Washington-Seattle
1986	Alex Shigo, Shigo and Trees, Associates, Durham, New Hampshire
1985	S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution
1984	John Cairns, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biology and Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Virginia Tech
1983	Vernon W. Ruttan, Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
1982	August Kehr, retired Agricultural Research Service Coordinator for National and Regional Research Programs on Vegetable, Florist, and Nursery Crops
1981	John Creech, Past Director, National Arboretum
1980	John Naisbitt, Publisher, The Trend Report
1979	William H. Whyte, author and conservationist
1978	Charles Lewis, Administrator, Collections Program, The Morton Arboretum
1977	Russell Peterson, President, New Directions
1976	William K. Reilly, President, The Conservation Foundation
1975	Nash Castro, General Manager, Palisades Interstate Park Commission
1974	Dame Barbara Ward, President, International Institute for Environmental Affairs
1973	John Mahlstede, Professor of Horticulture, Iowa State University
1972	René J. Dubos, Professor Emeritus, The Rockefeller University
1971	Ian L. McHarg, Chairman, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
1970	Arie Jan Haagen-Smit, Chairman, President?s Task Force on Air Pollution
1969	Patrick Horsbrugh, Professor of Architecture and creator of the Graduate Program in Environic Studies, Notre Dame University
1968	Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States