Jay Lush

Infobox Scientist
name = Jay L. Lush
birth_date = Birth date|1896|01|03
birth_place = Shambaugh, Iowa
death_date = Death date|1982|05|22
death_place =
nationality = United States
fields = Genetics
workplaces = Iowa State University
alma_mater = University of Wisconsin
doctoral_advisor = Leon J. Cole
influences = Sewall Wright; Sir R. A. Fisher
known_for = Quantitative genetics
awards = National Medal of Science (1968); Wolf Prize (1979)

Jay Laurence Lush (Birth date|1896|01|03, Shambaugh, Iowa - Death date|1982|05|22) was a pioneering animal geneticist who made important contributions to livestock breeding. He is sometimes known as the father of modern scientific animal breeding. Lush received National Medal of Science in 1968 and the Wolf Prize in 1979.

Lush was introduced to mathematics and genetics during his B.Sc. studies of animal husbandry at the Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University [KSU] ). He completed his M.Sc. in 1918 at KSU, and his Ph.D. in genetics at the University of Wisconsin (1922).

Lush advocated breeding not based on subjective appearance of the animal, but on quantitative statistics and genetic information. Lush authored a classic book 'Animal Breeding Plans' in 1937 which greatly influenced animal breeding around the world.

From 1930 to 1966, Lush was the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture at Iowa State University. He elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1967.

Lush won the Borden Award for research in dairy production from the American Dairy Science Association and both the Armour Award for animal breeding and genetics and the Morrison Award from the American Society of Animal Science.

Bibliography

*cite book | title = Animal Breeding Plans | author = Lush, J.L. | year = 1943 | publisher = Collegiate Press, Ames

References

*cite web | url = http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1000&page=276 | title = J. L. Lush 1896 - 1982 Biographical Memoirs of the AAAS

*cite web | url = http://www.wolffund.org.il/full.asp?id=24 | title = 1979 Wolf Prize citation

*cite journal | title = Jay Laurence Lush 1896-1982: a brief biography | author = Chapman, A. B.
journal = J. Anim Sci. | year = 1991 | volume = 69 | pages = 2671–2676 | url = http://jas.fass.org/cgi/reprint/69/7/2671 | issn = 0021-8812

*cite web | url = http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=225 | title = US NSF - The President's National Medal of Science: Jay L. Lush | accessdate = 2008-07-31

*cite web | url = http://www.aps.uoguelph.ca/~lrs/BioAB/lush.html | title = Jay Laurence Lush | accessdate = 2008-07-31

*cite web | url = http://www.poultryscience.org/pba/1952-2003/1969/1969%20Award.pdf | format = pdf | title = Award Presentation - Dr J.L. Lush | date = 1969 | publisher = Poultry Science Association, Inc | accessdate = 2008-07-31

*cite journal | journal = J. Anim Sci. | year = 1982 | volume = 55 | pages = 462 | title = Memorial: Dr. J. L. Lush | url = http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/2/462 | author =

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DATE OF BIRTH= 1896-01-03
PLACE OF BIRTH= Shambaugh, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH= 1982-05-22
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