Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, the
Joseph Henry Fund of the National Academy of Sciences, the Kentucky
Research Foundation, and others. He received the University of Kentucky
Faculty Award for Research given by the Alumni Association, and was
elected Distinguished Professor Lecturer in 1953 by the University of
Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences.

His memberships and activities in professional societies are lengthy
and impressive. He is listed in all significant biographical encyclopedias
of America and England. His bibliography of books and articles is well
known and is far too vast to enumerate or list here.

For an extraordinary and distinguished career in biology and related
sciences, Professor Herbert P. Riley is recommended for the degree
Doctor of Science.


                    HARRY M. YOUNG, JR.


Born near Herndon, Kentucky, in 1919, Harry M. Young, Jr. was graduated
in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky,
from which he also received a Master of Science degree in 1943. After
serving with the United States Air Force, Mr. Young returned to the
University of Kentucky as Extension Farm Management Specialist for the
College of Agriculture, a position he held from 1946 to 1954. In 1954
he became a partner in the operation of Melrose Farm in Christian
County.

Concerned with economy, efficiency, and quality, Mr. Young devoted his
efforts to innovative farming techniques that have brought him international
attention and respect. He developed a technique conunonly called "no-till"
farming which has made it possible to bring into continuous cultivation over
200, 000 acres in Kentucky of previously unfrequently cultivated land. This
technique has increased agricultural income in the State by at least $10
million per year. He is the author of a book on no-till farming which has
received worldwide attention and has been translated into several foreign
languages. It is a mark of his character and personality that he has freely
shared these innovations and advances with all. The testimony of his colleagues,
of a wide range of industry involved with farming, of colleagues of other
universities and colleges, and of economists familiar with his work indicates
beyond doubt his far-ranging effect on the economy and farming in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond.

Mr. Young has received numerous awards of recognition including the
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Thomas Poe Cooper Leader-
ship Award in 1969, and the Kentucky Farm Press and Radio Association's



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