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DR. LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY, eminent administrator, botanist, horticulturist and author, attained his ninetieth birthday on March 15. On this date he was actually on Arruba Island in the West Indies on one of his annual palm-hunting expeditions to tropical America. He was signally honoured on his return to Ithaca, New York, in May by a complimentary dinner sponsored by Cornell University, with which institution he has been associated for the past sixty years. On this occasion, with approximately two hundred guests in attendance from various parts of the United States, the speakers extolled Dr. Bailey‘s eminent services to Cornell University, to agricultural instruction, research and extension, to botany, to horticulture, and to the humanities. The outstanding feature of the evening was Dr. Bailey‘s informal address, which dealt with his early experiences and some of his later achievements. Tall, straight, speaking extemporaneously and without notes, it was indeed an inspiration to all who heard him on this occasion.
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Dr. L. H. Bailey. Nature 161, 964–965 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161964c0
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