Catherine Hayes Bailey
American geneticist
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- PhD Genetics University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Biology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Catherine Hayes Bailey was an American plant geneticist known for developing new varieties of fruit. She was honored by the National Peach Council for her contributions to the US peach industry. Early life and education Bailey was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey; her father was superintendent for the Rutgers Vegetable Farm. She received her bachelor's degree from Douglass College in 1942. She worked with Rutgers horticulturist Maurice Blake, and ran his stone-fruit growing program until 1948. Encouraged by Blake she entered the Ph. D. program at Rutgers University, and graduated in 1957 with a dissertation on aspects of growing peach cultivars. Bailey was a Baptist, and had also attended Prairie Bible Institute in Canada.
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