| LC control no. | no 95020016 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bushuk, Walter |
| Variant(s) | Bushuk, W. (Walter) |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Birth date | 1929-01-02 |
| Death date | 2017-10-14 |
| Place of birth | Belarus Jakovichi (Belarus) |
| Place of death | Winnipeg (Man.) |
| Field of activity | Wheat |
| Affiliation | University of Manitoba McGill University Grain Research Laboratory (Canada) Canadian International Grains Institute University of Manitoba Royal Society of Canada Order of Canada |
| Profession or occupation | Biochemists Agriculture teachers Biology teachers College teachers College department heads |
| Found in | Wheat, 1994: t.p. (W. Bushuk, Department of Food Science, University of Manitoba) Rye, ©1976: t.p. (Walter Bushuk) Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 2017, online, viewed 24 November 2017 (Walter Bushuk, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C.; born January 2, 1929, in Jakovichi, Eastern Poland, now Belarus, and moved to Canada with his family in 1939; earned a B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. in biochemistry at the University of Manitoba and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at McGill University; worked at the Grain Research Laboratory, Ogilvie Flour Mills and the Canadian International Grains Institute, before becoming a professor in the Department of Plant Science at University of Manitoba, serving as head of the Department of Plant Science and Department of Food Science and as Associate Vice-President (Research Administration), retiring in 1993; research was mainly on the biochemistry of wheat quality and published over 300 scientific and technical articles and edited several books; member of five scientific societies including the Royal Society of Canada, and appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2003) Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 24 November 2017 (Walter Bushuk, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., P.Ag.; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Member of the Order of Canada, awarded on October 10, 2002, invested on October 24, 2003; His investigations have been integral in improving wheat quality around the world. Walter Bushuk is a renowned cereal scientist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Food Science at the University of Manitoba . His pioneering research has resulted in practical developments for the agricultural industry. A popular speaker and active member of numerous agricultural and food research projects, he was the second Canadian to serve as president of the American Association of Cereal Chemists. Respected by students and colleagues alike, he has been a mentor to generations of aspiring scientists) Amicus database, 24 November 2017 (access point: Bushuk, Walter) |
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