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Glenn Wade Salisbury
Glenn Wade Salisbury
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Only the best in any endeavor was acceptable for his own efforts as well as those of his colleagues. His exemplary leadership, as head of the Dairy Department at the University of Illinois, resulted in a department that rose in 20 years from near the bottom of the list of published research by agricultural experiment stations to near the top.
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As a consequence, Salisbury made a major contribution in training outstanding young leaders, as well as in the improvement of animal agriculture, with the objective of feeding a hungry world better. PERSONAL Glenn Wade Salisbury was born on June 2, 1910, on his maternal grandfather's farm in Sheffield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
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In only 10 years he rose through the ranks to become a full professor. The year he became a full professor he was the youngest scientist to receive the Borden Award, a prestigious national award for outstanding contributions to reproductive physiology and production of dairy cattle.
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Noting that veterinary students received little training in nutrition, he developed a course designed to meet their needs. He also developed an introductory course in animal breeding, comprising both comparative reproductive physiology and genetics.
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om leading dairymen and key members of the Cornell Board of Trustees to develop a major artificial insemination program in dairy cattle. Governor Dewey had a dairy farm, and he supported the idea.
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Subsequently, after several changes were made at Illinois, Salisbury was invited to visit a second time. This time he visualized that he could have a dairy husbandry group that would contain highly qualified individuals to form sections of dairy chemistry, dairy bacteriology, and dairy cattle genetics, in addition to the more traditional physiology, nutrition, and management sections.
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This resulted in a new Animal Sciences building that housed the entire faculty and provided all with excellent laboratory facilities.
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The emphasis on basic training equipped undergraduate students to fill technical positions in agriculture and the pharmaceutical industry, and to pursue advanced studies, as the number of dairy farms was decreasing rapidly. The graduate students were competing successfully for excellent postdoctoral positions, university faculty positions, and technical positions in industry.
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Salisbury is best and rightfully remembered for his foresight and research contributions in reproductive physiology that provided the framework for the successful development of artificial insemination of cattle worldwide. He recognized that in addition to trained people, a successful artificial insemination program required (1)
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Basic studies on sperm metabolism elucidated mechanisms by which sperm gained energy to remain fertile. Suppression of the more efficient oxidative biochemical pathway, and forcing sperm to use the glycolytic pathway, increased sperm motility during storage and subsequent fertility.
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His wide range of interests are indicated by his membership in the following societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow) , American Dairy Science Association, American Society of Animal Science, American Genetics Association, American Physiological Society, Society of Cell Biology, Society for the Study of Fertility, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, and Society for
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In 1971 the University of Illinois recognized his outstanding achievements in research and contributions to agriculture with the Funk Award, and national acclaim resulted upon his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974. This was followed by a Distinguished Service Award from the American Dairy Science Association in 197S for his lifetime contributions to science and the dairy industry.
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He was elected to the Executive Committee of the Graduate College, the Long-Range Planning Committee, the Council on Program Evaluation, the Faculty Senate, the Committee on Academic Freedom, the Committee to Determine Policy on Classified Research, and many others. These positions, committees, and others benefited from his brilliant mind and the wisdom that came from experience.
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During those nine years Salisbury continued to publish research. In addition, he became more interested in and deeply concerned about the efficiency of the agricultural experiment stations in the United States and the effectiveness of the Cooperative Extension Service in delivering timely information to the needy anywhere.
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His garden continued to grow larger during retirement. Salisbury loved to till the soil, plant the tiny seeds, and watch a variety of nourishing vegetables grow, especially if someone else would weed the garden and harvest the abundant supply.
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In retrospect, Glenn Wade Salisbury combined intellect, vision, and unlimited enthusiasm with integrity, qualities that inspired others. As a result his group was the dominant factor in developing artificial insemination, the most powerful biotechnology for genetic improvement of livestock.
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Mimeograph Publication No. 1 of the Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Artificial insemination, New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, and the New York Artificial Breeders' Cooperative, Inc.
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The effect of pyridium, penicillin, furacin and phenoxethol upon the livability of spermatozoa and upon the control of bacteria in diluted bull semen. J Dairy Sci.
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Oxygen damage to bull spermatozoa and its prevention by catalase. J Dairy Sci.
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Interaction of bovine spermatozoa and steroid hormone. In Vllth International Congress of Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Munich, pp.
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