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October 25, 2002
Sutherland gift honors Jay Lush
Tom and Jean Sutherland, Ft. Collins, Colo., have contributed $500,000
toward an endowed professorship in animal breeding and genetics. Tom
Sutherland, an ISU alumnus, was a dean at American University in Beirut in
1985 when he was abducted by the Islamic Jihad and held hostage for more
than six years.
The Sutherlands have taken the lead in establishing the Jay Lush Endowed
Professorship in Animal Breeding and Genetics. Lush was Sutherland's major
professor during graduate school.
Lush was a professor of animal science from 1930 to 1966 and named
distinguished professor of agriculture in 1958. He is considered the father
of modern animal breeding and was one of the first to teach the importance
of selective breeding.
Sutherland said the idea was radical at the time because animal selections
were based on appearances in the show-ring.
Lush "wanted measurable results, such as milk production, the rate of growth
or thickness of back fat," Sutherland said.
The Sutherland gift, which will strengthen the new Center for Integrated
Animal Genomics, is part of Iowa State's Investing in People initiative. The
initiative is a two-year, $50 million effort between the university and the
ISU Foundation to raise private funds for undergraduate scholarships,
graduate fellowships and faculty support.
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