Howard Coombs Stutz (1918–2010) was a geneticist and professor at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University is a private, non-profit research university in Provo, Utah, United States completely owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and run under the auspices of its Church Educational System. Approximately 99 percent of the students are members of the LDS Church and one-third of its U.S. students are from Utah. The university's primary focus is on undergraduate education, but it also has 68 master's and 25 doctoral degree programs.
Stutz was born and raised in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He did his undergraduate studies at and then received a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.
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He was a professor at BYU for over 40 years. His primary areas of research were on the history of the cultivation of crops, such as rye, and on desert shrubs. He is most well known for his research on Atriplex.
He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1960. [1]
Stutz was a Latter-day Saint, holding multiple position in the church over the years including as a bishop and later a stake patriarch.
He also wrote a book entitled "Let the Earth Bring Forth", Evolution and Scripture.
The genus Stutzia was named for him.
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