Springville Herald | 1955-05-26 | Page 2 | Husband of Local Girl Gets $5000 Science Award

Husband of Local Girl Gets S5000 Science Award John I. Holley has just returned from Renner, Texas, where he attended at-tended the banquet and ceremony at which his son-in-law, Dr. Sterling Sterl-ing R. Olsen, was presented a $5000 award for the most important import-ant scientific contribution to American agriculture during the past two years. Dr. Olsen, whose wife is the former Grace Holley, is a U. S. Department of Agriculture soil scientist stationed at Colorado A&M University, Fort Collins, Colo., where they make their home. He is a native of Spanish Fork receiving his science degree from the BYU in 1938 and his PhD. degree from Ohio State Uni-" Uni-" versity in 1942. His mother is Mrs. Joseph Olsen of Spanish Fork. Last year Dr. Olsen and bis coworkers co-workers developed a new test for f ' '" i r ' ' ' ' I . ' if' ' '. ; I i wmi- r v , ''',, ' ''' : ; Mr . : : , -'f . Dr. Sterling R. Olsen measuring the amount of plant nutrient nu-trient phosphorus available in soils for plant growth. Since its release the test has been adopted widely throughout the United States and in foreign countries. Dr. Olsen received his award from the Texas Research Foundation Founda-tion at Renner.