Thomas S. Osborne is in charge of plant-breeding research being
conducted by the University of Tennessee’s Agricultural Research
Laboratory for the Atomic Energy Commission. He has been in this work
since 1953.
But Dr. Osborne is a teacher at heart. Hence when students wrote
inquiring about the effects of radiation on seeds, he took great
interest in replying. From these replies grew mimeographed literature
suggesting experiments for students; then this and other booklets.
Dr. Osborne received his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State
University and his doctorate from Washington State University.