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Cotton breeder Cooper to receive honorary doctorate at NMSU
Cooper of Shafter a renowned cotton breeding pioneer receives an honorary doctorate at New Mexico State University's fall commencement held December twelve in the Pan American Center Las Cruces. About eight hundred graduates attended. Cooper helped develop Acala Maxxa and most major San Joaquin Valley varieties since 1973. He has ties to NMSU, USDA, Boswell Co. and Phytogen.
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B. Cooper, Jr
Shafter
New Mexico University
Pan American Center
NMSU
Las Cruces
Cooper
San Joaquin Valley
G.N. Stroman
U.S. Air
U.S. Cotton Research Station
California
J.G. Boswell Co
Boswell
U.S
Gallegos, N.M
Tucumcari High School
Oleta Johnson
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