Eugene Byron Smalley

Professor Eugene Byron Smalley (1926–2002) was an American plant pathologist.

Smalley joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1957 with the specific aim of finding a way to control Dutch elm disease[1] Assembling seeds from around the northern hemisphere, Smalley developed resistant strains of elms which were patented and released to commerce, notably 'Sapporo Autumn Gold', and 'New Horizon'.

Elms field in Morton arboretum and elm breeders, from left: George Ware , Mrs. Vera Grbić, Smalley and Ray Guries (July 2, 1987)