Orville Vogel (1907–1991) was an American scientist and wheat breeder whose research enabled the "Green Revolution" in world food production.
He married Bertha Berkman in 1931 and began his career as a wheat breeder at Washington State College (now University) in Pullman in 1931.
[1] Cecil Salmon, a biologist working in post-World War II Japan, collected 16 varieties of wheat, including Norin 10, which was developed by an agronomist Gonjiro Inazuka in Iwate Prefecture to be very short, thus less likely to suffer wind damage.
Vogel shared his seeds of Norin 10 and Norin 10/Brevor 14 cross with Norman Borlaug, who later received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the “green revolution.”[2] Borlaug publicly acknowledged Vogel's contributions to his research.
[1] Washington State University honored Vogel by naming a chair and a building after him: the Orville A. Vogel Endowed Chair in Wheat Breeding and Genetics, that is currently co-occupied by winter wheat breeder Arron Carter and spring wheat breeder Michael Pumphrey , and the Orville A. Vogel Plant BioSciences Building.