Given the question: Facts: - residence: new zealand - thesis url: http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/record=b1803200~s4 - fields: plant physiology - thesis year: 1958 - awards: hector zealand order of merit -lrb- 2010 -rrb- medal -lrb- 1984 -rrb- member of the new - birth date: 1931 - thesis title: studies on the physiology of sugar-cane - name: roderick leon bieleski - alma mater: university of sydney Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of roderick leon bieleski .
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roderick leon bieleski -lrb- born 1931 -rrb- is a new zealand plant physiologist .born in 1931 , bieleski attended auckland university college , graduating with an msc with first-class honours in 1955 .after completing a phd on the process of sugar transport in sugar cane at the university of sydney in 1958 , he began a research career at the new zealand department of scientific and industrial research -lrb- dsir -rrb- , retiring in 1996 .from 1980 to 1988 he was the director of the dsir 's division of horticulture and processing .he was elected a fellow of the royal society of new zealand in 1973 , and won the society 's hector medal in 1984 .he was awarded a dsc by thesis by the university of sydney in 1990 , and he was appointed a member of the new zealand order of merit for services to horticultural science in the 2010 new year honours .