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ucr 's honor award for personal and professional excellence -lrb- 1996 faculty -rrb- csrees award of merit -lrb- 1996 -rrb- john innes research institute gatsby traveling fellow lectureship -lrb- 1992 -rrb- lecturer -lrb- 1996 -rrb- usda secretary william pathology -lrb- 1997-2002 -rrb- acting director of the ucr biotechnology and center -lrb- 1997-2001 -rrb- american academy of microbiology fellow -lrb- sue 1997 -rrb- chair , ucr genetics graduate program -lrb- 1994-1997 johnson -rrb- university of california president 's endowed chair -lrb- 1990-1992 endowed -rrb- chair of molecular plant noel t. keen signature.tif diane ill keen noel t. keen
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noel t. keen

noel thomas keen -lrb- august 13 , 1940 -- april 18 , 2002 -rrb- was an american plant physiologist .
he spent his career teaching at university of california , riverside -lrb- ucr -rrb- .
his research focused on the varied ability of cultivars to detect and resist pathogens .
