Murray Hill (seed technologist)

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Murray Hill
Hill in 1993
Born
Murray John Hill

(1939-10-05)5 October 1939
Wellington, New Zealand
Died10 June 2020(2020-06-10) (aged 80)
Takapuna, New Zealand
Alma materMassey University
Spouse
Karen Ann O'Reilly
(m. 1989; died 2014)
Scientific career
FieldsSeed technology
InstitutionsMassey University
Lincoln University
ThesisA study of seed production in 'Grasslands Ruanui' perennial ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.) 'Grasslands Kahu' Timothy (Pheleum Pratense L.) prairie grass (Bromus Unioloides H.B.K.) (1971)
Doctoral advisorBramwell Watkin

Murray John Hill (5 October 1939 – 10 June 2020) was a New Zealand seed technologist. He was the inaugural director of the Seed Technology Centre at Massey University between 1976 and 1997, and established the New Zealand Seed Technology Institute at Lincoln University in 1998.

Biography

Born in

PhD on ryegrass seed production,[3] and a Diploma of Horticulture.[1][4]

During his doctoral studies, Hill worked at the Department of Agriculture's Seed Testing Station in Palmerston North, and he eventually rose to become officer-in-charge.[4] In 1976, he returned to Massey to establish the university's Seed Technology Centre, serving as its director until 1997, and as professor of seed and crop science.[1][4] In 1998, he moved to Lincoln University to become professor of seed and crop science, and set up the New Zealand Seed Technology Institute.[1][4] He retired from Lincoln in 2004, moving to the University of Queensland Gatton Campus where he and his wife Karen Hill established the Seed Technology Institute Australia and its commercial arm, the Queensland Seed Technology Laboratory, in 2002.[4][5]

Karen Hill died on 25 August 2014,[5] and Murray Hill returned to New Zealand to live in retirement on a lifestyle block at Gladstone in the Wairarapa.[4] He died in Takapuna on 10 June 2020.[4][6]

Awards

In 1996, Hill was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand Science and Technology Medal.[1]

Selected publications

  • Hill, M. J.; Johnstone, C. R. (1985). "Heat damage and drying effects on seed quality". In Hare, M. D.; Brock, J. L. (eds.). Producing Herbage Seeds (PDF). Grassland Research and Practice Series. Palmerston North: New Zealand Grassland Association. pp. 53–57.
  • Hill, Murray, ed. (1999). The Drying and Storage of Grain and Herbage Seeds. Foundation for Arable Research. .
  • Greven, M. M.; McKenzie, B. A.; Hampton, J. G.; Hill, M. J.; Sedcole, J. R.; Hill, G. D. (2004). "Factors affecting seed quality in dwarf French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) before harvest maturity". Seed Science and Technology. 32 (3): 797–811. .

References

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  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Remembering Murray Hill". Foundation for Arable Research. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b Hill, Murray (April 2015). "A tribute to Karen Hill". Seed Testing International (149): 22. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Murray Hill death notice". The New Zealand Herald. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.