[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 145 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S6078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING RAYMOND BUSHLAND

 Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, it is with a great deal of pride 
that I honor the life and accomplishments of Dr. Raymond Bushland. This 
year, Dr. Bushland, along with his close friend and research partner 
Dr. Edward F. Knipling, posthumously received the Golden Goose award 
for his essential research into the reproductive cycle of the screwworm 
fly.
  Dr. Bushland was born in our neighboring State of Minnesota and was 
raised and educated in my home State of South Dakota. He earned both 
his bachelor's degree and master's degree in entomology from South 
Dakota State University. After completing these degrees, he pursued a 
doctorate from Kansas State University and began a long and fruitful 
career as a research scientist.
  During the 38 years Dr. Bushland worked with the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's research program, he authored over 70 scientific papers 
on the science and management of insects. He is most noted for working 
toward eradication of the screwworm fly. This scourge of man and beast 
had an annual economic impact of well over $1.8 billion, in today's 
money, to the livestock industry. Thanks to the research of Dr. 
Bushland and Dr. Knipling, most Americans have never heard of the 
screwworm fly, let alone ever dealt personally with its negative 
impacts.
  Dr. Knipling and Dr. Bushland were jointly awarded some of the 
highest honors that anyone involved in agricultural research can earn: 
the Hoblitzelle National Award, the John F. Scotte Medal, and the World 
Food Prize. Dr. Bushland is currently the only graduate of South Dakota 
State to hold a World Food Prize.
  For his life's work and service to humanity, I would like to remember 
Dr. Raymond Bushland.

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