Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Roger Beachy, President of the Danforth Center


St. Louis, MO -- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Feb. 27 announced that Jack and Susan Taylor have given a $25 million gift to create the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels.
The Danforth Center will also recruit 12 additional new scientists during the next three years who will join 18 current Danforth scientists to engage in research at the Institute.
"The issue of growing plants to provide a source of food while at the same time meeting our increasing demand for renewable energy is of greater concern each day," said Roger N. Beachy, president of the Danforth Center. Click to read the complete story