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Dr. M. P. Thompson Honored for Research

• A young scientist whose research has contributed significantly to the chemistry of milk proteins, and whose many publications and lectures have made him an authority in his held, has been honored by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Marvin P. Thompson, a research chemist at the Eastern Utilization Laboratory of USDA'S Agricultural Research Service in Wyndmoor, Pa., was presented with a certificate for his achievements in staff ceremonies January 20 by Dr. P. A. Wells, director of the Eastern Utilization Research and Development Division. Dr. Thompson will receive a quality within-grade increase in his salary.

Dr. Thompson's special interest has been in the caseins of cow's milk. By analyzing the milk from individual cows of known lineage, he has been able to demonstrate that variations in one type of casein, alpha_s-casein, are genetically induced. This research, which has as its primary goal the ultimate improvement of milk products, has also produced results of great importance to the whole field of genetics.