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Worshipful Company of Fruiterers’ Matthew Mack Award presented to Dr Rex Brennan

Worshipful Company of Fruiterers’ Matthew Mack Award presented to Dr Rex Brennan

12 Apr 2021

Dr Rex Brennan (image: Worshipful Company of Fruiterers)
"His work is outstanding and underpins our reputation for soft fruit breeding. Rex has also made enormous contributions to mentoring the next generation of Hutton soft fruit breeders and plant scientists"
Dr Rex Brennan (left) has received the Matthew Mack Award

The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers has presented its 2021 Matthew Mack Award to soft fruit scientist Dr Rex Brennan, an Honorary Associate of the James Hutton Institute. This triennial award is to recognise distinguished achievements in education, training and innovation within the fruit industry.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the award was presented at a virtual banquet on Wednesday 17th March 2021 by Master David Simmons, who outlined Dr Brennan's achievements.

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Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, James Hutton Institute, Tel: +44 (0)1224 395089 (direct line), +44 (0)344 928 5428 (switchboard) or +44 (0)7791 193918 (mobile).

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute