Conference turris::scandia

88.0. "Inventors awards" by TLE::SAVAGE (Neil, @Spit Brook) Wed Apr 16 1986 09:57

Associated Press Tue 15-APR-1986 15:38                        People 

    STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Two Americans were among nine inventors
    honored for helping solve social and economic problems in poor
    countries, Sweden's Inventors Association announced. 
    
    The recipients of the new International Inventors Awards will receive a
    total of $137,000 in cash, Lennart Nilsson, president of the
    association, said Monday. 
    
    James Brewbaker, a horticulture expert at the University of Hawaii,
    Michael Benge, a Washington, D.C.-based international development
    researcher, and Australian Mark Hutton won the award for developing a
    fast-growing plant that can be used as fodder, lumber and fuel. 
    
    Britons Peter Fraenkel, Armstrong Evans and Gerald Pope were recognized
    for their work with small electrical plants. Briton Peter Morgan and
    Wilas Balwant Salunke of India were honored for their work on water   
    supplies. Amir Khan of the Philippines won the award for developments
    in agriculture. 
    
    The prizes will be given out by King Carl-Gustaf in Stockholm June 13.