Dr. Mark Wach wins China's Friendship
medal.
Dr. Mark Wach, AMI Board member and a leading fungal scientist in
the United States, has received the highest honor China awards to
foreign experts for helping advance the development of Chinese society,
economy, technology, science and education. Director of Research for
Sylvan Inc., Dr. Wach received the 2007 China Friendship Award, one of
only 50 foreigners working there to be so honored. The award is akin to
the Freedom Medals awarded by the United States to citizens of merit.
"I was overwhelmed," Dr. Wach said. "To be
recognized in such a way is a unique honor and I'm very proud and
pleased with it."
It was Dr. Wach's second honor bestowed by the Chinese. In
2006, the Province of Fujian, where a vast majority of China's
mushrooms are grown, awarded him a similar medal for his contributions
to improving mushroom production.
Dr. Wach earned his undergraduate degree at the University of
California and his master's and doctorate degrees from The
Pennsylvania State University.
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