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University of Florida Honors ASPB Emeritus Member Indra Vasil

On January 9, 2009, the Horticultural Sciences Department of the University of Florida dedicated the Vimla and Indra Vasil Library and Reading Room, honoring ASPB emeritus member Indra K. Vasil and his wife, Vimla Vasil, graduate research professor emeritus and scientist emeritus, respectively, at the university. The new library houses the vast and comprehensive collection of botanical books and journals accumulated by Indra Vasil over 60 years of academic life and is supplemented by an equally large collection of horticultural books and journals donated by past and present faculty members. With more than 3,000 volumes, many dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, and 90 journals, the library is a valuable new teaching and research resource. The university already has an endowed professorship—the Vasil-Monsanto Professorship in plant molecular biology—named after Indra Vasil.