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The renowned International Rice Research Institute, birthplace of the Green Revolution, was built adjacent to the University of the Philippines at Los Banos, on the university research farm. Amidst the tropical vegetation on the UPLB campus stands an arch that bears the script, ‘To Dean H.L. Russell, Wisconsin’ on one side and the date 1926 on the other. Can you tell me more about it?

This arch commemorates H.L. Russell, who served as the dean of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture from 1907 to 1930. Russell sponsored scholarships for University of the Philippines at Los Banos faculty members to travel to the United States for graduate studies. In appreciation, the arch was dedicated in his honor.

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