 Hugh Iltis

Hugh Iltis (April 7, 1925 – December 19, 2016) was a professor of botany and director of the herbarium at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.While he is most noted as a scientist for his role in the discovery of perennial teosinte ("Zea diploperennis"), a wild diploid relative of modern maize ("Zea mays"), he is also remembered as an outspoken environmental conservationist.