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The documents were recently discovered in the USDA-ARS archives. Four of those in the photo laid the groundwork for much of the oat research and breeding being carried out today.  \nFigure 1: Frank Coffman, H.C. (Pat) Murphy, Gus Wiebe, Harland Stevens, and Lee Briggle after a hard day’s work fishing at Springfield Lake, Idaho.  \nOat Newsletter  [oatnews.org](oatnews.org)  \nFigure 2: Details concerning the aforementioned outing.  \nFrank Coffman was a principal agronomist at the USDA-ARS in Aberdeen, ID, and was “known for his research achievements in winter oat improvement and in initiating uniform oat testing nurseries”. (His obituary is here.) Perhaps his best-known work is the book “Oat History, Identification and Classification”, published in 1977.  \nHarland Stevens was a senior research agronomist at USDA-ARS in Aberdeen, and was “widely recognized for his work in growing small grains for researchers across the United States”.  \nAmong other things, he co-authored “Culture of Oats in the Western States” with Frank Coffmanand T.R. Stanton.  \nLee Briggle was a research geneticist with the USDA-ARS.“His research contributions (were) principally through breeding and genetic studies involved with disease resistance and end-use quality factors in wheat and oats.” For example, he studied the amino acid composition of oat groats.  \nH.C. (Pat) Murphy “figured prominently in international oat research for developing disease resistant oat varieties and in spearheading programs to improve oat quality…He was first to  \nOat Newsletter  [oatnews.org](oatnews.org)  \nscreen the world oat collection for resistance to crown rust, one of the most destructive diseases of oats, and to establish a standard procedure for identifying pathogenic races of the crown rust fungus”. (That paper is here.)  \nGus Wiebe worked on barley, not oats, but we’ll forgive him for that!  \nMany similar fishing trips have been made by oat researchers visiting Aberdeen over the years. The great tragedy in all of this was Pat Murphy’s death by drowning in 1968. More information can be found in his obituary. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his death, which was commemorated at the AOWC 2018 meeting in Seattle, WA.  \n-Charlene Wight, November, 2018","cbCaib1I9p5zDGqA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib1I9p5zDGqA","pdf",714657,"English","# Gone Fishing!\n## Archival discovery\n## Key researchers and contributions\n## Springfield Lake trip\n## Pat Murphy remembrance","[{\"question\":\"What prompted the “Gone Fishing!” newsletter article?\",\"answer\":\"The article was created after documents were recently discovered in the USDA-ARS archives, accompanied by photos and certificates tied to oat researchers’ fishing outings.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is Frank Coffman and what is he known for in the text?\",\"answer\":\"Frank Coffman is described as a principal agronomist known for research achievements in winter oat improvement and initiating uniform oat testing nurseries, and he authored “Oat History, Identification and Classification.”\"},{\"question\":\"How does the newsletter address Pat Murphy’s death and its anniversary?\",\"answer\":\"It notes Pat Murphy’s death by drowning in 1968 and states that 2018 marked the 50th anniversary, commemorated at the AOWC 2018 meeting in Seattle, WA.\"}]","Gone Fishing - Oat Newsletter | PDF"]