"Dr. Khan was one of the most highly respected scientists in his field," said Hugh Price, professor and chair of the department of horticultural sciences at the Agricultural Experiment Station.

"His work on dormancy and germination of seeds, on hormone physiology, on stress physiology, and physiological and chemical seed treatments was known throughout the world," Price said. "He was looked to by his peers for advice from throughout the world. He will be sorely missed in the scientific community as well as by his wonderful family and numerous colleagues and friends here at the Geneva Station."

Khan came to Cornell in 1965 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 1971 and to professor in 1980. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Karachi, Pakistan, in chemistry, biology and physiology in 1956 and 1957 respectively. He was awarded his doctorate degree from the department of biology at the University of Chicago in 1963.

Khan had more than 170 refereed scientific journal articles to his credit. He also was editor of three books in the areas of seed physiology and biology published in 1977, 1982 and 1992.

He is survived by his wife, Tamken, and two children, Karim and Zeba. Funeral services were held June 30 at the Islamic Center in Rochester, N.Y. A memorial recognition was held on Tuesday, July 8, at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests individuals consider making donations to the Islamic Center of Rochester Inc., 727 Westfall Road, Rochester, N.Y. 14692, or to the Ulysses P. Hedrick Endowment Fund for Graduate Student Education in the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University-Geneva Campus, Geneva, N.Y. 14456.

Services were Monday, July 7, at Herson Funeral Home in Ithaca for Yong H. Kim, an award-winning science writer at Cornell for 25 years. He died July 4 at SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, at age 71.

Kim covered the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, beginning in 1965 as a science writer in the Cornell News and Feature Service and subsequently as a senior science writer in the Cornell News Service. Retiring from the university in 1990, he returned to his native South Korea and worked as an adviser to The Korea Daily and The Korea Herald. He was a resident of Ithaca at the time of his death.

He held a B.A. in English literature from Dongkuk University, Seoul, as well as an M.A. in journalism from the University of Michigan, which honored him in 1955 as a foreign journalism fellow. Kim was a veteran of the Korean conflict, serving with the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division as an interpreter. He escaped a three-month captivity as a Chinese prisoner of war and rejoined the American war effort through the conclusion of the conflict in 1953, then worked for several English- and Korean-language newspapers in Seoul before joining the Cornell news staff.

Among the numerous professional honors to Kim were the Award of Excellence for Feature Writing and Magazine Writing, 1984-1990, and the Outstanding Professional Skill Award (1985) of the Agricultural Communicators in Education.

He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Chung Nyo, of Ithaca; sons David Kim of New York City and Arthur Kim of Ithaca; and a daughter, Sierra Wollmar of Springfield, Va.