Ruth Patrick/Definition

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An American botanist whose specialization was freshwater diatoms. Forming many partnerships with industry to pioneer pollution controls, she founded the Patrick Center for Environmental Research in 1947 and helped formulate the Clean Water Act of 1972.

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