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International Award of Honour
International Award of Honor RecipientsThis prestigious award is presented by the Directors of the International Board with gratitude to acknowledge exceptional and distinguished service to the Society and its members. IPPS honors an active member of the Society at the conference of the Region hosting the International Tour and International Board ...
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HRI Honoree William Flemer III
A third generation nurseryman, William (Bill) Flemer grew up in the Princeton, NJ area. He began his college career in 1942 attending Yale University, where he earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters Degree in botany. His college studies were postponed during World War II when he served in the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion. After ...
HRI Honoree Ralph Shugert
Ralph Shugert was born and raised in St. Louis Missouri. In 1939 he enrolled at the University of Missouri with a major in Forestry. In 1943 World War II interrupted his education when he served with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific Theater until his honorable discharge in November 1945. He returned to the University of Missouri in 1946 and recei...
HRI Honoree Peter Orum
Peter Orum was born in Soborg (a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark) on December 4th, 1941. He was a nursery apprentice at Spejlborg Nursery and Vilvorde Nursery for 4 years. At that time he received his Horticulture Journeyman’s certificate. In 1961 he graduated from Vilvorde (Copenhagen) Horticulture School with a diploma. He enlisted in the Royal D...
HRI Honoree Lewis Charles Chadwick
L.C. Chadwick was born on August 13, 1902, in Randolph Center, Vermont. He received his Bachelor of Science in Horticulture from the University of Vermont in 1925 and his Ph.D. in Horticulture from Cornell University in 1931. Ohio State University hired L.C. as an Assistant Professor of Horticulture in 1929. He remained at that institution for his ...
HRI Honoree Jim Cross
According to Wayne Mezitt, Jim Cross came to horticulture via a “coat and tie career.” Originally a stock broker, Jim founded the nursery Environmentals in Cutchogue, Long Island and soon turned it into a very successful operation. According to Mezitt, Jim had an ability to take a cutting in December and turn it into a salable plant by May. Sid...
HRI Honoree James S. Wells
Jim Wells was born in Colchester, England in 1915. Cecil and Jim met in Bournemouth England, which is 107 miles southwest of London, where Cecil was stationed as an ATS (equivalent to an American WACS). They were married on July 29th, 1940. Jim and Cecil were married for 60 years.During World War II Jim grew vegetables for the war effort. Immediate...
HRI Honoree Dr. William E. Snyder
Dr. William Snyder was born on August 15th, 1914, in the city of Neosho, Missouri. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Colorado and his Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He served in the military service from 1942 to 1946, after which he obtained a position at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, as Assistant Profess...
HRI Honoree Alfred J. Fordham
Al Fordham is a native of Massachusetts who grew up in Delham, Massachusetts. He began his career as a student intern at The Arnold Arboretum and ended up staying for the next 50 years.He began his informal education during his childhood, when his father was a superintendent of a large nursery in Massachusetts. After he completed his internship at ...
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Horticultural Occupational Training in South Africa | Hans-Jürgen Sittig
A brief overview of the development of an occupational qualification for persons working in nurseries who have had no or very poor previous skills training.