Name | Ware, George |
Date of birth | 1924 |
Date of death | 2010 |
Remarks | Education: B.S. and M.S. (University of Oklahoma); Ph.D. (in forest ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Research: trees and urban landscapes (selected, developed, or bred numerous trees with superior hardiness or other positive attributes). Awards: a recipient of a Special Achievement Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation and a Gold Seal Award from the National Council of State Garden Clubs. 1994: American Forests' Urban Forestry Research Award. 1997: Hutchinson Medal from the Chicago Botanic Garden. 1998: Norman J. Colman Award from the American Nursery and Landscape Association; from Illinois Arborist Association, an Award of Merit. 2001: Award of Merit, the highest honor of the American Public Gardens Association. 2002: Liberty Hyde Bailey Award, the highest honor of the American Horticultural Society. 2005: from Openlands its Conservation Leadership Award. 2008: L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research by the International Society of Arboriculture. [collector note: Morton Arboretum] |
URL | http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=george-ware&pid=143953911&fhid=10088 |
ASA Botanist ID | 192247 botanist |
GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/35c7bf2c-573a-4318-a213-d846dcc04faa |
Variant name | George Ware |
Standard/Label Name | G. Ware |
Full Name | Ware, George |
Geography Collector | China, United States of America |
Specialty Collector | Phanerogams |
Citation as Collector | Name & Biogr. data from Andrew Brookes |
Holdings | Search for specimens collected by G. Ware |
Collections in | 1949 (1), 1956 (1) |