Education History

B.S. 1967 - 1971 University of Minnesota, Department of Horticulture.

M.S. 1974 - 1976 University of Minnesota, Department of Horticulture, Minor in Plant Pathology

Ph.D. 1976 - 1979 University of Minnesota, Department of Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics

Academic Appointments

1969 - 1971 Laboratory Assistant, Fruit and Vegetable Breeding and Genetics Programs, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

1971 - 1973 Technical Assistant, United States Agency for International Development Program, Institute of Agronomy of Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco.

1973 - 1974 Project Coordinator, Department of International Agricultural Programs, University of Minnesota Intern Program for Morocco, St. Paul, MN.

1974 - 1979 Research Assistant, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

1979 - 1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Position description of fifty percent research and fifty percent teaching.

1984 - 1986 Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Tenure granted May, 1984. Position description of fifty percent research and fifty percent teaching.

1986 - 1990 Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Tenure Granted May, 1986. Position description of fifty percent research and fifty percent teaching.

1990 - 2001 Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Position description of fifty percent research and fifty percent teaching.

2001 – 2008 Professor and Chair of Department, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

2008 - present Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Position description of fifty percent research and fifty percent teaching.

Awards and Honors

1969 - Federal Garden Club Scholarship to outstanding undergraduate, Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

1970 - Vincent Bailey Scholarship to outstanding undergraduate from Bailey Nurseries, Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

1982 - Kenneth Post Award, American Society for Horticultural Science, Outstanding Research by Graduate Student in floriculture, ornamental, and landscape horticulture. Presented at the annual meeting for the American Society for Horticultural Science, Ames, IA.

1984 - University of Maryland Excellence in Research Award. Presented by the Alumni Association International, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College Park, MD.

1986 - Outstanding Young Faculty Excellence Award (one of three selected), University of Maryland, Division of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College Park, MD.

1986 - International Plant Propagator's Society Research Award. Presented at the International Plant Propagator's Society annual meeting, Hershey, PA.

1989 - Horticultural Research Institute D.C. Karl Juninger Research Award, Washington, D.C. Presented at the Wisconsin Landscape Federation annual awards banquet, Manitowoc, WI.

1990 - Ornamental Publications Award, American Society for Horticultural Science. Presented at the annual meeting for the American Society for Horticultural Science, Tucson, AZ.

1994 - Jung Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching. Presented by the University of Wisconsin, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Madison, WI.

1995 - Madison One Hundred Award. Selected as one of the most creative, influential and entrepreneurial people in Madison. Presented by Madison Magazine, Madison, WI.

1998 – Grand Award, Associated Landscape Contractors of America (co-recipient). Presented at the annual meeting for the Annual Interior Plantscape Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Teaching

Horticulture 120: Survey of Horticulture (Guest Lecture). An undergraduate introductory course aimed at familiarizing students with fruits, vegetables, turf, and ornamentals. Times taught: 2. Time period: 1993-1994. Average class size: 52.

Horticulture 132: Garden Management. An undergraduate introductory course to horticulture aimed at familiarizing students with fruits, vegetables, turf, and herbaceous and woody ornamental plants. Times taught: 5. Time period: 1979-1983. Average class size: 71.

Horticulture 271: Plant Propagation. Advanced undergraduate level course aimed at familiarizing students with concepts and techniques in sexual and asexual propagation of plants. Times taught: 10. Time period: 1980-1986. Average class size: 54.

Horticulture 232: Ornamental Plants I. Advanced undergraduate course aimed at familiarizing students with identification, culture, etc. of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous ornamental plants. Times taught: 9. Time period: 1987-present. Average class size: 38.

Horticulture 233: Ornamental Plants II. Advanced undergraduate course aimed at familiarizing students with identification, culture, etc. of indoor ornamental foliage plants. Times taught: 9. Time period: 1988-present. Average class size: 30.

Horticulture 330: Principles of Greenhouse Management. Advanced undergraduate/graduate course aimed at familiarizing students with concepts of greenhouse design, operation and management. Times taught: 1. Time period: 1986. Class size: 33.

Horticulture 331: Principles of Greenhouse Management Laboratory. Advanced undergraduate/graduate laboratory course to provide hands on experience for Horticulture 330. Times taught: 1. Time period: 1986. Class size: 13.

Horticulture 334: Greenhouse Production of Ornamental Plants. Advanced undergraduate/graduate level course aimed at familiarizing students with concepts of producing potted and cut flower crops. Times taught: 8. Time period: 1987-present. Average class size: 23.

Horticulture 335: Greenhouse Production of Ornamental Plants Laboratory. Advanced undergraduate/graduate course to provide hands on experience for Horticulture 334. Times taught: 8. Time period: 1987-present. Average class size: 18.

Horticulture 386, 387, 399, and 699. Special Problems. Advanced undergraduate course to allow students to work individually with a faculty on a special research topic of mutual interest. Times taught: 37. Time period: 1981-present. Credits: 1-4. Average class size: 1.

Horticulture 410. Seminar. Advanced undergraduate seminar for graduating seniors aimed at allowing students to select, research and present (orally and written) a topic of relevant interest to their undergraduate training as a capstone experience. Times taught: 1. Time period: 1987. Average class size: 40.

Horticulture 472: Advanced Plant Propagation. Advanced undergraduate/graduate course aimed at familiarizing students with scientific concepts linked to sexual and asexual propagation of plants. Times taught: 3. Time period: 1984-1986. Average class size: 13.

Horticulture 502. Techniques of Plant Breeding (Team taught). An advanced undergraduate/graduate course aimed at familiarizing students with plant breeding-genetic studies of faculty on campus. Times taught: 10. Time period: 1987-present. Average class size: 17.

Horticulture 782. Chemical Regulation of Growth of Horticulture Plants (Team taught). A graduate course aimed at familiarizing students with concepts and practices of plant growth regulators in horticultural crop production. Times taught: 1. Time period: 1984. Average class size: 17.

Horticulture 798. Research Proposal Analysis Seminar. A graduate course aimed at assisting graduate students in preparing written and oral critic of their research proposals and that of their colleagues. Times taught: 5. Time period: 1984-1986. Average class size: 11.

Horticulture 957. Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics Seminar (Team taught). A graduate student seminar for the Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics Program. Times taught: 1. Time period: 1993. Class size: 24.

History of Research

In vitro and post-in vitro environmental influences on geophyte bulb physiology. Time period: 1974-1989.

Adventitious root initiation and development: An anatomical, genetic and physiological analysis. Time period: 1974-present.

Genetic, cytogenetic, physiological, and biochemical studies of Zinnia elegans, Z. angustifolia and their interspecific hybrids. Time period: 1979-1994.

Genetic and physiological analysis of cut flower postharvest longevity. Time period: 1991-present.

Germplasm Releases

Interspecific hybrids of Zinnia elegans and Zinnia angustifolia. Time: 1986. Recipient: Sakata Seed Company, Japan.

Double flowered Nicotiana alata. Time: 1998. Recipient: Flora Nova International, England.

Professional Societies

* American Rock Garden Society.
* American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.
* American Society for Horticultural Science.
* Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences.
* Commercial Flower Grower's of Wisconsin.
* International Plant Propagator's Society.
* International Society of Horticultural Science.
* Minnesota State Horticulture Society.
* Ornamental Crop Advisory Committee, National Plant Germplasm System.
* Society for In Vitro Biology

Allen Centennial Gardens

Director, Allen Centennial Gardens from 1986-present. This is a facility composed of 22 garden styles from around the world. The gardens are devoted to support instructional programs for the department, college, university, and public. Construction occurred from 1986 to 1997. I act directly and/or indirectly with fundraising for construction and maintenance; installation of the facility; supervision of employees; and programmatic use of the facility.