Notables: August 2007 - Nursery Management & Production

New positions

Richard Kelly to technical sales manager, BioWorks Inc., Fairport, N.Y.

Karl J. Kisner to marketing manager; and Travis Klosterboer to sales specialist, BASF Professional Turf and Ornamentals, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Todd Burkdoll to market development specialist, BASF Specialty Products, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Margaret Hicks to vice president; and Dan Strader to sales representative, Charlie Cook Associates, Dallas.

Tom Littman to district manager, Sun Gro Horticulture Distribution Inc., Bellevue, Wash.

Carol Schram to global marketing manager, Floralife Inc., Walterboro, S.C.

Jared Bodnar to vice president, Canyon Communications Inc., Mesa, Ariz.

Chad Huber, Dick Edwards and Gerad Himebaugh to regional sales representatives, Bandit Industries Inc., Remus, Mich.

Matt Benson to business services leader, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis.

Tyler Morrison to sales representative, American Coolair, Jacksonville, Fla.

Craig R. Cowden to president, Horizon Horticultural Group, Vero Beach, Fla.

Brian McGuffin to sales representative, Cleary Chemical Corp., Dayton, N.J.

Scott Todd to national business manager, Valent U.S.A. Corp., Walnut Cree, Calif.

Associations

Illinois Nurserymen’s Association, Springfield, changed its name to Illinois Green Industry Association.

Deaths

Ken Mills, formerly of Rain Bird Corp. and immediate past president of the Irrigation Association, died May 3. He was 65.

John G. Seeley, longtime Cornell University faculty member and namesake of the annual Seeley Conference, died May 9. He was 92.

Joe Burks, Certified Rose Growers Inc., Tyler, Texas, died June 3. He was 79.

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Fount May Sr., May Nursery, Quincy, Fla., died June 12. He was 87.