PRO Notes: April 2007 - GMPro

 New positions

Keelan Pulliam to president, Conrad Fafard Inc., Greensboro , N.C.

Carey Dorris and Make Callecod to branch managers, Skinner Nurseries, Freeport, Fla., and Biloxi, Miss., respectively.

John Olson to executive vice president, International Professional Pond Contractors of America, Sunset, Fla.

Dana Dodge to branch manager, Ewing Irrigation, Golf and Industrial, Rio Rancho, N.M.

Charlie Lockerson to manager, Horizon Landscape and Design, Vero Beach , Fla.

Nanci Allen to plant projects manager, PlantHaven Inc., Santa Barbara , Calif.

Sten Crissey to vice president of development and industry relations, American Floral Endowment, Edwardsville , Ill.

Peter Friddle to president; Jeremy Latham to director of production and inventory control; Don Black to plant engineering manager; and Susan Grabowski to customer service manager, Henri Studio, Wauconda, Ill.

Paul Bially to associate district manager and field application specialist, Precision Laboratories Inc., Waukegan, Ill.

Honors

DeWitt Co., Sikeston , Mo. , was named Key Supplier of the Year-Seasonal by PRO Group.

Associations

New officers of American Society for Plasticulture: William Tietjen, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Belvidere, N.J., president; Jodi Fleck-Arnold, independent consultant, Bloomington, Ind., president-elect; Mark Jordan, Pliant Corp., Chesterbrook, Pa., vice president; and David Martin, University of Maryland Extension, Timonium, secretary-treasurer.

Denise Godfrey, Olive Hill Greenhouses, Fallbrook , Calif. , was named to the California Agricultural Leadership Program.

Business Changes

Myers Industries, Akron , Ohio , acquired ITML Horticultural Products, Ontario , Canada .

Westhoff, Holland , and McGregor Plant Sales Inc., Carlsbad , Calif. , signed a licensing agreement for genetics from Florexpo, Costa Rica .

Midwest Trading Horticultural Supplies Inc., Maple Park , Ill. , purchased the assets of White Premium Organics, Ottawa , Canada .

John Meredith opened a lobbying and grass-roots strategy firm, Meredith Advocacy Group,  Lorton , Va.

Smithers-Oasis Co., Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio , purchased Floralife Inc., Walterboro , S.C.

Biobest NV , Belgium , was acquired by a consortium of three Belgian companies.

Garick, Cleveland, acquired New Milford Farms, New Milford , Conn.

Deaths

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Willard Van Putte, founder of Van Putte Gardens, Rochester , N.Y. , died Jan. 11. He was 92.