PRO Notes: September 2007 - GMPro

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.

Karen Reardon to director of grassroots; and Elizabeth Lawder Grotos to grassroots manager, Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment, Washington , D.C.

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.

Karl Rowan to regional manager, Sakai America , Adairsville , Ga.

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

Zach Bruce and Jill Hoffman to regional loss control managers; and Tom Richey to vice president of property claims/loss control, Hortica Insurance and Employee Benefits, Edwardsville , Ill.

Kevin Wetzonis to enhancement manager, Ruppert Nurseries Maryland Landscape Management Branch, Laytonsville , Md.

Honors

Spectrum Brands, Atlanta , received nine awards at the annual American Inhouse Design Awards presented by Graphic Design USA .

Massachusetts Horticultural Society award recipients: Daniel J. Hinkley, Heronswood Nursery, Kingston , Wash. , George Robert White Medal of Honor; Will Carlson, Michigan State University, Lansing, Thomas Roland Medal; MHS Gold Medal recipients Rudy Favretti, retired from University of Connecticut; Chris DeRosa, New England Bamboo Co., Rockport, Mass.; Barbara May; Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Inc.; and Judith Zuk, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N.Y.; MHS Silver Medal recipients Laura Eisener, People, Place and Plants magazine, Boston; Deborah Krause, Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center, Watertown, Mass.; and Julie Morris, Blithewold Mansion and Gardens, Bristol, R.I.

Gene Lester, USDA Subtropical Research Center , Weslaco , Texas , and Yin-Tung Wang, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center , Weslaco , Texas , were named Fellows by American Society for Horticultural Science.

Associations

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

Business changes

Fides North America, Santa Paula , Calif. , partnered with Koppe, Holland , to breed begonias.

Florelite BV, Holland, and Fleurizon LLC, Camarillo , Calif. , formed a marketing partnership to introduce varieties bred by ELT Breeding, Holland . 

Easy Gardener Products Inc., Waco , Texas , acquired Phoenix Recycled Products Inc., Batesburg , S.C.

Texas Turf Irrigation Association endorsed Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Dallas, provider of Texas Green Industry Workers’ Compensation Group.

HMC International, Rome , N.Y. , acquired assets of Union Products Inc., Leominster , Mass.

Sato Labeling Solutions, Romeoville , Ill. , entered a strategic alliance with John Henry Horticulture, Lansing , Mich. , for merchandising and packaging solutions.

Florapersonnel Inc., Sanford , Fla. , changed its name to Florasearch Inc.

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.