Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education
2015 Nomination Packet and Information
Thanks for your time and effort in helping SAF recognize those individuals who have made
significant contributions to the health and advancement of the floriculture industry through
research and education. Enclosed are all of the materials you need to submit a nomination for
the Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education. Please follow the instructions below.
1.
Deadline for receipt of nominations by SAF is February 1, 2015.
2.
Please complete all sections of both pages of the nomination form.
3.
If you need additional space, please continue on additional sheets, clearly referencing the
nomination form section to which your additional comments are related.
4.
You may approximate the enclosed form with your own document provided that it
contains all information requested, preferably in the same order and with the same
titles/subtitles.
5.
Please include a summary, not to exceed one page, of relevant publications by the
nominee. Summary should include citations for what the nominator deems to be the
nominee’s five top publications and statements about why they are important, followed by
a simple tabulation of other publications.
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A letter of introduction from the nominator may be included if so desired.
7.
Complete nomination must be no longer than five pages, minimum type size 10 point,
including letter of introduction, completed nomination forms (2 pages), summary of
publications and any additional sheets as described in item 3 above.
8.
In addition to the five pages, an unlimited number of letters of recommendation or support
from other parties may be submitted. Such letters may be collected by the nominator and
submitted with the nomination forms or may be forwarded directly to SAF at the address
below by the authors of such letters.
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Attached is a list of all recipients of the award to date. These individuals are not eligible
to receive the award a second time.
Please submit all nomination materials by mail or e-mail to:
Jenester Corbin, Awards Committee Liaison
Society of American Florists
1601 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
jcorbin@safnow.org
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2015
If you have questions, contact Jenester Corbin at 800-336-4743 ext. 234 or jcorbin@safnow.org.
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Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education
2015 Nomination Packet and Information
A brief biography of Professor Alex Laurie
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SAF’s Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education is presented annually to an individual who has
made broad-scope, long lasting contributions to research or education in the floriculture industry.
The award is named for Alex Laurie who, throughout a career that spanned more than 60 years, laid the
groundwork for research that revolutionized the floriculture industry and who left a lineage of students,
teachers and researchers who continued to this day to provide the information necessary to ensure the
industry’s future. Professor Laurie exemplified the perfect blend of researcher and educator – he knew
the value of his research results, knew how to communicate that value and knew how to teach growers to
apply it to their own operations. His pioneering work in photoperiodism, fertilizers, nutrition and other
areas paved the way for additional research leading to countless advancements in floriculture production.
Laurie was born in France in 1892, and arrived in the United Stated in 1903, attending high school in
New York City. He received his BS degree from Cornell University in 1914 and was for two years a
horticulture instructor at the University of Maine. In 1916, Laurie became a horticulturist at the Missouri
Botanical Garden in St. Louis, receiving his MA from St. Louis’ Washington University in 1917. He
remained at the Botanical Garden until 1920, and from 1920 to 1925 worked in various aspects of the
commercial floriculture industry, including retail floristry and greenhouse production.
In 1925, Laurie became Assistant Professor of Horticulture at Michigan State University, where he
remained until 1929. During that time, he helped organize and served as Executive Secretary of the
Michigan Florists Association.
In 1929, Laurie became Head Professor of the Division of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture at the
Ohio State University, where he remained until he retired from teaching in 1952. During this tenure at
OSU, over 600 students received degrees in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture under his tutelage.
Many of these students went on to highly responsible positions in industry, education and research, and
now third generations of his students are teaching a fourth. While at OSU, Laurie helped found and
served as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of Roses, Inc.
In 1952, Laurie retired to Florida, where he founded and was president of Whistling Pines Gardens Inc., a
tropical plant production nursery. In 1963, he moved to Pine Mountain Georgia, and became a
horticultural consultant to Callaway Gardens. Mr. Laurie died in 1982 at the age of 89.
In addition to those he helped found, Laurie was a member of fifteen other floriculture industry
associations, and in 1964 was elected to SAF’s Floricultural Hall of Fame. In 1977, he received the SAF
award named for him. He was the author of eight books on floriculture production, nursery management
and retail floristry, and was author and co-author of dozens of papers published in the scientific literature
and articles published in the trade and popular press.
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Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education
List of Recipients
Following is a list of all recipients of the Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education to date.
These individuals are not eligible to receive the award a second time.
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John Dole, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University - Raleigh
1997
2013
Virginia Walter, MS
California Polytechnic State University
– San Luis Obispo
1995
Dr. William Carpenter
University of FloridAa
Dr. Ed Sisler
North Carolina State University – Raleigh
1994
Dr. August A. DeHertogh
North Carolina State University
Dr. Raymond Cloyd
Kansas State University
1993
Dr. Anton Kofranek
University of California
Dr. Ann Chase
University of Florida
1992
Dr. Harry Tayama
Ohio State University
Dr. Lance Osborne
University of Florida
1991
Dr. Harold Wilkins
Nurserymen's Exchange,
Half Moon Bay, CA
1990
Dr. Richard Craig
Pennsylvania State University
1989
G. Victor Ball
George J. Ball, Inc.
Chicago, IL
1996
2012
2011
2010
2009
Dr. Michael Parrella
University of California-Davis
Dr. Royal Heins
Michigan State University
2008
Dr. James Barrett
University of Florida
2007
Dr. James Moyer
North Carolina State University
2006
Dr. Allan Armitage
University of Georgia
2005
Dr. Kevin Keinz
Texas A&M University
1988
Dr. Roy A. Larson
North Carolina State University
2004
Dr. Mary Hausbeck
Michigan State University
1987
Dr. Robert Wing Langhans
Cornell University
2003
Dr. Michael Reid
University of California
1986
Dr. William H. Carlson
Michigan State University
2002
Dr. Richard A. Criley
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1985
Dr. Lowell C. Ewart
Michigan State University
2001
Dr. Paul V. Nelson
North Carolina State University
1984
Dr. Claude Hope
Linda Vista, S.A.
2000
Dr. Joe J. Hanan
Colorado State University
1983
Dr. Gail Edwin Beck
University of Wisconsin
1999
Dr. P. Allen Hammer
Purdue University
1982
Professor James W. Boodley
Cornell University
1998
Margery Daughtrey
Cornell University
Long Island Horticultural Research Labs
1982
Professor Haruyuki Kamemoto
University of Hawaii
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1981
Dr. Richard E. Widmer
University of Minnesota
1964
Dr. Marlin N. Rogers
University of Missouri
1980
Dr. Elwood Kalin
Washington State University
1964
Professor James E. Smith, Jr.
University of Missouri
1979
Dr. John White
Pennsylvania State University
1963
Dr. Neil Stuart
USDA, Washington, DC
1978
Dr. Toshio Murashige
University of California
1963
Dr. Samuel Emsweller
USDA, Washington, DC
1977
Professor Alex Laurie
Ohio State University
1962
Paul R. Krone
Michigan State University
1976
Dr. D.C. Kiplinger
Ohio State University
1960
Dr. Gustav A.L. Mehiquist
University of Connecticut
1974
Professor Oliver A. Batcheller
California Polytechnic State University
1959
Dr. W.D. Holley
Colorado State University
1974
Dr. Howard C. Brown
California Polytechnic State University
1958
Dr. James B. Shanks
University of Maryland
1973
Alvi O. Voigt
Pennsylvania State University
1957
Dr. John R. Culbert
University of Illinois
1972
Dr. Charles E. Hess
Rutgers University
1956
Dr. A.F. DeWerth
Texas A&M University
1971
Dr. Harry Trelogan
USDA Statistical Reporting Service
Washington, DC
1956
Dr. Wesley Davidson
Rutgers University
1955
1970
Professor A.W. Dimock
Cornell University
Dr. Henry M. Cathey
Cornell University
1954
C. Fisher
1969
E. Gurney Mann
E.G. Hill Company
Richmond, IN
1954
Kenneth Post
1953
M. Truman
USDA, Washington, DC
1952
R. Hampton
1952
B. Brunk
1951
N. Stuart
1950
Conrad Olson
1949
F. Smith
1948
W. Blauvelt
1968
Dr. H.H. Thornberry
University of Illinois
1967
Dr. Louis Berninger
University of Wisconsin
1966
Professor James E. Smith, Jr.
University of Missouri
1965
Dr. John G. Seeley
Cornell University
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Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education
Nomination Packet and Information
USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NECESSARY
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Nominee Information
Name:
Company/Institution
Business Address
City/State/Zip
Telephone/Fax/E-mail
Home Address
City/State/Zip
Telephone/Fax
Date of Birth
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Professional Experience/Industry Activities, Continued
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Testimonial
Please provide your personal viewpoint on the nominee’s contribution to the lasting improvement
of the floriculture industry through research and/or education.
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Nominator Information
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