OUR COMMUNITY OF PALM PEOPLE
The Personalities of the Palm World
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1956-1957 Dent Smith, Florida 1957-1960 Dr. Walter Hodge, Florida 1960-1962 Eugene Kitzke, Florida 1962-1964 David Barry Jr., California 1964-1966 Nat J. DeLeon, Florida 1966-1968 Otto Martens, California 1968-1970 Dr. Jerome P. Keuper, Florida 1970-1972 Dr. John Popenoe, Florida 1972-1974 Kenneth (Ken) C. Foster, California 1974-1976 Dr. U.A. Young, Florida 1976-1978 Myron Kimnach, California 1978-1980 Donn Carlsmith, Hawaii 1980-1982 Paul A. Drummond, Florida 1982-1984 Richard Douglas, California 1984-1986 Allan Bredeson, California 1986-1988 Edward McGehee 1988-1992 Jules Gervais, Florida …
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1958 Miami, Florida, USA 1960 Miami, Florida, USA 1962 Miami, Florida, USA 1964 Arcadia, California, USA 1966 Miami, Florida, USA 1968 Arcadia, California, USA 1970 Melbourne, Florida, USA 1972 Mexico City, Mexico 1974 Miami, Florida, USA 1976 Melbourne, Florida, USA 1978 California, USA 1980 The Big Island, Hawaii, USA 1982 Tampa, Miami and Key West, Florida, USA 1984 San Francisco, California, USA 1986 San Diego, California, USA 1988 Queensland, Australia 1990 The Big Island, Hawaii, USA 1992 Miami, Florida, USA 1994 Caracas, Venezuela 1996 Orange County, California, USA …
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ADAIR, Cindy
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Six years ago, Cindy (apaandssa) fell in love with a Puerto Rican farm planted with dozens of palms, some quite rare. Efforts to learn more led her to the Encyclopedia of Palms in the local library. Soon more books and internet searches directed her to the IPS website and Palmtalk. Fast forward a few years and palms have become a major interest, thanks largely to this forum. An unexpected benefit of her palm obsession was attending the Thailand Biennial. Encouragement by IPS/Palmtalk members convinced Cindy to take a more active role. Sitting in on a Board meeting in Thailand persuaded her to join the Palmtalk committee. She still grows orchids and many other…
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SPANNER, Tobias - Director
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PalmTalk Username: Toby Tobias Spanner became seriously interested in palm trees in 1987 and joined the International Palm Society soon after. In 2002, Toby was elected to the IPS’s board of directors and currently holds one of the two offices of Vice President. Toby has also been a member of the European Palm Society since its formation and served as editor of the EPS’s journal for several years. Toby is the author of Das Palmen Kulturhandbuch (1992), a handbook for growing palms, and co-author of the 320 page Winterharte Palmen (2007), which focuses on his specialization, cold-hardy palms. Additionally, Toby has published numerous articles in “Principies” (now “Palms…
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PalmTalk Username: John Dransfield John Dransfield was born in Liverpool, U.K., in 1945. He obtained his bachelor degree in botany at Cambridge University in 1967 and went on to do his Ph.D. at the same university, researching the two Malayan palm genera Johannesteijsmannia and Eugeissona. His first job was in Indonesia on a British aid project, attached to the Bogor Botanical Gardens and Herbarium. In 1975 he joined the staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, where he was the head of palm research until his retirement in 2005. He continues to do research at Kew as an Honorary Research Fellow. John has been a member of the IPS since 1969. In 1981, he began collaboration …
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BRIAN, Tim - Director
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Palmtalk Username: realarch Tim has always had palm fever, but it didn't become terminal until purchasing property in Hilo back in 2004. After retiring from architecture and moving to Hawaii from San Diego full time in 2009, Tim became an active member in the Hawaii Island Palm Society. He served as Vice President for one year and is now in his third year term as President. Along with creating and maintaing a one acre palm garden in Hilo with his life partner Bob, he is also part of the crew that helps maintain the palm garden at the Panaewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo. Keeping busy isn't problem and he has been described by his friends as a palm impersonating a human. Tim …
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BAKER, Raymond F.
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Raymond F. Baker (1945-2010) by Jacob Knecht Berkeley, California (Reproduced from PALMS Volume 55(1) 2011 - copyright). It is with great sadness that we report the loss of Raymond F. Baker, who died on 29 November 2010 of respiratory failure after a five-year batt le with pulmonary fibrosis. He dedicated 38 years of his life to the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum and is chiefly responsible for creating its world-class palm collection of more than 800 species. Ray was driven to increase the diversity of plants at the Lyon and was passionate about making it accessible to the community. Ray was born in September 1945 in Passaic, New Jersey. He graduated from the …
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BEARE, Elena - Director
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PalmTalk Username: Elena B. Uruguay Elena Beare, from Uruguay, South America, has been an IPS member since 1994, and with her husband George, has attended six biennials. She used to own a floral design business, but shifted to landscaping and that was the start of her attraction to palms. She bought a farm for palm production where she now grows two acres with more than 2000 Butias, queen palms, and Washingtonias. Her aim is to start a Uruguay palm society affiliate and to help preserve the world’s largest natural stand of Butia capitata, in Rocha, Uruguay.
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PalmTalk Username: bgl Bo-Göran has been interested in palms ever since growing up in Sweden. He joined the IPS and the PSSC (Palm Society of Southern California) in 1991 and served as Editor of The Palm Journal in 1993-1994. He has been a Director on the IPS Board since 1994 and served as Vice President 2004-2008. In 1995, Bo-Göran and his wife Karolyn moved from the San Diego area to the Big Island of Hawai’i and acquired property in the Leilani Estates subdivision, south of Hilo. Bo-Göran planted more than 5,000 Palms on their five acres and also started up a palm nursery. After a change in his personal life, he acquired two acres elsewhere in Leilani Estates and is…
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BAILEY Jr., Liberty Hyde
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Liberty Hyde Bailey, Jr. was born on March 15th, 1858 in South Haven, Michigan. His father was Liberty Hyde Bailey, Sr. who had come from Vermont in 1842. He was a farmer and orchardist and was purported to have more than 300 varieties of apples in his orchard. The younger Bailey’s parents were married in 1845 and moved to South Haven in 1854 to an 80 acre plot. At three years old, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Jr., his two brothers and his mother contracted scarlet fever. Ultimately his mother and eldest brother died of the disease. The father remarried in 1862. LHB, Jr. was interested in nature and assisted his family in the garden and the orchard. In 1877, he entered M…
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PalmTalk Username: SubTropicRay (formerly Ray Tampa) Ray Hernandez is a native Floridian, born and raised in Tampa, Florida. In 1993, he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida. Today, he is a Senior Project Engineer for an Aerospace company that develops and builds rocket, missile and satellite components. While his work is drastically different from his hobby, he has taken advantage of business trips to South America, Australia and Asia to see various palm species in their native habitat. Ray first took an avid interest in palms upon seeing Thomas Edison’s Royal Palms in Ft. Myers, Florida. 25 years later, he…
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BISHOCK, Faith - Director
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PalmTalk Username: faith bishock Faith has always been a 'plant' person. She became interested in palms in the late 70's and a confirmed “addict” in the mid 80's. She has lived most of her life in South Florida, spending lots of time at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. Faith has been growing palms from seed since with her successes and failures being the basis of her palm knowledge.
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PalmTalk Username: DoomsDave David Paul Bleistein’s dream of growing palms outdoors came true when he moved to southern California in March of 1985. Dave joined the IPS and Palm Society of Southern California (PSSC) in 1993 and has been a member of both ever since. He has been a director of the PSSC since 2009, and was elected President in early 2012. Dave moved many times during his first years in California and planted palms in the ground at most of the places he lived, which included San Bernardino, Riverside, Long Beach, Monterey Park, Sunland, and Los Angeles; many still grow today. In October 2002, Dave bought his half-acre in La Habra, California and transformed i…
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BEZONA, Norman - Director
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PalmTalk Username: bezona Norman Bezona is a University of Hawaii Agricultural Extension agent with responsibilities in ornamental horticulture, forestry, and environmental studies. He has been an IPS member since 1961 and was active with the Society in Florida where he worked and completed his master's degree. Norman lives on the "Volcano Island" of Hawaii on 40 acres of montane cloud forest where he has planted thousands of palms. The area is becoming a center for teaching an appreciation of tropical montane forests. Local students and residents, as well as visiting plant lovers, tour the forest gardens to learn about native and exotic plant species.
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CYR, Kimberley - Director
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PalmTalk Username: Kim Encouraged by her palm-collecting brother, Kim joined the Palm Society of Southern California in 2006, and contributes articles and photographs to the Society's Palm Journal. An International Palm Society member since 2008, she is a regular participant on PalmTalk, the interactive online forum of the IPS, contributing photographs from gardens and palm habitats both locally and from travels. She maintains palm gardens in San Diego, Calfornia and Pahoa, Hawaii. As an enthusiastic gardener and plant collector, Kim is supportive of efforts to increase education, awareness, and preservation of the world's rich array of palms. Kim experienced her …
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In Memory of Dr. Jerome P. Keuper 1921-2002 MG Car Club Florida is one of the Oldest MG Clubs in the State of Florida. The club was chartered in 1956 in Jacksonville, FL. Dr.Jerry Keuper, our Club Chairman Emeritus, brought the Charter to the Brevard area a few years later. The club, under Jerry's watchful eye and his "vigorous MG enthusiasm", has had many years of great success. (Press release from Florida Tech, March 26, 2002) Dr. Jerome P. Keuper passed away last night. The following is but the tip of the iceberg of his legacy and achievements. MELBOURNE, FLA.—Dr. Jerome P. Keuper, founder and President Emeritus of Florida Institute of Technology, died af…
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(The following is by Moyna Prince and credit to http://www.bssf-miami.org) Late in 2006, I sat down with Nat DeLeon, one of the founding members of the Bromeliad Society of South Florida. I was curious about the early years, when these exotic plants were first arriving from Latin America and sometimes from Europe. And I also wanted to hear about the beginnings of Bromeliad Society of South Florida and the people who got it started. Like most people in South Florida, Nat came from elsewhere. I asked him what brought him to Miami. He told me that he got out of the Navy following WWII service and wanted to go to college, but all the colleges around Pennsylvania were a…
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PalmTalk Username: Mr Rare Jeffry Brusseau was born in Fargo, North Dakota on April 12, 1957. He is the oldest of the five children of Bruce and Clarice Brusseau. The family moved to Newport Beach, California in 1963. Jeffry attended private and public schools and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1980 with a business degree. His major areas of study were Real Estate/Finance. During his adolescence Jeffry became involved in botany and held several jobs in the field including, interior plant maintenance, exterior grounds maintenance, custom design and installations of high-end residential landscapes. After college Jeffry pursued a career in Commercia…
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FAIRCHILD, David G.
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David Grandison Fairchild (April 7, 1869 - August 6, 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants[1] and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans,[2]pistachios,[3]mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering cherries. Certain varieties of wheat,[4] cotton, and rice became especially economically important. Background Fairchild was born in Lansing, Michigan, and was raised in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a member of the Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, Connecticut. He graduated from Kansas State College of Agricultu…
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JOHNSON, Ken - Director
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PalmTalk Username: Ken Johnson Ken saw his first palm at six years old and “it was in my yard!” At 14, he worked in a palm nursery pulling weeds. After college Ken again worked with palms and established his own palm specialty business . . . almost 30 years ago! He writes “On the way, I found the International Palm Society. I have served 6 years as president of my local chapter and have been a previous IPS board member. I look forward to the 2014 Biennial!”
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DEMOTT, John - Director
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PalmTalk Username: Redland John, a South Florida resident involved with commercial ornamental horticulture for almost 40 years, is the owner and operator of Redland Nursery, Inc. He has introduced many “new” palms to the industry. John has worked closely with Montgomery Botanical Center and the Florida Nurseryman and Grower’s Association in the development of a seed bank. John has been married to Carolyn for almost 38 years. They have two children: Jeffrey 28 and Jenifer 27. John was a fireman for 28 years, and holds a commercial pilot’s license. His latest passion has been the forming of the “Florida Keys Botanical Center”, a 501c3 corporation, which is being developed …
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PalmTalk Username: Licuala Paul is a horticultural consultant with over 35 years of experience in the nursery, landscaping, and landscape design industry. Palms have been a passion, having worked with over 1500 species and he has traveled extensively to learn about them in their native habitats. A resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, Paul was the founding president of the Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society and has been a member of the International Palm Society for over 30 years, serving as its president from 2006 to 2010. His website, www.palmnutpages.comis a young work in progress dedicated to anything and everything about palms.
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United States economic botanist, agricultural explorer, and professional photographer. Walter Henricks Hodge was born in 1912 and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he graduated in biology from Clark University in 1934. He went on to study at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, for his master's degree and afterwards, until 1942, was an instructor at the college, except for leave granted to pursue dissertation research on the flora of Dominica for his PhD from Harvard University (1937-1940), which he completed under the tutelage of M.L. Fernald. During the Second World War, he was a botanist for the Cinchona Mission in Peru for the United States State Depart…
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PalmTalk Username: Horace Horace Hobbs is an energy industry consultant who focuses on downstream asset transactions and finance. He is a chemical engineer by training and has spent most of his career in strategic planning, and merger, acquisition and divestiture consulting for oil companies. His association with the International Palm Society has been driven primarily by a desire to see the IPS successful in endeavors surrounding conservation, research, and dissemination of practical information for the hobbyist. He has served on the IPS board of directors as Vice President (1996-2000) and as President (2000-04). He is currently the corresponding secretary. He had previ…
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(From the Memorial Sub-forum on PalmTalk) Paul Andrew Drummond (April 15, 1924 – September 15, 2007) Born to a physician father and a loving, stay at home mother, Paul was raised in New York City during an age of the city’s “reinvention” from crime, poverty, and the desperation of crowded immigrants to the welcoming diversity of people, religion, cultures, and the arts. As a youngster, adventuresome Paul thrived on the continual thrill the big city atmosphere offered including riding the subways and exploring Central Park….all alone and by eight years of age. After his physician father met a premature accidental death, his independent mother was determined to af…
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