词条 | George Ware |
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Early life and educationBorn 27 April 1924 in Avery, Oklahoma, the son of Charles & Mildred Ware, he was raised in Norman, Oklahoma, receiving BS and MS degrees from the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD in Forest Ecology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. CareerWare taught botany, ecology, dendrology and conservation at universities in Oklahoma and Louisiana, before joining the Morton Arboretum in 1968 as Dendrologist, becoming Research Director ten years later, a post he held until his retirement in 1995. During his career at the Morton he raised hybrid elms, maples, planes, poplars and mulberries. He also traveled extensively, making a total of five expeditions to China, and three to the former Soviet Union. Ware remained a Research Associate of the Morton Arboretum until 2009.[1] Elm researchWare soon realized the potential of disease-resistant Asiatic elms as urban trees, leading a party of Morton botanists and horticulturists to northern China in 1990, followed by participation in the USDA-sponsored expedition to China in 1995. Through contacts established with the Chinese, Ware was to receive regular consignments of elm seed from 1990, which greatly enhanced the Morton Arboretum's elm collection.[2] Personal lifeWare married, in 1955, June (née Gleason) (d. 2010), who bore him four sons. DeathGeorge Ware died of complications arising from pancreatic cancer at Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago on 4 July 2010.[3] EponymyThe hybrid oak Quercus × warei (Quercus robur f. fastigiata × Quercus bicolor), commonly known as the 'Long Oak', was named for him. Honors and awards
Selected publications
References1. ^1 Chicago Suburban Daily Herald, 7 July 2010. Obituary - Dr. George Ware. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ware, George}}2. ^Ware, G. (1995). Little-known elms from China: landscape tree possibilities. Journal of Arboriculture, (Nov. 1995). International Society of Arboriculture, Champaign, Illinois, US. 3. ^Chicago Tribune, 07/08/2010, George Ware, former director of research at Morton Arboretum, dies. 8 : 1924 births|2010 deaths|Botanists with author abbreviations|American botanists|People from Erie County, Ohio|People from Norman, Oklahoma|University of Oklahoma alumni|University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni |
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