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2 Welcome New ASHS Members (as of 15 April 2005) Albert G. Abbott, Clemson, S.C. Fernando M. Alferez, Lake Alfred, Fla. Erin Alvarez, Gainesville, Fla. Jill Bushakra, Watsonville, Calif. Justin Butcher, Fayetteville, Ark. Cameron Carter, Greeley, Colo. Julian Cuevas-Gonzalez, Almeria, Spain Helen Danielson, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Toby R. Day, Manhattan, Mont. Smiliana Goreta, Uvalde, Texas Thank you to the following H.C. Bittenbender, Honolulu, Hawaii Rosmeiri Caliman, Sao Paulo, Brazil Giovanni Damato, Bari, Italy Paulo T. Della Vecchia, Paulista, Brazil Gina Elizabeth Fernandez, Raleigh, N.C. Richard L. Fery, Charleston, S.C. Dietrich Fritz, Freising, Germany H. Gude, Lisse, Netherlands J.S. Gujra, New Delhi, India Luis Ibarra-Jimenez, Coahuila, Mexico Muneo Iizuka, Fujisawa-shi, Japan Hiroyuki Imanishi, Akita, Japan Sunita Jain, Delhi, India Alex Janssen, Montevideo, Uruguay Maria M. Jenderek, Parlier, Calif. J. Benton Jones, Anderson, S.C. Koki Kanahama, Aobaku Sendai, Japan Lawrence J. Kies, Mutare, Zimbabwe Seon-Kyu Kim, Cheongju, Korea Yasuhiko Koike, Kanagawa, Japan Stephen L. Krebs, Kirtland, Ohio Daisuke Hamanaka, Wakayama, Japan Jeremiah Lowe, Frankfort, Ky. Kari Mazzaferro, Institute, W.Va. Mike Mickelbart, West Lafayette, Ind. Emilio N. Nicolas, Murcia, Spain Katsuji Noda, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Yu-Jin Park, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea Kimberly A. Pickens, Macon, Ga. Maria del Pilar Paz, Gainesville, Fla. Andrew Riseman, Vancouver, B.C., Canada ASHS Endowment Fund contributors (as of 15 April 2005) A.S. Krishan, New Delhi, India Mary L. Lamberts, Homestead, Fla. Jeongsik Lee, Seoul, Korea Jose Vicente Maroto, Valencia, Spain G.E. Mattus, Spotswood, N.J. Norman P. Maxwell, Weslaco, Texas Cynthia B. McKenney, Dallas, Texas Diane Doud Miller, Wooster, Ohio Hiroyuki Miura, Kanagawa, Japan Napoleon Momtahen, Dusseldorf, Germany Desmond George Mortley, Tuskegee, Ala. Emilio N. Nicolas, Murcia, Spain Charles OʼDell, Blacksburg, Va. Kiyoshi Ohkawa, Sagamihara City, Japan Rafael A. Parra-Quezada, Chihuahua, Mexico Katharine Perry, Raleigh, N.C. E. Postma, Bergschenhoek, Netherlands Michael Raviv, Ramat Yishay, Israel Paul E. Read, Lincoln, Nebr. ASHS NEWSLETTER • ISSN 0882-8024 Publisher: Michael W. Neff • Newsletter Editor: Sylvia DeMar Bielinski M. Santos, Wimauma, Fla. Janet Schroeder, Manhattan, Kans. Jun Song, Kentville, N.S., Canada Theresa Thompson, Nottingham, N.H. Matthew Taylor, Raleigh, N.C. Luis Valenzuela, University Park, Pa. Lingdan Wang, Changsha, Hunan, China New Corporate Member Ron Sakuma, Norcal Nursery, Inc., Red Bluff, Calif. Joung K. Rhee, Yakima, Wash. Mikael L. Roose, Riverside, Calif. Vince Rubatzky, Haddonfi eld, N.J. Kenneth C. Sanderson, Sarasota, Fla. Akihiko Sato, Ibaraki, Japan Slokeshwar R. Sharma, Delhi, India John C. Snyder, Lexington, Ky. Mario A. Steta, Laredo, Texas Allan K. Stoner, Beltsville, Md. Sunao Tachibana, Chiba, Japan Shigeto Tominaga, Kagoshima City, Japan Tsutomu Tsunoda, Gunma-ken, Japan Michael S. Uchneat, Geneva, Ill, Ines Vrsek, Zagreb, Croatia Ryan M. Warner, East Lansing, Mich. Hui-Lian Xu, Nagano, Japan Masahiko Yamada, Hiroshima, Japan Atsushi Yamasaki, Iwate, Japan Takamatsu Yoshihiro, Nara, Japan The ASHS Newsletter (ISSN 0882-8024) is pub lished month ly by the American Society for Hor ti cul tur al Science, 113 South West St., Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA; phone 703.836.4606; fax 703.836.2024; e-mail ashs@ashs.org. All Mem bers of the So ci ety re ceive the ASHS News let ter through pay ment of an nu al dues, of which $5 is allocated for the sub scrip tion ($2.50 for Stu dent and Emer i tus Mem bers). Opinions ex pressed by con trib u tors to the ASHS News let ter do not nec es sar i ly refl ect the po si tion or of fi cial pol i cy of either their em ploy ers or the So ci ety. Post offi ce entry: Pe ri od i cals post age is paid at Al ex an dria, Va. Post mas ter: Please send ad dress chang es to: ASHS News let ter, 113 South West St., Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA. ASHS NEWSLETTER, Vol. 21(5), May 2005
Re flec tions by Fred S. Davies ASHS President The Road to a Fellow—Sometimes it’s Full of Apples “Election as a Fellow is the highest honor that the Society can award to its members for contributions to the Society and to horticulture” (ASHS Bylaws, Appendix J, IA). Most members probably would like to be recognized in this way, although I donʼt think that most members consciously pursue this goal. In fact, some members, like my old mentor, Robert Hilgeman, actually eschewed the award for years and refused to go to the awards ceremony when he was selected a Fellow in 1974. He was the George C. Scott of horticulture. Like almost every award, there is always some discussion about who should or should not be a Fellow. As my esteemed colleague, Don Maynard said, and I paraphrase, “There has rarely been a class of Fellows selected where someone wasnʼt upset or questioned someoneʼs selection or lack thereof.” Iʼve questioned some selections myself. This article will examine and discuss the Fellows nomination and award process. History and Procedure The fi rst class of Fellows was elected in 1965 and consisted of a “Whoʼs Who” of horticulture, including W.H. Chandler, V.R. Gardner, A.J. Heinicke, H.A. Rollins, and H.B. Tukey, Sr., to name a few. Itʼs diffi cult to believe that anyone opposed these selections. This class of Fellows was composed entirely of established, white males. However, the nature of our Fellowsʼ classes has gradually changed over the past 40 years to include females and younger, mid-career recipients, although some of our members have expressed concern that these changes are not occurring rapidly enough. Since “Fellow” is derived from the Old English, feoh, there is no grammatically proper way, nor should there be, to distinguish between male and female recipients, as some have suggested. I hope that weʼll hold on to the term without bias in the future. In fact, I think that if there is any unintentional bias in the selection process, it is related to appointment. It appears that nominees who are primarily researchers are more likely to become Fellows than nominees in teaching, extension, or industry. The nomination form itself is slanted toward research accomplishments. How many Fellows have had 100% teaching appointments? Qualifi cations of a Fellow The criteria and eligibility requirements of a Fellow are broadly written and include a person who “will enhance ASHS prestige and infl uence (positively) the reputation of ASHS.” The recipient should be an ASHS member for at least 10 years. The Fellows screening committee consists of nine members appointed for 3year staggered terms. Committee members must be Fellows and six of nine members must vote to approve the nominee along with 75% approval by the Board of Directors (BOD). Sometimes, the procedure itself causes some controversy. But, this is true of all awards, from the Nobel Prize to the Academy Awards. For example, I often laid awake nights wondering why Sandy Koufax got elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the fi rst ballot (165 wins in 12 years) and Gaylord Perry did not (300+ wins in over 20 years). Part of the answer was that Koufax dominated baseball for a short time, while Perry proved his value over the long run. The Perry paradigm is probably most appropriate for our situation. In ASHS, most Fellows have been members for more than 20, not 10, years and are at least 40 years old. —ASHS — Bylaws Bylaws, Appendix J, IA By comparison, the minimum age to become U.S. President is 35, and Bill Clinton was 32 when he became governor of Arkansas. My view regarding the nature of a Fellow is similar to that of Justice Steward, who, paraphrased, once said, “I donʼt know what a Fellow is, but I know one when I see him/her.” In addition, while scientifi c, teaching, extension, or industry accomplishments are important, name recognition and “value to the Society” are also important for the selection of a Fellow. Youʼll fi nd that a high percentage of Fellows have served on numerous committees, as editors, on the BOD, or as program moderators or participants at the annual meetings. “Election as a Fellow is the highest honor that the Society can award to its members for contributions to the Society and to horticulture” Fellows Screening Procedures Traditionally, the screening procedure begins with a considerable amount of time and effort by a sponsor who puts the package together. In most years, there is no lack of sponsor participation, which I fi nd highly laudable. However, in my opinion, the application process itself sometimes overshadows the nomineeʼs qualifi cations. I know that we need guidelines to foster uniformity and fairness, but are we really going to disqualify a nominee because the sponsor didnʼt read the directions and submitted six letters instead of fi ve, or 16 references rather than 15? I would like to see more fl exibility related to the application itself. Nevertheless, Continued on page 4 ASHS NEWSLETTER, Vol. 21(5), May 2005 3
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