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Scott Associates' Spring Festival

Presented by Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College at Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College

March 14, 2010

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Explorer, dedicated botanist, and talented horticulturist, William McNamara, the 2010 recipient of the Scott Medal and Award will speak about issues he is passionate about and how these passions have shaped his life. Mr. McNamara completed more than 20 expeditions to Asia to conserve and document valuable and endangered flora. In 2007 he was appointed Executive Director. In addition to developing ex situ collections of Asian plants at Quarryhill, and aiding the Chinese in development of their in situ preservation, his commitment to conservation includes preserving critically endangered forests and tree specimens. Most notably is the highly endangered, Acer pentaphyllum, which faces extinction in the next ten years. Mr. McNamara graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a BA in English. In 2005 he was awarded a MA in Conservation Biology at Sonoma State University. In 2009 he was recognized by the Garden Club of America with the Eloise Payne Luger Medal. He has served on the boards of the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation and the Arboretum Associates at the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum. Presently he serves as a director for the Magnolia Society International and Field Associate of the Department of Botany of the California Academy of Sciences. The Scott Arboretum proudly awards the 2010 Scott Medal and Award to William A. McNamara.