American Rhododendron Society Massachusetts Chapter was founded in 1970.
Founding members of the Massachusetts Chapter:
Jonathan Shaw
Fred Schumacher
George MacKinnon
Donald Marvin
Carlton Lees
Heman Howard
Elinor Clarke
Dick & Jane Brooks
Ed & Wally Mezitt
Eleanor Famosi
Dr. Alfred Kaiser
Charles Trommer
Anthony Consolini
Louis Cook
Jack & Evvie Cowles
The above was supplied by A. Richard Brooks and is based on an article in the ARS Bulletin, 1975, p. 187.
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Massachusetts Chapter Members as of November 1, 1970
Ames, Oliver F. Boston, MA
Ashton, Dr. Paul M. Longmeadow, MA
Barber, Dean E. Penacook, NH
Clarke, Dr./Mrs. H.G. Ashfield, MA Bear Swamp Gardens
Bisbee, M/M Horatio Ware, MA
Black, David G., Jr. N. Scituate, RI
Blaisdell, M/M J. Harper Jr. Lexington, MA
Blanchard, Leon A. North Reading, MA
Brooks, A. Richard Concord, MA
Brown, M/M Edward J. N. Randolph, MA
Burt, Mrs. Chester A. E. Sandwich, MA
Cate, M/M Henry F. Jr. Duxbury, MA
Coggeshall , Roger West Newbury, MA Cherry Hill Nurseries, Inc.
Chubbuck, George W. W. Bridgewater, MA
Cook, M/M Louis A. Pembroke, MA
Cowles, M/M John C. Wellesley, MA
Consolini, Toni Sandwich, MA Heritage Plantation of Sandwich
deLongchamp, Roger D. Fitchburg, MA
Eaton, M/M Charles F. Jr. Duxbury, MA
Famosi, Mrs. Diomede Westford, MA
Fraim, Mrs. Irving Waltham, MA
Gessford, Dr. David W. E. Orleans, MA
Gredler, Charles R. Lexington, MA
Hall, M/M Dudley A. Sudbury, MA
Harrison, M/M Omer D. Fall River, MA
Hunnewell, Willard P. Wellesley, MA
Jessen, M/M Elliott M. Riverton, CT
Jorgensen, M/M Neil D. Harvard, MA
Kaiser, Dr. Alfred J. Hatfield, MA
Kroll, Dr./M Arthur M. Whitinsville, MA
Lawrence, M/M Falmouth, MA Cape Cod Nurseries
Lawson, M/M Frank B. Dedham, MA
Lees, Carlton B. Boston, MA Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Leonard, T. Richard Raynham, MA
Lucas, Homer C. Weston, MA
MacKinnon, M/M George S. Waquoit, MA
Marvin, Donald K. Mattapoisett, MA
McIntosh,, M/M Acton, MA
Mezitt, M/M Edmund V. Hopkinton, MA Weston Nurseries Inc
Pac, Frank Westfield, MA Stanley Park
Paszek, Edward Falmouth, MA
Peebles, Mrs. Crockett Buzzards Bay, MA
Routley, Prof. Douglas G. Durham, NH Dept. Plant Science University of NH
Sawicki, Robert L. Hatfield, MA
Schumacher, M/M F. W. Sandwich, MA
Shaw, Jonathan A. Newton, MA
Stone, M/M Foster B. Auburn, MA
Trommer, Chas. R. Rehoboth, MA Tranquil Lake Nursery
Tucker, Richard Hatchville, MA
Vickers, M/M Lloyd L. Keene, NH
Wiedman, Dr. Michael Malden, MA
Wing, T.H. Buzzards Bay, MA
The above is based on records supplied by Omer Harrison.
Chapter Presidents
Susan and Doug Harding 2006-2008
George Silverman 2004-2006
Bill Sweeney 2002-2004
Susan Clark 2000-2002
Ian Donovan 1998-2000
Charles Patterson 1996-1998
Joe Parks 1994-1996
Marcia Mitchell 1992-1994
Henk Borsje 1990-1992
Anne Reisch 1988-1990
Leo Blanchette 1986-1988
Dorothy Swift 1984-1986
Bob Fox 1982-1984
Willard Hunnewell 1980-1982
Dick Brooks 1978-1980
Jonathan Shaw 1976-1978
Max Resnick 1974-1976
Jack Cowles 1973-1974
Louis Cook 1972-1973
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Max L. Resnick 1977-1980
A. Richard Brooks 1981-1984
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Ian E. M. Donovan 1989-1990
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James E. Marchand 1999-2001
Ian E. M. Donovan 2001-2003
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