We are very pleased to post the following from a letter Mariana Castro received from Dr. Ned Friedman, Director of the Arnold Arboretum:
Dear Mariana,
We are delighted to notify you that you have been selected as a 2011 Deland Award recipient. Your use of the Arboretum collections was of paramount importance in this decision and we look forward to hearing about your research.
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I want to welcome you to the Arboretum.
Sincerely,
Ned Friedman
Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Director of the Arnold Arboretum
John and Sally Perkins
