The American Floral Endowment (AFE)  has elected three new members to its board of trustees. Dwight Larimer, Design Master color tool inc., in Boulder, Co.; Robert Maddux, Krueger-Maddux Greenhouses in Cincinnati, and Eric Nissen, Sunshine State Carnations, Inc., in Hobe Sound, Fla., all past members of SAF's board of directors, will serve three-year terms on the Endowment's board. (Read more about the new AFE trustees.)

The American Floral Endowment is a not-for-profit corporation that raises and invests funds to support production and market research and education programs to benefit the floriculture industry. The Endowment has invested more than $12 million in research during the past 46 years, according to a recent press release. All trustees serve at their own expense. Eighteen scientific research projects at universities across the country will get Endowment support in fiscal year 2008.

 
--Kate F. Penn
kpenn@safnow.org

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