]> Education: B.S. and M.S. (University of Oklahoma); Ph.D. (in forest ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Research: trees and urban landscapes (selected, developed, or bred numerous trees with superior hardiness or other positive attributes). Awards: a recipient of a Special Achievement Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation and a Gold Seal Award from the National Council of State Garden Clubs. 1994: American Forests' Urban Forestry Research Award. 1997: Hutchinson Medal from the Chicago Botanic Garden. 1998: Norman J. Colman Award from the American Nursery and Landscape Association; from Illinois Arborist Association, an Award of Merit. 2001: Award of Merit, the highest honor of the American Public Gardens Association. 2002: Liberty Hyde Bailey Award, the highest honor of the American Horticultural Society. 2005: from Openlands its Conservation Leadership Award. 2008: L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research by the International Society of Arboriculture. [collector note: Morton Arboretum] Botany Ware, George Ware, George G. Ware George Ware 1924 2010