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DEREK G.
BURCH
- Education
Ph.D. University
of Florida, 1965. Systematic Botany/Statistics
M.Sc. University of Wales, 1957. Plant Pathology
B.Sc. (Honours) University of Wales, 1954. Agricultural Botany
- Professional
Employment
1979-1985 State Extension Specialist, Florida Cooperative Extension
Service; Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Florida
1969-1974 Director, U. S. F. Botanical Garden; Assistant/Associate Professor,
University of South Florida
1965-1969 Chief Horticulturist and Assistant Botanist, Missouri Bot.
Garden; Assistant Professor, Washington University, St. Louis
1963-1965 Extension Botanist, Florida Cooperative Extension Service
1959 Assistant to Curator, Montreal Botanical Garden
1958-1960 Horticulturist, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami
1957-1958 Plant Pathologist, South Porto Rico Sugar Company, Rep. Dominicana
- Additional
Academic Activities
1966 Visiting Scientist, NSF Teacher Training Institute, Southeast Missouri
State College.
1971, 1972 Visiting Scientist and Faculty, Organization for Tropical
Studies, Advanced Biology course Central America
National Science Foundation, Systematics Program Review Panel
- Non-University
Employment
1988-1998 President, Horticultural Education Services, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL
1985-date President, Horticultural Masterworks, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
1976-1981 Principal, Ornamental Growers Inc., Humacao, Puerto Rico
1974-1976 Principal, Punta Aloe Corporation, Culebra, Puerto Rico
1960-1961 Principal, Greenbelt Landscaping, Miami, FL.
- Tropical
Field Experience
1957-1958
Dominican Republic
1974-1979 Puerto Rico
1957- date, work on Botanical or Horticultural projects in Mexico, Guatemala,
Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela,
Trinidad, Dominica, Antigua, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican
Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, and Bahamas.
- Publishing
and Editorial Experience
More than 100 publications, ranging from taxonomic work
through industry studies to popular and editorial articles in horticulture
Editor-in-chief, Betrock Information Systems: Print and internet publications
Consulting editor, Plantcare.com
MAJOR CONSULTING
PROJECTS
- Landscape
Design and Installation
University of Florida, AREC Ft. Lauderdale
Palm Beach Junior College, Boca Raton Campus
Conservatory , Myriad Gardens , Oklahoma City
Butterfly World, Pompano Beach
- Nursery
Industry Studies
Commonwealth of Dominica Development of Floriculture industry
Lansea Incorporated, Dominican Republic Passiflora and Vegetable production
for freezing
American Aeroponics Associates Development of controlled environment
propagation and culture Global Investment Corporation Foliage Production
Nursery, Central America
Medical Sciences International Design of mobile agricultural diagnostic
laboratory
Banco Central, Dominican Republic Diversification of the floriculture
industry
Gremial de Exportadores de Productos No Tradicionales Foliage crops
for export from Guatemala
- International
Seminars and Shortcourses
International Floriculture Seminar, Amsterdam (Organizer and speaker)
IFTEX , London
Agricultural Development Bank, Trinidad and Tobago Technical Assistance
and Training Programs (2 weeks)
Gremial de Exportadores, Guatemala New Directions in Cropping
IICA/CFC Trinidad and Tobago, Regional Agriculture Investment Seminar
Plantas Selectas de Cali Alternative Crops for the Tropics Nursery and
Landscape
- Appraisal/Expert
Witness
Hollingsworth Associates - Criteria for Crop Hazard Insurance Program
Benlate and other chemicaI damage assessment and documentation
Internal Revenue Service - Nursery valuation and project feasibility
Florida Department of Transportation - Eminent Domain valuations
Insurance valuation for freeze, flood, and hurricane damage
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