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Dr. William Barrick, Executive Director
Biography
William E. Barrick received BS and MS degrees from Auburn University and a PhD in Landscape Horticulture from Michigan State University. After graduation, he served as an Assistant Professor in Ornamental Horticulture at the University of Florida. He was Executive Vice-President and Director of Gardens at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia for almost twenty years before becoming Executive Director of Bellingrath Gardens and Home in November 1999.
Dr. Barrick is a Past President of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, Past Chairman of the American Horticultural Society and a recipient of the Arthur Hoyt Scott Medal. Dr. Barrick currently serves on the board of the Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau, Advisory Committee Spring Hill College, Visiting Committee of the University of Mobile and Infirmary West Advisory Board. He and his wife Jessica are members of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church and are involved in several cultural organizations in the community.
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