Paul R. Weissich
Paul R. Weissich
1991 Distinguished Service Medal
Presented to Mr. Wessich, an honorary member of the Garden Club of Honolulu, for his effort to preserve the endangered flora of the world's tropics and sub-tropics as demonstrated in the Honolulu Botanic Gardens which he led from 1957 to 1988.
Proposed by: The Garden Club of Honolulu, Zone XII
The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded for distinguished service in the field of horticulture.
The Distinguished Service Medal was endowed in 1953 by Priscilla Sleeper Sterling (Mrs. Robert D. Sterling), Garden Club of Dublin and Monadnock Garden Club, both Zone I. Although Priscilla’s primary interest was in conservation, she believed that horticulture played an integral part in the quality of life. Elizabeth Rhodes Reynolds designed the medal first awarded in 1955.
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