George Fitzpatrick

University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, 18905 S.W. 280th Street, Homestead, FL 33031 (Telephone: 305-246-7001, ext. 293)

University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 (Telephone: 954-577-6331)

Certified Professional Horticulturist, Certification number 5989, American Society for Horticultural Science

Academic: Development and management of university degree programs for place bound students; curriculum development, distance education technologies; horticultural and arboricultural certification programs

Research: Horticultural substrates; recycling of solid waste materials through composting; investigation of the effects of process parameters on efficacy of finished composts used as horticultural media

Election to Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Rutgers University Chapter, 1975

Outstanding Paper Award, Florida State Horticultural Society, Garden and Landscape Section, 1983

Rufus Chaney Award for Research Excellence, the United States Composting Council, 1995

Outstanding Academic Advisor of the Year Award, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida, 2001

Fitzpatrick, G.E., E.R. Duke and K.A. Klock-Moore. 1998. Use of compost products for ornamental crop production: Research and grower experience. HortScience 33(6):941-944.

Klock-Moore, K.A. and G.E. Fitzpatrick. 1999. Management of urban waste compost amendments in ornamental production systems in Florida. Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, Proceedings 59:14-16.

Klock-Moore, K.A., G.E. Fitzpatrick and G. Zinati. 2000. Container production of ornamental horticulture crops. BioCycle 41(11):58-60.

Klock-Moore, K.A., G.E. Fitzpatrick and R.K. Schoellhorn. 2000. Development of a Bachelor of Science degree program in horticulture at the University of Florida for place-bound students. HortTechnology 10(2):390-393.

Fitzpatrick, G.E. 2001. Compost utilization in ornamental and nursery crop production systems. Pp. 135-150 in Stoffella, P.J. and B.A. Kahn (eds.). 2001. Compost utilization in horticultural cropping systems. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

Lamberts, M.L. and G.E. Fitzpatrick. (eds.). 2001. Index to the Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society, Volumes 99-112. Florida State Horticultural Society, Goldenrod, Florida. 125 p.

Moore, K.K. and G.E. Fitzpatrick. 2002. Sequential composting to determine compost quality. In Goldstein et al., (eds.) Proceedings of the 2002 International Symposium on Composting and Compost Utilization. Columbus, OH.

Ozores-Hampton, T.A. Obreza, P.J. Stofella and G.E. Fitzpatrick. 2002. Immature compost suppresses weed growth under greenhouse conditions. Compost Science and Utilization 10(2):105-113.

Deltiology (Emphasis on late 19th century and early 20th century horticultural images)

Collection and restoration of mid 20th century electronic, meteorological and time-keeping devices

Basket collecting and basket weaving (Emphasis on aborginal African, Native American and South Pacific Island designs)

George Fitzpatrick
Professor of Environmental Horticulture at the
Tropical Research and Education Center
and the
Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
fitz@ufl.edu

2000- present	Acting Program Director, University of Florida Academic Program at Homestead
1991-2000	Coordinator, University of Florida Academic Program at Fort Lauderdale
1998-1998	Visiting Instructor, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix
1995- present	Professor of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida
1995-1995	Visiting Instructor, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
1984-1995	Associate Professor of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida
1979-1984	Assistant Professor of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida
1976-1979	Assistant Research Scientist, Entomology, University of Florida
1975-1976	Postdoctoral Research Associate in Forest Entomology, Mississippi State University