Background

Paine, Charles William Eliot was born on May 25, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Cushing and Ellen Peabody (Eliot) Paine.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1958; Master of Science, University of California, Davis, 1960.

Career

Assistant horticulturist, Holden Arboretum, Mentor, Ohio., 1964-1970; executive director, Holden Arboretum, Mentor, Ohio., since 1983; executive director, Garden Center Greater Cleveland, 1970-1983.

Achievements

• Charles William Eliot Paine has been listed as a noteworthy Arboretum executive, horticulturist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee College of Atlantic, 1979-1985. Trustee, vice president Student Conservation Association, 1971-1986. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1960-1963.

Member American Association Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (board directors 1971-1973, 88-91), American Horticultural Society (board directors 1971-1974, 75-78), Herb Society American (honorary president 1989-1991), Royal Horticultural Society, Union Club, Chagrin Valley Hunt Club.

Connections

Married Linda Williams Gibson, May 29, 1971. Children: Emily Campbell, Phebe Eliot, Charles Eliot Timothy.

Father:

Richard Cushing Paine

Mother:

Ellen Peabody (Eliot) Paine

Spouse:

Linda Williams Gibson

child:

Phebe Eliot Paine

child:

Charles Eliot Timothy Paine

child:

Emily Campbell Paine