Background
Conklin, Everett Lawson was born on January 11, 1908 in Farmingdale, New York, United States. Son of George and Grace (Williams) Conklin.
Conklin, Everett Lawson was born on January 11, 1908 in Farmingdale, New York, United States. Son of George and Grace (Williams) Conklin.
Student, New York University.
With Oostrom & Conklin, Syosset, New York, 1936—1938. Division manager Bobbink & Atkins, East Rutherford, New Jersey, 1938—1954. President Everett Conklin & Company Inc., Montvale, 1957—1982, chairman, 1982—1985, Everett Conklin-West Inc., Tustin, California, 1974—1985, Everett Conklin Canada Ltd., Montreal, 1975—1985.
Division manager & director Bobbink Nurseries Inc., East Rutherford, 1979, 1981. Horticultural consultant Sterling Forest Gardens, Tuxedo, New York, 1958—1969. Designer & stager, floral decorations Four Seasons Restaurant, New York City, since 1959.
Planter, interior gardens Ford Foundation Building, New York City, 1967—1983, Crown Center Hotel, Kansas City, since 1973, Winter Garden Rainbow Center, Niagara Falls, New York, 1977—1982. Annual designer & stager R.H. Macy & Company Annual Flower Show, New York City, 1975—1982. Official horticultural adviser Winter Olympic Games, Lake Placid, New York, 1980.
Lecturer in field.
Member New Jersey Rural Advisory Commission, 1955—1960. President Bergen County Board Agriculture, 1957—1958. Board director International Flower Show, New York City, 1958—1973.
Chairman, floral decorations committee President Nixon Inaugural Ball, 1969, 1973. Advisor United States Department Agriculture, since 1971. Fellow: International Academy Poets.
Member: American Forestry Association, Society Architectural Historians, American Horticultural Society (director since 1977), Society of America Florists (president 1971-1973, Endowment Trustee Safegardian award 1971-1974, 1977, National Recognition award 1968, Special Recognition award 1971), Metropolitan Retail Florists Association 1966, American Academy Florists (trustee, awards 1967-1972), New Jersey Florists Association (president 1954-1955, Man of Year 1974), Indian Pharmacist Association Academy Poets, New York Florists Club 1958, (Eminent Merit award 1966, 1969).
Married Ruth Purick, June 20, 1931. Children: Everett George, Patricia (Mistress Thomas Clinton, Junior.