Background
DeFato, Joan was born on April 23, 1935 in Brooklyn. Daughter of John Matthew and Frances Cecelia (Irwin) DeF. Bachelor of Arts in Botany, Barnard College, 1956.
DeFato, Joan was born on April 23, 1935 in Brooklyn. Daughter of John Matthew and Frances Cecelia (Irwin) DeF. Bachelor of Arts in Botany, Barnard College, 1956.
Bachelor of Arts in Botany, Barnard College, 1956. Master of Library Science, Columbia University, 1957.
Assistant medical librarian Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York City, 1957-1959. Librarian Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research, Yonkers, New York, 1959-1973. Plant science librarian Los Angeles County Department Arboreta and Botanical Gardens, Arcadia, California, 1973.
Board of directors, secretary Pacific Horticulture Foundation, 1987.
Board directors, recording secretary Pacific Horticultural Foundation, 1987—2004. Member of Southern California Horticultural Society (membership secretary, board directors 1986—2007, Horticulturist of Year 2004), Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (president 1983-1984, Charles Robert Long award of merit 2002).