John Arthur Wott

Background

Wott, John Arthur was born on April 10, 1939 in Fremont, Ohio, United States. Son of Arthur Otto Louis and Esther Wilhelmina (Werth) Wott.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1961; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1968.

Career

Member of staff, Ohio State Cooperative Extension Svc., Bowling Green, 1961-1964; research assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1964-1968; professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1968-1981; professor Center Urban Horticulture, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1981; associate director, Center Urban Horticulture U. Washington, Seattle, 1990-1993; director arboreta, Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, since 1993.

Achievements

• John Arthur Wott has been listed as a noteworthy horticulture educator, executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Horticultural Science (committee chairman 1967-1982), American Association Botanical Gardensand Arboreta, International Plant Propagators Society (president 1984, secretary-treasurer since 1985).

Interests

• Avocations: music, antiques.

Connections

Children: Christopher, Timothy, Holly.

Father:

Arthur Otto Louis Wott

Mother:

Esther Wilhelmina (Werth) Wott

child:

Christopher Wott

child:

Holly Wott

child:

Timothy Wott