Background
Shaw, Jonathan Allen was born on October 9, 1937 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bradford Allen and Mary Melanie (Leonard) Shaw.
botanical garden foundation administrator
Shaw, Jonathan Allen was born on October 9, 1937 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bradford Allen and Mary Melanie (Leonard) Shaw.
AB, Harvard University, 1959; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1961.
Member of faculty, Dunkwa (Ghana) School, West Africa, 1961-1962; member of faculty, Brunswick School, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1963-1966; head upper school, director educational enrichment program, Park School, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1966-1978; executive director, New England Wildflower Society and Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1978-1983; president, Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, Inc., Lake Wales, Florida, since 1983. Trustee National Center Plant Conservation, St. Louis, since 1991. Trustee, treasurer Green Horizon Land Trust, Lake Wales, Florida, since 1992.
Trustee Lake Wales Arts Council, 1985-1992. President Country Oaks Homeowners Association, Lake Wales, 1988-1991. Member Citizens Advisory Committee, Polk County, Florida, 1990-1991.
Member American Horticultural Society, Am. Association Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (trustee, treasurer since 1987), Royal Horticultural Society.
Married Eugenie Sommer, June 20, 1964. Children: Jonathan Sommer, Melanie Eugenie.