Paul Richard Fantz

Background

Fantz, Paul Richard was born on March 12, 1941 in St. Louis. Son of Paul Arthur and Ruth Marie Fantz.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, Southern Illinois U., 1964; Master of Science in Education, Southern Illinois U., 1969; Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Florida, 1977.

Career

Teacher, Melville School District, St. Louis, 1964-1972; department chairman science, Melville School District, St. Louis, 1967-1972; graduate instructor department zoology, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1974-1976; adjunct assistant professor department botany, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1977-1978; research associate, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, 1978-1979; from assistant to associate professor department horticultural science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1979-1990; professor department horticultural science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1990. Collaborator international floristic projects Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis,1976-1980, 85-87, 87-, Jardin Botanical National, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1988-1990, Institute Systematic Botany, Utrecht, The Netherlands, since 1988, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1989-1991, Institute Biologica, U. National Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, since 1989, Botanical Survey of India, since 1989, New York Botanical Garden, 1992, Rijksherkarom, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1993, Botanical Research Institute Texas, since 1993, U. Kampagsean, Thailand, 1993, Kunming (China) Institute Botany, since 1994.

Achievements

• Paul Richard Fantz has been listed as a noteworthy Horticulturist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Faculty advisor Iota chapter Alpha Phi Omega, since 1980. Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, 1994-1995. Member American Society Plant Taxonomists, American Society for Horticultural Science (associate editor Hart Science journal since 1996), Botanical Society American, National Association Colleges Teachers of Agricultural (teaching fellow 1989), Association Southeastern Biologists, Sigma Xi, Pi Alpha Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, bridge, bowling, stamp collecting, puzzles.

Connections

Married Janet Louise Nelsen, July 31, 1965. Children: Deborah Lynn, Susan Marie, Paul William.

Father:

Paul Arthur Fantz

Mother:

Ruth Marie Fantz

Spouse:

Janet Louise Nelsen

child:

Paul William Fantz

child:

Susan Marie Fantz

child:

Deborah Lynn Fantz