A History of Minnesota Floriculture


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A Chronicle of People and Events Significant to
the Commercial Growth of Minnesota Floriculture,
University of Minnesota Contributions to the Industry,
and Minneapolis-St. Paul Parks Developments
Appendix C

Past Presidents, North Central Florists Association

The Twin City Florists' and Gardener's Club formed in 1907, became the Minnesota State Florists' Association in 1908. The Minnesota Florists' Public Relations Committee established in 1950, merged with the Minnesota State Florists' Association to create the Minnesota Allied Florists' Association in 1960. In 1969, the name was changed to the North Central Florists Association.

1908-1911 Theodore Wirth Minneapolis Park Board
1911-1913 Hugh Will Will Brothers Co.
1913-1915 O.J. Olson Holm and Olson
1915-1917 W.D. Desmond a greenhouse operator
1917-1918 LeRoy Cady University of Minnesota
1918-1919 Hans Rosacker Hans Rosacker Co.
1919-1924 Max Kaiser Merriam Park Floral Co.
1924-1926 Hans Rosacker Hans Rosacker Co.
1926-1927 Hugh Will Will Brothers Co.
1927-1930 C.N. Ruedlinger Ruedlinger's
1930-1932 Henry Rosacker Hans Rosacker Co.
1932-1935 F.W. Topel F.W. Topel Conservatory
1935-1936 Warren D. Olson -
1936-1937 Carl I. Lindskoog Lindskoog Florist
1937-1941 Louis Sando University of Minnesota
1941-1943 F.W. Topel F.W. Topel Conservatory
1943-1946 Ralph W. Bachman Bachman's, Inc.
1946-1948 Joseph Bilski Merriam Park Floral Co.
1948-1950 George H. Olson Holm and Olson
1950-1951 Ralph W. Bachman Bachman's, Inc.
1951-1952 Robert M. Cashman Cashman Greenhouses, Inc.
1952-1953 Joseph Connolly Connolly Flowers
1953-1955 Ewald N. Hermes Hermes Floral Co.
1955-1958 Stanley F. Bachman Bachman's, Inc.
1958-1959 Arthur Lange Lange's Florist
1959-1960 Stanley Hampl Holm and Olson
1960-1961 Lloyd A. Bachman Bachman's, Inc.
1961-1962 Donald C. Lindskoog Lindskoog Florist
1962-1963 Fred Busch, Jr. Busch Brothers
1963-1964 Hans D. Rosacker Hans Rosacker Co.
1964-1965 Glenn Pletscher Pletscher's Greenhouses, Inc.
1965-1966 Tom D. Wright Twin City Florist Supply, Inc.
1966-1967 Roger O. Schnabel St. Anthony Floral Greenhouses
1967-1968 John R. Johnson * J.R. Johnson Supply, Inc.
1968-1969 Clarence Engwall Engwall Florist & Greenhouse
1969-1971 Theodore C. Whalen Twin City Florist Supply, Inc.
1971-1973 John Hertog Hertog Floral, Inc.
1973-1975 Robert W. Busch Busch Brothers
1975-1977 Jerry Palmer Jerry Palmer Florist
1977-1979 Glenn Pletscher Pletscher's Greenhouses, Inc.
1979-1981 Paul A. Olson Minneapolis Floral Co.
1981-1983 Marcia Schaff ** Schaff Floral, Inc.
1983-1985 James Dey Dey Brothers Greenhouses
1985-1987 Todd Bachman Bachman's, Inc.
1987-1989 Wally Peterson Crown Floral
1989-1990 Brian Pletscher Pletscher's Greenhouses, Inc.
1990-1992 Leonard Busch Len Busch Roses
1992-1994 Donald Hermes Hermes Floral Co.
1994-1996 Jody Puleo Lebens Flowers, Inc.

* Served as president during the transition from a state to a regional floral organization.

** The first female president.


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