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2009 Annual Report Green for 150 Years “Todiscoverandshareknowledge aboutplantsandtheirenvironment inordertopreserveandenrichlife.” -missionoftheMissouriBotanicalGarden Main Conservatory, 1906 Sustainability:Green for the Next 150 Years n 1859, the year Henry Shaw opened Because of its commitment to the Missouri Botanical Garden to sustainability, the Garden is considered the public, the world’s population a leading resource on the topic by was approximately 1.2 billion. corporations and governments at the One hundred fifty years later, that local, national, and global levels. In 2009, Inumber has skyrocketed to nearly 7 billion. the Garden’s EarthWays Center was Based on current projections, by 2050 the part of the winning team that earned population will have ballooned to 9 billion. the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ contract for management of Though our population has increased, Energize Missouri Communities, the state’s the planet isn’t getting any energy efficiency for municipalities bigger. We are competing for program. Visitors to the Garden increasingly scarce natural learned how to make more resources and using them sustainable choices through in ways that cannot be the EarthWays: Living the Green maintained over time Life exhibit, while the Garden without causing irreparable advanced its own sustainable harm to our world. Using operations by pursuing LEED and safeguarding those resources certification for the Monsanto Center. responsibly is more and more vital. And continuing to prove that you don’t Sustainability—meeting the needs have to consume trees to save trees, the of the current generation without Garden’s Get Growing education catalog compromising the resources available to is now available exclusively online, and future generations—is the foundation members can opt to receive their Bulletin of the strategic plan the Garden member magazine electronically. adopted in late 2007. Whether it’s All life on Earth depends on plants for safeguarding Madagascar’s endangered survival, but our actions are causing them hardwood tree species during political to vanish at ever-increasing rates. Wise and instability or striving to eliminate careful stewardship of our natural resources, disposable plastic water bottle use both locally and around the world, will be on Garden grounds, sustainability is key to ensuring the health and diversity of the principle that underscores every plants in the decades to come. aspect of the Garden’s operations. 150thAnniversaryMedal In 2009, a new medal in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Garden was commissioned. The design by Charles P. Reay, creator of the Garden’s logo, celebrates the history of the Garden through two of its truly iconic buildings: the Linnean House and the Climatron®. The nine plants pictured—sassafras, Engelmann spruce, saguaro, water lilies, evening primrose, fringe moss, milkweed, ragwort, and corn—represent scientific discovery and have featured prominently in Garden history or research. 2009BoardofTrustees Officers Mr. Robert R. Hermann, Jr. The Hon. Francis G. Slay Mr. Jefferson L. Miller Chair Mr. David M. Hollo The Rt. Rev. George Mr. Lucius B. Morse III* Mr. Nicholas L. Reding Mr. David W. Kemper Wayne Smith Dr. Helen E. Nash Vice Chair Mr. Charles E. Kopman Mr. Richard T. Sullivan, Jr. Evelyn E. Newman Carolyn W. Losos Mr. Hal A. Kroeger Dr. Mark S. Wrighton Mr. William R. Orthwein, Jr. President Mr. W. Stephen Maritz Mr. Roy Pfautch Members Emeriti Dr. Peter H. Raven Mr. Robert D. Millstone Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Mr. Clarence C. Barksdale Cheryl P. Morley Mr. Anthony F. Sansone, Sr. Members Mr. John H. Biggs Mr. Jai P. Nagarkatti Mr. Warren M. Shapleigh* Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Mr. Stephen F. Brauer Mrs. Cynthia Peters Mr. Joseph F. Shaughnessy Catherine B. Berges Mr. William H. T. Bush Laura H. Reeves Mr. Robert B. Smith Prof. Sir Peter R. Crane FRS Mr. Bert D. Condie III Mr. Steven C. Roberts Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink Mr. Arnold W. Donald Mr. L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Mrs. Marsha J. Rusnack Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mr. M. Peter Fischer Mr. Scott C. Schnuck Dr. William K. Y. Tao Mrs. Marilyn Fox Mr. Rex A. Sinquefield Dr. George E. Thoma Mr. Robert R. Hermann Nancy R. Siwak Mr. Jack E. Thomas Mr. Edward D. Higgins Mr. Andrew C. Taylor Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Mrs. Warren G. Keinath, Jr. Mr. Barrett A. Toan Mr. John K. Wallace, Jr. Mrs. Rosalyn H. Kling Mr. O. Sage Wightman III Ex Officio Mr. Ralph Korte Mrs. Raymond H. Wittcoff The Rev. Lawrence Biondi, S.J. Mr. Robert E. Kresko The Hon. Charlie A. Dooley June M. Kummer Honorary Trustees Dr. Thomas F. George Mr. E. Desmond Lee, Jr.* Dr. Werner Greuter Dr. Zelema Harris Doris W. H. Lichtenstein Dr. Surinder M. Sehgal Mr. Benjamin H. Hulsey Lucy Lopata Mr. Douglas B. MacCarthy *deceased Mr. James S. McDonnell III Kresko Family Victorian Garden FromthePresident As we celebrate the Missouri Botanical Garden’s chairman of the Board of Trustees. In this past 150th anniversary, we can look to the future with year he has not only provided skilled leadership cautious optimism. Certainly, we face challenges that during a time of uncertain economic pressures, our founder, Henry Shaw, could not have foreseen. but he has also helped spearhead the search for the next president of the Garden, who will lead the By the end of this century, half of the estimated institution into its next 150 years. 400,000 species of plants could be extinct in nature. The challenge to botanical gardens around the For nearly 40 years, it has been my privilege world has never been greater: to discover, document, to build on Shaw’s dream. Today, the work of and preserve the world’s vanishing flora—before Missouri Botanical Garden botanists throughout global climate change and human environmental the world provides a basis for effective conservation damage have crossed an irreversible line. and sustainable use. Garden horticulturists design plant displays that inspire us all with their beauty and The reason for doing this is clear: plants are the diversity. Garden educators work to instill a love of basis of human life. Through the extraordinary nature in children so they will become concerned process of photosynthesis, the abundant flow adults—our future botanists and environmentalists. of energy from the sun is converted into the foundational requirements for human existence— All life on Earth depends on plants, and we must food, clothing, shelter, fuel, medicine and, over the protect them to save ourselves. course of billions of years, oxygen. In the Garden’s ongoing efforts to ensure plants’ and our own continued survival, we owe a tremendous Peter H. Raven, debt of gratitude to Nicholas Reding, the outgoing President of the Missouri Botanical Garden FromtheChairman In 2009, the Missouri Botanical Garden celebrated the world. The search for his successor has been an being “Green for 150 Years.” Since its opening intensive two-year process; there has been much in 1859, the Garden has been a hub of research, excitement that Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, head education, and great beauty for the region and the of the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, will world. Our yearlong sesquicentennial celebration succeed Dr. Raven as president of the Garden on under the leadership of trustee Scott Schnuck September 1, 2010. renewed the public’s interest in and commitment In January 2010, the chairmanship of the Board to this institution. of Trustees transferred to Arnold Donald. With This year has also been important in the evolution Vice Chairs Steve Maritz and Cheryl Morley, he and fulfillment of the Garden’s strategic plan, will provide the leadership to continue Henry adopted in December 2007. The goals set forth in Shaw’s example of stewardship, and he will have this document will serve to guide the Garden for the assistance of the many members and friends the next several years as we continue to be a leader whose generosity provides such critical support. as well as an example of sustainability. “For all time for the public good”—founder Henry The year was not without its challenges, however. Shaw’s words guide us as we continue the important The impact of continuing downward financial work of the Garden: protecting biodiversity, pressures due to the economy were felt at the promoting sustainability, and educating future Garden, requiring staff and the board to make generations about the singular importance of plants. some difficult decisions to assure a stable future. In 2010, Dr. Peter H. Raven will have presided over the Missouri Botanical Garden for nearly 40 years. During his tenure, the Garden has been transformed Nicholas L. Reding, into one of the top three botanical institutions in Chairman of the Board of Trustees www.mobot.org 3 ScienceandConservation Striving to Protect the Next 150 Years he Missouri Botanical government had no previous experience Garden opened at a pivotal in “bioprospecting” their unique flora, but moment in history: 1859, with the Garden’s help, they negotiated the same year that Darwin’s an agreement with the National Cancer On the Origin of Species... Institute that protects their intellectual Tdebuted. From its inception, the Missouri property rights and provides equitable Botanical Garden was conceived as a place benefit sharing, conditions that all Garden of research, learning, and beauty. Since scientists must fulfill before beginning field 1971, under the leadership of Dr. Peter H. work with local partners. After the Garden’s Raven, the Garden’s scientific explorations Madagascar-based researcher Richard have grown dramatically. Today, the Randrianaivo trained native São Toméans Garden has 46 Ph.D. scientists collaborating in required field work techniques, they in 38 countries around the globe, working to fulfill the Garden’s mission: “to discover collected over 65 different species unknown and share knowledge about plants and their to science for screening as potential drugs environment in to fight cancer and HIV.
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