[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 30 (Monday, February 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           TRIBUTE TO PAUL ROGERS OF CHARLTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 25, 2008

  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure and pride that 
I rise today to recognize Paul Rogers. Paul is an outstanding asset to 
the entire community and has spent over 50 years sharing his passion 
for horticulture with the people of Massachusetts. This weekend, Paul 
is being honored by the Stockbridge Alumni Association with their 
prestigious ``S'' Award and this year's annual Central Massachusetts 
Flower Show Dinner has been named ``A Tribute to Paul Rogers.''
  An alumnus of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at UMASS, Paul 
Rogers received an associates degree in horticulture. Mr. Rogers took 
time away from school to serve during the Korean War from 1951 to 1954, 
when he was stationed in East Africa. Upon returning to the United 
States, Paul Rogers continued his education and earned a bachelor's 
degree from Clark University in Worcester.
  Following his education, he served as a landscape superintendent at 
Holy Cross College for 20 years. He began his own greenhouse, 
Stonehenge Gardens, and served as a horticultural consultant throughout 
the area. He was nominated as the president of the Worcester 
Horticultural Society, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and the 
Horticultural Club of Boston and was the only person ever to hold all 
three of these positions.
  Currently, Mr. Rogers can be found in a number of places throughout 
the State, teaching horticulture and inviting others to share in his 
passion. For the past three decades he has served as the host of 
``Gardener's Calendar'' on WTAG radio and as the garden writer for the 
Worcester Telegram & Gazette. In addition, he is a lecturer at the 
Landscape Institute of Harvard at the world renowned Arnold Arboretum. 
And he is a member of many societies, including the Worcester County 
Horticultural Society, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the 
American Horticultural Society, the Horticultural Club of Boston, 
Garden Writers Association of America, and a Trustee of Old Sturbridge.
  Madam Speaker, I am truly appreciative of the work Paul Rogers has 
done for the residents of the 3rd Congressional district. For his 
outstanding service, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in honoring Paul Rogers.

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