Hybridizer William T. Bledsoe (1906-1977)

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Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA

["Distinguished Service Medal", A.I.S. Bulletin 204 (January 1972): 47.] The Board of Directors, at the Oklahoma City meeting, voted William T. Bledsoe, Immediate Past President of the American Iris Society, the Distinguished Service Medal. Bill has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 1965, served as Second Vice President for three years, and has just completed a three-year term as President. In addition, he was chairman of the Exhibitions Committee for some years, and chairman of Judges Training for a period of years. He authored two editions of the Judges Training Handbook. He now is devoting the time which a rigorous term as President took to his iris hybridizing program.

In Memoriam of William Bledsoe from the Spring 1978 AIS Bulletin.

Registrations/Introductions:

Tall Bearded: 'About Time', 'Above Board', 'Abundant Gold', 'Bill Bledsoe', 'Blackberry Wine', 'Blue Bonanza', 'Blushing Sunlight', 'Born Rich', 'Bronze Lantern', 'Canary Music', 'Captain's Table', 'Coral Elegance', 'Cotton Cloud', 'Cranberry Cocktail', 'Flameburst', 'Golden Opportunity', 'Golden Shoulders', 'Golden Streaker', 'Golden Trine', 'Great Divide', 'Joe Askins', 'Lemonade Stand', 'Lillian Terrell', 'Molly Mathews', 'Monte Sano', 'Moon Music', 'Nashville Sound', 'Night Raven', 'Olive Langdon', 'Olivella', 'Rosa Bledsoe', 'Second Emotion', 'Southern Hospitality', 'Strawberry Wine', 'Sugar Tree', 'Sunburst Duet', 'Torch Parade', 'Violet Snow', White Hope', 'Wild Indian'.

-- BobPries - 2012-05-18