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Lynette McDougald is an instructor of Floral Management at Mississippi State University and manager of The University Florist on the MSU campus. In 1999, McDougald was the floral coordinator for the U.S. Women's Open held at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, MS. She designed and maintained over 300 arrangements for the golf tournament. She was Mississippi's Designer of the Year, in 2001, competing and winning in all six categories. In 2003, McDougald served on the floral design team at New York's Rockerfeller Center for HBO's season premiere party for The Sopranos television show. The guest list of 3,000 included many television and movie stars. Currently, she serves on many Mississippi State University committees developing themes and floral arrangements for numerous MSU special events. McDougald is an accredited member of the American Institute of Floral Designers. She serves on the Southern Regional AIFD Board of Directors and Education committee.
Home address (preferred mailing): Jim DelPrince is an Associate Professor of Floral Design at Mississippi State University and has been a member of the American Institute of Floral Designers since 1992, serving as President of the Southern Region 2001-2002. He is also a member of PFCI, the Professional Floral Communicators International. DelPrince earned his Ph.D. in 1996 and is an expert in Victorian era floral design. This research has lead to two prestigious fellowships, the first at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC where he researched Victorian and American Classical floral arrangement and conducted design classes for Smithsonian Horticulture staff. His second fellowship was at Winterthur, the country estate of Henry Francis du Pont, Wilmington, Delaware. DelPrince has co-authored The AIFD Guide to Floral Design and is a featured writer for Flora magazine. He has produced a series of educational DVDs on the subject Flowers for Entertaining. |
James M. DelPrince Ph.D.,
AIFD, PFCI
