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Charles Bruce Williams III
Professional Experience
2010 to present President and owner, Agronomy and Horticulture Services L.L.C President and owner, Lakeside Farm, Inc
2007 to 2010 Owned, hosted, and produced a 30-minute weekly television
show “Grow Your Own with Dr Bruce” on numerous venues in North and 2000 to
2007 Co-Owner, Bruce Williams’ Land Design Director (retired), Turfgrass/Horticulture
Programs, Adjunct Faculty,
1990 to 2000 1996-2000 Director, New Hanover County Extension Center Arboretum and Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, North Carolina; Adjunct Faculty, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
1990-1996 Area Specialized Agent for Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender Counties, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Raleigh, North Carolina.
1985 to 1990 Chair Agriculture and Horticulture Business Technology,
1982 to 1985 Research Specialist Monsanto Corporation,
1979 to 1982
Agronomist, USDA, Soil Water Research Labs,
1976 to 1979
Research Assistant, Horticulture Department,
1974 to 1976
Physical Science Teacher, 8th Grade,
Educational Background
1979 to 1982. Doctor of
1976 to 1979. Master of Science in Horticulture,
1974 to 1976. Twenty-four semester hours graduate
course work in Field Biology.
1971 to 1974. Bachelor of Arts in Biology,
Community Involvement (partial listing)
Board of Trustees, Chair (2010-2011) North Carolina Friends of Plant Conservation (Charter member; President) 2008- present Wilmington Cape Fear Rotary, President (2008-2009), Paul Harris Fellow, Perfect attendance: 13 years Presidential Search Committee, Brunswick Community College 2005 Annual Meeting Program Co-Chair, Turfgrass
Council of Vice President, Secretary and Board of Directors, Planning Committee, Lawn and Environment Initiative, Center for Resource Management. 2003 to 2006 Board of Directors Cape Fear Riverwood
Corporation, President and member of Board of Directors, Lakeside Farms Incorporated 2002 to present Board Member, Advisory Board, President, NC Community College Horticulture Instructors Association 2003 Board of Directors, Airlie Gardens Foundation, Inc. 1999 to 2004. New Board of Directors, New Board of Directors, Advisory Board of Directors, Board of Directors, Secretary and Program Chair, Board of Directors Director and President and Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Alternative Education
Foundation,
Domestic Consulting (partial listing) Orton Plantation Gardens 2004 - 2010 Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment, Washington, DC 2000– present W.K. Dickson Inc., 2003- 2004 Tri-State Turf, 2002-2007 Bald
New
Hog Slats, Inc.,
International Consulting 2010
Transniestra, 2010
2010.
2010.
Gaspar Village, Edinet
Rayon, Moldova, Greenhouse
Vegetable Production, CNFA, Inc. 2010.
2010. Bolivia, Cochabamba and Tarija,
Vegetable Production, FDTA-Valles and CNFA, Inc. 2009.
2009.
2008. 2008. 2008. 2007. Chirleni and 2007. 2007. Orgochor. Kyrgyzstan, Vegetable Production, Winrock International, Inc 2007. Dubasarii Vechi and Delacau Moldova. Early Vegetable Production, Citizen Network for Foreign Affairs, Inc. (CNFA) 2006. 2005. 2004. 2003. 1995-1996.
Professional Certifications and Licenses Certified Professional Horticulturist, American Society of Horticultural Science, License #30004 Pesticide Consultant – Ornamental and Turfgrass Subcategory, North Carolina Department of Agriculture License #030-1229 Licensed Commercial Pesticide Applicator – NC Turf/Ornamental, Aquatic, and Research/Demonstration, License #026-25425
Certified Plant Professional, Landscape Contractor Certified Instructor,
Honors The President’s Gold Volunteer Service Award, President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with USAID, NCS, and USA Freedom Corp. 2010 (CNFA, Inc) The President’s Silver Volunteer Service Award, President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with USAID, NCS, and USA Freedom Corp. 2009 (CNFA, Inc) The President’s Silver Volunteer Service Award, President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with USAID, NCS, and USA Freedom Corp. 2007 (Winrock International) The President’s Bronze Volunteer Service Award, President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with USAID, NCS, and USA Freedom Corp. 2006 (CNFA, Inc) Excellence in Teaching Award, Brunswick Community College, 2004-05. Search for Excellence Award for Resource Development, Search for Excellence Award for Administration and
Leadership: Team
Award to New Excellence in an Extension Newsletter, National Finalist, National Association of County Agricultural Agents 1996 Distinguished Service Award, Turfgrass
Council of “Environmental Protection through the Safe Use of Pesticides”, National Finalist, National Association of County Agricultural Agents 1995 Extension Education Award “Turfgrass
Pest Management”, Epsilon Sigma Phi Extension 1995 Achievement Award for the Development and Implementation of the Golf Course
Workers Safety Program, Achievement Award, National Association of County Agricultural Agents. 1994. Search for Excellence Award, National and State Winner, National Association of County Agricultural Agents. 1993. Gamma Sigma Delta Agricultural Honorary 1978 Best All Around Naturalist Award, Honorable Mention, Mountain Lake Research Station, University of Virginia. 1976. William Neal Cunningham Biology Award to Outstanding
Biology Senior, Chi Beta Phi Chemistry Honorary 1973 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honorary, President 1973 to 1974
Invited Presentations, Mass Media Presentations, and Lectures (partial listing) Produce and Host a 30-minute weekly television show on WILM-CBS, “Grow Your Own with Dr. Bruce” 2007- 2010 Invited Speaker Invited Produced the 30-minute DVD “Apply IPM!”, November, 2006 Produced “Best of the DownEast Gardener” DVD, November, 2005 Write a weekly gardening column for southeastern Produce and host a 30-minute regional weekly television show on WECT-NBC, “The DownEast Gardener” 1996 to 2007 Invited Speaker to Golf Course Superintendents Association
of Invited Speaker to the
Publications (complete listing upon request)
Williams, C. Bruce 2005-2006. Living Southern Style Magazine. Columnist “Grow Your World”
Hertl, Peter T., Rick Brandenburg, and
C. Bruce Williams III. 2005. Flight activity of Scapteriscus
vicinus Scudder and S. borellii
giglio-tos (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in
Williams, C. Bruce, 2000. Using Master Gardener Volunteers
for Youth Education in New
Rowe, Barbara and Bruce Williams. 2000. The History of
Williams, C. Bruce, 2000. The
Williams, C. Bruce, 1999. The DownEast
Gardener Home and Garden Guide, Wordwright
Communications Publishers,
Jones, Janet and C. Bruce Williams. 1998. Pet Waste and
Water Quality, New
Jones, Janet and C. Bruce Williams. 1998. Best Management
Practices Lawn Guide. New |