William McNamara (horticulturist)

William A. McNamara is an American horticulturist and expert in the field of plant conservation and the flora of Asia.

After graduating in 1975 from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English, he traveled around the world visiting gardens and remote areas.

He holds a third degree black belt in Aikido and received a Mokuroku Certificate in Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu in 1997.

McNamara has been a Field Associate of the Botany Department at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco since 2000.

[7][8] Named Honorary Member of The Garden Club of America, 2018[9] The Veitch Memorial Medal from Britain's Royal Horticultural Society, 2017[10] Liberty Hyde Bailey Award the American Horticultural Society, 2017[11] Arthur Hoyt Scott Medal, Scott Arboretum, 2010[12] National Garden Clubs Inc. Award of Excellence, 2013[13] California Horticultural Society Annual Award, 2012[14] The Garden Club of America’s Eloise Payne Luquer Meda,l 2009[15] Field Associate of the Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, 2000 Honorary Consultant of National Plateau Research Center of China, 2010 Honorary Researcher of the Scientific Information Center of Resources and Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001