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George Ware was born in 1924 in Illinois. He was a professional basketball player who played for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) from 1945 to 1947. He was a two-time All-Star and was named to the All-NBL Second Team in 1947. Ware was 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 200 pounds. He attended the University of Illinois and was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Ware was married to his wife, Mary, for over 60 years. They had two children, a son and a daughter. Ware passed away in 2010 at the age of 86. He was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2011. At the time of his death, Ware had an estimated net worth of $1 million. He earned his wealth through his career as a professional basketball player and through investments.

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2010

George Ware died of complications arising from pancreatic cancer at Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago on 4 July 2010.

1990

Ware soon realized the potential of disease-resistant Asiatic elms as urban trees, leading a party of Morton botanists and horticulturists to northern China in 1990, followed by participation in the USDA-sponsored expedition to China in 1995. Through contacts established with the Chinese, Ware was to receive regular consignments of elm seed from 1990, which greatly enhanced the Morton Arboretum's elm collection.

1968

Ware taught botany, ecology, dendrology and conservation at universities in Oklahoma and Louisiana, before joining the Morton Arboretum in 1968 as Dendrologist, becoming Research Director ten years later, a post he held until his retirement in 1995. During his career at the Morton he raised hybrid elms, maples, planes, poplars and mulberries. He also traveled extensively, making a total of five expeditions to China, and three to the former Soviet Union. Ware remained a Research Associate of the Morton Arboretum until 2009.

1955

Ware married, in 1955, June (née Gleason) (d. 2010), who bore him four sons.

1924

George Ware, Ph.D. (1924–2010) was an American dendrologist and former research director of the Morton Arboretum Illinois who specialized in the evaluation of Asiatic species of elm as urban trees.

Born 27 April 1924 in Avery, Oklahoma, the son of Charles & Mildred Ware, he was raised in Norman, Oklahoma, receiving BS and MS degrees from the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD in Forest Ecology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.