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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>On Behalf of Dr. Shelley McMahon:</span><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Friends of the UA Herbarium and of Phil Jenkins,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>As many of you know, Curatorial Specialist Senior Phil Jenkins is retiring from the University of Arizona Herbarium after 20 years of dedicated service. Phil has been an excellent resource and an unparalleled colleague for so many of us over the years -- academic botanists, home, pet, and zoo owners, farmers, ranchers, horticulturalists, extension agents, land planners, ethnobotanists -- the list is endless.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please join us to celebrate his contributions by attending an open-house-style event in his honor *Wednesday, October 26, 5pm* at the new Administrative Offices and Seed Bank for Native Seeds/SEARCH, 3584 E. River Road (flyer with map attached).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To give him a good send-off, we'd also like to ask you all for a little<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>help:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Do you have pictures of Phil? ...stories about him??? If so, please send to Betsy Arnold (power-point slides would be great).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please let us know if you have any questions and please pass this on, and an RSVP would be welcome. Hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Shelley McMahon, on behalf of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Betsy Arnold (<a href="mailto:arnold@ag.arizona.edu"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'>arnold@ag.arizona.edu</span></a>) and Lucinda McDade<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Michelle McMahon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>UA Herbarium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>School of Plant Sciences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>520-621-7243<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>ag.arizona.edu/herbarium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>