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and collected botanical specimens on behalf of NYBG, with the bulk of his collecting as a student taking place in 1958. Irwin's field notebooks from his time in Brazil (in total eight expeditions between the 1950s and the 1970s) are held by the
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Donald J. Bruckmann, chairman of the board of managers of the New York
Botanical Garden, wrote of Irwin upon his departure: "Under his stewardship he brought the Garden to new eminence in the world of horticulture and plant science, and made it a great cultural institution in the city with the
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Irwin was hired as a research associate at NYBG in 1960, promoted to associate curator in 1963, curator and administrator of the herbarium in 1966, head curator in 1968, executive director in 1971, and president in 1973, a position that he held until 1979 to embark on a sabbatical to pursue
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scientific research and writing projects. The tenure of his administration is remembered as the most difficult financial period for NYBG, and Irwin is credited with leading the organization during a very challenging time.
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Frankel, Mortimer (1972). "News
Release – Dr. Irwin is Appointed Executive Vice-President of the New York Botanical Garden". The New York Botanical Garden.
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where he earned an undergraduate degree in biology with minors in music and history in 1950, and a subsequent degree in education. Irwin was then a
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between 1960 and 1972. Irwin's vouchers were also deposited at NYBG and many can be viewed through the C. V. Starr
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Irwin first began his association with the New York
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from 1983 until 1991. He is trustee emeritus of the Truro
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magazine. In 1956 he began work on his PhD in taxonomic botany at the
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