On the Fringe

2003 Annual Dinner Our 21 st Annual Dinner guests enjoyed beautiful weather, elegant surroundings in the Dinosaur Hall of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and a marvelous talk by Ann Haymond Zwinger sponsored jointly by the Museum’s Explorer Series. The 500-seat auditorium was filled almost to capacity. Zwinger’s subject was American alpine tundra plants, and she concentrated on those growing in the southern Rockies of Colorado where the descent from Asian roots has been unbroken by glaciation or other disruptions. The recipients of the Native Plant Society’s Annual Grant of $500 were officially recognized at the dinner. Ann Malmquist prefaced her announcement of the award with an appreciation of the CMNH and its growing importance as an intellectual and educational resource in Ohio and nearby states.