Arlington Heights Resident Awarded Certificate of Distinction
Arlington Heights resident Scott Jamieson, a vice president at the international Bartlett Tree Experts, has been recognized with a Certificate of Distinction, the highest honor of the Purdue University Agricultural Alumni Association. The award recognizes "contributions to agriculture -- and society in general - that go far beyond the requirements of a job or profession." Jamieson was among six recipients from around the country to receive the award.
As vice president of Bartlett Tree Experts, Jamieson is responsible for corporate partnerships and national recruiting in 27 states. He also is director of Bartlett Inventory Solutions, digital system for conducting tree inventories to develop interactive tree-management and tree-preservation plans. Over his 30-year career in the green industry, he has been actively involved in a variety of national, statewide and local industry and civic organizations.
"We are awed by the contributions of professional and community service of this year's award recipients," said Donya Lester, executive director of the alumni association. "They represent the best of our agricultural and natural resources profession. Our university, our profession, and certainly a number of our communities are stronger because of their work …"
In granting the award, the alumni association noted that Jamieson has devoted his career and much of his civic contributions to advancing the tree care profession, keeping arborists safe, protecting and enhancing the urban forest and empowering others to be environmental stewards.
He has served on the boards of several national professional organizations, including as president of the Professional Land Care Network (soon to be renamed the National Association of Landscape Professionals), chair of the Tree Care Industry Association, a board member of the National Safety Council, among others.
Safety has been a theme throughout much of Jamieson's career, working in innovative ways to make the tree-care industry as safe as possible. That dedication to safety extends into his community service. Jamieson helped the Village of Arlington Heights win national designation as a Safe Community, helping to raise awareness of the importance of safety.
Education has been another theme throughout Jamieson's career. He has been a guest instructor at Purdue University, Michigan State University and Iowa State University. And he has taught at The Morton Arboretum and the Chicago Botanic Garden, sharing his expertise in the latest tree care and landscape practices.
His passion for building appreciation and care for local trees is also evident in his professional contributions to Openlands' TreeKeepers program, which trains volunteers to plant trees and care for the urban forest. Involved with the program from before it even began - helping to design it - he has trained many of the 1,500 TreeKeepers volunteers who not only plant and care for trees but monitor for improper planting, vandalism, insect infestations and other tree problems.
For many years, Jamieson conducted tree plantings and environmental education classes at Arlington Heights' Our Lady of the Wayside Elementary School.
The Certificate of Distinction is the second award Jamieson has received from Purdue University, having earlier received the College of Agriculture Distinguished Agriculture Alumnus Award. He is also been recognized with a Polaris Leadership Award from the Midwest Ecological Landscaping Alliance and a Leadership Award from Lawn & Landscape magazine.
Founded in 1907 by Francis A. Bartlett and in its third generation of family management, Bartlett Tree Experts (http://www.bartlett.com) has pioneered the science and services that make landscapes thrive. With offices in 27 U.S. states, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain, the company's tree care experts provide a rare mix of local service, global resources and innovative practices that lead the industry. Distinguished by having its own tree research laboratory, Bartlett is the only tree care company in the National Plant Diagnostic Network, a consortium of government agencies and universities providing rapid diagnosis of plant pests and diseases.