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Tormer student leaves
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/VS I Reporter
■Ihe Benz School of Floral Design
is nnly one portion of the legacy M.
|kl^| "Buddy” Benz left Texas A&M
When he died in 1980.
* IHe also willed to A&M an eclectic
and “dearly cherished” art collection
includes sculptures, paintings,
prints and containers from various
periods in history. For example,
thfcre a;e Renaissance paintings and
bihnze vessels dating from the time
oflChrist.
■Fanily I witty, curator of the Benz,
aijcollection, says, “Benz was an old
Aggie who started the first school of
fljral design in Texas.”
■She says it’s the oldest contin
uously operating Moral design
school, and it was the first program
infTexas to he certified.
■“It’s sort of like a short, glorified
trade school,” Twitiy says. “It is
■Silly good for hands-on experien-
^^^™Bjames L. Johnson, director of the
Bnz School, is Benz’s hand-picked
successor, Twitty says. Johnson was
t one of Benz’s students when Benz
at Uiltght floral design in his Houston
3,\ Bine in 1958.
■ ilBHlwittv says Benz also established
1. die only Endowed Chair in Floral
Design in the United States and pos-
Sr A s iblv the world.
■ The school has classes in basic flo
ral design and the business aspects
off floral design. Students learn what
the experts look for when they buy
flowers, how to decide on the price
mark-up, what the shelf-lives of va
rious flowers are, and what to carry
in a floral shop. Students also learn
Ti the appropriate flowers and designs
fa for weddings, funerals, parties and
other events.
■ The courses last two weeks and
are offered four times a year. A
1500-fee is required and pays for all
materials except the textbook and
housing. The school limits enroll
ment to 20 students.
■ The services of the Benz School
are available to the University and to
the community. Johnson has ar
ranged flowers for the Memorial
Student Center Wiley Lecture Se
ries, the MSC Student Conference
on National Affairs, MSC Hospital-
Photo by
“The Geisha Girl”
ANTHONYS. CASPER
ity, the Board of Regents and other
groups.
“The school makes enough
money to perpetuate itself, but
where we really make the money is
in the books,” I witty says. “They’re
really profitable.”
Benz willed his San Jacinto Pub
lishing Co. and the copyrights to all
his books to Texas A&M.
He wrote four books about floral
design — the only floral design
books that have ever warranted
more than one printing, Twitty says.
Benz’s book “FLOWERS: Geome
tric Form” is considered the Bible of
the floral design industry and is in its
ninth printing, Twitty says.
Benz made his money in flowers
and did not return to A&M for 20
years, Twitty says. She says it is ru
mored he would not return until a
professor he disliked had left.
Benz became a Distinguished
Alumnus in 1978, Twitty says, and
he regarded it as the highest honor
he had ever received.
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