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Lt. Paul Ecke Jr. served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. 

Dr. Marc Cathey  (left), director, U.S. National Arboretum, Dinah Shore (center), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right) on the set of the Dinah Shore Show. Paul Ecke Jr. promoted poinsettias on national television shows during Christmas. The Paul Ecke Ranch…

Paul Ecke Jr. with unidentified person at an industry event titled "Winds of Tomorrow"

Rollie Ayres (left), and Paul Ecke Jr.. Rollie Ayres was the first Executive Director of the Encinitas YMCA.

From left to right: Paul Ecke Jr., Manabu Kurishima, Kimie Kurishima (wife of Manabu), Lizbeth Ecke, and Professor Tsurishima. Taken on a business trip to visit Japanese poinsettia growers and establish a plant patent act in Japan.

Eckespoint C-1 leaf under the microscope. This was one of the first successful poinsettia varieties from the Ecke Ranch Breeding program.

Alex Laurie, floriculture professor, Ohio State University. The Society of American Florists established an award in his name in 1948.

Connie Van Hertzon was Paul Ecke Sr.'s boyhood friend, and eventually his attorney.

Retirement party for Franz Fruehwirth, chief poinsettia breeder, Paul Ecke Ranch. Seated next to him is his wife Lilo. Behind - Paul Ecke III. At the podium - Steve Rinehart, COO of the Ranch. 

At Fides, Dutch company. 
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