APPENDIX 



Biographical Profiles of Major Participants 



in the Introduction of the 



Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees 



Alvey A. Adee 

 (1842-1924) 



While serving as Acting Secretary of State in 1909, Mr. Adee was 

 notified by Keishiro Matsui, Charge d'Affaires ad Interim of the Japanese 

 Embassy, that the City of Tokyo, through Mayor Ozaki, had decided to 

 present to the City of Washington 2,000 Japanese cherry trees. 



Mr. Adee was born in Astoria, N.Y., and although records of his earlier 

 school years are lacking, it is known that he did receive an honorary M.A. 

 degree from Yale University. 



In 1867, during his State Department career, he served as private secre- 

 tary to the U.S. Minister of Spain in Madrid. From 1870 to 1877, he was 

 Secretary of the Legation at Madrid and in 1882, he was appointed by 

 President Arthur to the post of Third Assistant Secretary of State. Presi- 

 dent Cleveland, in 1886, promoted him to the post of Second Assistant 

 Secretary of State, a position which he held for 30 years until his retire- 

 ment in 1917. 



In addition to serving as Acting Secretary of State when the first cherry 

 tree shipment was received from Japan, he also served in this capacity at 

 other significant historical times. Some of these included the Chinese 

 Boxer Rebellion in 1900, the Russo-Japanese War and the peace nego- 

 tations in 1905, and the Central American Peace Conference in 1907 at 

 which he was an active participant. 



Mr. Adee died in Washington, D.C. 



George E. Burnap 

 (1886-1938) 



As landscape architect of Public Buildings and Grounds, Burnap 

 worked under the supervision of Colonel Spencer Cosby at the time the 

 cherry trees were brought to Washington. He designed the plans that were 

 submitted to Mrs. William H. Taft for the planting of the Japanese cherry 

 trees around the Tidal Basin. 



Born in Hopkinton, Mass., Mr. Burnap graduated in 1906 from Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology and, in 1910, from Cornell University. 

 He was a member of the Societe des Urbanistes Diplomes of Paris, the 

 National Press Club, and both the Technology and the University Clubs 



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