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Tom Glavich is a long time grower of succulent plants and rare bulbs. He has been a CSSA Board Member and is one of the co-chairs of the Inter-City Cactus and Succulent show held every August at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.

Al’s interest in the natural world started in his childhood. Growing up in Chicago he would make regular visits to the Field Museum of Natural History, and read books on the natural sciences. His favorite hobbies were growing exotic plants like cacti, and collecting fossils, minerals, and insects.