On the other hand, the next George Kress could turn up tomorrow as a 30-year-old software entrepreneur.
Kress expects the number of people suffering from autumn airborne allergies to increase between 2 and 5 percent over last year.
John Kress and David Erickson, who both work at the Smithsonian, have barcoded all 689 species listed in World Economic Plants.
The magazine has lost political clout, but it still reaches the elite, says Henning Kornfeld of the Kress Report, which studies the media.
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Project manager Jody Kress supervised the assembly of 36 giant pieces that were loaded onto flatbeds for the trip from South Dakota to Texas.
As Ms. Kress, now 25, learned about publicizing events and program development through her nonprofit work, she brought that back to the gallery to promote exhibits.
Indoors, the collection of 13, 000 works is mostly American, but includes a bequest from the Samuel Kress Foundation of Italian Renaissance works, brought out for occasional educational purposes.
"They would mutually influence one another, " says Ms. Kress, adding that both positions have influenced her work at Goldsmiths College in London, where she is getting a Master's in contemporary art theory.
Housed in the historic Kress building, Kres Chophouse is prized for its cozy booths, dim lighting and hearty dishes such as Prime Top Sirloin Diane with white cheddar rosemary mash and brandy cream.
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About a year ago, Melanie Kress worked nights and weekends in New York hosting exhibits and meeting artists for the Recession Art gallery while working in a 9-to-5 role at the American Federation of Art, a nonprofit organization in the arts.
Although the South suffers from weed and mold spore allergies in the fall, Gerald Kress, an executive with SDI Health, which operates Pollen.com, says the North and Northeast gets hit particularly hard by ragweed -- and 2009 is shaping up to be a banner year for ragweed pollen.
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