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The arboretum was established on December 14, 1922, by Joy Morton, founder of the Morton Salt Company. [13] Morton's father, Julius Sterling Morton , had founded Arbor Day . Morton's daughter, Jean Cudahy (Morton) took her father's seat on the board of trustees after he died in 1934. [ 14 ]
Elms field at the Morton Arboretum. From left of picture: George Ware, Mrs Vera Grbić, Eugene Smalley and Ray Guries (July 2, 1987) George Ware, Ph.D. (1924–2010) was an American dendrologist and former research director of the Morton Arboretum Illinois who specialized in the evaluation of Asiatic species of elm as urban trees.
In 1960, he joined The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois as the director of education, teaching botany and natural history. [2] He became the arboretum's plant taxonomist in 1963. He continued to work for the Morton Arboretum for almost 40 years. [1] Few and out-of-date botanical resources were available to Chicago area botanists in the 1960s.
Morton was born on September 27, 1855, in Detroit, Michigan. [2] His mother, Caroline Joy, was an accomplished artist, musician, and gardener. His father, Julius Sterling Morton, a newspaperman and a leader in Nebraska territorial and state politics, played a key role in establishing Arbor Day, and served as the United States secretary of agriculture in the second administration (1893–1897 ...
A coalition of environmental groups including the California Native Plant Society, the Sierra Club and the Global Conservation Consortium for Oak/The Morton Arboretum are seeking buffer zones of ...
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills
George Briggs, founding director of The North Carolina Arboretum, has been honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, NC's highest honor society.
Mr. Clark, 61, is the retired Chief Executive Officer and a current advisory board member of Morton Salt, Inc., North America's leading supplier of consumer, industrial and commercial salt products.