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MORTON ARBORETUM SOURCES AND LINKS

Visitor and member milestone statistic: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161226/submitted/161229617/

https://publicgardens.org/about-public-gardens/gardens/morton-arboretum

Arboretum Before the Arboretum: http://www.dupagehistory.org/dupage_roots/Lisle_13.htm

Mission and History: http://www.mortonarb.org/visit-explore/about-arboretum/mission-and-history

History of Lisle: http://www.mortonarb.org/visit-explore/about-arboretum/mission-and-history

History of DuPage: http://www.dupagehistory.org/dupage_roots/Chapter2_1.htm

Joy Morton Bio: http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1002297

History of Morton Salt company: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2781.html

History of Morton Arboretum: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/843.html

Morton Arb Fact Sheet: http://www.mortonarb.org/visit-explore/latest-news/press-center/fact-sheet

The Schulenberg Prairie Restoration:http://plantconservation.us/schulenbergbro.pdf

Morton Arb Center for Tree Sciences: http://www.mortonarb.org/science-conservation/center-tree-science-securing-future-trees

Botanical garden conservtion international: https://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=673&ftrCountry=All&ftrKeyword=morton+arboretum&ftrBGCImem=&ftrIAReg=

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Intro:

One of the four sons of Julius Sterling Morton, founder of arbor day (1872), Joy Morton established The Morton Arboretum. His family had a history of gardening and Horticultural practice. The Morton family motto was "plant trees." In 1921 he set aside 419 acres to be used as a public arboretum. Before he died on may 10th, 1934, Morton had put aside a total of 735 acres for his arboretum. Thronhill Manor, erected in 1910, was the home of the Mortons. It is now the site of the Thornhill Education Center at the Morton Arboretum. The family requested an educational center be constructed on the cite, and was razed following the death of Margaret Morton, wife of Joy and last surviving member. Today, the Morton Arboretum encompasses 1700 acres in Lisle, Illinois. The morton arboretum is the site of the Shulenberg prairie restoration project, which began in 1962. It is a public botanical garden and outdoor museum, with a library, herbarium, and a Center for Tree Science. The arboretums collection currently includes 4114 different plant species, and the Herbarium currently houses 176,000 specimen.

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Amenities (a part of the introduction on the wiki page):

As a place of recreation, the Arboretum has hiking trails, roadways for driving and bicycling, a 4-acre (16,000 m²) interactive children's garden  and a 1-acre (4,000 m²) maze.

The arboretum offers an extensive nature-centered education program for children, families, school groups, scouts, and adults, including tree and restoration professionals. The Woodland Stewardship Program offers classroom and online courses in ecological restoration techniques. The arboretum also offers credit courses through the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area, a regional consortium.

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History:

Joy Morton established the the arboretum on December 14th, 1922. He died in 1934. Mortons daughter, Jean Cudahy (Morton) took his seat on the Board of Trustees. In 1940, Mrs. Cudahy hired May Theilgaard Watts as a teacher in the new educational program. The Morton family requested an educational center be constructed on the site of their home, Thronhill Manor. The manor was razed following the death of Margaret Morton, wife of Joy. in 1942, the Thornhill Education Center was built on the site of Thornhill Manor. Jean died in 1953. Sterling, Jeans brother, died in 1961. 1962 marked the beginning of the Schulenberg Prairie Restoration Project. Clarence Godshalk, Director of the Morton arboretum at the time, developed plans to create a buffer on the western border of the Arboretum. He called it "a native planting" and planned for it to be on farmland acquired by the Arboretum in the late 50's. He wanted to turn old farmland back into a prairie with seeds collected from prairies nearby. He asked Ray Schulenberg to rake this on. Schulenbery developed restoration goals and began replicating composition, structure and local gene pools of plants in local prairies. He studied all of this with Floyd Swink, the arboretums taxonomist at the time, Robert Bets, a biologist, and David Kropp, a landscape architect . In 1966, Clarence Godshalk retired after 28 years as Director. He was replaced by Dr. Marion Trufant Hall. 1972 marked the Arboretums 50th anniversary, and in the same year saw the construction of the first visitor center. The volunteer program began in 1980. 1990, Dr Gerard T Donnelly was named CEO and President of the Morton Arboretum, and still is today. In 2013, the arboretum introduced its wintertime exhibit "Illumination:  Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum." In 2015, the Morton Arboretum hit a landmark in visitation with 1,000,000 annual visitors.

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History (Mine and Previous)

The arboretum was established on December 14, 1922, by Joy Morton, founder of the Morton Salt Company. Joy Morton's Thornhill Estate, established in 1910, formed the core of the Arboretum's original area. He died in 1934. Mortons daughter, Jean Cudahy (Morton) took his seat on the Board of Trustees. In 1940, Mrs. Cudahy hired May Theilgaard Watts as a teacher in the new educational program. The Morton family requested an educational center be constructed on the site of their home, Thronhill Manor. The manor was razed following the death of Margaret Morton, wife of Joy. in 1942, the Thornhill Education Center was built on the site of Thornhill Manor. Jean died in 1953. Sterling, Jeans brother, died in 1961. 1962 marked the beginning of the Schulenberg Prairie Restoration Project. The arboretum's first superintendent was Clarence E. Godshalk, who had received a master's degree in landscape design from the University of Michigan in 1921. Godshalk developed plans to create a buffer on the western border of the Arboretum. He called it "a native planting" and planned for it to be on farmland acquired by the Arboretum in the late 50's. He wanted to turn old farmland back into a prairie with seeds collected from prairies nearby. He asked Ray Schulenberg to rake this on. Schulenbery developed restoration goals and began replicating composition, structure and local gene pools of plants in local prairies. He studied all of this with Floyd Swink, the arboretums taxonomist at the time, Robert Bets, a biologist, and David Kropp, a landscape architect . In 1966, Clarence Godshalk retired after 28 years as Director. He was replaced by Dr. Marion Trufant Hall. 1972 marked the Arboretums 50th anniversary, and in the same year saw the construction of the first visitor center. The volunteer program began in 1980. 1990, Dr Gerard T Donnelly was named CEO and President of the Morton Arboretum, and still is today. In 2013, the arboretum introduced its wintertime exhibit "Illumination:  Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum." In 2015, the Morton Arboretum hit a landmark in visitation with 1,000,000 annual visitors.

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Board of Trustees:

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The first chairman of the board of trustees for the Morton Arboretum was Joy Morton himself. Following his death in 1934, his daughter, Mrs. Jean M. Cudahy (Morton), became chairman of the board. Jean died in 1953 and her brother, Sterling, became chairman of the board. When Sterling died in 1961, his daughter Suzette Morton Davidson took over his place as chairman of the board. in 1977, Suzette Morton retired and was replaced by the first person outside of the Morton family to be chairman of the board, Charles C. Hafner III. In 2000, W. Robert Reum took over as Chairman of the Board. As of 2014, Darrel B Jackson has been chairman of the board of trustees.

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Directors:

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In 1938, Clarence Godshalk was named Director of the Morton Arboretum. He served for 28 years, retiring in 1966. He was replaced by Dr. Marion Trufant Hall, who served as Director until 1990, when Gerard T Donnelly was named Executive Director and CEO.

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COPIED FROM WIKI PAGE:

Copied from Morton Arboretum:

Intro

The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, is a public garden  and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 Square kilometres), include cataloged collections of trees and other living plants, gardens, and restored areas, among which is a restored tallgrass prairie. The living collections include more than 4,100 different plant species, which can be referenced in an online database. In all, there are more than 200,000 cataloged plants.

*CAN NO LONGE BE REFERENCED IN ONLINE DATABASE*

As a place of recreation, the Arboretum has hiking trails, roadways for driving and bicycling, a 4-acre (16,000 m²) interactive children's garden  and a 1-acre (4,000 m²) maze.

The Schulenberg Prairie  at the arboretum was one of the earliest prairie restoration projects in the Midwest, begun in 1962. It is one of the largest restored prairiesin the Chicago suburban area.

The arboretum offers an extensive nature-centered education program for children, families, school groups, scouts, and adults, including tree and restoration professionals. The Woodland Stewardship Program offers classroom and online courses in ecological restoration techniques. The arboretum also offers credit courses through the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area, a regional consortium.

History

The arboretum was established on December 14, 1922, by Joy Morton, founder of the Morton Salt Company. The arboretum's first superintendent was Clarence E. Godshalk, who had received a master's degree in landscape design from the University of Michigan in 1921. Joy Morton's Thornhill Estate, established in 1910, formed the core of the Arboretum's original area. Mr. Morton's father Julius Sterling Morton had founded Arbor Day.