Advisory Committee

Autumn's gold brightens the borders of agricultural lands that will become the Arboretum.

Arboretum Advisory Committee

Members of the Arboretum Advisory Committee are faculty and senior staff who serve at the request of the Arboretum's director. They provide assistance in four ways:

Participating in formal planning efforts (e.g., master plan for the landscape and botanic gardens), particularly as representatives of their academic or professional interests;
Serving as a conduit to colleagues for information related to Arboretum planning and development;
Providing advice to the director on issues related to Arboretum development and management; and
Participating actively in special projects within the Arboretum as interests allow.

Arboretum Advisory Committee Members

Robert D. Berghage
Associate Professor of Horticulture and
Director of Horticultural Trial Gardens
College of Agricultural Sciences

Dan Carter
Professor and Director, Theatre Arts
College of Arts and Architecture

Charles Andrew Cole
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
College of Arts and Architecture

Claude dePamphilis
Professor of Biology
Eberly College of Science

Kathleen A. Fescemyer
Life Sciences Librarian
University Libraries

Kelleann Foster
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
College of Arts and Architecture

Andrew Gapinski
Arboretum Horticulturist/Volunteer Coordinator

Deryck W. Holdsworth
Professor of Geography
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Neil P. Korostoff
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
College of Arts and Architecture

Bruce G. Lindsay
Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics
Eberly College of Science

Eliza Pennypacker
Professor of Landscape Architecture
College of Arts and Architecture

Kathleen Reeder
Arboretum Event and Marketing Coordinator

Joyce Robinson
Curator, Palmer Museum of Art

James C. Sellmer
Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture
College of Agricultural Sciences

Dan Stearns
Professor of Landscape Contracting
College of Agricultural Sciences

Kim Steiner
Professor of Forest Biology and
Director, The Arboretum at Penn State

Andrew G. Stephenson
Professor of Biology
Eberly College of Science

Elwin L. Stewart
Professor of Plant Pathology
College of Agricultural Sciences

David Sylvia
Professor and Head
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
College of Agricultural Sciences

Alan H. Taylor
Professor of Geography
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Donald Thompson
Professor of Food Science
College of Agricultural Sciences

Gordon E. Turow
Director of Campus Planning and Design

Eileen F. Wheeler
Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering
College of Agricultural Sciences

Patrick Williams
Arboretum Director of Development

Scott Wing
Associate Professor of Architecture
College of Arts and Architecture

David Zehngut
University Architect
Office of Physical Plant