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Rooted in Excellence: An Institutional History of the Arboretum at Penn State

Rooted in Excellence: An Institutional History of the Arboretum at Penn State

Steiner, Kim C.

Hardcover

Series: Keystone Books

General NatureLandscape ArchitectureRegional: Middle Atlantic

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 29, 2026

ISBN10: 0271102039
ISBN13: 9780271102030
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 1.99
Height: 0.88 Width: 9.43 Depth: 9.23
Language: English

Rooted in Excellence tells an improbable Penn State success story: how an idea that failed for nearly a century finally took root and flourished, against all odds.

The Arboretum at Penn State is one of the University's most cherished spaces. In this book, Kim Steiner, the Arboretum's founding director, traces the long, uncertain path to its creation. Steiner documents early twentieth-century aspirations and repeated false starts up through the planning, design, and construction of the 370-acre arboretum now gracing the north side of the University Park campus. He follows a small, determined group of faculty and staff who, beginning in 1995, transformed a modest white paper proposal into a board-approved master plan, even as funding remained elusive and institutional priorities lay elsewhere. Central to this story is the remarkable eight-year quest for a single transformative gift--one that arrived unexpectedly from an alumnus whose generosity sparked nearly sixty million dollars in subsequent philanthropy, making The Arboretum at Penn State one of the largest privately funded projects in the University's history.

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