We are thankful of the generous gift to the College of Wooster that made possible the designation of our campus as an arboretum – The Abbey Arboretum. Paul Abbey (Wooster class of ’73) and his wife, Constance Norweb Abbey, have established the campus-wide Arboretum at Wooster. The campus consists of over 2,800 trees managed by the grounds staff lead by Phil Olsen. The Wooster Tree Ring Lab has recently updated the tree-ring record from the white oaks on campus and the tree centric organization lead by Paul Abbey – Rooted in Trees featured our class work (fall 2026) with the College updated oak tree-ring record in their newsletter excerpted below – the full text is here:
Many thanks to Jessica Wharton Travis of Rooted in Trees for great prose and compelling story.