Summer Institute: Campus Tree Tour

For Summer Institute Faculty & Staff participants:

Few visitors are aware of the dramatic changes that have occurred to the campus landscape since the University of Oregon was founded in 1876—when only two small trees stood on what is now the entire campus footprint. Apart from the one tree remaining from the original two, every tree on campus has been planted since 1876. Why was the campus treeless before? Where have all these trees come from? You’ll find the answers to these questions—and plenty of other fascinating stories about the campus landscape—in this brief tour with local dendrophile (tree-lover in Greek) Whitey Lueck. 

Meet at Lillis 150 Atrium.

Instructor: Whitey Lueck