University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

Page 19 text:

7 W 3, 1 Aify i ,fiE.iQf ' ' ' -W- JK ? M 5 A 5 , r , 1.12 C ff . ,H W1 ,X . -4. f . Y' 3' In N I ' ny Mn, ' 'W fi 'll i J , Pg W ng 'W T ml :gf W U in , 1313 R . ..,1, v ,Q gm' A . iff

Page 18 text:

-n x . '.., 'S n ff f V

Page 20 text:

Jayhavvker Salutes Gardeners hen you're walking on campus and see people raking, planting, mowing, and in general preserving the gorgeous grounds of KU, do you wonder who these people are? They're part of the Landscape Maintenance division of Facilities and Operations. Thirty-four regular employees, along with seasonal and student employees, are responsible for about 650 of the campus' 1,00Q acres, plus about 100 acres oft campus. The only parts of the Lawrence campus not nursed by Landscape Maintenance are housing units, the residence , halls, scholarship halls, and Stouffer Place. One of the men behind the upkeep is grounds supervisor Tom Lee Jr., who has been with Landscape Maintenance since 1964, when he began as a seasonal employee. Assisting him are more supervisors and equipment operators, labor personnel, and a florist, horticulturist, and mechanic. Lee says their efforts are appreciated. We get letters all the time from the chancellor on down, he says, We also get the compliments. And the chancellors and their wives are some of those . credited by Lee and others for much of the appearance of the campus. Wefve been very lucky through all of the chancellors at the University of Kansas that have been aware of the campus and what the landscape can do. They've been as helpful as they can be, Lee says. Landscape Architect Alton Thomas agrees that the chancellors have been instrumental in maintaining campus beauty. He ,cites the efforts of Chancellor Deane Malott and his wife, Eleanor, Thomas says that in the late 40's, the Malotts, along with John Nelson, Dean of the Graduate School at that N time, and his wife, Katherine, initiated the planting of k n r r l Photos by jeff Schotland A Landscape Maintenance employee fakes fall leaves behind Strong Hall. Learning to avoid tree branches, this gardener gives the grass a close cut with a rider mower. l - -1