Jerry Pickering

When the Allegheny Arboretum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was recently recognized as having one of the most beautiful campus arboretums in the United States by Best College Reviews, an Iowa State alum was honored by association. Jerry Pickering, a retired professor of biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania had, near the final years of his tenure, taken a sabbatical to investigate and help create an arboretum for the campus. The result: a living museum that provides not only beauty to the campus in southwestern Pennsylvania but also an outdoor classroom where each specimen is carefully labeled, maintained, catalogued, and mapped. Pickering remains a member of the Allegheny Arboretum board.