how old is the cummer museum
The Cummer Oak (Live oak/ Quercus virginiana) is estimated to be between 175 and 200 years old. It has a spread of 150 feet. The gallery nearest the oak is built on pilings to protect the tree’s root system. Live oaks are a long lived native tree in the southern United States with spreading heavy limbs. Old leaves are shed in spring before new growth emerges.
Tikva Frymer-Kensky. Dr. Tikva Frymer-Kensky, scholar and theologian, died in Wilmette on Aug. 31, 2006. She is survived by a husband, Rabbi Allan Kensky, and two children, Meira and Eitan Kensky. Dr. Frymer-Kensky was a pioneer in combining rigorous study of the ancient Near East with rigorous feminism.