Who Knew WashU? 8.8.17

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Some butterflies enjoy the university’s Elizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden in October 2013. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University)

Question: Spring and summer are a key time to enjoy the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden. Which university group developed the garden in 1996 and maintains it today?

Answer: D)  The Woman’s Club was involved with the project from the start, from designs to planting to maintaining the garden, named in honor of the late wife of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth.

Congrats to this week’s winner, Karen Schwelle, of the Office for International Students and Scholars, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!