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Learn About the Global Challenge of ‘Place Making’ Oct. 19

Learn About the Global Challenge of ‘Place Making’ at the Sczepaniak Lecture Oct. 19

Published: August 28, 2017.


Gerald W. Adelmann



The upcoming James P. ’60 and Mary C. Sczepaniak Lecture Series features Gerald W. Adelmann presenting “The Global Challenge of ‘Place Making’: How can cities maintain their cultural and natural heritage in the path of massive change?” The lecture is free and open to the public.

The lecture begins at 11 a.m. Oct. 19 in the University Dining Room on the Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University Main Campus in Romeoville. Visit to register for the event.

Gerald W. Adelmann is president and CEO of the non-profit Openlands. He joined Openlands in 1980 to coordinate a special program that led to the creation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor, the first federal land designation of its kind. Today, there are more than 50 federally designated heritage areas across the United States. He also provided leadership in the creation of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the rare and scenic landscape at the Openlands Lakeshore.

Adelmann is chairman of the Center for Humans and Nature and an emeritus member of the National Board of Advisors of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He has been involved in conservation and historic preservation projects in China since the early 1990s. He lectures extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Adelmann has received an honorary doctorate from Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University and is an honorary member of the American Association of Landscape Architects. He is also a member of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University’s History Center’s Advisory Board.

The legacy of Jim and Mary Clare Sczepaniak lives on through scholarships, Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University enhancements and now, the James P. ’60 and Mary C. Sczepaniak Lecture Series. Visit for more information about Jim Sczepaniak.

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University is an innovative and entrepreneurial Catholic university offering market-relevant undergraduate and graduate programs to 6,500 students. Sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University is nationally recognized for preparing intellectually engaged, ethically grounded, globally connected and socially responsible graduates. Visit for further information.



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