George H. Manaker, 87, a former Roslyn resident and a member, one-time vice president, and committee chairman for the Abington school board from 1982 to 1989, has died at 87.

He was a professor emeritus and head of the landscape architecture and horticulture department at Temple University’s Ambler campus for decades. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, he was instrumental in creating its four-year degree program.

A lifelong gardener, he was active with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and American Society for Horticultural Science, and he advised developers in the creation of interior planting designs at the Willow Grove Mall and elsewhere.

For The Inquirer’s obituary, you can click here. For Manaker’s books on horticulture, you can click here.

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Photo courtesy of the family via The Philadelphia Inquirer