Arthur Ross (1910 - 2007)

Arthur Ross, Extraordinary Ambassador for Central Park, Dies at 96

The Central Park Conservancy’s Board of Trustees, Women's Committee, and staff deeply mourn the loss of Arthur Ross on September 10, 2007.

Arthur served as a Trustee since the Conservancy's founding in 1980.  He was a member of the Central Park Community Trust, which later merged with the Central Park Task Force to become the Central Park Conservancy.   

His visionary and outstanding support is evident in the tranquil beauty and grandeur of Central Park's Arthur Ross Pinetum, which he established in 1971 and endowed years later.  Arthur provided sustaining annual support for many Conservancy programs, as well as funded the restoration of the Mall's Wisteria Pergola, Conservatory Garden's Vanderbilt Gate, and Ladies' Pavilion at Hernshead.

His presence in the life of the Park and our City will be sorely missed.

Please click here to read his obituary in The New York Times.