Leonard and Jayne Abess
In 2006, Leonard and Jayne Abess made a significant contribution to the University of Miami to name the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy.
As devoted environmentalists, they also founded the Abess Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) at Miami Country Day School, the Abess Greenhouse at the Peddie School, and the Abess Floating Research Station in the Brazilian Amazon.
Leonard served as Chairman of the University of Miami's Board of Trustees from 2011-2014.
The Abess Center's faculty, staff, and students, past and present, are endlessly grateful for the Abess family's generosity in supporting interdisciplinary environmental education and for their devotion to important environmental causes.
