Wayland Town Crier 10/1/09: Wayland man takes helm at the Discovery Museums in Acton. Three weeks after taking over the Discovery Museums, Neil H. Gordon is already thinking about building a treehouse for young visitors and their parents.

“Right up there in those trees,” said the Acton museums’ new chief executive officer pointing to a stand of elms along the property line. “We could get kids and their families up there and make a canopy for them to move around on. That’d really get them involved in the life sciences.”

Based on his past achievements, the 55-year-old Wayland resident will very likely be building more than science labs in the branches.