Susannah Drake, ASLA, is one of 33 members of the newly elected 2013 ASLA Class of Fellows. She is a principal with dlandstudio architecture + landscape architecture pllc in Brooklyn. Drake was elected to the 2013 ASLA Class of Fellows in the category of leadership and management. She is a trustee of the Van Alen Institute, former president and trustee of the New York Chapter of the ASLA, urban design professor at Cooper Union, and associate of the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design. LASN will feature the entire 2013 ASLA Class of Fellows in the November ASLA Show Issue.

The American Society of Landscape Architects has selected 33 members to the 2013 Class of Fellows. The honorees will be inducted into the ASLA Council of Fellows during the annual ASLA Meeting & Expo, Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel.

Fellows are recognized for their contributions to the landscape architecture profession under one of three rubrics: works, leadership and management, and knowledge and service.

The designation of Fellow is conferred for exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time. To be eligible for this recognition, a person must be full members of ASLA in good standing for at least 10 years, and recommended to the Council of Fellows by the executive committee of their local chapter, the executive committee of ASLA or the executive committee of the Council of Fellows.

The 2013 ASLA Class of Fellows

Michael Abbate, Portland Parks & Recreation Portland, Oregon

Douglas Allen, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

H. Edward Black, H. Edward Black& Associates, Ltd. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

H. Duane Blossom, Todd & Associates, Phoenix

Craig Churchward, Avenue Design Partners, Minneapolis

Terry Clements, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Michael Shaun Cole Sr., ColeJenest & Stone, Raleigh, North Carolina

Paul Comstock, Comstock Landscape Architecture, Malibu