Douglas Allen

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Education: BSLA, University of Georgia; MLA, Harvard
ASLA Chapter: Georgia
Category: Knowledge

As the only landscape architect at the Georgia Tech College of Architecture, where he has led and taught for 36 years, Professor Emeritus Douglas Allen has influenced an entire generation of architects and city planners. He makes clear that each designer's work is part of a greater context, a message he frequently shares with the public. He co-created the school's study abroad program, now in its 20th year, and was instrumental in forming the urban design degree program there. He describes his work as a mission to promote the unique contributions that landscape architects have made in our cities, towns and regions.

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Charlene LeBleu

Institution: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Education: BS in Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida; Master's in Community Planning, and MLA from Auburn University
ASLA Chapter: Alabama
Category: Knowledge

Charlene LeBleu advocates that stormwater research and management are critical in landscape architecture. Beyond informing her lectures and publications, her research extends to real world, hands-on educational experiences for students, including landscape interventions for rural, low-income communities in Alabama. When Albany State University flooded in 1994, she undertook a five-year, $23 million landscape recovery design-build effort. She strives to instill in students this level of environmental consciousness, ethics and understanding that resources and cultural conservation is their legacy.

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