CLASS Fund, a non-profit organization, which provides scholarships for landscape architectural, horticultural, and irrigation science students, hosted their annual holiday luncheon aboard the Royal Princess in Newport Beach, Calif.

Bill Cathcart (right), President & CEO at Cathcart/Begin Associates, posed with Marty McPhee (left), CLASS Fund chairman of the board, after being honored with a lifetime membership to CLASS Fund.

On Friday, Dec 6th the California Landscape Architectural Student Scholarship Fund hosted their annual holiday luncheon aboard the Royal Princess in Newport Beach, Calif.

The annual event brought together landscape architectural professionals to celebrate the industry, and to raise funds for scholarships given to landscape architecture students, the future of the profession.

Landscape Architecture university program directors, Lee-Anne Milburn, ASLA, CalPoly Pomona and Bob Harris, Hon. ASLA, USC were also in attendance.

Speakers at the event included David Morgan from The Irvine Company, and Chris Garcia from Organics Outback.

For more information about CLASS Fund, or to make a donation, please visit classfund.org.

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