2022 Class of Fellows, Ramon V. Murray, Florida Chapter

Murray Design Group, Orlando, Florida
by Staff

Florida Chapter Category: Service

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Florida Chapter Category: Service

Ramon Murray has worked indefatigably over thirty-five years through his professional service activities to promote landscape architecture in his local community, in academia, and nationally. His passion for service and advocacy began as a student at the University of Florida when Ramon took the lead in working with two fellow students to develop materials to educate high school students about a landscape architecture career path, earning him the 1988 Department of Landscape Architecture Service Award from the university. That early effort set in motion a lifetime of giving back to the profession. He works steadfastly to bring more black landscape architects into the profession in part through his participation on various Black Landscape Architects Network (BlackLAN) committees. His service includes pro bono work with the Summer Education and Engagement for Kids Symposium (SEEKS) program at Adrian College, conducting design and sustainability coursework; providing design and permitting services for the Housing and Neighborhood Development Services (HANDS) of central Florida and the Hannibal Square Land Trust for a historically black community; serving six years as the only landscape architect on the Board of Directors for the historic Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando; and more. Ramon has made significant contributions to ASLA primarily through his work with LAAB, including as secretary and a member of the Roster of Visiting Evaluators (ROVE), and CLARB.