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Andrea Gaffney Is LAF's Inaugural National Olmsted Scholar10-14-08 | News

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Andrea Gaffney is in the masters programs at the University of California, Berkeley studying landscape architecture and city planning, with a focus on urban design.


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The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) has announced the national award winner and four finalists in its inaugural Olmsted Scholars program. Andrea Gaffney, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, was selected as the national winner of the $25,000 scholarship. The runner-up is Stephanie Bailey, a graduate student at the University of Oregon, Eugene. The finalists are: Karl Krause (University of Virginia), Ellen Pond (University of British Columbia) and David Vogel (Kansas State University).

“This is the first scholarship focusing on leadership in sustainable design and planning,?EUR??,,????'?????<

The Olmsted Scholars program recognizes students with exceptional leadership potential to advance sustainable planning and design.

The scholarship winner and finalists were selected by a jury composed of Barbara Faga, FASLA, EDAW principal; Perry Howard, FASLA, ASLA 2008 president and North Carolina A&T coordinator and professor of landscape architecture; Joe Lalli, FASLA, EDSA president and managing partner; Greg Ochis, ASLA, LAF president and Lend Lease Communities project director; Lucinda Sanders, ASLA, Olin Partnership partner; and Peter Walker, FASLA, of Peter Walker and Partners.

“The profession needs the next wave of leaders to be spokespersons, leaders and designers,?EUR??,,????'?????<

The Olmsted Scholars program is made possible with support from the founding sponsors: EDSA, HOK, the Edith Harrison Henderson Fund, Olin Partnership, the Raymond E. Page Fund and the Harriet Barnhardt Wimmer Fund/Wimmer Yamada and Caughey. Annual sponsors include: EDAW, Landscape Forms, Peridian International, ah’be landscape architects and Hunter Industries.

The Landscape Architecture Foundation was founded in 1966 to support the preservation, improvement and enhancement of the environment.

For more information, visit www.lafoundation.org.

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