ASLA 1999 Class of Fellows At this year's ASLA Show, twenty-eight members of the organization will be honored with Fellowship. Fellows are Landscape Architects of at least ten years standing as Full Members of ASLA, elected to Fellowship in honor of their outstanding contributions to the profession. Alton A. Barnes, FASLA MLA Program Director, Associate Department Head Kansas State University University of Illinois, MLA Member of CLARB "examination content review" committee Category: Service to the Profession "My most memorable experience as a Landscape Architect is an easy one. Fortunately, it's a continuing experience. As a teacher, I revel in the cards and e-mails I receive every year, mostly around the Christmas holiday season, sometimes around graduation and at random times throughout the year, telling me about the successes my former students are having in their professional and personal lives. I know that many other folks have shaped their attitudes and philosophies about Landscape Architecture and life, but candidly, I can't help but think I've made a small contribution given the volume of correspondence I've received over the years. To those of you who correspond-THANK YOU!!!" Shary Page Berg, FASLA Principal Shary Page Berg, Landscape Preservation, Planning & Design Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Graduate School of Design, MLA Statue of Liberty Cultural Landscape Report, New York Category: Knowledge "My favorite project has been Mount Auburn Cemetery, a richly layered landscape which is both beautiful and spiritual. In my ongoing role as a preservation consultant, I have worked with the master plan team and cemetery staff to retain and enhance the original vision of the cemetery while finding new opportunities for cemetery growth and landscape expression." Norman K. Booth, FASLA Professor The Ohio State University Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture University of Illinois, MLA Merit Award for Residential Landscape Architecture, 1991 Category: Knowledge "Get Involved! In the future, even more than the present, the success of individual's career as well as the overall profession of landscape architecture is going to depend on a willingness and ability to get involved in a diverse range of activities outside the mainstream of the profession. Prospective Landscape Architects must extend themselves to become political activists, community leaders, environmental protagonists, social vanguards, facile communicators with other design professions, and life-long students of every facet of the world they live in." Kerry Blind, FASLA President Ecos Environmental Design, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia Purdue University Graduate Clear Creek CSO in Piedmont Park Category: Service to the Profession "Many of my greatest inspirations have come through travel and spending time out-of-doors. I do not think that there is a better way to understand the stewardship and environmental responsibilities that we as Landscape Architects incur than to spend time communing with and understanding natural systems. Whether you are climbing a mountain or hiking in the forest, observing all around you is the best way to learn. Nature still does it best. "Travel, too, enlightens and teaches us new ways of thinking and provides experiences that cannot be gained by staying at home. Insight into cultures that are completely different from our own offer different views of life, art, gardens and architecture as well as methodologies and even construction techniques. "Observe, learn and apply." Jackie Bubenik, FASLA Executive Director River Parks Authority Tulsa, Oklaholma Texas Tech University, MS Park Administration 1998 Presidents' Citation, ASLA Oklaholma Chapter Category: Administrative Work "All of my past experiences-and memories-as a landscape architect, pale in comparison to the moment in time when my son became a Landscape Architect. To have a child choose the same profession that you love and enjoy is a true testament to the profession and the parent's career. I cannot imagine that I can do anything as a Landscape Architect to surpass this." Dennis Carmichael, FASLA Principal Edaw, Inc. Alexandria, Virginia State University of New York at Syracuse, BLA Honor Award, Centennial Olympic Park, ASLA Georgia Chapter Category: Works of Landscape Architecture "I have two memories that most define my life as a landscape architect-one profound; one prosaid: I traveled to the "reopening" of my project, Centennial Olympic Park, after the tragic explosion and along with my son and 100,000 others, we allayed our fears and reclaimed the park - in effect declaring that we would not be deterred by a terrorist. As Andrew Young spoke so eloquently that day about the power of the public realm, tears came to the eyes of more than my own. "On a more mundane note, my kindergartner Katie was asked on day what her father did for a living. Her response? 'Oh, my daddy doesn't work, he just colors.' After twenty-five years 'working' as a Landscape Architect, it still has the joy of 'just coloring' for me." Joseph Crystal, FASLA Project Manager National Park Service Denver, Colorado University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MLA ASLA Merit Award for Planning 1997 Gateway Community Planning Assistance, Sitka, Alaska Category: Administrative Work "As a Landscape Architect with the National Park Service, I've done projects in many significant scenic and historic landscapes. One of my recent favorites is the restoration of the Boyhood Farm at Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, Georgia. The discovery of missing or lost features through landscape archeology, oral interviews and often just dumb luck is always challenging-like a treasure hunt. Also, the opportunity to have worked with former President and Mrs. Carter is an experience that I'll always treasure." Chris Dimond Vice President HNTB Corporation Kansas City, Missouri University of Georgia, BSLA Category: Works of Landscape Architecture The Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix, Arizona was one of the most exciting projects in my career involving a unique client group and a once in a lifetime design challenge. Our client was FHWA, ADOT and the City of Phoenix, all with their own ambitious agendas and aspirations. The project involved the design of a $100 million, 30-acre urban park constructed on a concrete structure spanning one-half mile segment of new interstate highway. This extraordinary collaboration of architects, engineers and Landscape Architects was totally directed by the Landscape Architects on the project." Allen R. Edmonson, FASLA Assistant Vice President University Office for Capital Programs, University of Illinois Michigan State University, BSLA 1999 ASLA Centennial Medallion Recipient, University of Illinois, Urbana Campus Category: Administrative Work "As head of the University Office for Capital Programs, I am overseeing the development of a computerized, knowledge management, web-enabled groupware system, with the goal of providing a paperless operation for a streamlined project delivery process. The system is being developed for information exchange, collection, and financial management of projects from design through construction. I am excited about this unique system because it will fill a void for comprehensive project tracking with potential to positively change the management of the design and construction industries." Carol Franklin, FASLA Principal Andropogon Associates, Ltd. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania, MLA Category: Works of Landscape Architecture My favorite project that I worked on was the Nikko Kirifuri resort recently completed in Japan with architects Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates was a "soup-to-nuts" project. Andropogon began with site protection and ended with planting and site restoration. The landscape plan included siting new buildings, designing roads, bridges, parking and paths. The project was envisioned as a "Village in the Woods" where all the built elements were designed to work with the problems and opportunities posed by the complex landforms, steep slopes, highly erodible soils, and mature forest. For example, the stormwater management system held and treated runoff in new ornamental ponds that were sited in deep gullies present in the eroded hillsides. George E. Fogg, FASLA Principal IBIS Naples, Florida University of California, Berkeley, MLA Category: Knowledge "I have been a practitioner in the field of Landscape Architecture specializing in park and recreation design for most of my professional career. My fondest memories, however, revolve around sharing my experiences with others in the field, both students and practitioners. The idea that my peers would be interested enough in what I had to say to actually buy one or more of my books is incredible. I sincerely hope that my latest book, A Site Design and Management Process, will prove to be useful." Mark Francis Professor University of California, Davis Harvard University, MLA Davis Greenway Project Category: Knowledge "In my professional work and academic research I have always tried to be proactive and a visionary. Rather than wait for paying clients or funding agencies to define the scope of the project, I have tried to identify opportunities in need of good Landscape Architecture. An example of this is Central Park and Farmer's Market in Davis California. I was able to first identify this as a worthwhile project, work with the community to secure it as a permanent open space, and then be hired to master plan and design the park as a multiple use community open space. Today it is used by thousands of people weekly and has become one of the most important public places in Davis. The park was also selected this years as a ASLA Medallion project. Being able to contribute to such large-scale community or regional visions is one of the most satisfying things I can do as a Landscape Architect." Isabella Clara Greene, FASLA Principal Isabella Green & Associates Santa Barbara, California University of California, Los Angeles Landscape Architecture Certification Courses 1995 Landscape Design Award Recipient American Horticultural Society Category: Works of Landscape Architecture "My most exciting project is always the current one. All of the projects have stories-all are different-all are important. There are always spots where the going is tough and there are always great "heights". Making a tiny project please the client and fit the budget is as interesting as meeting he challenge of some huge new idea or scale of project." George Hargreaves, FASLA Principal Hargreaves and Associates San Francisco and Cambridge Harvard University Graduate School of Design, MLA Chairman, Department of Landscape Architecture Harvard University Graduate School of Design Category: Works of Landscape Architecture George Hargreaves is founder of Hargreaves Associates, a firm known for explorative design of varying project scales and types. Hargreaves and his firm have received 20 national awards from the ASLA, 4 from the Waterfront Center and 2 from Progressive Architecture. He is Chair and Professor in Practice of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard's Design school, where he has taught since 1986. Hargreaves has served on juries for the American Academy in Rome, the AIA and the ASLA, and has chaired the 1998 ASLA Professional Awards jury and the Urban Design and Landscape Architecture jury for the U.S. President Awards 2000. Robert R. Harvey, FASLA Professor Emeritus Iowa State University University of Pennsylvania, MLA Salisbury House, The Weeks Mansion Des Moines, Iowa Category: Knowledge "Provide yourself with the broadest knowledge base that you can secure to build your professional career. The accelerated changes that have occurred in the profession during the last half of this century are probably indicative of what is yet to come in the twenty-first century. Those that succeed will fall into a class of lifelong students of Landscape Architecture and will collaborate with the many disciplines and professions that surround it." Arthur W. Hills, FASLA Principal Arthur Hills and Associates Toledo, Ohio The University of Michigan, BLA Bay Harbor Golf Club, Petoskey, Michigan Category: Works of Landscape Architecture "Having worked on over 250 golf courses, it is difficult to single out a particular project as being a "favorite". The golf courses that I have designed are all special to me in much the same way that a father has love for all of his children. I have worked on spectacular sites overlooking vast bodies of water and they are always exciting. However, there is also a great sense of accomplishment when I am able to take a difficult site that has very little in the way of beauty and turn it into a golf course that many people will enjoy for years to come." Dale Jaeger, FASLA Principal The Jaeger Company Gainesville, Georgia University of Georgia, MLA 1997 Merit Award, Hall County Beautification Plan Category: Works of Landscape Architecture "The opportunity to become acquainted with Roberto Burle Marx, internationally recognized Landscape Architect from Brazil, will remain one of my fondest memories as a Landscape Architect. I visited Burle Marx at his estate near Rio de Janeiro on two trips to Brazil and returned two years ago for a third visit to what is now, after his death, a public site, the Sitio Roberto Burle Marx. It was inspiring to return to this site and realized how much his legacy lives on in the special landscape he developed. I encourage all Landscape Architects to visit this site to experience the work of this master Landscape Architect." Lucille Chenery Lanier, FASLA Principal Lanier/Azzarone, Certified Landscape Architects Moseley, Virginia University of Virginia, MLA President's Award, 1992, Virginia Chapter ASLA Category: Service to the Profession "Students must empower themselves with knowledge to push the existing envelope of our profession. CLARB, CELA and ASLA are cooperating to send professional "back to school" to strengthen this link between our educational programs and the profession. Mentoring works to link present and future, with all parties gaining. Here is a quote to remember from Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965): 'We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.'" Dennis L. Law, FASLA Dean College of Architecture Planning and Design Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Kansas State University, MLA Partner in firm: The Land Design Collaborative Category: Knowledge "To the future generation of Landscape Architects, I give this advice: The quality that separates the landscape architect from other design professionals is the long-standing tradition that the user was what mattered most in the context of the natural environment. As we mature into a seasoned profession, it is important that this distinguishing characteristic is not forgotten as you set new design trends and as you replace the pioneers who brought us to this point." Karl Linn, FASLA Retired Professor University of Pennsylvania Registered Landscape Architect in Four States 1989 Co-founder of the Urban Habitat Program San Francisco Bay Area Category: Knowledge and Service to the Profession "Since construction began through self-help effort in the spring of 1997, the Peralta Community Art Garden in Berkeley, CA has become a most successful neighborhood commons. This community meeting place greets people with its sky reaching bamboo pole and its string of Tibetan prayer flags waving in the wind. In the garden works of art and eco-friendly innovations intermingle with lush and lush and colorful vegetation. The uplifting ambiance of celebration that imbues the garden manifests the souring spirit of people whose outpouring of caring creativity and community has built the garden." Robert Mattson, FASLA Assistant Superintendent for Planning Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Harvard University, MLA 1999 Minneapolis Committee on Urban Environment Award for redesign and reconstruction of Lakes Harriet and Calhoun Category: Administrative Work "To the future generation of Landscape Architects I would say that Landscape Architecture is a broad field of unlimited opportunity. This makes it possible to find work that matches interest and skills as well as offering financial rewards and personal fulfillment. One of my favorite projects, the Mississippi Riverfront, provided me with my favorite memory as a Landscape Architect. On July 4, 1998 while attending fireworks on the riverfront, I was one of a crowd of over 300,000 people gathered on parkland that fifteen years earlier had been a vacant railroad yard lined with industrial buildings." Ann Milovsoroff, FASLA Landscape Architect Royal Botanical Gardens Hamilton, Ontario University of Guelph, MLA Guelph, Ontario 1997-99 Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation Grant Recipient Category: Service to the Profession "Working at Royal Botanical Gardens has been a 'favorite project', encompassing an unusually wide range of work. The extensive natural lands have needs for management and the provision of access and education for the public. The display gardens and collections are each created for different reasons, and each has a story to tell through its design and interpretation. The sum of these parts is the nurturing of one of the loveliest places in this part of the world." Edward J. Olinger, FASLA Principal Regional Landscape Architect & Environmental Manager, New York New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse, BLA 1998 ASLA chapter Founder's Award Category: Service to the Profession "My most significant project is the transformation of the Erie Canal within the region from a defunct transportation facility to a viable recreational resource. The Canal, which was responsible for giving New York State the name "The Empire State", was in steady decline due to changes in transportation and was virtually inaccessible to the public. As Regional Landscape Architect of the New York State Department of Transportation I directed planning and design projects which resulted in the development of 60 mile segment of the Canal as a recreational facility. The canal development, designated a National Recreation Trail by the National Park Service, served as a model for development in other areas of the state and caused the community to realize the potential of other waterfront development opportunities within the region." Brian Orland, FASLA Professor University of Illinois Champaign, Illinois University of Arizona, MLA Visiting Research Fellow 1989 and 1996 University of Melbourne, Australia Category: Knowledge "My version of Landscape Architecture is a rich and varied web of projects. In the classroom and research lab I am working on projects from the mathematical modeling of social and biological processes, through the visualization of GIS databases, to the compilation of social history and conduct of action research in urban areas. Settings range from the dynamic urban neighborhoods of East St. Louis to the magnificent landscapes of Alaska, Colorado and the Grand Canyon." William Thompson, FASLA Managing Editor Landscape Architecture magazine School of Environmental Design, MLA Member of the Site Planning Council Center for Watershed Protection Category: Knowledge "Future generations of Landscape Architects will have to work from a greater knowledge base-in particular, greater knowledge of natural processes and of the psychology of how people use space-while maintaining their ties with the artistic heritage of the profession. Throughout my 11 years at Landscape Architecture magazine, my fondest memory is conversing with the late John Lyle at the Institute for Regenerative Studies." Barry J. Warner, FASLA Senior Vice President SRF Consulting Group Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Minnesota, BLA Avenue of the Arts Master Plan Minneapolis, Minnesota Category: Service to the Profession "My greatest sense of professional contribution comes from those projects that people benefit from, whether it be active recreation such as parks or urban spaces or those passive spaces where the benefit may resource preservation. Projects mature over time and often increase their value to the community as the landscape becomes better defined, its character becomes richer and community systems evolve. I find great pleasure in driving past a project that I contributed to some time ago and find that it has become a meaningful part of the community." Not shown: Henry F. Arnold and Lauri Olin