Takeo Uesugi Title: Principal Company: TUA Inc. Location: West Covina, Calif. Education: MLA, UC Berkeley; Ph. D. Kyoto University Most Notable Projects: Years in Profession: 38 Member of ASLA since: 1977 ASLA Chapter: Southern California Category: Works of Landscape Architecture ?EUR??,,????'???? James Irvine Garden, The Japanese American Community Center, Los Angeles ?EUR??,,????'???? The Naiman Tech Center, San Diego, Calif. ?EUR??,,????'???? Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, Calif. "Memories I hold dear to my heart to this day are of my graduation from the Masters Program at UC Berkeley and starting my career at Paul Friedberg's office in New York. After completing Berkeley under the financial hardship and culture shock, I went to New York with only $30. I was not sure whether I would survive without knowing anybody in such a large city as New York. However, Paul kindly offered me a job after going through several job interviews. I could not forget how excited I was about working with him in the office located a few blocks from Central Park. I am deeply indebted to him and others who helped me through my years as a graduate student and the early stages of my career."