Profile: Robert Owen Brush, ASLA

Company/academic title: Professor, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Education: BS, MLA, and Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts - Amherst)

Years in the profession: 34

ASLA chapter: Wisconsin

Category: Knowledge

Most notable professional accomplishments: Research publications in scientific, professional and popular journals on the landscape value of forests.

Thoughts on being elected to Council of Fellows: Landscape architecture is a stimulating and challenging profession because it draws from so many disciplines in the arts and sciences. I chose to focus on measuring the effects of forest vegetation on landscape perceptions at site and regional scales. To me this award acknowledges the breadth and scope of the profession.