Profile: Warren T. Byrd, Jr., ASLA

Company/academic title: Principal, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Merrill D. Peterson Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Virginia

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1975
Master of Landscape Architecture degree, University of Virginia, 1978

Years in the profession: 27

ASLA chapter: Virginia

Category: Works and Knowledge

Most notable professional accomplishments: More than 25 awards for landscape architecture projects. Recent awards include a national ASLA 2004 Honor Award for Design, Tidewater Residence, VA; a national ASLA 2004 Award of Merit for Design, Charlotte Residence, NC; tie for first place in the American Veterans with Disabilities for Life competition in Washington, DC

Sesquicentennial Associate, University of Virginia (2000-2001, spring 1993)

David Harrison 'Teaching' Award, 1995 (University of Virginia)

All University Outstanding Teacher Award, 1994 (University of Virginia)

Invited as one of 12 outstanding young landscape architects nationwide to participate in ?EUR??,,????'??Transforming the American Garden: 12 New Landscape Designs,?EUR??,,????'?? sponsored by Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Exhibition and publication of work in spring 1986. Exhibition traveled throughout United States until 1991.

Bradford Williams Medal: Awarded by ASLA for the article ?EUR??,,????'??On Drawing?EUR??,,????'?? co-authored with Susan Nelson; July/August 1985 issue of Landscape Architecture (November 1986)

Bradford Williams Medal: Awarded by ASLA for the article ?EUR??,,????'??Comparative Anatomy: Dumbarton Oaks and the Donnell Garden?EUR??,,????'?? published in Landscape Architecture in 1983 (March 1983)

Thoughts on being elected to Council of Fellows: I am honored to have been selected as an ASLA Fellow.