Profile: Owen Chong Lang, FASLA

Company/academic title: Principal, Sasaki Associates Inc.

Education: Master in Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1976 Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, School of Environmental Design, 1972

Years in the profession: 35

ASLA chapter: Northern California

Category: Works of Landscape Architecture

Most notable professional accomplishments: Rather than a single event, there are many achievements that I would cite as significant to my career--such as winning my first waterfront design project, and the acceptance of my first project proposal. And yet, it was not simply the goals obtained that were notable; rather it was the confidence they instilled that fortified me with the self-assurance to step successively farther and higher.

Thoughts on being elected to Council of Fellows: I am honored to be recognized by the ASLA alongside my fellow honorees and the esteemed Fellows preceding us, so it is with humble gratitude that I receive this acknowledgement for my small contribution to the betterment of the environments in which we live. The distinction of a place in the Society of Fellows is truly invigorating, and serves not only as an inspiration for my continuing work, but as a signal call to greater responsibility in nurturing succeeding generations who will perpetuate and advance the legacy of the Society.