Profile: Theresa Guen-Murray

 

Theresa Guen-Murray

ASLA Chapter: Illinois

Category: Works of Landscape Architecture

Company/academic title: Terry Guen Design Associates Inc., Chicago

Education: Bachelor of arts in chemistry from Bowdoin College in 1981 and her master of landscape architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.

Theresa Guen-Murray was nominated for her dedication to forwarding the stewardship of public environs. In Chicago, she has shown that aesthetic sustainable landscape design can be integrated into public works through projects that include Aurora River Edge Park, South Lake Shore Drive, Jackson Park, and the Lakefront Millennium Park. Her advocacy for landscape architecture extends to her service on many Chicago public advisory committees, through which she promotes the integration of landscape and ecology as a resource for beauty and environmental benefits.

Thoughts from a Peer: ?EUR??,,????'??The keys of becoming a Fellow, in my opinion, are consistent examples of leadership, passion, education, dedication and significant work. Terry possesses these qualities in her leadership creating various landscape standards for Chicago, her passion for the city and public space, her dedication to public service committees and her significant landscapes.?EUR??,,????'?? ?EUR??,,????'??+ Peter Lindsay Schaudt, FASLA, Principal, Hoerr Schaudt