Category: Service to the Profession

Company/academic title: Ryan Associates, Waltham, Mass.

Education: Bachelor in landscape architecture in 1975 from the University of Wisconsin?EUR??,,????'???Madison and his MLA in 1979 from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Thomas Ryan told LASN, ?EUR??,,????'??My goal from the start has been to pursue a diverse career within the profession.?EUR??,,????'?? He has built a successful private practice and provided technical expertise to the development and construction of many of the signature landscapes of the last 30 plus years, with a range of designers including Jim Corner, Martha Schwartz and George Hargreaves. His long involvement in the Boston Society of LandscapeArchitects, teaching and organizing its UNE exam review and defending Massachusetts?EUR??,,????'???s licensing statute from a sunset provision as chapter president. Mr. Ryan has been a strong advocate of landscape architecture in the public realm, been president of the Presidents Council and practitioner member on LAAB accrediting review teams.

Thoughts on Becoming a Fellow: ?EUR??,,????'??Since my earliest involvement in the ASLA as a student in the early ?EUR??,,????'???70s, the landscape architects I have respected most have been Fellows of the Society. It is the greatest of honors to be selected by them to join their ranks.?EUR??,,????'?? ?EUR??,,????'??+ Thomas Ryan, 2009 Class of Fellows