Ron Henderson

Ron Henderson

Institution: Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Education: Barch, University of Notre Dame; MArch and MLA, University of Pennsylvania
ASLA Chapter: Rhode Island
Category: Knowledge

Ron Henderson worked as the first full-time, non-Chinese architecture faculty member in China, introducing the discipline as an inaugural faculty member at the Tsinghua University landscape architecture program. His prolific writings have established many academic ties between Asian and American professionals and students, including a longtime research focus on routine maintenance in China and Japan, where he holds a research fellowship on this topic. He has introduced Chinese contemporary landscape projects and designers internationally. He continues his professional leadership as the head of the Penn State Department of Landscape Architecture.

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