Peter Olin

The Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) recently inducted Peter Olin, director of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, into the MNLA Hall of Fame. Peter Olin, will be retiring in June. Coincidentally, this year is the 50th anniversary of the Arboretum and the 100th anniversary of its Horticultural Research Center.

Michael A.G. Burton

Michael A.G. Burton, a WilsonMiller Vice-President and senior associate, has been named corporate Leader of Ecological & Water Resources. He will continue to serve as vice president and manager of Environmental Aquatic Control (EAC), a wholly owned WilsonMiller subsidiary that provides ecological restoration services statewide.

The Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently announced the winners of its annual award program. An ?EUR??,,????'??Award of Excellence,?EUR??,,????'?? the competition?EUR??,,????'???s highest honor, was given to the landscaping plan at the Topnotch Resort and Spa in Stowe and to a program for protecting the uplands of Lake George.

David Bartsch and Michael Radner

Boston area Landscape Architects David Bartsch and Michael Radner have merged their successful practices to form Bartsch & Radner Design, Inc. With offices in Boston and Nantucket, B&R works to provide superior service and exceptional design to property owners, public agencies, and developers.

Graham Sones

Armstrong, Torseth, Skold & Rydeen, Inc. (ATS&R) has promoted Graham Sones to Director of Site Development. ATS&R is an architectural firm based in Minneapolis specializing in education facilities.

Planning and landscape architecture firm Stantec has hired Eric Marino as a landscape designer and civil engineer, Richard Campbell as an associate.

Lawrence Group and Austin Tao Associates (ATA) announced a merger of their two companies. Austin Tao Associates will retain its name for the time being and will operate as a subsidiary of the Lawrence Group, responsible for landscape architecture. Austin Tao will join the Lawrence Group as a principal. Tao will continue as principal designer on ATA?EUR??,,????'???s projects.

Richard W. Gibney

Mr. Richard W. Gibney RLA/ASLA is the new president of NYSCLA (New York State Council of Landscape Architects), which represents all licensed landscape architects in New York with the support of both NY chapters (upstate and downstate). Its agenda focuses on legislative issues concerning LAs and continuing education.

Little is pleased to announce David Powlen, RLA, LEED AP, as Studio Principal for land development services studio.

Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith has joined HDR Architecture, Inc. as the Sustainable Sites Manager in the sustainable design solutions group. Smith is a LEED accredited professional with a focus on evidence-based design and sustainable site design for healthcare.

Thomas M. Paine ASLA, who spent a year in Shanghai, as director of design for AGER, is pleased to announce the opening of AGER Group?EUR??,,????'???s new Boston office, joining offices in Shanghai and Beijing, bringing distinctly Asian fusion and sustainable design to the Boston marketplace.

John Horsley

John Horsley, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation officials received the prestigious P.D. McLean Award, at the 2008 ?EUR??,,????'??Road Gang?EUR??,,????'?? annual meeting. The Award was established to commemorate the energy, tact and dedication of P.D. McLean, one of the founders and the original chairman of the group.

MSI is pleased to announce that Lavonne Grosjean, Christopher Kimbrel and Mark Bockrath have received their professional license in landscape architecture.

ITT Residential & Commercial Water?EUR??,,????'???s Bell & Gossett division has announced that Gritton & Associates is now their representative in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. ITT plays an important role in vital markets including water and fluids management, global defense and security, motion and flow control.

Eric Viado

Eric Viado, ASLA has joined Marina Design Group, the new landscape architecture/ water management division of Marina Landscape, Inc. As design principal, he will co-manage operations of this new division. Eric is a registered landscape architect in California, graduating from the California State Polytechnic University Pomona, landscape architecture program

HGOR, a nationally recognized landscape architecture and planning firm, announced the promotion of Matthew Hoffman to Associate. Hoffman received the promotion as a result of his commitment to clients and continued demonstration of integrity and professionalism.

Sean J. Murphy, ASLA, RLA, President of Amenity Architects, LLC of Marietta, Ga. has sold the business assets of his firm Amenity Architects to SEI (Southeastern Engineering, Inc), he joined SEI as the new department head of the planning and landscape architecture department. Mr. Murphy also hired landscape designer Glenn Butler, a previous employee of Scapes, to work in the new department along with existing SEI staff.

Richard L. Woodruff

Senior Vice President Richard L. Woodruff, D.P.A., AICP, has assumed a new corporate role as Managing Principal responsible for providing strategic consulting services to public and private sector clients throughout Florida. Richard Woodruff is an experienced representative of the firm and a proponent of its multidisciplinary approach to sustainable development projects.