Ron Koudys, FASLA

Ron Koudys Landscape Architects Inc., London, Ontario
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Over a career spanning 43 years, Ron Koudys has promoted landscape architecture through teaching, industry engagement, lectures, publications, volunteer work, and mentoring. He believes that effective teachers must be actively engaged in the advancement of the profession and the health of the community. That belief has resulted in a unique blend of a nationally recognized academic and a highly decorated practitioner. In addition to his full-time teaching and his pro bono work enhancing the quality of the program, Ron involved his students in a variety of projects for groups that would not normally be able to procure landscape designers. At Habitat for Humanity, for example, Ron and his team of students designed and installed 14 of the first Habitat Homes in London. His work on behalf of Fanshawe College earned him the President's Award in 2008. Ron has given selflessly of his time and talent to a wide range of initiatives-from Grand Theatre to Landscape Canada to the Sustainable Development Council of Canada, to name a few. At home, he was the founding director of ReForest London and the founder of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, London Chapter. Ron's exceptional contributions were deservedly recognized by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects in 2018 with his election to the College of Fellows.