The American Society of Landscape Architects has elevated 28 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2016. Fellowship is among the highest honors the organization awards its members, recognizing the contributions their work has made to the profession and society at large.
To be recognized as a fellow, landscape architects must be ASLA members in good standing for at least 10 years and be recommended to the Council of Fellows by the executive committee of their local chapter, the executive committee of ASLA or the executive committee of the ASLA Council of Fellows.
Landscape architects selected for Fellowship standing are as follows:
Kenneth Bates, Durango Custom Works LLC, Durango, Colorado
Cathrine Deino Blake, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Richard D. Centolella, EDSA Inc., Baltimore
Paula V. Cortés, Cortés Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thomas R. Doolittle, Alta Planning+Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lake Douglas, Louisiana State University, New Orleans
Gregory D. Duckworth, Founder, Environmental Concepts LLC, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Eric Ernstberger, Rundell Ernstberger Associates Inc., Indianapolis
Charles Frying, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Robert J. Golde, Principal, Towers|Golde LLC, New Haven, Connecticut
Lucy Lawless, National Park Service (Retired), Bradenton, Florida
Tom Leader, Principal, Tom Leader Studio, Berkeley, California
Timothy Marshall, ETM Associates LLC, Highland Park, New Jersey
Kim Mathews, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, New York City
Alan D. McKnight, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department (Retired), Columbus, Ohio
David Meyer, Meyer+Silberberg, Berkeley, California
Gregory Miller, Morrow Reardon Wilkinson Miller Ltd., Albuquerque, New Mexico
Daniel J. Nadenicek, University of Georgia, Athens
Harriet Pattison, Harriet Pattison Landscape Architect (Retired), Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Timothy F. Peterson, SWA Group, Houston
Todd Richardson, Richardson & Associates, Saco, Maine
Elizabeth A. Sargent, Liz Sargent HLA, Charlottesville, Virginia
Kenneth R. Seamon, Seamon, Whiteside & Associates Inc., Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Scott Siefker, Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group, Indianapolis
Gary Strang, GLS Landscape/Architecture, San Francisco
Pat D. Taylor, University of Texas, Arlington
Richard E. Toth, Utah State University, Logan
Ramiro Villalvazo, USDA Forest Service (Retired), Fairfield, California
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,000 members in 49 professional chapters and 72 student chapters.
Toro names new board member
Toro Co. has elected D. Christian “Chris” Koch to its board of directors, effective immediately, the company announced. The addition of Koch brings the Toro board to 11 members.
Koch, 51, currently serves as president and chief executive officer at Carlisle Companies Inc.
“Chris is a seasoned executive and public company board member with strong business acumen and significant experience managing manufacturing and sales operations around the world,” said Michael J. Hoffman, Toro chairman and chief executive officer. “His leadership, experience and perspectives will be valuable and we are very excited to have him join our board.”
