Honors & Awards

The LaGasse Medal recognizes individuals who have made notable contributions to the management and conservancy of natural resources and/or public landscapes.

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Hon. Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, will receive the Alfred B. LaGasse Medal for his leadership in management and conservancy of natural resources and public lands. With the well-earned reputation as America¡¯s ¡°greenest mayor,¡± Daley¡¯s 20-year-long crusade to improve the urban environment of Chicago has launched dozens of leading initiatives, from ¡°Green Homes for Chicago¡± to the ¡°City of Chicago Energy Plan¡± to the recent ¡°Adding Green to Design¡± program. By working to strengthen the environmental policies across Chicago¡¯s government agencies, and by fostering public-private partnerships, Daley has created a broad-based coalition to take on the city¡¯s environmental challenges and innovations. Integral design of landscape and building has become the norm in all departments, with green roofs, green walls, and vertical gardens playing prominently in the Mayor¡¯s vision for a more humane and eco-sensitive public architecture in the 21st century.

Read the nomination letter by Terry Warriner Ryan, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ; supporting letters by Gerald W. Adelmann, Hon. Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ; Andy Buchsbaum; Beth White;? Gerald G. Roper; and Sen. Richard J. Durbin; and supporting material.