Honors & Awards

Honors

Honorary Membership

Purpose: To recognize persons other than landscape architects whose achievements of national or international significance or influence have provided notable service to the profession of landscape architecture.

Eligibility: Honorary Members shall be individuals who are not landscape architects but whose achievements are of national or international significance or influence.

Frequency: Eight Honorary Memberships will be awarded annually.

Nomination Process: Any Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ professional member or Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ chapter may make nominations for Honorary Membership. Nominations are to be kept confidential. Nominees should not be made aware of their nominations or asked to participate in the preparation of their nomination materials.

All nominations must be submitted as a high resolution PDF and sent via to honorsawards@asla.org by February 14, 2025, 6:00 pm EST.

NOTE: Email subject line must read "HONORARY MEMBERSHIP."

Each nomination to include:

  • A letter of nomination describing the nominee's qualifications and accomplishments; no more than 2 pages in length
  • Portrait style photo of the nominee
  • Up to five (5) letters of endorsement
  • Nominee contact details ¨C email, address, phone number, etc.

Please be sure the nominee image meets the following requirements:

Nominee images should be at least 1200x1200px at 300ppi (pixels / inch). It may be larger but must have a minimum width of 1200px, minimum height of 1200px, and minimum pixel density of 300 pixels / inch.

Nomination letters may be addressed to:

Honorary Membership Nominations
c/o Honors and Awards
636 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3736

Selection Process: Nominations will be reviewed by the Executive Committee and forwarded with recommendation to the full Board of Trustees.

Questions? Contact Honors and Awards Coordinator, 202-216-2331 or honorsawards@asla.org

Honorary Members

2023 Honorary Members

Diana Ferguson, Esq.
Jared Green
Devon Henry
Gilbert Holmes
Senator Patrick Leahy
Chelina Odbert
Kristopher Pritchard
Alcibiades Tsolakis

A
Carlton S. Abbott, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Katherine F. Abbott, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Edward?H.?Able Jr., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Jerry??Abramson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Gerald?W.?Adelmann, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Arnold?R.?Alanen, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Joel Albizo, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Ross?C.?Anderson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Virginia??Anderson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Cecil?D.?Andrus, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Randall?G.?Arendt, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Phillip?J.?Arnold, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

B
The Hon. Bruce Babbitt, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
James Barker, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Wolf??Bauer, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Eugenie??Beal, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Adrian??Benepe, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Stephen M. Benz, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Douglas??Bereuter, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Charles?Eliot?Beveridge, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Randall??Biallas, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Roxanne Blackwell, Esq., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Michael??Bloomberg, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Earl??Blumenauer, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Sarah??Boasberg, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Barbara Boxer, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Thomas Bradshaw, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Ann Breen, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Nancy Callister Buley, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Dale Bumpers, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

C
Susan??Cahill-Aylward, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Russ Carnahan, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
President Jimmy Carter, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Mrs. Rosalyn Carter, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Clarence "Buck" Chaffee, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Betsy Chaffin, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
James Chaffin, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Adele Chatfield-Taylor, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Susan Chin, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

The Hon. Henry?G.?Cisneros, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Grady Clay, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

D
The Hon. Richard?M.?Daley, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Candace Damon, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Lorraine Davis, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Representative Peter Defazio, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Russell?E.?Dickenson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Michael Dirr, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Walter?L.?Doty, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Marjory?S.?Douglas, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Leo Drey, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
R. Wayne Drummond, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Shaun Saer Duncan, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Marvin Durning, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

E
Joseph?T.?Edmiston FAICP, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Donna Edwards, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Philip Enquist, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Carolyn?B.?Etter, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Don?D.?Etter, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

F
Paul Farmer FAICP, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Pat Faust, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
S. Richard Fedrizzi, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Albert Fein, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Edward?A.?Feiner FAIA, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Diana Ferguson, Esq.


Charles?E.?Fraser, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Marshall?M.?Fredericks, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Gwen??Frostic, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

G
Eric Garcetti, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
James Garland, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Edward Gilman, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Parris??Glendening, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Vice President Albert Gore, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Harold?B.?Gores, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Dan Gottlieb, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Bob??Graham, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Jared Green

H
Gary?A.?Hack Ph.D, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Andrew S. Hallowell, Esq., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Stephen?E.?Hamwey, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Steven?N.?Handel Ph.D, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Mary??Hanson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Donald?M.?Harris, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Robert Harris, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
George?B.?Hartzog Jr., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Devon Henry

Gilbert Holmes
Mrs. Vance?R.?Hood, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Patrick??Horsbrugh, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Mike??Houck, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. William?H.?Hudnut, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Thomas??Hylton, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

J
The Hon. Henry?M.?Jackson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Richard J. Jackson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Kris S. Jarantoski, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Jonathan??Jarvis, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. James??Jeffords, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Mrs. Lady Bird??Johnson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Harley??Jolley, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Congressman David Joyce, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
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K
The Hon. Marcy??Kaptur, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Robin Karson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Genevieve?Pace?Keller, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Edward?M.?Kennedy, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Robert?F.?Kennedy Jr., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Wayne??Kennedy, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Barbara?A.?King, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
John??King, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Peter??Kirsch, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Balthazar??Korab, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Norbert??Kraich, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

L
The Hon. Mary??Landrieu, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Senator Patrick Leahy
Mary Alice Lee, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Holly Leicht, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Ronald?C.?Leighton, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Julia McFeely Lent, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Arleyn Levee, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Walter?H.?Lewis FAIA, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Andy Lipkis, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Nina-Marie E. Lister, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Binyi??Liu, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Audra Lofton, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Gregory Long, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Ann Looper Pryor, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Mrs. John?A.?Love, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Jo??Luck, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

M
The Hon. Wangari??Maathai Ph.D, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Lee??MacDonald, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
E.?Bruce?MacDougall, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Meg??Maguire, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
William?C.?Main, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Clare?C.?Marcus, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
William?R.?Marken, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Daniel Martin, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Roberto?Burle?Marx, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Doris??Matsui, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Barbara McCann, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
William??McDonough FAIA, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Charles McKinney, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Charles?C.?McLaughlin, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Sylvia??McLaughlin, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Ed??McMahon, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Walter Metcalfe, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Bette??Midler, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Hugh?C.?Miller FAIA, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Laura??Miller, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Zandra?F.?Miller, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Roger??Milliken, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Carolyn Mitchell, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Darla Moore, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Robin C. Moore, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Carolina? ?Morgado, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Philip?A.?Morris, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
William?P.?Mott Jr., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Mark??Munley, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

The Hon. Thomas?Murphy, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

N

Gaylord??Nelson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Gregory?J.?Nickels, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Frederick?L.?Noland, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. John??Norquist, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

O
Gyo??Obata FAIA, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Julia?B.?O'Brien, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Michael O'Brien, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Chelina Odbert

P
Ross?D.?Pallay, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Jeffrey Pargament, Esq., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
C. Ford Peatross, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Robert??Peck, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Steven??Peck, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
R.?Max?Peterson, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Tom Petri, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
William??Phelps, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Vicki Phillipy, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Dennis Pieprz, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Fred? Poorman, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
J. Gregory Poole, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Richard?M.?Pope Sr., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Colin ??Powell, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
David Price, Honarary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Warrie Price, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Kristopher Pritchard
Nicholas?M.?Protopopoff, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Ann Looper Pryor, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

R
Susan Rademacher, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
J.C.??Raulston, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Peter?H.?Raven, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Robert??Redford, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Nathaniel Reed, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. William?Reilly, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Michael T. Reynolds, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Sally?Reynolds, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Kristen??Richards, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Dick Rigby, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Joseph?P.?Riley Jr., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Laurance?S.?Rockefeller, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Elizabeth?Barlow?Rogers, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Roy ?S.?Rood, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Martin?J.?Rosen, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Carol Ross Barney, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Witold??Rybczynski, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

S
The Hon. Kenneth Salazar, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Allyson??Schwartz, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. John??Seiberling, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Thomas?D.?Seifert, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Mitchell Silver, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Emma Skalka, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Stan Skalka, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Christina Smith, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Nancy?C.?Somerville, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
John Spain, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Jeff?B.?Speck, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Connie??Spellman, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Fred Stanback Jr., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Carl?F.?Steinitz, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Kerry St. Pe, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Kitty Stoner, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Tom Stoner, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
James?P.?Storer, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Susan?S.?Szenasy, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

T
Ron??Taven, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Tupper Thomas, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Doug??Tompkins, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Marc Treib, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Alcibiades Tsolakis

U
The Hon. Mark??Udall, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Roger??Ulrich Ph.D., Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

V
Renata von Tscharner, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

W
Charles Waldheim, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
G. Wade Walker, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Ralph?J.?Warburton, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
The Hon. Knox H. White, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Heather Whitlow, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
William?H.?Whyte, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Rhea Williams, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Y
Jane?Hurt?Yarn, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Robert Yaro, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

Z
Mark Zelonis, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

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Contact

Honors & Awards:
Carolyn Mitchell 
Manager, Honors & Awards  
honorsawards@asla.org

Council of Fellows:
Curt Millay, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ
Corporate Secretary 
cmillay@asla.org

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