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LAND December 1979 – New Orleans Annual Meeting
August 20, 2025
As we gear up for the 2025 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in New Orleans, let's flash back to the first ASLA meeting in the Crescent City in 1979 with a look at LAND's coverage of the event.
New Orleans 1979 Overview
The largest gathering of landscape architects to that date took place in New Orleans from October 31 to November 3. Over 1,800 participants attended ASLA's 79th Annual Meeting to discuss the impact of money, law, and politics on landscape architecture. This meeting featured the most extensive program content ever produced by ASLA, with numerous educational sessions and the largest educational exhibit in the Society's history. It also marked the 80th anniversary of ASLA's founding.
During the meeting, Robert L. Woerner from Spokane, Washington, was installed as the Society's president for a one-year term. He promised to focus on ASLA's growth and the expanding roles of landscape architects. New vice presidents Calvin T. Bishop from Houston, Texas, and Darwina L. Neal from Washington, D.C., along with treasurer Joseph Y. Yamada from San Diego, California, were also installed. The theme of the meeting, "Impact & Opportunity: Money, Law and Politics," guided attendees into a new decade of challenges and opportunities. Experts discussed the influence of money, law, and politics on the profession, and various educational sessions and awards were presented. The meeting concluded with an invitation to the 80th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, in November 1980.
Key speakers and their messages included:
- Glen E. Coverdale: As the senior vice president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's real estate lending division, Coverdale discussed the influence of money on the built environment. He emphasized that high-quality development, including land planning and landscaping, is highly valued in the current real estate market. However, he also noted the challenges developers face in allocating funds for such quality landscaping.
- Fred Bosselman, Esq.: A leading legal expert on land-use, Bosselman highlighted the significance of law as a design tool. He suggested that landscape architects could be indirectly employed by requiring design impact statements at the local level. These statements would assess the impact of buildings on urban design and the overall landscape, potentially leading to the legal requirement for employing design professionals.
- Rep. Douglas Bereuter (R-NE): The first urban planner ever elected to Congress, Bereuter spoke about the role of politics as a design tool. He shared his perspective on the relationship between designers and western society, predicting that more designers would enter the government arena. Bereuter emphasized that the objectives of design and politics are complementary.
LAND XX, no. 12, December 1979
Annual Meeting Draws 1,800
The largest gathering of landscape architects in history assembled in New Orleans October 31–November 3 to discuss and debate the impact that money, law and politics has on the profession of landscape architecture.
More than 1,800 participants attended ASLA’s 79th Annual Meeting to witness the largest programmatic content ever produced by ASLA, an unprecedented number of educational sessions and the largest educational exhibit in the history of the Society.
The meeting also marked the 80th anniversary of the birth of ASLA.
Robert L. Woerner (F), of Spokane, Washington, was installed as the Society’s president for a one-year term that will conclude at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado in November, 1980.
Woerner pledged to dedicate his energies toward “ASLA’s continued strong growth during an era of expanding roles for landscape architects and concern for the environment.”
Calvin T. Bishop (F) of Houston, Texas, and Darwina L. Neal (M) of Washington, D.C., were installed as new vice presidents, and Joseph Y. Yamada (F) of San Diego, California, was installed as treasurer of the society. Neal and Yamada will each serve two-year terms.
Bishop was elected by the Board of Trustees to fill the unexpired two-year term of William A. Behnke (F) of Cleveland, Ohio, who was elected ASLA president-elect. He will assume the presidency at the 1980 annual meeting.
Outgoing ASLA President Jot D. Carpenter (F) of Columbus, Ohio, thanked the Society for its positive work during his one-year term that concluded at the meeting.
Barry R. Thalden (M) of St. Louis, MO, continues his two-year term as a vice president of ASLA.
The theme of the meeting, “Impact & Opportunity: Money, Law and Politics,” was selected to help guide attendees into a new decade of challenges and opportunities.
Three experts were asked to address the group on these topics, including Glen E. Coverdale, senior vice president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, real estate lending division. He offered the delegates a new understanding of the frame of reference of those individuals who control the money, which in turn control the built environment.
“The current real estate environment is particularly receptive to high quality in every aspect of development, including land planning and landscaping,” Coverdale explained.
If landscape architects manage to do a well-planned, creative job, “the developer will see how his property will benefit from the recommendations,” noted Coverdale.
“But,” he cautioned, “the job of perfecting high quality landscaping isn’t easy because it is difficult for developers to make the dollars available.”
In the area of law, Fred Bosselman, Esq., a leading legal expert on land-use, stressed the significance of law as a design tool.
Bosselman emphasized the various “indirect ways” of employing landscape architects by “requiring design impact statements at the local levels” as one example.
These statements would study the impact of buildings “on the overall urban design and overall landscape of the area,” he noted.
“If this statement is legally required and can be legally tested in court for its efficiency and the professionalism in which it is done,” he continued, “you could effectively, although indirectly, require the employment of design professionals.”
In the third major session, Rep. Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), the only urban planner ever elected to congress, addressed the subject of politics as a design tool.
The freshman congressman offered the delegates his understanding of a designer’s role in relationship to western society, and predicted that more designers will enter the government arena.
“The differences between the two professions are obvious,” he declared. “But as a person with feet planted in both professions, I assure you the objectives of the two are complimentary.”
In addition to these three presentations, sixteen educational sessions were provide, including a review of current public land legislation by Rep. John Seiberling (D-OH).
The congressman offered insight on major land-use programs currently under consideration in congress, including the Alaska Lands bill and the U.S. Forest Service’s RARE II programs.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and member of the president’s first Council on Environmental Quality, Hon. Robert Cahn, delivered a speech on “The Search of an Environmental Ethic,” a thought-provoking opportunity for delegates to ponder their role in society.
Cahn’s presentation, offered as the 1979 Conrad Wirth lecture, was co-sponsored by ASLA and the National Park Service. The lecture, an annual event, is in honor of former National Park Service Director Conrad L. Wirth (EF), a landscape architect with unsurpassed contributions to the profession and the national park system.
Ten ASLA members were invested as fellows during the meeting. Fellows are elected for long-term dedication to the landscape architecture profession.
The new fellows are: M. Paul Friedberg, Calvin S. Hamilton, Carl D. Johnson, Richard B. Myrick, Edward L. Pryce, John E. Rahenkamp, Kenji Shiozawa, David G. Wright, Joseph Y. Yamada and David L. Young.
The ASLA Medal, the highest and most prestigious award in the field of landscape architecture, was presented to Norman T. Newton (EF), a long-time educator in landscape architecture.
“There is not a landscape architect in this country whose education was not influenced by the outstanding work of Norman Newton,” said ASLA President Carpenter during ceremonies to mark the occasion.
The annual banquet wrapped up meeting festivities, with the installation of new officers, and presentations of ASLA awards.
Edward H. Stone, II (F), chief landscape architect for the U.S. Forest Service, and former ASLA president, won the ASLA President’s Medal. This award is offered in recognition of outstanding and unparalleled contributions to the profession through service to ASLA.
The Bradford Williams Medal was awarded to E. Lynn Miller (M) and Thomas Aidala. The awards is in memory of Bradford Williams, who for many years served as the driving force behind Landscape Architecture Quarterly, later to become Landscape Architecture magazine.
Two Bradford Williams Medals are awarded each year—one to an ASLA member and one to a non-member—for articles published in LAM. Miller won the award for his article, “Homesteading FDR—Style at Artherdale,” in the September, 1978 LAM. Aidala won the medal for his article, “The FDR Memorial,” in the January, 1979 LAM.
The President’s Cup is awarded each year to chapters for best chapter programs, services and activities in two categories: large (90-or-more members), and small (less than 90 members).
The Virginia Chapter was awarded the large category President’s Cup, and Hawaii Chapter and California Central Chapter tied for small chapter category honors.
Winners in the 1979 Student Awards Program included Scott E. Smith, Ohio State University, for “The Lindens,” and Katherine Russell, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, for “Karlin Gardens.” Both students were recipients of a Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award.
Sherry Dorward, of the University of California, Berkeley, won the Distinguished Graduate Student Award for “Harbor Bay Landing,” and Jack M. Perry of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, received a Special Award for “Oakland—The Urban Environment.”
The meeting closed with an invitation to ASLA’s 80th Annual Meeting, which will be held in Denver, Colorado, November 22-25, 1980.
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From the Executive Director’s Desk
by Ed Able
The 79th Annual Meeting of ASLA is now history. But what cannot be forgotten or overlooked is the tremendous debt of gratitude we owe to all those who made the meeting a productive and educational experience for us all. I am most appreciative of the many compliments and praise which the staff received during the annual meeting for our work. However, I would like to publicly share that thanks with the many volunteers who gave so much of their time to making the meeting a success.
My particular compliments go to Deborah Weldon, this year’s program chair, who worked hand-in-hand with the staff and devoted literally hundreds of hours to insuring the most successful meeting for our members. In addition, special thanks go to all of the students in the Landscape Architecture Program at Louisiana State University. One could not ask for a more enthusiastic, responsive and devoted group of young people. Their contribution and their positive attitude speak highly of the school they represent, their program, and the faculty with whom they work.
Last, but certainly not least, our sincere appreciation to Jim Fondren, chair of the Louisiana/Arkansas Host Committee, and to all those members of the chapter who contributed unselfishly to ensuring the success of the meeting.
The joint effort which produced this exciting experience only further illustrates that we can do so much together to the benefit of ASLA and the profession we represent.
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Calvin T. Bishop Elected ASLA Vice President
Calvin T. Bishop, a principal of Bishop and Walker, Houston, Texas, was elected by the ASLA Board of Trustees at the Annual Meeting to fill the unexpired two-year term of William A. Behnke as ASLA vice president.
Behnke, who was earlier elected ASLA president-elect, had completed exactly one year of his two-year term as vice president. He was installed as president-elect at the Annual Meeting on November 3.
The board action to fill the vacated executive position is required by the ASLA Constitution and Bylaws. Bishop was installed in the new position on November 3.
Bishop, a member of ASLA since 1960, served as a national vice president in 1973-74. He was also president of the old Southwest Chapter in 1970-71 and chairman of the National Professional Awards Committee in 1978.
“Cal brings to the office of vice president both the experienced dedication to successfully fulfill the responsibilities of the position,” said ASLA President Bob Woerner. “The entire membership joins in congratulating our new vice president.”
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1980 ASLA Handbook Information Request
Production on the 1980 ASLA Members’ Handbook will begin in January, and members are requested to check if current computerized information about them is correct.
The mailing label on this issue of LAND contains the same information that will be printed in the 1980 handbook. Members should check the name spelling, address, ZIP code, membership category and chapter code for accuracy. If any of this information is incorrect, detach the label, enter the correction(s), and return it to: ASLA 1980 Members’ Handbook, 1900 M Street N.W. Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20036.
Deadline for these changes is January 31, 1980.
This membership listing does not include the private, academic and government practice rosters. The information for these rosters is compiled from a separate mailing.
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President’s Message: “Moving Forward”
by Robert L. Woerner, ASLA President
After two years of operation under its self-management program, ASLA has firmly established its new directions. Two years ago, Lane Marshall said, “We’re off and running.” Now its up to your president, your trustees, and you as individual members of ASLA to “keep it moving.”
As we enter the Society’s 81st year, we are still dedicated to its basic purpose—the advancement of education. We are interested in the growth and strength of our association because we cannot effectively fulfill that purpose as individuals. The broad spectrum of practice forms that we now recognize requires a similar broadening of our educational efforts through an expanded Society.
We have our greatest opportunity for continuing education, stronger school programs and interprofessional growth at the chapter level. To this end we must develop strong chapters with well-organized programs. As individual members, we must actively participate in chapter activities. It is at this level that we can implement the goals established by the trustees for the Society and the profession—membership opportunity, education advancement, professional development, public service and public relations.
Our headquarters staff cannot direct and promote activities at the chapter level. The methods of operating a chapter are known and proven. Our national officers and staff have taken this information to regional meetings for chapter leaders where it has met with enthusiastic response. We will continue this support under the direction of president-elect Behnke. The Chapter Advisory Board has been most effective in preparing a workbook and manuals for chapter operations, and revised, up-dated material is available for chapter leaders.
In addition, I have asked the trustees to take a more active role in support of their chapters. It is their responsibility to develop policies to be administered by the Executive Committee and implemented by our staff and our committees and councils. These policies reflect the needs of the profession, but they should develop in response to the needs of our members through the chapters. A strong liaison is needed to carry our national policies to the chapters. The products and services must be used to achieve our goals. In return, the concerns and needs of our chapters and individual members must be brough to the attention of the officers and the trustees of the Society. With better communications, the Society can better serve the profession. We can keep it moving forward.
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Continuing Education for Landscape Architects: Spring Seminars from the American Society of Landscape Architects
Are you scared of conducting a graphic presentation? Is your project graphically presentable? Does staff time cost too much to prepare a superior graphic presentation? These critical factors can often decide the fate of your project – even if it represents the finest work in landscape architectural design.
Economy in Graphics, ASLA’s highly successful seminar, teaches participants to increase their speed in graphics with a strong emphasis on economy—all geared for landscape architectural practice.
“Expressing a project graphically and economically is not really that difficult” explains Economy in Graphics instructor Mike Lin, of Kansas State University. “The class will stimulate graphic expression and explain how a presentation can be put together with speed.”
Mike believes that active participation in a workshop encourages participants to experiment, learn and gain confidence in their abilities. He says his students learn to sketch a project within one minute.
“Often in less than 30 seconds” he adds.
A ‘how to do it’ seminar, Presentations and Proposals offers proven techniques for developing a competitive proposal and delivering a successful presentation.
Careful use of the communication skills taught in this seminar can turn a rejection into an acceptance, and works for landscape architects in private, government and academic practice.
“While the physical appearance and ‘graphic image’ of a presentation are important,” says Presentations and Proposals instructor Cameron Man, president of the Land Plan Collaborative, Ltd., Guelph, Ontario, “they are merely icing on the cake compared to the basic organization and information necessary to direct the presentation in your favor.”
This seminar emphasizes the content and organization of a presentation and proposal, rather than the graphic aspect. It explores the best method to insure that efforts are not wasted because the client simply does not think in the same pattern or with the same frame of reference.
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Prize Offered for Garden History Manuscripts
Dumbarton Oaks has announced the establishment of a Mildred Barnes Bliss prize to be awarded for the best book length manuscript on subjects related to the history of gardens.
Garden decorations such as sculpture or fountains and studies in the history of horticulture and of plant illustration will also be considered. Manuscripts must represent the results of original research and must be formally documented in accordance with normally accepted scholarly standards.
There will be an award of $1,000 and the manuscript will be published by Dumbarton Oaks. Submission will be judged by a committee, whose decision, including that of making no award, is final.
For details about the length and format of the submission write: Center for Studies in Landscape Architecture, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007.
Deadline for submission of a manuscript is September 15, 1980.
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Honorary Membership Nominations Sought by Executive Committee
The ASLA National Executive Committee is currently seeking nominations from all chapters for new national honorary members. Honorary members are individuals other than landscape architects who have had national impact on the profession.
Nominations for honorary membership may be submitted to the National Executive Committee by each chapter’s Board of Trustee member in the name of his or her chapter. The deadline for nominations is January 30, 1980.
Nominations for national honorary membership should include individuals who have had national impact in service to the profession. Individuals whose contribution are more regional or local in nature may be considered for chapter honorary membership.
All nominations should be accompanied by complete biographical data on the nominee and a full written explanation with reasons for the nomination.
Nominations will be reviewed by the Executive Committee, and appropriate recommendations will then by forwarded to the full Board of Trustees for consideration.
Questions concerning the nomination procedures and specifications should be directed to the executive director at national headquarters.
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Cornell Floriculture Research Open-House Set for January
Members of the floriculture industry and other persons are invited to this year’s Floriculture Research Open House at Cornell University, January 10, 1980.
The day-long program features a series of presentations on the latest research developments in floriculture and ornamental horticulture, and tours of research projects in greenhouses and laboratories are planned.
The event, held every two years, is sponsored by the department of floriculture and ornamental horticulture in the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell. There will be no registration fee.
The program will start at 8:30 a.m. in Morrison Hall Auditorium with presentation by researchers from the departments of floriculture and ornamental horticulture, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, entomology, and plant pathology.
Topics include solar energy greenhouse design, energy conservation measures for greenhouse operations, the effect of high intensity lights on rooting and growing chrysanthemums, variable nighttime temperatures for greenhouse crops such as lettuce, chrysanthemums, and roses, studies of a warm nutrient solution for plant growth, overwintering of nursery stock grown in containers, and use of sludge and fly ash for turfgrass culture.
Also to be examined will be effects of acid rain on plants, ways to speed up the growth of cacti and succulents, production of foliage houseplants of tropical origin from seed, and studies involving application of plant nutrients by circulating a thin film of nutrient solution around the root system of roses and other plants—a method known as “nutrient film technique.”
More than 30 research topics will be presented in the morning session. In the afternoon, participants will view a wide range of greenhouse crops under study. Graduate students, greenhouse personnel, and faculty will be on hand to lead the tours and discussions.
For additional information about the program, contact Professor Robert W. Langhans or Joann Gruttadaurio, 20 Plant Science Bldg., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
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Visibility
“Tune In,” a television program on WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge, recently featured a live remote broadcast from the site of a future state commemorative area “The Plaquemine Lock.” The role of the landscape architect was emphasized, and Eduardo Jenkins and the park planning done by his firm was discussed.
The Daily Journal of Commerce featured an article on two award winning projects by Jones & Jones, Seattle, WA. Grant Jones (M) was mentioned in connection with their development of a training course on highway aesthetics for the Federal Highway Administration, and the firm’s plans for restoration and recycling of Pioneer and Occidental Squares. The journal described the projects and stated that these “projects illustrate the range of possible strategies for achieving design excellence.”
Kevin Tucker (M) recently spoke about site planning and landscape architectural application for solar designed homes and subdivisions in Chattanooga, Tenn. The TVA’s Solar Application Modular Housing Seminar was attended by developers, manufacturer’s reps, contractors, and consultants.
A Middle East trip by Lloyd Bond (FE) was featured in the Eugene Register, OR. The article focused on his interiorscape work and utilization of a new Luwasa hydra culture process for growing plants. The interview went on to discuss the scope of his work and his views on landscape architecture.
Innovative design by an Anchorage firm, Group Three Design, received a boost in the Tundra Times for their plan for Bethel Community Park. The tundra and high winds influenced special experimentation in plant selection, flexible trail construction, solar-protective seating, equipment and play surface foundations. The article discussed the amenities of the project and the teamwork involved in the undertaking.
Historic Landscape was defined by Robert Melnick (M) in Preservation News. He went on to present Kansas State University’s approach to integrating landscape architecture, architecture, and planning in a curriculum dealing with historic preservation and potential problems in the prairie/plains region. “The active and responsible preservation of these areas is a vital aspect of the movement to understand the past, recognize the present, and integrate these with the future,” he said.
Phillip S. Tresch (M), chairman of the Publications Committee for the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, assisted CSLA in producing its first weekly appointment calendar. The 8½” X 11” format of the 1980 Calendar includes reproductions of “Landscape in the 70’s,” a traveling exhibit of Canadian landscape architectural projects. The traveling exhibit was produced and is being circulated by the Landscape Architecture Department of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tresch is a landscape architect at the national office of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. He is promoting a greater understanding of the profession within the federal housing agency, and towards this end, he coordinated the showing of Legacy for Living at 12 training workshops for CMHC staff across Canada during 1978. In 1979, he produced a 60-slide presentation which he used to illustrate, to senior management and others in CMHC the potential of landscape architecture services and their contribution to housing quality on a cost effective basis.
Students Visit China. A Penn State landscape architecture student, Mary Kay Noyallis, who was one of 16 American college students to tour the People’s Republic of China this summer, says she was highly impressed with the Chinese people. Ms. Noyallis participated in the second study tour to be organized for American students since the U.S. and the PRC opened diplomatic relations earlier this year. The group visited five cities in 16 days, starting in Peking and traveling more than 2,500 miles by air and rail to Tsingtao, Tsinan, Shanghai and Kwangchow. Most of the other students had backgrounds in Asian studies, but Ms. Noyallis is majoring in landscape architecture. She told tour organizers she thought it was “just as important to send someone with an understanding of the physical environment as it was to send someone who speaks the language.”
Understanding and cooperation … The New York State Council of Landscape Architects participated in the first annual trade show of the New York State Nurserymen’s Association. One of the objectives was to increase understanding and foster cooperation between landscape architects and the landscape industry. LA’s designed the central garden in the exhibit hall and an exhibit on the profession. Marvin I. Adelman (M), program coordinator of Cornell University’s Landscape Architecture Program, and Roy McCready (M), regional landscape architect. NYS Department of Transportation, participated in a panel discussion on cooperation between growers, contractors, arborists and landscape architects.
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English Country House School Set for July
The Attingham Summer School on the Historic Houses of England will be held July 3 – 22, 1980. This professional school, founded 29 years ago, surveys the architectural and social history of the English country house and its landscape garden and studies the contents of these fine houses of the past 400 years. Attention is given to the history of the English garden and landscape park. To allow a wide coverage of houses, the school works from three centers. For the first week the school is in residence at the (English) National Trust Palladian mansion, Attingham Park in Shropshire. The second week is held in Derbyshire and the third week the school will stay in Chester in the West Highlands. Full details and applications may be obtained from Mrs. Pauli McClanahan, executive secretary, American Friends of the Attingham Summer School, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. (202) 673-4101. The deadline for applications is January 31, 1980.
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ICED to Review Uniform Construction Index
The Interprofessional Council on Environmental Design (ICED), of which ASLA is a member, has agreed to sponsor a review and update of the Uniform Construction Index. The UCI serves as an umbrella identification for a large group of closely correlated indexes that are prepared by a variety of organizations for consensus, review and approval by a joint advisory council (JAC).
A JAC, with the American Institute of Architects acting as secretariat, and with Leo G. Shea, FAIA, as convener, has recently been established. The JAC developed a program and timetable to undertake this important job.
Four task groups will be established to determine industry needs, review publications and propose new material for development in the following categories:
- Task Group A—Design Data Filing Indexes
- Task Group B—Project Date Filing Indexes
- Task Group C—Estimating and charts of accounts Indexes
- Task Group D—Specifications Indexes
The timetable calls for submittal of the four task group reports to the JAC by September, 1980. A meeting of the JAC in November, 1980, will consider adoption or modification of the reports and plan the updating of the UCI.
ASLA will be represented on task groups A, B and D. Harold McGee (M) serves as ASLA’s overall coordinator for the UCI review and update as well as representative to the Construction Specifications Institute. Raymond Freeman (F) serves as the staff representative.
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Government Affairs: Highway Beautification Act—Reassessment or Abolishment?
Sen. Robert Stafford (R-VT) has introduced a bill that would return the full responsibility for highway beautification to the states. In reality, however, bill S-344 would repeat the original 1965 Highway Beautification Act, according to ASLA.
The Senate Subcommittee on Transportation considered this bill and turned it down in committee vote. Last month, however, the Senate committee on Environmental and Public Works considered the bill, but did not recommend it for Senate action.
The bill did not receive ASLA support because the present 1965 Highway Beautification Act gives the states a major responsibility to remove and control outdoor advertising. Past experience has proven that the states have done an extremely poor job in removing non-conforming signs. Therefore, ASLA believes that the new bill will not solve the problem.
“To turn the entire program over to the states will not achieve the original goal of removing non-complying and illegal signs along our nation’s highways,” emphasized Raymond Freeman (F), ASLA director of government affairs. “It will not promote the safety and recreational values of public travel and certainly will not preserve the natural beauty of the roadside.”
The FHA has established a national advisory committee to assist them in a reassessment of the 1965 Highway Beautification Act. (LAND, August, 1979) The profession of landscape architecture will be represented on this national committee.
“ASLA supports this approach and believes that if a dedicated effort is made in the reassessment of the 1965 act, and proper recommendations of amendatory legislation are made to Congress, it will be possible for FHWA to carry out the purposes and objectives of the original 1965 act,” added Freeman.
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Correction
Credit for the photograph of Frederick Law Olmsted’s home on page 1 of the November issue of LAND belongs to Mark C. Flannery (A).
People & Places
Edward Gaudy (M) has joined forces with James W. Hadley (AIA). The firm of Gaudy-Hadley Associates of South Nyack-on-Hudson, N.Y., will be providing comprehensive services in environmental design, landscape architecture, planning and architecture.
Professor M. Paul Friedberg (F), director of the Urban Landscape Architecture Program at City College, City University of New York, served as a member of the New Jersey Society of Architect’s awards jury at their 79th annual convention November 1-3 in Atlantic City, NJ. He also conducted a workshop on “New Concepts in Open Space Design,” illustrating with several of his own projects, that “as we evolve into a leisure-oriented society, the design of open spaces becomes increasingly more important.
Harry Launce Garnham (M) has joined the firm of EDAW inc. in the New Orleans office as senior associate.
David Jones (M) and David Parrish (M) have recently joined the firm of Greenhorne & O’Mara, Inc., 6715 Kenilworth Ave., Riverdale, MD 20840.
EDA Collaborative Inc., landscape architecture, urban design and environmental planning, has moved to 356 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 2A2 (416) 362-6647.
Robert B. Fisher (M), president of the Potomac Chapter, has been elected treasurer of the Professional Grounds Management Society.
Steve Kikuchi (A) has been permanently retained at the San Mateo landscape architectural and land planning firm of Calendar Associates. Kikuchi, educated at Cal Poly in Pomona, brings over two years of comprehensive experience with southern and northern California land-planning firms.
MTMA Design Group, PA, Architects Landscape Architects/Planners, has moved to 559 Jones Franklin Road, Suite 150, Waters Edge Office Park, Raleigh, NC 27606 (919) 851-8382.
Gail G. Gunter (M) has been appointed associated professor on the faculty of the Landscape Architecture Graduate Program at the University of Colorado at Denver. He will be directing the thesis studio, the graphics course and developing the engineering sequence.
Thomas A. Musiak (M) has been appointed as head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Kansas State University. Tom formerly taught landscape architecture for 14 years in the Department of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. In Lubbock, he served on the Parks and Recreation Board, Arboretum Foundation and the Garden and Arts Center Board, as well as on numerous educational improvement committees at the university.
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Last Chance.
It’s your last chance to order a handsome 1980 Landscape Architecture Appointment Calendar from ASLA before your clients start jotting plans for the new year.
The 1980 calendar makes a great gift for your clients, and your business associates, friends and teachers as well. And it has plenty of room for all their appointments and plans—right alongside landscape architecture’s greatest achievements.
Increase your professional visibility all year long—and usher your friends through 1980 with landscape architecture—it’s a perfect gift.
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Still Available: Excellent Recordings of American Society of Landscape Architects 1979 Annual Convention
Now, through the medium of MINUTE-TAPES, you can have a front row center seat for man of these presentation and share the excitement of those people who were in attendance. Our company was officially authorized to make recordings on cassettes and we offer you excellent sound quality. 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE – YOU MUST BE SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF ALL MINUTE-TAPES!
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Sessions:
- (G1) Opening General Session – C. W. Wirth lecture
- (G2) General Education Session – Money as a Design Tool
- (G3) General Education Session – Law as a Design Tool
- (G4) General Education Session – Politics as a Design Tool
- (1) Selling the Economics of Good Design (A)
- (2) Economics in Graphics (C)
- (3) Site Evaluation for Energy conservation (I)
- (4) Urban Design—A Process for the ‘80s (M)
- (5) Critical Issues in Citizen Participation (B)
- (6) Multi-media Presentations
- (7) Impact of Computers on Landscape Architecture (F)
- (8) Licensure and Landscape Architecture (P)
- (9) Scoring the Fitness of Trees in the Landscape (K)
- (10) Design for the New Urbanity (L)
- (11) Post Construction Evaluation (N)
- (12) Current Public Land Legislation (O)
- (13) Techniques in Regional Landscape Assessment (F)
- (14) National Endowment for the Arts (G)
- (15) Working with Elected Representatives (H)
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Publications of Interest
Site Planning for Solar Access: A Guidebook for Residential Developers and Site Planners, by Duncan Erley and Martin Jaffe, reveals proper site planning methods for solar access today to open the way for the use of solar energy tomorrow. From the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Order #023-000-00545-0. Check, money order, Master charge or VISA accepted. $4.75.
Standards for the Pruning of Shade Trees, from the National Arborist Association, provides the consensus specifications for the tree care industry and offers a handy reference for every landscape architect. A complimentary copy is available to any ASLA member upon request to ASLA national headquarters.
The Practice of Local Government Planning, from the International City Management Association, provides an authoritative text on the urban planning for the 1980’s. It emphasizes the principles of planning practice rather than the techniques, and the development of existing urban facilities as well as expansion and growth. From ICMA, 1140 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. $31.50 pre-paid.
Urban Innovation Abroad, from the Council for International Urban Liaison, is a monthly newsletter designed for an exchange of experiences in dealing with major common problems faced by different cities. The aim of this effort is to improve the quality of urban life and of people-oriented government services at an acceptable cost. Subscription includes a complimentary subscription to Urban Transit Abroad. Make checks payable to Urban Innovation Abroad, Transaction, Inc., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. $24/year.
Corporate Buyers of Design Services/USA, lists more than 4,000 U.S. construction in 1979. From BIDS, Inc., 1301 205h St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. $190 postpaid.
Planning and Design of Townhouses and Condominiums, from the Urban Land Institute, offers in-depth treatment of all aspects of townhouse and condominium development, including planning, architecture, landscaping, engineering, financial concerns, marketing and interior design. From ULI, 1200 Eighteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. $24.
Assessing the Energy Conservation Benefits of Historic Preservation: Methods and Examples, prepared by Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, reports the three methods, building concept model, building survey model, and building inventory model, to provide simple, intermediate and complex means for calculating the energy embodied in existing buildings and in required construction, and the energy required for demolition and annual energy consumption. From Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. $2.75.
Streets for Pedestrians and Transit: An Evaluation of Three Transit Malls in the United States, prepared by Crain and Associates for the U.S. Department of Transportation, urban Mass Transit Administration, evaluates three transit malls—Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis (1967), Chestnut Street Transitway in Philadelphia (1976) and Portland Mall in Portland, Oregon (1978). The evaluation includes the malls’ impact on pedestrians, transit service, excluded or restricted general traffic, and on retail sales in the vicinity of the malls. From National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. Pub #PB295 728 $10.75.
Urban Open Spaces, from Cooper-Hewitt Museum, is an oversized tabloid catalog of public outdoor spaces in large metropolitan centers. It contains over 40 articles by architects, planners, public officials, landscape architects, critics, etc. and is profusely illustrated. It is part of a larger project which includes a series of lectures, film showings, outdoor performances, a neighborhood improvement study, exhibitions and a video production on community gardens. From Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY 10028. $2.50.
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Milwaukee Lakefront Competition Announced
A national design competition for 200 acres of lakefront property critical to Milwaukee’s downtown has been announced by the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The prize kitty for this competition totals $59,000.
The project involves transportation systems, recreational uses, cultural uses, industrial uses, landscaping and a festival site. The key to this prize: the establishment of this Great Lakes frontage as a feature of the downtown Milwaukee experience.
The competition is open to all registered architects, registered landscape architects and certified planners. First prize, $25,000; second prize, $15,000; third prize, $7,500; and three honorable mentions, $3,000 each.
The area is located south of Lake Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and north of Milwaukee’s Great Lake Port. It is the site of Eero Saarinen’s War Memorial and Art Center, and Summerfest grounds. It is also the site of a proposed expressway, controversial private development and many sightly temporary uses. The area has been identified by community leaders and professionals as an area of special environmental/architectural/urban design concern.
The competition is intended to generate both ideas and a public sense of the unique potential of this important urban site.
Entry forms are available from: Lakefront Planning and Design Competition, Anthony James Catanese, AICP, and Sheldon Lubar, president of Art Center, Co-chairmen, City Hall, 200 East Wells Street, Room 102, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 (414) 278-2200.
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Employment Opportunities
California, Davis—Landscape Architect. Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Landscape Architecture. Rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Master of Landscape Architecture, equivalent or higher degree and experience in professional landscape architecture practice essential. Duties include administration, leadership, and teaching in the Landscape Architecture Program. Courses may include design, planning and analysis, park design, planting design, or landscape technology. Significant commitment of original creative or research work which expands or advances the field of landscape architecture is expected. Applicants should submit curriculum vitae, samples of creative design or research work, and names of three references to: Professor Robert L. Thayer, Jr., ASLA, Chairman, Landscape Architecture Search Committee, Division of Environmental Planning and Management, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, (916) 752-6326, before December 31, 1979. THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER AND INVITES APPLICATIONS FROM ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
California, Nipomo—Help Wanted—Landscape Architect—Should be a self starter and able to do complete landscaping from drawings, bid jobs and actual work. Full company benefits. Salary depends on experience. Send resume to Green Nursery, 833 Grande Ave., Nipomo, California, 93444 or call Mr. Heeyoung Kim (805) 929-4500.
California, Westlake—Project Architect for Land Planning and Landscape Architectural office. Familiar with budget analysis, project coordination and design and implementation. Salary commensurate with ability. Send resume to: Dean/Newman & Associates, Inc., 31320 Via Colinas #108, Westlake California 91361, or Call—213-991-5056.
Design Draftsmen for Land Planning and Landscape Architectural Office. Minimum one year experience. Opportunity for advancement. Salary commensurate with experience. Send resume to: Dean/Newman & Associates, Inc., 31320 Via Colinas #108, Westlake, California 91361, or Call—213-991-5056.
Illinois, Elgin—Landscape Architect, Key position available due to expansion. Design/build practice Chicago Metropolitan Area. Variety of exposure. Unlimited financial growth potential. Job freedom. This is not a 40 hour per week position—we ask for more, but we give more. Salary commensurate with ability. Insurance, profit sharing and company car. Position available Spring 1980.
The person we seek should be intereste in a areer opportunity. The candidate should possess leadership ability or exposure to working with people; degree in landscape architecture; minimum 5 years varied experience; self starter. Send resume and work samples to: Adam Tecza and Sons, Inc., Route 2 Box 67, Elgin, Illinois 60120, c/o Brian Zimmerman.
Iowa, Ames—Chairperson, Landscape Architecture. Open July 1, 1980. Requirements are MLA or equivalent; professional practice and teaching in higher education. Administrative experience and research preferred. Chairperson provides leadership for programs in undergraduates and graduate instruction, research and extension and administers a department granting BS, BLA, MLA with faculty of 12, student body of 300 in a new College of Design. Application and vita to S. K. Robinson, Search Chairman, 134 College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, 515-294-7427. An equal opportunity affirmative action employer.
Massachusetts, Cambridge—Creative and experienced site master planners, designers, and visual resource analysts needed on projects ranging over a broad spectrum from waterfront implementation design to large-area planning, environmental resource analysis, and national interest report development. If you are interested in joining our landscape architectural firm at an exciting period in its growth, please send your resume and five or six pages of work photocopies to: Linda Levine, Roy Mann Associates, Inc., 180 Franklin Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. An Equal Opportunity Employer.
Michigan, East Lansing—Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. Three year renewable tenure track 10-month academic appointment starting September, 1980. Teaching undergraduate courses in two or more subjects of site design, site systems, resource inventories/management, regional design; with program administration, research or public service expected. Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture, or Bachelors in Landscape Architecture with Masters in related field, and practice or teaching experience required. Desired competence in housing/recreation design development oriented to environmental resource planning and energy efficient in site design. Salary commensurate with rank and experience. Summit resumes, transcripts, and names of three references by February 1, 1980 to Professor Rutz, Chair—Landscape Architecture Search, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824. (517) 353-7880. Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Student Affairs
by Robert Walker (F) Student Affairs Committee Chairman
A salute to Matt Mathes, president of the student chapter at LSU and his group for the social functions for students attending the ASLA annual meeting in New Orleans. The student “Bash” on the party boat The President up the Mississippi River on Friday evening topped all previous social events for students ever. Thank you Matt and all LSU Student Chapter members.
Brian Winterowd, student representative to the Board of Trustees wishes to thank the presidents of student chapters throughout the country for their interest and involvement at a call meeting during the annual meeting in New Orleans. All schools will be receiving a letter from Brian explaining the outcome of this meeting—a good example of our attempt for better communications between student chapters this year.
In line with our efforts of communications in any matters concerning students of landscape architecture and their activities, the following persons will gladly assist you: Robert Walker, chairman of Student Affairs, 3502 Roseland Street, Houston Texas 77006; Patick Moore, co-chairman of Student Affairs, 835 Louisiana Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802; or Brian Winterowd, student representative to ASLA, 340 N. 16th Street, Manhattan, Kansas 66502. At the national headquarters, 1900 M Street, N.W., Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20036, Arlen Reimnitz, administrative assistant to the executive director is the person to contact.
LABASH ’80 will be held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. March 24-26, 1980. If the enthusiasm generated by the Florida Student Chapter at the ’79 LABASH and at the annual meeting is any indication of the success of the up-coming meeting, it promises to be better and bigger than ever. In the future, the host school will be selected two years in advance for preparation. All schools will be sent a questionnaire which should be filled our and returned if interested in hosting LABASH ’82. LABASH ’81 will be held at the University of Arizona, Tucson. At the University of Florida meeting, the questionnaires will be evaluated, and all schools meeting the requirements set forth in the questionnaires will make a bid to the student representatives. From the presentations the student representatives will select the host school for LABASH ’82.
WORKSHOP ’79 at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, will be held January 31-February 3, 1980. For further information concerning this very worthwhile conference involving both students and professionals, contact either of the co-chairs—Stefanie J. Kawecki or Shawn Kelly at Texas A&M University, Department of Landscape Architecture, College Station, Texas 77843.
Purdue University’s Student Chapter has elected Larry Foster as president; Dick Hayden, vice president; Cory Shulz, treasurer, Loretta Newman, secretary; Kelly Kearns, council representative and Laura Miles, social director.
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Welcome ASLA’s Newest Members
The following new Members, Associates and Affiliates have been admitted to the Society as of October 31, 1979.
Members
- John M. Addington (GA)
- Randolph Hlubik (CS)
- William B. Hood (NC)
- Dennis W. Jerke (TX)
- Linda Jewell (NC)
- Ronald W. Kirk (CS)
- Kenneth J. Kunert (CS)
- Marry Ann Lasch (IL)
- Kenneth E. Lowther (NJ)
- Wayne O. Manning (FL)
- Stephen F. Mechler (HI)
- David L. Parrish (MD)
- Wayne H. Pitts (FL)
- John P. Stone (NJ)
- Ronald L. Urbaniak (FL)
- Curtis F. Velsor, Jr. (OH)
- Leonard E. Zickler (WA)
Associates
- Delmar B. Bradshaw (SC)
- Lois A. Brink (CO)
- John P. Brown (IL)
- Stephanie J. Caswell (BO)
- Alan G. Coker (VA)
- Kevin M. Duff (KY)
- David M. Funderburk (TX)
- Janet L. Hames (CS)
- Lawrence P. Hemp (IL)
- Katherine Scherer Hutmacher (TX)
- Glenn G. Jacks (FL)
- Dale G. M. Jaeger (GA)
- Linda M. Koch (LA)
- James R. Lee (NC)
- David M. Lindahl (MN)
- Mark C. Maestrone (CT)
- Robert M. McNamara (NU)
- Julie A. McQuary (SL)
- Frank S. Meroney (FL)
- Dee Shelander Merriam (GA)
- Charles A. Musser, Jr. (NC)
- Stephen H. Paul (MD)
- Jay R. Scanlon (BO)
- William R. Sorensen (AL)
- Jeanette M. Stern-Tansey (MD)
- Steven H. Terusaki (CN)
- Christopher M. Tigh (VA)
- Robert Van Dop (MD)
- Richard D. Warner (FL)
Affiliates
- Jean K. Akers (IL)
- Joseph E. DePiano (CN)
- Joel T. Matulys (WA)
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LAND
Published monthly by the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1900 M Street, N.W., Suite 750, Washington, D.C., 20036.
- President, Robert L. Woerner
- President-elect, William A. Behnke
- Vice President, Barry R. Thalden
- Vice President, Calvin T. Bishop
- Vice President, Darwina L. Neal
- Treasurer, Joseph Y. Yamada
- Past President, Jot D. Carpenter
- Executive Director, Edward H. Able, Jr.
- Director of Programs & Administration, William W. Oyler
- Director of Education & Research, Samuel C. Miller
- Director of Publications, Richard A. Lippman
- Director of Government Affairs, Raymond L. Freeman
- Membership Coordinator, Linda Robertson
© 1979 American Society of Landscape Architects