ASLA Opens Nominations for 2010 Honors and Awards
Nominations deadline is Friday, February 12, 2010.

The call for nominations has been issued for ASLA honors for 2010, including honorary membership, the medals, the Landscape Architecture Firm Award, and the Community Service Award. These prestigious awards recognize individuals and organizations for their lifetime achievements and notable contributions to the profession of landscape architecture. The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 12, 2010.

The “Honorary ASLA” designation recognizes persons other than landscape architects whose achievements of national or international significance or influence have provided notable service to the profession of landscape architecture. Recent recipients of honorary membership include former Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham, Center for the New Urbanism President and former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist, and Professor Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arnold Alanen.

Other honors include:

The ASLA Medal
The ASLA Design Medal
The Community Service Award
The Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal
The LaGasse Medals
The Landscape Architecture Firm Award
The Landscape Architecture Medal of Excellence
The Olmsted Medal

Any ASLA professional member or ASLA chapter may submit nominations for ASLA honors, and the process is very simple. Nominations will be reviewed by the Executive Committee and forwarded with recommendation to the Board of Trustees for action at their midyear meeting in April.

For questions about the nomination process for ASLA honors, please contact Carolyn Mitchell, ASLA Honors and Awards Coordinator, at 202-216-2331 or cmitchell@asla.org.