Honorary Membership in ASLA

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 whose achievements are of national or international significance or influence.

Frequency: There are no restrictions on the number of Honorary Memberships awarded annually.

Nomination Process: Any ASLA professional member or ASLA chapter may make nominations for Honorary Membership. Nominations must be submitted in hard copy, via email, or a CD-ROM and must include :

• A narrative describing the individual’s qualifications and accomplishments. The narrative must follow the format (doc) provided by ASLA and be no more than two typewritten, single-spaced pages in length.
• A minimum of two (2) and up to five (5) additional letters of support.
• A photo of the individual, suitable for publication, including photo credit.

No other supporting materials (photos, slides, books, etc.) may be submitted. Please send nomination materials to:

Honorary Membership Nomination
ASLA
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: Please contact Carolyn Mitchell, Coordinator, Honors and Awards, by calling 202-216-2331 or emailing cmitchell@asla.org. NOTE: Email subject line must read HONORARY MEMBERSHIP.

Honorary Members  

Edward H. Able, Jr.
Jerry  Abramson
Gerald W. Adelmann
Arnold R. Alanen
Ross C. Anderson
Virginia  Anderson
Cecil D. Andrus
Randall G. Arendt
Phillip J. Arnold
Bruce  Babbitt
Wolf  Bauer
Eugenie  Beal
Adrian  Benepe
Stephen M. Benz
Douglas  Bereuter
Charles Eliot Beveridge
Randall  Biallas
Michael  Bloomberg
Earl  Blumenauer
Sarah  Boasberg
Nancy  Buley
Dale  Bumpers
Susan  Cahill-Aylward
Russ   Carnahan
Jimmy  Carter
Rosalyn  Carter
Clarence  Chaffee
Betsy   Chaffin
James  Chaffin
Adele  Chatfield-Taylor
Michael  Dirr
Henry G. Cisneros
Grady  Clay
Richard M. Daley
Russell E. Dickenson
Walter L. Doty
Marjory S. Douglas
Leo  Drey
Shaun Saer Duncan
Marvin  Durning
Joseph T. Edmiston
The Hon. Donna Edwards
Carolyn B. Etter
Don D. Etter
Paul  Farmer
S. Richard Fedrizzi
Albert  Fein
Edward A. Feiner
Charles E. Fraser
Marshall M. Fredericks
Gwen  Frostic
Parris  Glendening
Albert  Gore
Harold B. Gores
Bob  Graham
Gary A. Hack
Stephen E. Hamwey
Steven N. Handel
Mary  Hanson
Donald M. Harris
Robert Harris
George B. Hartzog Jr.
Vance R. Hood
Patrick  Horsbrugh
Mike  Houck
William H. Hudnut
Thomas  Hylton
Henry M. Jackson
Richard J. Jackson
Jonathan  Jarvis
James  Jeffords
Lady Bird  Johnson
Harley  Jolley
Marcy  Kaptur
Genevieve Pace Keller
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Wayne  Kennedy
Barbara A. King
John  King
Peter  Kirsch
Balthazar  Korab
Norbert  Kraich
Mary  Landrieu
Ronald C. Leighton
Julia McFeely Lent
Walter H. Lewis
Binyi  Liu
John A. Love
Jo  Luck
Wangari  Maathai
Lee  MacDonald
E. Bruce MacDougall
Meg  Maguire
William C. Main
Clare C. Marcus
William R. Marken
Roberto Burle Marx
Doris  Matsui
William  McDonough
Charles C. McLaughlin
Sylvia  McLaughlin
Ed  McMahon
Bette  Midler
Hugh C. Miller
Laura  Miller
Zandra F. Miller
Roger  Milliken
Robin C. Moore
Carolina   Morgado
Philip A. Morris
William P. Mott Jr.
Mark  Munley
Thomas  Murphy
Gaylord  Nelson
Gregory J. Nickels
Frederick L. Noland
John  Norquist
Gyo  Obata
Julia B. O'Brien
Ross D. Pallay
Robert  Peck
Steven  Peck
R. Max Peterson
William  Phelps
Dennis Pieprz
Fred   Poorman
Richard M. Pope Sr.
Colin   Powell
Nicholas M. Protopopoff
Ann Looper Pryor
J.C.  Raulston
Peter H. Raven
Robert  Redford
Nathaniel Reed
William  Reilly
Sally  Reynolds
Kristen  Richards
Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
Laurance S. Rockefeller
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Roy  S. Rood
Martin J. Rosen
Witold  Rybczynski
Allyson  Schwartz
John  Seiberling
Thomas D. Seifert
Stan Skalka
Nancy C. Somerville
Jeff B. Speck
Connie  Spellman
Carl F. Steinitz
James P. Storer
Susan S. Szenasy
Ron  Taven
Tupper Thomas
Doug  Tompkins
Mark  Udall
Roger  Ulrich
Ralph J. Warburton
William H. Whyte
Jane Hurt Yarn