UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY LAEP FACULTY MEMBER RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD

The board of trustees of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently announced the recipients of its 2003 medals and awards, and Craig Johnson, a faculty member in Utah State University‚s department of landscape architecture and environmental planning, was included. The announcement was made in Washington, D.C., and in an ASLA press release.

Also, LAEP professor and department head Karen Hanna was elected by the ASLA board to fill the post of vice president for education.

Johnson will receive the Jot D. Carpenter Medal for his sustained and significant contribution to landscape architecture education, the ASLA press release said. This prestigious award is named for Jot Carpenter, an educator and advocate for landscape architecture education. His legacy is remembered through this national, annual award.

A faculty member in LAEP at Utah State for 36 years, Johnson has influenced the education of hundreds of landscape architects, said Hanna. He has received university teaching and advising awards five times and is the recipient of 14 professional awards. In 2002 he won the Wildlife Society’s Book of the Year Award for “Conservation Corridor Planning at the Landscape Level: Managing for Wildlife.”

“Craig’s colorful teaching style and national reputation in environmental design were instrumental in achieving this distinction,” Hanna said. “We congratulate professor Johnson on this singular award.”

As ASLA vice president for education, Hanna will serve terms for 2003^04 and 2004^05. The vice president oversees four committees and is the national representative for the society on matters related to education. ASLA elects its vice presidents through a process including presentations and interviews. Hanna will make future presentations on issues facing higher education, especially programs of landscape architecture.

ASLA was founded in 1899 and is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 13,500 members nationwide. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication and fellowship.