Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at large based on their works, leadership and management, knowledge, and service.

The designation of Fellow is conferred on individuals in recognition of exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time. Individuals considered for this distinction must be full members of ASLA in good standing for at least ten years and must be recommended to the Council of Fellows by the Executive Committee of their local chapter, the Executive Committee of ASLA, or the Executive Committee of the Council of Fellows.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 TEXAS ASLA FELLOWS

 

Aan Garrett-Coleman, ASLA
Coleman & Associates, Austin  

Nomination in Service by the Texas Chapter  

For 43 years Aan Garrett-Coleman has demonstrated her belief that the most effective way to educate the public and allied professionals about the power of landscape architecture is to give back to your community in meaningful problem-solving ways. Since starting her firm in 1987 in her hometown of Austin, Aan has participated as a stakeholder in environmental and growth initiatives, often meeting with city officials and staff to explain the impact policies would have on the preservation of natural resources and Austin’s future as a community committed to environmental stewardship. Her advocacy has contributed to the creation of codes and ordinances that protect natural resources through stormwater management, biofiltration, tree preservation, and acquisition and conservation of undeveloped land for the protection of flora, fauna, and critical watersheds. She also provided pro bono services to work with the city to create guidelines for walkable developments, which led to a new development code. Aan was a founding board member and chair of the Real Estate Council of Austin as a vehicle for reinforcing the role of landscape architects in creating sustainable communities and protecting environmental systems. One of Aan’s crowning achievements has been her ongoing pro bono services that led to the radical transformation of six acres of urban parkland into the award-winning UMLAUF Sculpture Garden, creating a seamless dialogue between art and nature. Aan has been recognized by the Texas Chapter with the Distinguished Member Award and the Community Service Award commending her significant volunteerism.   

 

J. Rebecca Leonard, ASLA
Lionheart Places, Austin  

Nomination in Works by the Texas Chapter  

Rebecca Leonard’s work is distinguished by her focus on large-scale projects that seamlessly blend planning, urban design, and landscape architecture. Her extraordinary ability to collaborate with allied professionals and take a project from initial vision to implementation has elevated landscape architecture to a leading role in complex projects, and resulted in more than 60 national, state, regional, and local awards. Rebecca’s professional excellence, integrity, and dedication to promoting ecological, social, and cultural awareness through landscape architecture is a hallmark of her work and her firm, Lionheart Places. Her impact in Houston cannot be understated. For example, over the past 15 years she has led Midtown’s two updates to the strategic plan; two updates to the Parks and Public Spaces Master Plan and the development of Midtown Park, a world-class award-winning park on a previously vacant superblock; and the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center’s Master Plan, which resulted in the transformation of a 155-acre arboretum and introduced and restored ecosystems, created pedagogical landscapes, and established climate change resiliency. In Austin, she has been leading the vision, master plan, entitlements, and phasing of the $1 billion Brodie Oaks Retail Center Redevelopment, transforming a 38-acre, 1980s-era retail center into a transit-oriented, mixed-use area with a third of the site dedicated to open space. Her portfolio also includes the Lafitte Greenway Master Plan and Corridor Revitalization Plan which changed an abandoned industrial landscape and brownfield devastated by Hurricane Katrina into a beloved public space through integrating green infrastructure, public art, and strong public engagement.  

 

Michael D. Murphy, ASLA
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX  

Nomination in Knowledge by the Texas Chapter  

A pioneer of the STEM movement and evidenced-based design in landscape architecture, Michael D. Murphy has shared his innovative thinking with thousands of practitioners and educators nationally and internationally through his academic leadership, curricula and design process development, research, publications, and presentations. In a remarkable career spanning half a century, he led the development of an evidence-based design process, focusing on the social and ecological conditions of the site as the foundation of landscape architecture education and practice, moving the field from object-focused (architectural) design thinking to process-focused (landscape systems) design. He engaged students in public service projects to demonstrate the value of a systems design approach in the classroom and established the Partnership for Community Outreach for the delivery of public service projects and to document their influence on communities. In the mid-eighties, at the University of Pretoria, he formed the Department of Landscape Architecture, where he established a locally relevant, comprehensive curriculum and taught courses over four years. Upon his return to TAMU, he conducted a study to inform the further development of the department’s STEM-based curriculum and his 2016 book, Landscape Architecture Theory: An Ecological Approach, quickly became one of the few works on landscape architecture theory that was recommended reading for every student. As a well-deserved recipient of the Texas ASLA Distinguished Member Award, he has changed education to include establishing objective, measurable metrics, and evaluation of benefits to guide design creation.   

 

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2023

Beth Clark, ASLA - Leadership/Management
Galen Newman, ASLA - Knowledge

 

2022

Bruce Dvorak, ASLA - Knowledge

2021

Lauren Griffith, ASLA - Leadership/Management
Allan W. Shearer, ASLA - Knowledge

2020

John S. Troy, ASLA  - Service Award

2019

Diane Jones Allen, ASLA - Service Award

2018

Jereck Boss, ASLA - Works
David Lennox Hocker, ASLA - Works

2017

Robert Richardson - Leadership

2016

Timothy Peterson - Works
Pat Taylor, PhD - Leadership

2015

Steven Spears - Works
Ronald Trageser - Works

2014

 Keiji Asakura - Service
 William Tary Arterburn - Works

2013

Charles S. McDaniel - Works  
 Scott Slaney - Works  
 David P. Thompson

2012

 Forster O. Ndubisi - Knowledge

2010

James P. Richards - Leadership 
 Earl Broussard - Leadership

2009

Cleveland Turner, III - Service

2008

Harlow Landphair - Knowledge  
 Douglas L. Mann - Works

Kevin M. Shanley - Works

Shelia M. Condon - Works

Alon Kvashny - Knowledge

James W. Gray, Jr. - Works Award

Karl Von Bieberstien - Service Award 
 Jon Rodiek - Knowledge Award 
 Randy Sorensen - Works Award

Jean Stephans Kavanagh - Knowledge

J. Robert Anderson - Works 
 H. Rowland Jackson - Works

 Lewis T. May - Works
 Thomas A. Musiak - Service
 Gary O. Robinette - Service

1995
Everett L. Fly - Works

John E. Cutler - Works 
Robert L. Frazer - Works

1992

1987

  Donald B. Austin - Works & Knowledge

1986

  Clare A. Gunn - Knowledge and Professional Writing

1984

  James E. Keeter
  Clarence Roy - Works

1983

  Robert Rucker

1981

  Ollie E. Schrickel, Jr. - Works and Service

1979

  Richard B, Myrick -  Works and Service

1978

  Calvin Thomas Bishop - Works and Service
  Lane Marshall - Service

1976

 Robert B. Walker  - Works and Service

1967

  Robert F. White - Teaching

1961

 Eugene H. Carter, PE, FASLA