{{Short description|American professional association}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox organization | logo = Logo of the American Society of Landscape Architects.svg | name = American Society of Landscape Architects | formation = {{start date and age|1899}} | type = Professional association | headquarters = Washington, D.C., U.S. | location = 636 I Street, NW, Washington, D.C., U.S. | membership = 15,000+ (as of 2019) | language = English | leader_title = President | leader_name = Torey Carter-Conneen | abbreviation = ASLA | founding_location = New York City, New York, United States | website = {{URL|asla.org}} }} The '''American Society of Landscape Architects''' ('''ASLA''') is a professional association for landscape architects in the United States. The ASLA's mission is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education, and fellowship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LaGuardia Design Group {{!}} Latest Press Feature |url=https://laguardiadesigngroup.com/latest/2021-asla-national-award-winner |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=LaGuardia Design Group}}</ref>
==History== [[File:American Society of Landscape Architects plaque on headquarters building.jpg|thumb|An ASLA plaque at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2016]] ASLA was established on January 4, 1899, in New York City by a group of eleven founding members: President John Charles Olmsted, Nathan Franklin Barrett, Beatrix Farrand, Daniel W. Langton, Charles N. Lowrie, Warren H. Manning, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Samuel Parsons, George F. Pentecost Jr., Ossian Cole Simonds, and Downing Vaux.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asla.org/faqanswer.aspx?categorytitle=%20about%20the%20american%20society%20of%20landscape%20architects&category=3146|title=American Society of Landscape Architects}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFTY YEARS IN RETROSPECT: BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASLA on JSTOR |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/5c8f355b-bc12-31ad-b6f7-42dc48063011 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.jstor.org |language=en}}</ref> In 1960, the headquarters was moved to Washington, D.C.. The first Black member of the ASLA was Charles Edgar Dickinson.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Amy |date=2023-02-10 |title=Planting Your Path: Abra Lee and Black America's Legacy in Ornamental Horticulture |url=https://www.mainegardens.org/blog/planting-your-path-abra-lee-and-black-americas-legacy-in-ornamental-horticulture/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens |language=en-US}}</ref>
The ASLA bestows various awards annually to professionals and students in the field of landscape architecture for designs and projects. Categories range in size, scale, and type from small residential areas to large parks and waterfronts. Their lifetime achievement award is called the American Society of Landscape Architects Medal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards {{!}} asla.org |url=https://www.asla.org/awardshome/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=www.asla.org}}</ref>
==Past presidents== <div style="font-size:100%"> {| |width="10"| |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="1"|Name !rowspan="1"|Years |- |align=left|John Charles Olmsted |align=left|1899–1901 |- |align=left|Samuel Parsons |align=left|1901–1902 |- |align=left|Nathan Franklin Barrett |align=left|1902–1903 |- |align=left|John Charles Olmsted (2) |align=left|1903–1905 |- |align=left|Samuel Parsons (2) |align=left|1905–1907 |- |align=left|Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. |align=left|1907–1909 |- |align=left|Charles N. Lowrie |align=left|1909–1911 |- |align=left|Harold A. Caparn |align=left|1911–1912 |- |align=left|Ossian Cole Simonds |align=left|1912–1913 |- |align=left|Warren H. Manning |align=left|1913–1914 |- |align=left|James Sturgis Pray |align=left|1914–1918 |- |align=left|Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (2) |align=left|1918–1922 |- |align=left|James Leal Greenleaf |align=left|1922–1927 |- |align=left|Arthur Asahel Shurcliff |align=left|1927–1931 |- |align=left|Henry Vincent Hubbard |align=left|1931–1935 |- |align=left|Albert Davis Taylor |align=left|1935–1941 |- |align=left|S. Herbert Hare |align=left|1941–1945 |- |align=left|Markley Stevenson |align=left|1945–1949 |- |align=left|Gilmore David Clarke |align=left|1949–1951 |- |align=left|Lawrence G. Linnard |align=left|1951–1953 |- |align=left|Leon Zach |align=left|1953–1957 |- |align=left|Norman Newton |align=left|1957–1961 |- |align=left|John I. Rogers |align=left|1961–1963 |- |align=left|John O. Simonds |align=left|1963–1965 |- |align=left|Hubert B. Owens |align=left|1965–1967 |} |width="10"| |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan="1"|Name !rowspan="1"|Years |- |align=left|Theodore Osmundson |align=left|1967–1969 |- |align=left|Campbell E. Miller |align=left|1969–1971 |- |align=left|Raymond L. Freeman |align=left|1971–1973 |- |align=left|William G. Swain |align=left|1973–1974 |- |align=left|Owen H. Peters |align=left|1974–1975 |- |align=left|Edward H. Stone II |align=left|1975–1976 |- |align=left|Benjamin W. Gary Jr. |align=left|1976–1977 |- |align=left|Lane L. Marshall |align=left|1977–1978 |- |align=left|Jot D. Carpenter |align=left|1978–1979 |- |align=left|Robert L. Woerner |align=left|1979–1980 |- |align=left|William A. Behnke |align=left|1980–1981 |- |align=left|Calvin T. Bishop |align=left|1981–1982 |- |align=left|Theodore J. Wirth |align=left|1982–1983 |- |align=left|Darwina L. Neal |align=left|1983–1984 |- |align=left|Robert H. Mortensen |align=left|1984–1985 |- |align=left|John Wacker |align=left|1985–1986 |- |align=left|Roger B. Martin |align=left|1986–1987 |- |align=left|Cheryl L. Barton |align=left|1987–1988 |- |align=left|Brian S. Kubota |align=left|1988–1989 |- |align=left|Gerald D. Patten |align=left|1989–1990 |- |align=left|Claire R. Bennett |align=left|1990–1991 |- |align=left|Cameron R. J. Man |align=left|1991–1992 |- |align=left|Debra L. Mitchell |align=left|1992–1993 |- |align=left|Thomas P. Papandrew |align=left|1993–1994 |- |align=left|Dennis Y. Otsuji |align=left|1994–1995 |} |width="10"| |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan="1"|Name !rowspan="1"|Years |- |align=left|Vincent Bellafiore |align=left|1995–1996 |- |align=left|Donald W. Leslie |align=left|1996–1997 |- |align=left|Thomas R. Dunbar |align=left|1997–1998 |- |align=left|Barry W. Starke |align=left|1998–1999 |- |align=left|Janice Cervelli |align=left|1999–2000 |- |align=left|Leonard J. Hopper |align=left|2000–2001 |- |align=left|Rodney L. Swink |align=left|2001–2002 |- |align=left|Paul F. Morris |align=left|2002–2003 |- |align=left|Susan L. B. Jacobson |align=left|2003–2004 |- |align=left|Patrick A. Miller |align=left|2004–2005 |- |align=left|Dennis B. Carmichael |align=left|2005–2006 |- |align=left|Patrick W. Caughey |align=left|2006–2007 |- |align=left|Perry Howard |align=left|2007–2008 |- |align=left|Angela D. Dye |align=left|2008–2009 |- |align=left|Gary D. Scott |align=left|2009–2010 |- |align=left|Jonathan Mueller |align=left|2010–2011 |- |align=left|Susan M. Hatchell |align=left|2011–2012 |- |align=left|Thomas R. Tavella |align=left|2012–2013 |- |align=left|Mark A. Focht |align=left|2013–2014 |- |align=left|K. Richard Zweifel |align=left|2014–2015 |- |align=left|Chad D. Danos |align=left|2015–2016 |- |align=left|Vaughn B. Rinner |align=left|2016–2017 |- |align=left|Gregory A. Miller |align=left|2017–2018 |- |align=left|Shawn T. Kelly |align=left|2018–2019 |- |align=left|Wendy Miller |align=left|2019–2020 |- |align=left|Tom Mroz |align=left|2020–Present |} |} </div>
==See also== {{Portal|United States}} *Australian Institute of Landscape Architects *Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
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==External links== * [http://www.asla.org/ Official site]
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