PA-DE ASLA Chapter Special Recognition Awards

Know someone deserving of any of these awards? Forward a recommendation letter and the nominee’s bio/resume for Executive Committee review. Questions and nominations can be sent to PADEChapterASLA@gmail.com. You can contact the PA-DE ASLA administrative office at 717-441-6041.


Distinguished Service Award

This award is presented to a landscape architect who has provided longtime service to ASLA, or has provided longtime visibility of the profession to the public, or has been involved with award-winning design, construction projects, or written works. The Distinguished Service Award is the Chapter’s highest award for a landscape architect.

The award is presented at the reception held during the Chapter Conference.

2025 – Randy Wright, RLA, ASLA
2020 – Richard Rauso, RLA, ASLA & Rodney Robinson, RLA, ASLA
2016 – Adam Supplee, RLA, ASLA, AICP, LEED AP & Ann Marchino
2015 – Denise Husband & Claudia Getz Phillips, FASLA
2007 – Kelleann Foster
2006 – Thomas Borellis; John Collins, FASLA; Mark Hackenberg, RLA, ASLA; Harvey Rubenstein, FASLA
2005 – Randy Wright, RLA, ASLA
2004 – Ed Landau, RLA, ASLA & Sidney Kime, Jr, RLA, FASLA
2003 – Lisa Kunst Vavro, RLA, ASLA & James Pashek, RLA, LEED GA
1999 – Hugh Cadzow
1996 – Mark Focht, FASLA & David Christian, RLA, ASLA
1990 – Richard Stauffer, FASLA
1988 – William Mullin
1987 – John Laatsch & Donald Leslie
1986 – Kenneth Arnold & Robert Templeton, FASLA
1985 – Garth Becker & William Swain, FASLA
1984 – Helen Quackenbush, FASLA
1983 – Harold Grey
1982 – George Patton, FASLA & Paul McCloud, FASLA
1981 – Derr Carpenter, FASLA
1980 – David Fahringer & William Scatchard, FASLA
1979 – Ralph Griswold, FASLA & Margaret Winters, FASLA
1978 – John Bracken, FASLA & Joe Langran, FASLA
1976 – James Bush-Brown, FASLA & Robert Gemmill, FASLA
1974 – John Rahenkamp, FASLA
1972 – Eugene DiSilets, FASLA

Special Chapter Award

This is indeed a very special award that is presented to a non-landscape architect who has promoted good design and environmental ethics and who is considered a friend to the profession and the Society.

The award is given to political figures, heads of government agencies, or heads of related design or professional groups.

The award is presented at the reception held during the Chapter Conference.

2006 – Michael DiBernardinis, Secretary, PA Department of Conservation of Natural Resources
2005 – Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
2004 – John Wanner, CAE, PA-DE ASLA Executive Director & William Mifflin, Director, Fairmount Park
2003 – Hon. Thomas Murphy, Mayor of Pittsburgh
1997 – Stuart Greenleaf, PA Senator & Eric Pauley, Senator Greenleaf’s Office
1992 – Peter Kostmayer, PA House of Representatives
1991 – Mildred Schmertz, Architectural Journalist; Robert Borkowski, Graphic Arts; Louise Brown, Director, Pittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation
1990 – William Forrey, PA Bureau of State Parks
1989 – Martin McNamara, Editor of “City Sites”
1987 – Hon. Stephen Reed, Mayor of Harrisburg
1982 – Hon. Richard Caliguri, Mayor of Pittsburgh
1979 – Katie Flaherty, Courtyard Park

Chapter Honorary Membership

The American Society of Landscape Architects recognizes persons other than landscape architects whose achievements of local or regional significance or influence have performed notable service to the profession of landscape architecture.  (Section 311 of the Chapter bylaws).

An Honorary Member shall have no vote or hold any Chapter office or appointment to standing committees.

Susan Rademacher, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (2015)
Stephen Benz, OLIN (2012)
Howard Neukrug, Philadelphia Water Department (2011)
Allyson Schwartz, Pennsylvania Congressperson (2008)
Gary Hack – University of Pennsylvania, Planning Expert (2007)
Witold Rybczynski, University of Pennsylvania, Architect, Urban Design (2007)
Hon. Thomas Murphy, Urban Land Institute, Former Mayor of Pittsburgh (2004)

ASLA Fellows

Fellows are landscape architects with at least ten years of full membership in ASLA, elected to Fellowship in honor of their outstanding contributions to the profession. Categories for nomination are Works of Landscape Architecture, Administrative Work, Knowledge, and Service to the Profession.

2025 – Richard Roark, FASLA
2023 – Kelleann Foster, FASLA; Bryan Hanes, FASLA
2019 – Hallie Boyce, FASLA
2018 – David Rubin, FASLA
2013 – H. Edward Black, FASLA; Melissa Marshall, FASLA; Claudia Goetz Phillips, FASLA; Gary Smith, FASLA
2012 – Colin Franklin, FASLA
2010 – Jose Alminana, FASLA; Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, FASLA; Douglas Hays, FASLA; Lucinda Sanders, FASLA
2009 – Rodney Robinson, FASLA
2008 – Mark Focht, FASLA
2007 – Susan Weiler, FASLA
2006 – Conrad Hammerman, FASLA; Dennis McGlade, FASLA
2005 – Daniel Jones, FASLA; Carl Kelemen, FASLA; Peter Simone, FASLA
2004 – Ann Spirn, FASLA
2003 – Geoffrey Rausch, FASLA; Lolly Tai, FASLA
2002 – Robert Hanna, FASLA; Sidney Kime, Jr, FASLA
1999 – Carol Franklin, FASLA; Laurie Olin, FASLA
1998 – Richard Stauffer, FASLA
1994 – Harvey Rubenstein, FASLA
1993 – Jon Coe, FASLA; John Collins, FASLA
1992 – E. Lynn Miller, FASLA; William Roberts, FASLA
1988 – Leslie Donald, FASLA
1987 – Neil Porterfield, FASLA
1984 – Edward Bachtle, FASLA; William Scatchard, Jr, FASLA
1983 – Derr Carpenter, FASLA
1981 – Helen Quackenbush, FASLA
1979 – John Rahenkamp, FASLA; David Young, FASLA
1978 – Paul McCloud, FASLA
1973 – Robert Templeton, FASLA
1972 – Ian McHarg, FASLA; William Swain, FASLA
1971 – Phillip Simonds, FASLA
1968 – Margaret Winters, FASLA
1967 – Robert Pierson, FASLA
1966 – George Patton, FASLA; James Bush-Brown, FASLA
1964 – John Simonds, FASLA
1958 – Morris Trotter, Jr, FASLA
1957 – Joe Langran, FASLA
1954 – Dr. John Bracken, FASLA & Oliver Fanning, FASLA
1940 – Allyn Jennings, FASLA

Certificate of Appreciation

This award is in recognition for past service to the Chapter and for special volunteer work related to Chapter affairs and the PA-DE ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture. The award is usually for a landscape architect; however, there have been instances where non-landscape architects have been the recipient.

The award is presented annually to the following:

  • Previous Executive Committee officers
  • Previous Section Chairs

The award is presented at the Awards Dinner held during the PA-DE ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture.