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The Howland Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1985 in celebration of the life and work of Benjamin C. Holwand Jr., UVA professor of landscape architecture (1975-1983), practicing landscape architect, and committed public servant. Each year, the department has invited an esteemed individual to participate in the lecture Series. From 2017 on, the lecture series has taken the format of a speaker(s) and panel, to incorporate a range of voices on the topics of equity and inclusion in landscape architecture and design.



      1984:

Russell E. Dickinson, Director of the National Park Service, Washington, D.C.

      1985:

William Penn Mott, Jr., Director of the California Park Service, San Francisco, California

      1986:

Walter A. Netsch, Architect, Chicago, Illinois

      1987:

William H. Whyte, Urbanist and Sociologist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

      1988:

Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor, Charleston, South Carolina

      1989:

Grant Jones, Landscape Architecture and Founding Principal, of Jones & Jones Architects, Landscape Architects and Planners, Seattle, Washington


      1991:

Nathan Glazer, Sociologist, Cambridge, Massachusetts

      1992:

Charles Birnbaum, President and Founder, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington, D.C.

      1993:

Orrin H. Pilkey, Professor of Geology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

      1995:

William Cronon, Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

      1996:

Lawrence Buell, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

      1997:

Frederick Steiner, Dean, School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

      1998:

Michael Pollan, Author and John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California

      1999:

William Wenk, Founder and President, Wenk Associates, Denver, Colorado

      2000:

Richard Haag, Founder, Landscape Architecture Program, University of Washington; Founder, Richard Haag Associates, Seattle, Washington

      2001:

Ethan Carr, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

      2002:

Sebastien Marot, Professor, Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Est, Paris, France

      2003:

Anne Whiston Spirn, Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

      2004:

Shlomo Aronson, Founder, Shlomo Aronson Architects, Jerusalem, Israel

      2005:

Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, President, Foundation of Landscape Studies, New York, New York

      2006:

Mia Lehrer, Founder, Studio-MLA, Los Angeles, California

      2008:

Majora Carter, Founder, Sustainable South Bronx, New York, New York

      2009:

John G. Parsons, Associate Regional Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC

      2010:

Christine Dalnoky, Founder, Desvigne & Dalnoky and Atelier de Paysage, Paris, France

      2011:

Jonathan Jarvis, Director, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.

      2011:

Michael Van Valkenburgh, Principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, New York

     2012:

Kate Orff, Founding Principal, SCAPE Landscape Architecture, New York

2013-
2017:

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  2018:

Walter Hood, Founding Principal, Hood Design Studio; Professor, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, Berkeley, California
In coordination with the Landscape Perspectives for Future Publics Panel

Including Panelists:
- Kofi Boone, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, NC State    College of Design
- Alexa Bush, Senior City Planner and Landscape Architect, City of  Detroit
- Garnette Cadogan, Writer, MLK Visiting Scholar, MIT Urban Planning
- Azzurra Cox, Designer, GGN
- Frank Dukes, Lecturer & Distinguished Fellow, Institute for    Environmental Negotiation, UVA
- Walter Hood, Creative Director and Founder, Hood Design Studio
- Amber Wiley, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Skidmore College
- Sara Zewde, Landscape Designer, Urbanist, and Public Artist

Moderated by Elgin Cleckley, Assistant Professor, UVA
For more information on Keynote Speaker, Walter Hood ︎︎︎ 
On Panelists︎︎︎ 

    2019:

Landscape Perspectives: Equity In and By Design

Panelists:
- Gina Ford, Principal and Co-Founder of Agency Landscape + Planning
- Maura Rockcastle, Principal and Co-Founder, Ten x Ten
- Sanjukta Sen, Senior Associate, Field Operations
- Jhanéa D. Williams, Senior Associate, MASS.
- Sara Zewde, Founding Principal, Studio Zewde

Moderated by Leena Cho, Assistant Professor, UVA More information via UVA’s School of Architecture︎︎︎ 

   2020:





Landscape Perspectives: Making Common Ground 

 Keynote Presenters:
-Hallie Boyce, Partner, OLIN
-Vaughn Perry, Equitable Development Manager, Building Bridges Across  the River

Presenters:
- Mary Bogle, Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute
- Ariel Trahan, Director of River Restoration Programs, Anacostia  Watershed Society

Moderated by Alissa Diamond, PhD candidate, UVAMore information via UVA’s School of Architecture︎︎︎