July 24, 2003
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LIFETIME OF LANDSCAPE: Richard Haag, professor emeritus of landscape architecture, received the ASLA Medal from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The award is the highest honor the organization bestows upon a landscape architect “whose lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession have had a unique and lasting impact on the welfare of the public and the environment.” Haag has more than 500 projects to his credit, including Gas Works Park and the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. As an activist, he was instrumental in saving Pike Place Market from the wrecking ball. He founded the Department of Landscape Architecture and Building Construction at the UW in 1960, which became the Department of Landscape Architecture under his chairmanship in 1964. Haag continues to teach and lecture internationally.
KUDOS: Three Applied Physics Laboratory scientists have been named fellows of the Acoustical Society of America: Jeff Nystuen, APL senior oceanographer and affiliate associate professor of oceanography; Steve Kargl, APL physicist; and Thomas Matula, APL senior physicist and affiliate assistant professor of electrical engineering . . . Maintenance mechanic Ray Hartman received the Director’s Award for outstanding service from APL Director Robert Spindel . . . Arts & Sciences Dean David Hodge received the Charles L. Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal, given by Pennsylvania State University to its “most brilliant former students.” Hodge earned his doctorate at Penn State in 1975 . . . Gretchen Kalonji, professor of materials science and engineering, was recently recognized by the International Network for Engineering Education and Research as the recipient of the 2003 iNEER Leadership Award. Kalonji was honored for her “visionary leadership, significant innovations and broad and long-lasting, positive impact on international engineering education and research.”
