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The Distinguished Alumni Award honors alums who have exhibited outstanding public service, in its broadest sense, throughout their career. Since its inception in 1998, this award has recognized both practitioners and academics from a variety of disciplines.

 

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PAST AWARDEES

2023

Clark H. Willson, Master of City Planning 1998, Master of Landscape Architecture 1998
Joseph Wong, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, 1972, Master of Architecture 1974
Miriam Chion, Master of City Planning 1989, PhD in City and Regional Planning 2000
Pei Zhu, Master of Urban Design 2000

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2018

Dana Cuff, PhD in Architecture 1982
Fred Blackwell, Master of City Planning 1996
Ronald Herman, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1964

2017

Austin Allen, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1982
David Baker, Master of Architecture 2017
Diane Jones-Allen, Master of Landscape Architecture 1984
Douglas D. Abbey, Master of City Planning 1979 

2016

Karen Alschuler, FAICP, LEED AP, Master of City Planning 1969
Kim Wilkie, Master of Landscape Architecture 1984
Scott Johnson, FAIA,  Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1972 

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2015

Allison Williams, FAIA, Master of Architecture 1976
Daniel S. Iacofano, PhD in Environmental Planning 1986
Kofi Bonner, Master of City Planning 1986, Master of Architecture 1987 

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2014

Gwendolyn Wright, Master of Architecture 1974
Mark Owen Francis, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1972
Meric Gertler, Master of City Planning 1979 

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2013

Achva Benzinberg Stein, FASLA, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1969
Jean M. Ross, Master of City Planning 1985
Richard C. Keating, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1968 

2012

John L. Wong FASLA, FAAR, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1974
Shelley R. Poticha, Master of City Planning 1986
William H. Fain Jr., FAIA, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1968 

2011

Peter Dodge, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1956
Therese W. McMillan, Master of City Planning 1984
Topher Delaney, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture

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2010

Amy K. Glasmeier, PhD in City and Regional Planning 1986
Frederic D. Schwartz, FAIA, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1973
Michael R. Painter, FASLA, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1956 

2009

Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Master of Architecture 1974
Moura Quayle, Master of Landscape Architecture 1983

2008

Barrie Rokeach, Master of Design 1974
Bimal H. Patel, Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning 1987, PhD in City Planning 1995
Yung Ho Chang, Master of Architecture 1984 

2007

Craig E. Hodgetts, FAIA, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1964
Michael L. Fischer, Master of City Planning 1967
William Byrd Callaway, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1966 

2006

Asa Hanamoto, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1950
Betty Beaumont, Master of Design 1972
Charles M. Davis, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1955
Gerald G. Weisbach, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1954
Larry A. Orman, Master of City Planning 1976 

2005

Amos Gitai, PhD in Architecture 1986
Frederic C. Girot, Master of Architecture 1986, Master of Landscape Architecture 1988
Joan Lamphier, Master of City Planning 1970
Kris J. Yao, Master of Architecture 1978
Lewis Watts, Master of Design 1974 

2004

Gerald M. McCue, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1951, Master of Architecture 1952
Jean M. McMann, Master of Design 1976, PhD in Architecture 1991
Mario G. Schjetnan, Master of Landscape Architecture 1970
Richard M. Holliday, Master of City Planning 1977
William K. Stout, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1969 

2003

Diane Kostial McGuire, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1954, Master of Landscape Architecture 1956
Eric Owen Moss, FAIA, Master of Architecture 1968
Francesco Bandarin, Master of City Planning 1977
Michi Itami, Master of Design 1971
Peter Walker, FASLA, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1955 

2002

Carol J. Galante, Master of City Planning 1978
Gyongy S. Laky, Bachelor of Arts in Design 1970, Master of Design 1971
Jorge Silvetti, Master of Architecture 1969
Mai K. Arbegast, Master of Landscape Architecture 1953
Rodolfo Machado, Master of Architecture 1971 

2001

Frances C. Butler, Master of Design 1966
Hans Hollein, Master of Architecture 1960
Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, Master of Landscape Architecture 1968
Paul Sedway, Master of City Planning 1960
Shlomo Aronson, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1964
William A. Doebele, Master of City Planning 1956

2000

Clare Cooper Marcus, Master of City Planning 1965
Gyo Obata, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1945
Richard Marquis, Master of Design 1972
Robert Royston, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1940
Will Vinton, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1971 

1999

Francis Violich, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1934
James Melchert, Master of Decorative Art 1961
Melvin Webber, Master of City Planning 1952
Richard Haag, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1950
Vernon Demars, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1931 

1998

Garrett Eckbo, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture 1935
Lia Cook, Master of Design 1973
Ray Kappe, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1951
T. J. Kent Jr., Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 1938 

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