Education

MLA

University of Illinois Landscape Architecture 1975

BS

Southern Illinois University Plant and Soil Science (Hort) 1972

AA

Prairie State Junior College1970

Positions held

1988 to present

Professor of Landscape Architecture Purdue University West Lafayette, IN

July 1984-1988

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Purdue University West Lafayette, IN

August 1978- July 1984

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN

Publications and Teaching Materials

Textbooks

• Sitescapes: Outdoor Rooms for Living, Prentice-Hall. Numerous case studies are featured with pictures showing landscape over time. This text is used in LA 216.
• Interiorscaping: Planning, Graphics and Design, Prentice-Hall. An interior planting design text including collective design and graphics information for the interiorscape industry. In 1992 it is being translated into Chinese. This text is used in Hort 220.

Books, Book Chapters, Symposium Articles

1991 Plants in the Landscape, Chapter 1 Introduction to design development
1990 Sitescapes: Outdoor Rooms for Living
1987 Interiorscaping: Planning, Graphics and Design

Magazine Articles, etc.

1984-88 Nursery Manager, monthly articles, 55 issues.

Invited lectures or papers

• Chicago Botanic Garden, invited workshop lecture, Glencoe, IL, July 1992.
• Ohio Florists Association Short Course, Cincinnati, OH, invited lecture, July 1992.
• Hosta Society at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 1992.
• Indiana Garden Club, 3 lectures, Columbus, IN, May 1992.
• Indianapolis Home Builder Association, lecture, February 1992.
• Indiana Garden Club Landscape Design Short Course, 3 lectures, October 1991.
• ALCA-IPD Interiorscape presentation, Nashville, Tennessee, October 1991.
• ASLA presentation, Kansas City, Missouri - Interiorscape, October 1991.
• Indiana Garden Club, 3 lectures, Columbus, IN, April 1991.
• IE 228, Purdue University, New Technologies Lecture, March 1991
• Historic Neighborhood Lecture, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 1991
• Winter Graphics Course at Purdue, February 1991
• Noblesville Master Gardeners, lecture, February 1991
• Indiana Nurserymans Short Course, lecturer, January 1991
• Massachusetts Horticulture Congress, Boston, MA. Invited lecture on small scale landscape design, a two-hour program with handouts and slide show (500 partcipants, Spring 1989.
• Third National Herb Conference, Louisville, KY. Session moderator and lecturer, Herbs in the Landscape, Summer 1988.
• Landscape Aesthetics, National Roadside Vegetation Managers, Louisville, KY, October 1987.
• Mike Lin Graphics Workshop, Manhattan, KS. Lecturer/instructor, planting design process, Summers 1987-1992.

Contributed papers at national meetings

• Design Not Decoration, Interiorscapes, Kansas City, MO, ASLA
• Interiorscape Design, Nashville, TN, ALCA-IPD
• Interiorscapes, San Diego, CA, ASLA

Professional activities and service

Activities and offices in professional societies

ASLA Open Committee Chair, Interiorscapes, 1989-1992.
Indiana Garden Clubs Landscape Design Short Course Coordinator 1990-1992.

Focus

As an educator my future planning focuses around learning and communications. Much of my support materials that "glue" the technical components of landscape architecture together are attitude and motivation. These two considerations, coupled with organization are the key to success in the classroom for instructors and as examples to students. In LA 216, the initial design course, my continued efforts relate to basic information about landscape architectural design and confidence in graphic communications. As I look to the future of this course, I feel I need to educate the students for "where they will be". In the research report, "The Gardening of America" I read the future in garden design will be the "international" trends. My planning focus will relate to this consideration. Outside guest lectures will also complement this "application" portion of the course. I plan to increase my competency in and application of computer training in LA 216. This component will also provide "self-paced" instruction as well as an opportunity for an organizational tool in class. In LA 326, I will continue to bring actual site projects into the classroom. The "team" coordination between LA 326/356 continues to strengthen the bonds between design and construction. I anticipate planning and development time in organizing slide sets and lectures to meet the changing trends in housing site designs. In HORT 220, I'm moving towards more of a design focus for horticulture and landscape architecture students. The current diversity of student backgrounds is a strength and weakness. Holistically, I feel the diversity is the strength in that varied majors can share expertise in the discussions and project generations. I will continue to fasten the links to create a communication opporrunity between students.

My personal goals

Teaching plans include increase communications, effectiveness, and diversity of classroom activities and the reality of the working world. With an increased awareness and understanding of attitude, motivation and organization for students, I plan to implement these goals by attending a short course for professionals by a British landscape architect. Taking slides and sharing insights with inter-national professionals will help provide additional context for myself and the course evolution. The travel, computers, and professional contacts will increase my classroom departure and perspectives ad discussed in my overview.