* Joseph Hibbard, ASLA Principal, Sasaki Associates Inc. EDUCATION ASLA Council of Fellows Nomination: [WORKS] Degree (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture/MLA), SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1969 On behalf of the Executive Committee of the BSLA, it is my privilege to nominate Joseph Hibbard, ASLA, for your consideration. Joe’s versatility, Degree (Bachelor of Science), breadth of practice, and quality of work distinguish his Syracuse University, 1969 worthiness for the Council of Fellows. He has sustained Joe Hibbard has been for ten One year of graduate study in professional engagements with multiple landscapes of regional and national significance throughout his career. years the University of Iowa Landscape Architecture, University of While his work includes a wide range of project types, his master planning consultant. Illinois, 1970-71 most significant contributions over the last thirty years His insight and EXPERIENCE have been related to planning and design for a variety of professionalism during this institutions including college and university campuses. time has been extraordinary. 1989 - Present His campus planning and design work is national in Through recovery from Principal, Sasaki Associates Inc. scope, and his clients include both large flagship public historical flooding and 1979 – 1988 universities as well as private liberal arts institutions. He aggressive physical growth, Landscape Architect, Sasaki has worked on over sixty campus plans for institutions in the United States and Japan, effectively promoting a he has been there to Associates Inc. philosophy of landscape based planning in which the challenge our thinking and local sense of place is foundational to campus form, and to stimulate creative and 1975 -1979 meaningful connections are made between campus economic campus planning. Assistant Professor, School of design and the quality of community. His work at Sasaki Landscape Architecture, SUNY Associates has contributed to the firm’s reputation as a He has exhibited his talents College of Environmental Science national leader in comprehensive campus planning, and in meetings with students, and Forestry helped to make the firm’s campus planning work a faculty and University model for others in the profession. His work exemplifies administrators. He has truly 1974-1975 interdisciplinary collaboration and an inclusive design Landscape Architect, Tokyo transcended his consultancy approach that has celebrated the meaning and with the University into a Landscape LTD., Tokyo, Japan significance of landscape architecture to his clients. genuine partnership. 1973 Joe’s planning and design projects within higher In the private employment of education include specialized work related to the design Douglas K. True Jacqueline Tyrwhitt, Paiania, Attica, of arboreta, botanical gardens and agricultural research Senior Vice President and Greece – Built the first geodesic landscapes. He has master planned arboreta for Harvard University Treasurer dome in Greece, designed by Fuller University, the Montgomery Botanical Center and the and Sadao. land grant universities in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. Outside of higher education he has prepared plans and designed 1971 - 1972 landscapes for a diverse range of clients including institutions such as the Landscape Architect, Reimann – Baltimore Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution. For over 30 years he Buechner partnership, Syracuse, NY has provided planning and design services for the John D. Rockefeller Estate in Pocantico Hills, NY including master planning for the 1400 acre Rockefeller State Park Preserve. His works related to historic resources include award winning master plans for the Fort Ticonderoga Association and the NY State Erie Canal Recreation‐way Plan, both of which testify to his skill and his commitment to natural and cultural resource stewardship. National scale practice in campus planning ‐ Joe has been a leading campus landscape architect and planner in the post baby boom era (1980’s‐present)of campus expansion during which the role of landscape architects has become 1 * Joseph Hibbard, ASLA increasingly instrumental in shaping campuses throughout the country. During SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS this period, his works have established the intelligent treatment of landscape and open space as an essential organizing principle in the design Fort Ticonderoga Garrison of complex college and university campuses. His knowledge of landscape Grounds Master Plan; history and his ability to passionately communicate the Ticonderoga, New York value of landscape to his clients has heightened “Since 2002, through his Honor Award for Landscape the awareness of many campus leaders who in turn two master plans, Joe Analysis and Planning, Boston instill these values in those they lead. The Iowa State Hibbard has been Society of Landscape Architects, University campus master plan prescribed the protection transforming the St. 2008 and restoration of one of the nation’s most beautiful Edward’s University naturalistic landscapes and insured its landmark status campus with tree‐shaded Erie Canalway National Heritage for generations to come. The University of Illinois master pathways and inviting Corridor Preservation and plan involved the rediscovery and renewal of a rich outdoor rooms that Management Plan; New York planning legacy that provided a rational framework for provide the occasion for Outstanding Planning Project, dynamic growth and a new pride of place for this leading social encounters, Comprehensive Planning for a research university. The University of South Florida, intellectual discussion and Regionally Based Plan, New York Tampa master plan and landscape projects launched a community building. Upstate Chapter, American process of dramatic physical transformation that was a These rooms, decorated Planning Association, 2006 powerful force in lifting the culture of the University and with the colors of native ushering in an era of elevated social prosperity. Through trees and plants, offer Daniel Burnham Award for a his caring, hands‐on design approach, the breadth of his comfortable spaces that Comprehensive Plan, American practice, and the quality and beauty of his work, Joe has reflect the university’s Planning Association, 2008 positively influenced the daily lives of those who inhabit philosophy of giving the environments he has planned and designed. students formative educational experiences University of South Florida Master Work embracing planning and built projects ‐ Joe’s work and opportunities Plan; Tampa, Florida demonstrates excellence in both planning and design suggested by the sublime Excellence in Planning Award, projects. He has sensitively transformed institutional vistas seen through the Society of College and University landscapes at multiple scales to protect and improve spaces created between Planning and the American some of America’s most prominent institutional buildings.” Institute of Architects’ Committee landscapes while accommodating the requirements of George E. Martin, Ph.D. on Architecture for Education, change and growth. His work includes comprehensive President 2002 master plans (among them: the University of Illinois, Urbana‐Champaign, Michigan State University, the Michigan State University Master University of Michigan, Iowa State University, the Plan University of Iowa, Virginia Tech, and the Pennsylvania State University) as well Honor Award, Boston Society of as landscape master plans (University of Connecticut, University of Hawaii at Landscape Architects, 2000 Manoa). His comprehensive master plans have guided development at major institutions for decades, meaningfully directing the work of the many designers Southwood; Tallahassee, Florida responsible for their phased implementation. His plans have provided effective Merit Award, Planning Category, guidance long after their creation, testifying to their sound foundations which Boston Society of Landscape have rationally balanced the demands of institutional mission, functional land Architects, 2004 use, transportation, infrastructure, sustainability and open space quality. For many clients, Joe’s work has extended beyond master planning to the Merit Award, American Society of design of multiple landscape projects that realize the principles set forth in the Landscape Architects, 2000 master plans. The more prominent of these include: St. Edward’s University, Vassar College, the University of Illinois, the University of New Hampshire‐ Durham, University of South Florida and Michigan State University. Joe’s designs consider the entire landscape, but always as experienced by individual people. He is a champion of creating landscapes that reconnect people to the 2 * Joseph Hibbard, ASLA . New York State Canal natural landscape, foster social interaction, celebrate the Recreationway Plan; New York public life of the institution and make beauty a part of Top Honor Award, The everyday experience. Often his projects have included Waterfront Center, “Excellence the development of campus architecture for which Joe on the Waterfront” Awards, skillfully performed the important design team role of 1995 bridging from master plan to meaningful place‐ appropriate architecture and site design. National Planning Award, Comprehensive Planning, Large Enthusiasm for place and history - Joe’s approach is defined by an attitude of stewardship, a deep affection Jurisdiction Category, American Every year since 1992, Joe Planning Association, 1996 for