Overview
Each year the Department of Landscape Architecture sponsors
the John R. Bracken Lecture Series and honors a distinguished
individual as the John R. Bracken Fellow. The department
has a rich
history and Bracken was among
the first to graduate from Penn State with an undergraduate
degree in landscape architecture. Between 1924 and 1957,
he
served as head of the Department of Landscape Architecture.
Bracken continued to serve the University and the department
as an active professor emeritus until his death in 1979.
The
lecture series, which began in the spring of 1982, was made
possible by a generous endowment from Bracken's estate. These
lectures, and the association with noted professionals through
seminars and intimate discussions, have enriched the lives
of students.
During the fall semester, the John R. Bracken
Fellow is honored with the presentation of a medal designed
by John Cook, professor of art at Penn State. The face of
the medallion depicts the corona of the mountain laurel and
the reverse side portrays the Greek deity Daphne, under Apollo’s
touch, transforming into a laurel tree. John Cook says, “This
identification with an interaction between human qualities
and nature is the basis of all art, especially so in the art
of landscape architecture.”
2007 / 2008 Lectures
William Denevan, September 21, 2007
6:00 p.m., 112 Chambers Building
David Blau, October 11, 2007
6:00 p.m., 112 Forestry Building
Keller Easterling, October 18, 2007
6:00 p.m., 111 Forum Building
Michael van Valkenburgh, November 8, 2007
6:00 p.m., 112 Chambers Building
Margie Ruddick, January 24, 2008
Location Palmer Lipcon Auditoroium
Grahame Shane, February 21, 2008
Location Palmer Lipcon Auditorium
Julia Czerniak, February 28, 2008
Location Palmer Lipcon Auditorium
Chris Reed, March 27, 2008
Location Palmer Lipcon Auditorioum
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John R. Bracken Fellows:
1982 Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe
1983 Ian McHarg
1984 Dame Sylvia Crowe
1985 John Ormsbee Simonds
1986 Garrett Eckbo
1987 William H. Whyte, Jr.
1988 Stewart Udall
1989 Grady Clay
1990 Arthur E. Bye
1991 J.B. Jackson
1992 Sir Peter Shepheard
1993 Peirce Lewis
1994 William Johnson
1995 Richard Haag
1996 Darrel Morrison
1997 Carol Johnson
1998 Jon Coe
1999 Randy Hester
2000 Rachel and Stephen Kaplan
2001 Yi Fu Tuan
2002 Martha Schwartz
2003 Carol Franklin
2004 Edward D. Stone, Jr.
2005 Dr. David W. Orr
David Blau assists students during class. |
