Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Historical State Timelines
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
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1920s

1927 First landscape architecture courses offered

Professor Joseph Plummer Pillsbury initiated developing a curriculum in landscape architecture, which was was established as a component of courses in the Department of Horticulture.

1930s

1932 First woman received degree in landscape architecture

Elizabeth Lee Lawrence became the first woman to earn a BS in landscape architecture.

1940s

1942 Division of Landscape Architecture established

The Division of Landscape Architecture was established in the Department of Horticulture.

1948 Department of Landscape Architecture established

The Department of Landscape Architecture was established in the newly created College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design.

1948 Edwin G. Thurlow named first department head
E. G. ThurlowE. G. Thurlow

1950s

1951-1952 Morley J. Williams served as department head
3/21/1951 Department of Landscape Architecture accredited

The Department of Landscape Architecture received accreditation from the American Society of Landscape Architects and became the second to do so in the South, and one of only ten accredited schools in the U.S.

1952-1962 Henry Kamphoefner served as acting department head
Dean Henry Kamphoefner looking at model of a cityDean Henry Kamphoefner looking at model of a city

1960s

1962-1967 Richard A. Moore served as department head
Richard Alan Moore portraitRichard Alan Moore portrait
1962 Landscape architecture graduate program began
1967-1968 Lewis J. Clarke served as acting department head
Lewis J. Clarke portraitLewis J. Clarke portrait
1968 Master's degree in landscape architecture first offered

In 1968, North Carolina State University approved the Master of Landscape Architecture degree and replaced the five-year bachelor's degree with a four-year Bachelor in Environmental Design in Landscape Architecture degree.

1968-1976 Richard R. Wilkinson served as department head
Richard R. Wilkinson portraitRichard R. Wilkinson portrait

1980s

1987-1990 Deborah Dalton served as acting department head

Deborah Dalton was the first woman to serve as acting department head for the Department of Landscape Architecture.

Deborah Dalton portraitDeborah Dalton portrait
08/1987 First Latinx faculty member in landscape architecture

Fernando Magallanes became the first Latinx faculty member in landscape architecture.

1990s

1991-2000 Arthur R. Rice served as department head
1994 Department reintroduced five-year degree program

The Department of Landscape Architecture reintroduced the five-year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree in 1994.

2000s

2000-2005 Achva Benzinberg Stein served as department head
2005-2006 Robin Moore served as interim department head
2006-2018 Gene Bressler served as department head

2010s

2018-2022 Meg Calkins served as department head

2020s

2022 Gene Bressler served as interim department head