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G. Glenn Cook of Mississippi State University is among some two dozen recently named as Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
The Washington, D.C.-based organization includes more than 12,000 members in nearly 50 U.S. chapters. The naming of fellows--the highest ASLA rank--was part of the organization's annual meeting in Atlanta.
Cook, an associate professor, is the fifth Mississippi State faculty member to hold the title. Department head Cameron Man and assistant professor Russell Adsit also are fellows, as are emeriti faculty members Calvin Bishop and Ed Martin.
Representing only about 4 percent of the membership, ALSA Fellows are chosen on the basis of "demonstrated professional excellence" in one or more of five categories. Cook, a faculty member since 1978, was honored for direct service to the society and profession.
He is a former president of ASLA chapters in Mississippi and Texas, as well as the Southwest region. He also has served as faculty adviser for the MSU student chapter.
Cook holds a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from Louisiana State University and a master's of urban and regional planning from the University of Mississippi.
Landscape architecture at Mississippi State began in 1964 within the horticulture department. A separate academic unit since 1973, the ASLA-accredited program today offers bachelor's degrees in landscape architecture and in landscape contracting/management.