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STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississipi State junior Jeffrey R. Orkin of Jackson is a newly elected student representative to the American Society of Landscape Architects' board of trustees. A landscape architecture/landscape contracting and management double-major at the university, he represents all collegiate students preparing for careers in the profession. Orkin is a 2002 Jackson Preparatory School graduate and MSU President's Scholar. He also is president of the campus ASLA chapter and head of a Starkville-based lawn service.
FYI, ALL EDITORS:
Founded in 1899 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., ASLA is the national professional organization representing landscape architects. Its membership of more than 16,200 is spread among nearly 50 chapters representing every U.S. state and many territories, as well as some 40 other countries.