Owen Lang, FASLA, MLA ’76  named Fall 2015 Nadine Carter Russell Chair in Landscape Architecture at  Louisiana State University. As Chair, Lang will present a lecture at the college, “Repurposing the Urban Landscape,” on October 26. Throughout the semester, he is working with LSU landscape architecture graduate and undergraduate students on an urban design project along the South Platt River Corridor in Denver, Colorado, where the students will investigate environmental issues, such as flood plain mitigation, drought, and redevelopment concepts, consider recreational opportunities that can help neighboring redevelopments engage with the river as an asset.

September 2015