RESUME

DENNIS L. LAW, FASLA

DEAN
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND DESIGN

BUSINESS ADDRESS:
College of Architecture, Planning and Design
Seaton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2902
Phone: (785) 532-5950
FAX (785) 532-1086
email: delaw@ksu.edu
Home page: http://www.arch.ksu.edu/dela/

HOME ADDRESS:
3500 Englewood Dr.
Manhattan, Kansas 66503-2148
(785) 539-0422

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Park Administration from Texas Tech University, June, 1967
Master of Landscape Architecture Degree from Kansas State University, May, 1976.

ART STUDIES:

Studied watercolor in workshops given by Richard Forsyth, Christopher Schink, and Martha Mans

PROFESSIONAL STATUS:

Registered Landscape Architect in Kansas. Registered through LARE. License number 168.
Fellow - American Society of Landscape Architects.
Member of KSU Graduate Faculty.
Former Member of the Columbian Artists.  A group of artists from Northeast Kansas.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• Administrator of the Year Award, Council  of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Charleston, SC, Sept. 2003
• Named Member of Distinction, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, September, 2003.
• Honor Award, Michigan Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects for contributions to publication RESTORING THE EARTH: Environmental Design for Reclaiming Surface Mines, 2002
• Named Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects (1999)
• Awarded ASLA Prairie Gateway Chapter Merit Award for reclamation research for project entitled REHAB-OIL & GAS FIELD, 1984.
• Member of Sigma Lambda Alpha National Landscape Architecture Honor Society.
• Honored by Blue Key National Honor Society for outstanding undergraduate teaching, Spring Semester, 1991.
• Honored by Alpha Delta Pi Sorority for outstanding undergraduate teaching, Spring Semester, 1991.
• Named as Kansas State University Presidential Lecturer - 1991 to present.
• Member of Kansas State University Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honorary Society.
• Finalist for Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award for College of Architecture and Design in 1981.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

• Professor and Dean: College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Kansas State University. September 5, 1995 to present.
• Chair: University Strategic Planning Committee, 1997-99.
• Chair: Kansas State University Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Affairs, 1994-95.
• Professor: Department of Landscape Architecture; Kansas State University. July, 1993 to September 5, 1995.
• Professor and Department Head: Department of Landscape Architecture; Kansas State University. October 15, 1989 to July, 1993.
• Professor and Acting Head: Department of Landscape Architecture; Kansas State University. August, 1988 to October 15, 1989.
• Visiting Professor: Department of Architecture; University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Summer, 1988. Taught Site Planning for architecture students. Dr. Jim Potter, Head.
• Professor: Department of Landscape Architecture; Kansas State University. August, 1986 to May, 1988. Tom Musiak, Department Head.
• Associate Professor: Department of Landscape Architecture; Kansas State University. August, 1982 to May, 1986. Tom Musiak, Department Head.
• Assistant Professor: Joint appointment with Pre-Design Professions and Landscape Architecture Departments; Kansas State University. August, 1976 to May, 1982. Dr. Robert Ealy and Professor Tom Musiak, Department Heads. Tenure awarded in 1981.
• Instructor: Joint appointment with Pre-Design Professions and Landscape Architecture Departments; Kansas State University. August, 1974 to May, 1976. Dr. Robert Ealy, Department Head.
  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Principal: The Land Design Collaborative. Partner in a small landscape architecture firm specializing in subdivision design, parks and recreation facilities, and land reclamation. 1984 to present.
• Affiliated Director: LDC Design; Shanghai, China. Affiliated with firm since its inception in 2000.
• Landscape Architect: Bureau of Land Management. Consultant and staff reclamation specialist. Professional duties involved reclamation of oil and gas fields on Wyoming Public Lands. 1979 to 1982.
• Director of Landscape Architecture: Astroworld, USA Responsible for design, installation, and maintenance of all landscaped areas within the 67-acre complex. January l972 to August 1974.
• Director or Parks and Recreation: City of Bellaire, Texas. Responsible for administration of all public parks and recreation programs in the community. August 1970 to January 1972.
• Superintendent of Parks: City of Tyler, Texas. Responsible for acquisition, development and maintenance of park system including submittal of federal funding application. July 1969 to August 1970.
• Assistant Superintendent of Parks: City of Aurora, Colorado. Responsible for development and maintenance of park system. June 1967 to July 1969.
• Administrative Intern: Metropolitan Dade County Park and Recreation Department; Miami, Florida. Worked during Summer as an intern in various divisions within the department. June 1966 to August 1966.
  

PUBLICATIONS:

"Adapting Disturbed Land to Recreational Uses", ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FOR RECLAIMING SURFACE MINES  edited by Jon Bryan Burley, published by The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston.  2000.    Awarded Michigan Chapter of ASLA Honor Award, 2002.

TOMORROW'S MINERAL LANDSCAPE a workbook to be used as a manual during the ASLA Professional Seminars. 1984.

EROSION CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR DISTURBED PUBLIC LANDS published by the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming, 1984.

MINED-LAND REHABILITATION an introductory textbook published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, l984.

REHABILITATION OF MINED-LAND DISTURBANCES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES published by Kansas State University. Editor as well as author of 2 chapters in this document; 1982.

Chapter entitled "Graphics", DESIGNING WITH PLANTS, by Richard L. Austin, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1982.

"Ongoing Reclamation: A Procedure for Oil and Gas Fields", LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE magazine, July 1981.

REHAB - OIL AND GAS FIELD, Oil and Gas Technical Bulletin No. 1, published by Wyoming Bureau of Land Management, 1981.

"Oil and Gas Field Rehabilitation on Wyoming Public Lands", REGIONAL LANDSCAPE PLANNING, published by ASLA as proceedings of Regional Landscape Planning Workshop, ASLA annual meeting in Washington, D.C., 1981.

A METHODOLOGY FOR IMPLEMENTING A PEDESTRIAN MALL FOR PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, an unpublished master's thesis for the MLA degree at Kansas State University; 1976.

ELEMENTS OF PLANTING DESIGN published by INTERIORS-EXTERIORS, Manhattan, Kansas. A textbook designed for instruction of planting design principles; 1975.

AN AESTHETIC BASED PLAN FOR PIONEER SQUARE published by the city of Plainview; Plainview, Texas. A book of sketches of various historic buildings along with suggestions for renovation of Central Business District; 1975.

PAPERS:

"Solving the Conflict Between Economics and the Environment: A Proposal for Costa Rica", presented to EDRA 23/1992, Boulder, Colorado. Paper published in EDRA 23/1992 Proceedings.

"Watershed Reconstruction During the Rehabilitation of Surface Mined Disturbances", BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SCIENCE, REGULATION, AND THE SURFACE MINING OPERATION; presented at annual meeting of American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, October 1985, in Denver. Co-author-Elizabeth A. Stieg.

A PROCESS FOR REHABILITATING OIL AND GAS FIELDS a paper given at the 1983 Winter Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Chicago, December 1983.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROJECTS:

Civic Center, City of Bellaire, Texas. General preliminary development plan.

Camp Blue Haven, Las Vegas, New Mexico; Site development plan consisting of road alignment, trail design, sewage disposal system and facility site layout.

Central Business District Redevelopment Study, City of Plainview, Texas. Thesis project, Kansas State University.

Aesthetic-Based Plan, City of Plainview, Texas. Storefront renovation study for the downtown district.

Sand Creek Park, City of Aurora, Colorado. General development plans including application for Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funding for acquisition. Funded.

Pollard Park, City of Tyler, Texas. General development plans including application for Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funding for acquisition. Funded.

Southside Park, City of Tyler, Texas. General development plans including application for Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funding for acquisition. Funded.

Development and Planting Plans for ASTROWORLD, USA. A 67-acre Six Flags theme park located across for the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

Tribal Grounds, Kickapoo Indian Reservation, Kansas. General Development Plan. Detailed design of entry road and parking areas including horizontal and vertical road alignment.

Tennis Court Complex. Design, construction details and specifications for 8 tennis courts in two complexes for the Clay Center public schools, Clay Center and Milford, Kansas.

Mike Richards residence; Houston, Texas.

Dr. Patrick Dreiling residence; Manhattan, Kansas.

Leland Estes residence; Houston, Texas.

Kenneth Roberson residence; Spring, Texas.

Chris Olson residence; Waynoka, Oklahoma. Site design for energy conservation. Highly successful.

Land Use Survey, City of Lubbock, Texas. Part of a city planning department staff study.

Master Plan for Tip Top Oil Field. A 33,000-acre resource inventory and reclamation plan in Western Wyoming. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office.

Reclamation Plan for the Black Canyon oil well drill site. Bureau of Land Management.

Cedar Springs Ranch. Design for a 480-acre subdivision of estate-sized lots.

Kessinger residence; Marysville, Kansas. General landscape development plan.

Beck residence; Manhattan, Kansas. General development plan for residence on excessively steep slopes.

Republic County Hospital; Belleville, Kansas. Planting plan.

Sunwalk; a 24-unit planned unit development in Shawnee, Kansas. Project had to address new stormwater retention ordinance in a riparian zone.

Armstrong Residence; Madrid, Spain. Site development plan for residence overlooking Madrid.

Arbuthnot Fountain and Plaza; Republic County Courthouse, Belleville, Kansas.

Montgomery Plaza and Fountain; Junction City, Kansas

Huron Rose Garden and Formal Gardens; Kansas City, Kansas, Parks and Recreation. General Development Plan with site layout, paving, amenities and planting.

White Memorial Plaza; Emporia, Kansas. Development plan and construction drawings for memorial to William L. White, noted author and journalist.

Manhattan Linear park; Manhattan, Kansas. Design and working drawings for 7.4 mile linear hiking and biking trail. Design of first phase of eventual 11 mile linear park.

Sofro residence; Topeka, Kansas. Planting plan.

Consultant to Minister of Natural Resources, Dept. of Environmental Planning, nation of Malaysia in Southeast Asia. Provided consultation and advise on devising systematic permitting, compliance and mitigation of tin mines in Western Malaysia.

Hahn Residence; Manhattan, Kansas. Storm Water Drainage plan.

Triangle Park; Manhattan, Kansas. Design and construction drawings for small park located between the Aggieville commercial district and the Kansas State University campus.

Kansas proposal for the Superconducting Supercollider project. Responsible for developing a disposal plan for 1.8 million cubic yards of spoils anticipated by construction.

Goodnow Park; Manhattan, Kansas. Design and construction drawings for park. Park changed from active recreation to passive recreation because of the expansion of the city water treatment plant.

Consultant to Jamie Cannon Associates; 509 Olive Street; St. Louis, MO. Developed reclamation strategy for mitigating wetland damaged from hydrocarbon infiltration into soils and groundwater at large oil refinery in Denver, Colorado. Solution used natural systems for effective and inexpensive mitigation. 1989.

Consultant to COPAN organization, a large cooperative housing organization in Costa Rica, Central America. Advised planners on site planning and conservation of tropical rain forests.

Development of plans for sustainable farming operation in Central America as part of research project. Prototype experiment station is currently under design with hopes of securing funding for construction within two years.

Consultant to Harland Bartholomew & Associates; St. Louis, MO. Develop strategy for visualization enhancement and wetland restoration for large refinery in Southern Illinois.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Marysville, Kansas. A planting and circulation plan.

Consultant to Jamie Cannon Associates; 509 Olive Street; St. Louis, MO. Advised firm as to how to determine soil analyses and to mitigate toxic planting situation at an Amoco Refinery in Northern Indiana.

PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES:

1981

Sept. 24 Banquet Speaker, Soil Conservation Society of America, Mid-America Conference on Urban Erosion and Sedimentation. Executive Inn, North Kansas City, Missouri. "Woodlands, Texas. A Case Study in Urbanization Without Major Environmental Impacts."

Nov. 23 Speaker, American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., "Rehabilitation of Oil and Gas Fields on Wyoming Public Lands."

1982

March 5 Lecturer and symposium coordinator, Symposium on Rehabilitation of Mined-Land Disturbances in the Western United States, "The Need to Rehabilitate."

March 6 Speaker, Symposium on Rehabilitation of Mined-Land Disturbances in the Western United States, "The Development and Reclamation of Oil and Gas Fields."

Aug. 16 Seminar Speaker, American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Seminar Series, "Principles of Landscape Rehabilitation", Washington, D.C.

Aug. 18 Seminar Speaker, American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Seminar Series, "Principles of Landscape Rehabilitation", Chicago, Illinois.

Aug. 20 Seminar Speaker, American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Seminar Series, "Principles of Landscape Rehabilitation", San Fransisco, California.

1983

Dec. 13 Speaker, American Society of Agriculture Engineers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il., "Oil and Gas Field Rehabilitation."

1985

Oct. 9 Speaker, American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation National Meeting in Denver, Colo. Presented paper "Watershed Reconstruction During the Rehabilitation of Surface Mined Disturbances." Co-authored with Elizabeth A. Stieg.

1987

July 1 Speaker, International Seminar on Landscape Architecture: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, AWARENESS AND ROLE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "The Landscape Architect as a Reclamation Specialist."

July 1 Speaker, International Seminar on Landscape Architecture: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, AWARENESS AND ROLE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "An Outline for the Development of a Plan for Reclaiming Tin Mining Sites in Western Malaysia."

July 2 Guest Lecturer, Landscape Architecture Student Seminar, Mara Institute of Technology, Selangor, Malaysia, "Impressions of Malaysian Development and Its Impact on the Environment."

Oct. 22 Guest Lecturer, Regional Planning Class, Dept. of Architecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, "Reclamation Principles."

1989

Oct. 13 - 14 Speaker at Associated Collegiate Schools of Architecture West Central Regional Meeting at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, "Architecture - Economics vs Ecology: An Issue of Ethics". Presentation nominated for presentation at National Meeting in San Fransisco.

1990

Feb. 8 Lecturer, students and faculty at the department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. "Economics vs. Ecology -An Issue of Ethics".

Mar. 13 Lecturer, students and faculty at the department of Landscape Architecture at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. "Economics vs. Ecology -An Issue of Ethics".

June Series of Radio Programs entitled "Economic Development Can Be Environmentally Ethical", for station KKSU, public radio for Kansas.

Oct. 24 Presentor, Seminar: "Copan: The Costa Rican Opportunity". Presented to College of Architecture and Design Brown Bag Seminar Series.

Nov. 6 Lecturer, faculty and students at Warsaw Agriculture University, Department of Landscape Architecture, Warsaw, Poland. "The Nature of the Environment: How Landscape Architects Should Be Involved."

Nov. 19 Lecturer, faculty and students at Faculty of Architecture, Brno, Czechoslovakia. "The Nature of the Environment: How Landscape Architects Should Be Involved."

Nov. 26 Lecturer, faculty and students at Budapest Agriculture University, Department of Landscape Architecture, Budapest, Hungary. "The Nature of the Environment: How Landscape Architects Should Be Involved."

1991

Jan. 8 Lecturer, Presidential Lecture Series, given to gifted high school students in McPherson, Kansas. "Will there be an Environment in 2010?".

Jan. 8 Lecturer, Presidential Lecture Series, given to high school students and faculty at Lindsborg, Kansas high school. "Will there be an Environment in 2010?"

Jan. 30 Presentor, Seminar given along with other members of Central European Fact-Finding Team to faculty and students in College of Architecture and Design's Brown Bag Seminar.

Feb. 13 Lecturer, Presidential Lecture Series, gifted high school students and faculty at Hutchison, Kansas. "Will there be an Environment in 2010?"

Mar. 1 Lecturer, Presidential Lecture Series, gifted high school students from Northeast Kansas in a conference held at Burlington, Kansas High School. "Will there be an Environment in 2010?"

Oct. 31 Lecturer, given in Environmental Awareness Week: Special Topic - Vanishing Rain Forests. Sponsored by Students for A Vulnerable Environment (SAVE). "Casting Our Pearls Before Swine: The Tropical Rain Forest Crisis".

1992

Mar. 18 Lecturer, KSU College of Architecture and Design Faculty Seminar Series. "Casting Our Pearls Before Swine: The Tropical Rain Forest Crisis".

Mar. 24 "Casting Our Pearls Before Swine: The Tropical Rain Forest Crisis", presentation as a part of a series entitled A Look at the 90's and Beyond: Local, Regional, National and Global Challenges, sponsored by BOTANICA, a regional botanical garden in Wichita, Kansas.

Mar. 25 "Solving the Conflict Between Economics and the Environment: A Rain Forest Case Study in Costa Rica", a lunchtime lecture sponsored by BOTANICA, Wichita, Kansas.

Mar. 30 "Global Environmental Issues", a lecture presented to A Forum On Central Europe: An Environmental Research and Education Agenda for Urban Settlements and Sustainable Development sponsored by Association of Big Eight Universities; College of Architecture and Design, Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.

Apr. 8-12 Presentor and Lecturer, EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) National Meeting, Boulder, Colo. "Casting Our Pearls Before Swine: The Tropical Rain Forest Crisis".

June 11 "Aspirations, Rhetoric, and Results of the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro", KKSU Radio Broadcast of interview by Ms. Deanne Wright.

Sept. 3 "Environmental Challenges for the Next Century: Making the Environment a Political Issue", a lecture given before the Environmental Committee of the Hungarian Parliament as a part of a three-day workshop; Budapest, Hungary.

Sept. 4 Moderator of the last session of the Environmental Committee workshop in the Hungarian Parliament; Budapest, Hungary.

Sept. 22 "RAINFORESTS: What School Children Should Know", presented to meeting of Public School Teachers in the Manhattan School District.

Oct. 1 "Business Perspectives for the Future: An Environmentalist's Point of View", Lecture presented to freshman seminar for all Business Administration Students.

Oct. 10 "Casting Our Pearls Before Swine: The Tropical Rain Forest Dilemma", a lecture at Bartle Hall as a part of the Kansas City American Institute of Architects Design Week celebration; Kansas City, Missouri.

Oct. 21 "Environmental Issues in Central Europe: The Budapest Experience", a panelist in a discussion about the faculty experiences with the Hungarian Parliamentary Committee on the Environment. Panel presented as part of the College of Architecture and Design Faculty Seminar Series.

Oct. 22 "RAINFORESTS: Renewed Threats to the Remaining Remnant", Lecture given to KSU students and faculty as part of "Rainforest Awareness Week", Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Nov. 2 "THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS: Is It A Matter Of Economics or Politics?", Keynote Lecture for Blue Key Leadership Week, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

1993

Jan. 14 "The Rainforest Dilemma", a lecture presented to the Downtown Rotary Club; Topeka, Kansas.

Apr. 15 "Current Efforts to Stop Rain Forest Destruction", KSU Department of Biology Seminar Series.

Apr. 19 "Rain Forests: What is happening to them?", Presented to all Third Graders at Northview Elementary, USD 383, Manhattan.

Apr. 21 "CASTING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE: Solving the Rain Forest Dilemma", Moore Hall Student Seminar, KSU.

Apr. 23 "CASTING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE: Solving the Rain Forest Dilemma", Speech given to Honor Students in the College of Business Administration.

Apr. 26 "Rain Forests: What is happening to them?", Presented to all Third Graders at Bluemont Elementary, USD 383, Manhattan.

May 10 "Population, Economics and Environmental Problems" - Landscape Horticulture Class, Longview Community College, Kansas City, MO.

Aug. 9 "Factors to Consider in Determining the Carrying Capacity on Costa Rican National Parks", Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Oct. 19 "Efforts to Find Economic Solutions to Rain Forest Destruction in Central America, Kansas City Rain Forest Action Network, University of Missouri -Kansas City.

ART EXHIBITS:

Featured Artist in Guthrie, Oklahoma Art Walk, 2001
Commerce Bank; Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan Arts Center; Manhattan, Kansas
Expresso Royale; Manhattan, Kansas
Columbian Gallery; Wamego, Kansas
Manhattan Oncology; Manhattan, Kansas
Kaw Valley State Bank; Manhattan, Kansas
Nelson-Strecker Gallery; Manhattan, Kansas

PORTFOLIO OF ART WORK:

Rev. 06 AUG 07