“Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at large based on their works, leadership and management, knowledge and service. The new class of Fellows will be recognized at the 2015 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO, November 6-9, in Chicago.” says asla.org
Chip received his nomination in Works from the Texas Chapter. Trageser has more than 20 years of outstanding professional achievement. He has been responsible for various mixed-use, healthcare and academic and corporate campus projects at OJB Houston, where he is responsible for design and operations. He currently serves as the principal-in-charge for numerous mixed-use and corporate campus projects in the Woodlands and Houston areas, as well as for projects on the Rice and Baylor university campuses. Among his notable projects are the Rice University Brochstein Pavilion and Brockman Physics Building, Lakeshore East Park in Chicago, Klyde Warren Park in Dallas and Northbelt Campus in Houston. He serves on the Louisiana State University Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture alumni advisory council and regularly employs student interns from the program.
“The designation of Fellow is conferred on individuals in recognition of exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time. Individuals considered for this distinction must be members of ASLA in good standing for at least 10 years and must be recommended to the Council of Fellows by the Executive Committee of their local chapter, the Executive Committee of ASLA or the Executive Committee of the Council of Fellows. The American Society of Landscape Architects has elevated 37 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2015.”