, in 2016 ASLA was established on January 4, 1899, in
New York City by a group of eleven founding members: President
John Charles Olmsted,
Nathan Franklin Barrett,
Beatrix Farrand, Daniel W. Langton,
Charles N. Lowrie,
Warren H. Manning,
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.,
Samuel Parsons, George F. Pentecost Jr.,
Ossian Cole Simonds, and
Downing Vaux. In 1960, the headquarters was moved to
Washington, D.C.. The first Black member of the ASLA was
Charles Edgar Dickinson. The ASLA bestows various awards annually to professionals and students in the field of landscape architecture for designs and projects. Categories range in size, scale, and type from small residential areas to large parks and waterfronts. Their lifetime achievement award is called the
American Society of Landscape Architects Medal. ==Past presidents==