Historic Restoration
Experience
Resume: Walt Rogers, ASLA, RLA - Project Principal
Education
 | MBA, Master of
Business Administration, University of Phoenix, 1991 |
| MLA, Master of Landscape Architecture with Honors, emphasis
on Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, 1970 |
| BS, Landscape Architecture with Honors, University of
Massachusetts, 1968 |
Registration
| Arizona Registered Landscape Architect No. 11462 |
Civic Activity
| American Society of Landscape Architects |
| Member, City of Tucson Storm Water Advisory Committee (1985 to
1986) |
| Member and Vice Chairman, Pima County Design Review
Committee (1985 to 1988) |
| Member and Chairman, Pima County Technical Review Committee
(1993 to 1998) |
| Member UNE Committee Region 5, Council of Landscape
Architectural Registration Boards (1984 to 1990) |
Professional Experience
| May, 1979 to Present: The Acacia Group, Inc., Principal
and President (Formerly: Rogers, Gladwin & Harmony,
Inc.) |
| October, 1976 to June, 1982: University of Arizona College of
Agriculture, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Landscape
Architecture Program, Assistant Professor and
Adjunct Professor
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| May, 1973 to October, 1976: Girl Scouts of the USA, National
Headquarters (New York, NY), Council Property Development, Director |
| January, 1971 to May, 1973: State University of New
York (SUNY) at Syracuse, New York, College of Environmental Science
and Forestry, Department of Landscape Architecture, Assistant
Professor
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| July, 1970 to July, 1971: Visiting Lecturer, Gloucestershire
College of Art and Design, Cheltenham, England |
Relevant Project Experience
| •Research on the historical introduction of plant
materials in the Southwest including the following published
articles and professional reports:
- Introduction of Ornamental Plants in the Early History of
Southern Arizona:
A Guide for Historic Preservation, ADOBE TODAY
- Looking Backward to Cope with Water Shortages: A History
of Native Plants in Southern Arizona,
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
- El Encanto Estates: Significance of the District's
Landscape Architecture,
for nomination to the National Register of Historic Districts
- Shaping the Vernacular Landscape of the Northern Sonoran Desert,
CELA FORUM
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| Arizona Main Street Program. Member of a consultant
team specializing in urban design, landscape architecture,
architecture, historic preservation, community development and
marketing. Program exists to provide design and management
expertise to small towns and communities throughout Arizona. Walt
was selected twice to serve as a Main Street Consultant, 1996-98
and 2000-02. Florence, Casa Grande and Cottonwood, Arizona. |
| Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park.
Development of an authentic reconstruction masterplan for the
first Mormon Fort settled in Las Vegas in 1855. Researched
historic plant materials and gardens. Developed landscape
restoration plan. Construction documents were prepared to
implement the $2.3 million project. Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| Saint Phillips Church. Historic research, plant
valuation and native plant inventory for historic site affected by
Campbell Avenue/River Road intersection widening. Tucson, Arizona. |
| Tovrea Castle. Historic Landscape Inventory and
Preservation Plan, Phoenix, Arizona. |
| Olcott House and Davis House Landscape
Rehabilitation Plans in Historic El Presidio Neighborhood. Tucson,
Arizona. |
| Tucson Museum of Art. Historic Site Renovation at
the Corbett House, Tucson, Arizona. |
| Historic MacArthur Hotel Building Adaptive Reuse
Landscape Architecture, Tucson, Arizona. |
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