8:45 a.m., Dec. 2, 2009----Rodney D. Robinson, a University of Delaware alumnus who graduated in 1975 from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has been named as a member of the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), which is among the highest honors the society can confer upon a member.

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Robinson, who owns Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects in Wilmington, Del., was nominated by the Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of ASLA for his exemplary landscape architectural design skills and his knowledge of horticulture.

His impressive body of work over the past 30 years ranges from private and public gardens to exhibit design and historic restoration, and includes commissions with institutions of international reputation.

Robinson has been an active member of ASLA since 1997. He also has served as an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, Longwood Gardens, and Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, and lectured at numerous arboreta, botanical gardens, and universities.

Robinson received a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from the University of Delaware in 1975 and a master of landscape architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978.

Members of the ASLA Council of Fellows are recognized for their extraordinary work, leadership, knowledge, and service to the profession over a sustained period of time. The fellows were formally inducted into the council during the ASLA annual meeting held this fall in Chicago.