Current Faculty

Adjunct Faculty & Lecturers

Emeriti Faculty

Theodore S. Bacon Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Regional and Town Planning. B.A., History, Amherst; M.C.P., MIT. Extensive national and international experience in all aspects of town planning, management and administration. Formerly the Chairman of the Amherst Town Planning Board and the Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission. His present activities include the directorship of the Connecticut River Watershed Council.

Hugh C. Davis
Professor Emeritus of Regional Planning. B.S., Rollins, 1950; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan, 1955, 1960. Has extensive experience with environmental planning and policy at both federal and state levels of government. Director of the Environmental Institute at the University of Massachusetts. Special interests: outdoor recreation, open space and environmental public policy and rural development.

Nicholas T. Dines, FASLA
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Environmental Design

Meir Gross
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1964; M.R.P., 1972; M.A. in City Planning, 1976; Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning, 1979, University of Pennsylvania. Interests include the application of quantitative methods, computer techniques, information technology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to planning and policy analysis. Additional interests include urban form and infrastructure, spatial analysis and regional economic development. Currently involved in planning projects in Northwest Russia.

Julius Gy. Fabos
Professor of Landscape Planning and recipient of an Honorary Degree from the University of Horticulture, Budapest, Hungary. B.S. in Plant Sciences, Rutgers, 1961; M.L.A., Harvard, 1964; Ph.D. in Resource Planning and Conservation, Michigan, 1973; Fellow, ASLA, 1985; ASLA Medalist, 1997. Principal developer of the METLAND System for landscape assessment and planning; has been awarded numerous research grants. Author and editor of more than 120 articles and research bulletins, as well as five books, the latest of which are: Land Use Planning, published by Chapman and Hall, 1985 and a book size special greenways issue published by Elsevier, in October, 1995.

Gordon S. King
Professor Emeritus of Arborculture and Park Administration. B.S., Michigan State, 1941; M.S., Massachusetts, 1956. Past President, International Society of Arborculture. Major interests are in the use and care of shade and ornamental trees.

John Martin
Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architcture and Reigonal Planning Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, 1950, Master’s of Architecture, 1956, Brighton College of Art; Diploma in Landscape Design, University College, London, 1960; M.L.A., Harvard, 1967; Member, royal Institute of British Architects, Member, American Society of Landscape Architects, Affiliate of the American Institute of Architects. Professional Registrations, Architecture (United Kingdom); Landscape Architecture (Massachusetts). An accomplished architect and landscape architect, artist and landscape historian, he lectured and taught courses, seminars, and studios in landscape history and design, architecture and landscape architecture, involving a wide variety of scales and responsibilities. He has written in the areas of water resource planning, historic preservation, adaptive re-use, town revitalization, and urban architectural and landscape design history.

E. Bruce MacDougall
Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, Adjunct Professor of Geography, and Director of the Office of Geographic Information and Analysis. B.S., 1961 and M.S., 1962 in Forestry and Ph.D., 1967 in Geography, the University of Toronto, M.A. (honorary), 1972, the University of Pennsylvania, honorary member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Awarded the Gold Medal of the Canadian Institute of Forestry, 1961. Author of many articles and papers on geographical analysis issues and two books, Computer Programming for Spatial Problems, (Edward Arnold, 1976) and Microcomputers in Landscape Architecture, (Elsevier Science Publishing Company, 1983). Current teaching and research interests are primarily in planning methods, applications of computers in planning and design, and the implications of information technology in planning and design..

Harold E. Mosher
Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture. B.S., 1942; B.L.A., 1947; M.L.A., Massachusetts, 1957. Teaches courses in plant identification, ecology and physiography and the use of plants in the environmental design. Professional experience includes serving as a consultant to park systems and nursery managers. Interests include the consequences of human activity on fragile landscapes. Has undertaken fieldwork throughout North America and Europe, studying the problems of landscape degradation at alpine levels.

Paul N. Procopio
Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture. B.S., 1941; M.S. in Horticulture, Massachusetts, 1954. Taught courses in land form, graphics and design studio. Professional work includes projects at the regional, town and city scales, with emphasis on land-use and community planning. Has served on program evaluation teams, the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board and the Council on Education of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Was elected as a Fellow in the Society, 1983.