TTU flag at half staff to honor Jean Kavanagh
The Texas Tech Flag is at half staff today (Feb. 11) in honor of Jean Stephans Kavanagh, an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture. She died Jan. 25 after a brief battle with cancer at 61.
Kavanagh pioneered the study of the design of therapeutic landscapes in the United States. In 1995, she was recognized as one of the top women in landscape architecture. During the Centennial American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) meeting in Boston in 1999, she was inducted into the College of Fellows of the ASLA in recognition of her efforts in this area of research.
She joined Tech's Department of Landscape Architecture in 1990 after teaching landscape architecture at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Active in community and professional programs, she served as an officer in the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Horticultural Therapy Association, Sigma Lambda Alpha National Landscape Architecture Honor Society, and Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
Born in Pittsburgh, Kavanagh studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University from 1964 to 1969. She received her bachelor's degree and master's degree in landscape architecture from Cornell University.
Written by Norman Martin
Editor's Note: The family requests memorial donations be made to Texas Tech Foundation (Jean Stephans Kavanagh Endowment), PO Box 42123, Lubbock, TX 79409.
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