Professor Emeritus, Roy H. DeBoer, degrees include a Bachelor in Science from Cornell University and a Masters in Science in Horticulture, Rutgers ’59.  His academic and professional achievements are legend among students and peers alike thoughout Rutgers University, New Jersey and the Nation.

Roy came to Rutgers in 1955 with the task of reinstating a landscape architecture and environmental design program which had not existed since 1940.  Additionally he was put in charge of the Rutgers Display Gardens.  Roy introduced short courses in plant materials and landscape design and led international scholarly trips to Switzerland, Newfoundland, Puerto Rico, Germany, China and Mexico.

Roy has spent over 50 years teaching and advising students at Rutgers University, primarily at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science (CAES) and Cook College.  Roy is active in the Cook College Leadership Program and the Student Life and Activities Committees. 

Roy is a recipient of the Outstanding Educator in Landscape Architecture Award, the highest national honor award by the Council of Education in Landscape Architecture.  He has earned the Teaching Excellence Award given by the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and was elected a Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects, an honor recognizing contributions to the profession through the academic realm.  Roy was awarded the: Cook College Student Leadership Excellence in Teaching and Advising in 1996, 1998 and 2001, the Cook College Professor of the Year in 1965, 1977, 1991 and 1995, the Cook College Award for Sustained Academic Professional Excellence in 1995 and the Cook College Award for Creative and Innovative Teaching in 1991.

It is with great pleasure to introduce Roy DeBoer as the 2008 Dennis M. Fenton Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award Recipient This award will be presented at the SEBS 2008 graduation ceremony.

NJASLA extends a heartfelt congratulations to Roy for receiving this well deserved recognition.