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Everett Fly

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Everett Fly is an American landscape architect based in San Antonio. Fly received the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2014.[1]

Fly studied architecture at the University of Texas at Austin (class of 1975)[2] and, in 1977, became the first African American to earn a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[1][3]

Fly's clients have included municipal, state, and county governments, and the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[4] From 1994 to 2001, Fly served on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.[5]

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  1. ^ a b "Everett L. Fly". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Alumnus and Landscape Architect Everett Fly named 2023 School of Architecture Commencement Speaker". soa.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. ^ "Everett L. Fly, "American Cultural Landscapes: Black Roots and Treasures"". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. ^ Davis, Vincent T. (11 April 2022). "San Antonio landscape architect receives national medal for helping preserve African American landmarks". San Antonio Express News. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. ^ Davis, Vincent T. (13 June 2021). "Harvard honors San Antonio landscape architect for preserving Black historical sites". San Antonio Express News. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
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