ABOUT REES JONES

Résumé

Education

Yale University (New Haven, CT)

• Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963

Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

• School of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture 1963-64

Experience

Rees Jones, Inc.

• President 1974 - present

Robert Trent Jones, Inc.

• Vice President 1964-1974
• Responsible for all jobs undertaken by the east coast office

Landscape Architect Licenses

Hawaii, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina

Professional Organizations

American Society of Golf Course Architects

• Member since 1967
• President 1978
• Vice President 1977
• Secretary 1976

American Society of Landscape Architects

Golf Course Builders Association of America

International Network of Golf

National Golf Foundation

Urban Land Institute

Golf Organizations

United States Golf Association

• Member since 1967
• Construction Education Committee 2002
• Environmental Research Committee 1990-2001
• Turfgrass Research Committee 1990-2001
• Green Section Committee Member 1979, 1980, 2008 to Present

New Jersey State Golf Association

• Member since 1967
• Executive Committee 1996, 1997

Metropolitan Golf Association

• Member since 1967
• Long Range Planning Committee 1994
• Executive Committee 1999-2003

Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation

• 1999 - Present

Author

Golf Course Developments

• 105 page book published by the Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C. in 1974

Field Notes

• 100 page guide to the restoration of Bethpage Black, published by Travel & Leisure Golf, 2002, American Express Publishing

Various Articles

• Golf Magazine
• Golf Journal
• USGA Green Section Record

Awards

New Jersey Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2012

Montclair High School Hall of Fame in 2006

1995 Golf World Architect of the Year

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Old Tom Morris Award 2004

Metropolitan Golf Association Distinguished Service Award 1998

Metropolitan Golf Writers Association Distinguished Service Award 2002

Golf Digest list of top 5 architects

International Network of Golf, Industry Honors Award, 1997 and 2002-2003

The Robert Morris Award of the Welsh Society of Philadelphia 2000

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Old Tom Morris Award 2004

Currently #22 on Golf Digest list of 36 most powerful people in golf

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