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Jack H. Paules: A Tribute
 Jack H. Paules, a native of Pennsylvania, received his education at Pennsylvania State University. He earned the BS in 1957 and MS in 1966; both degrees were in agricultural education.
His career demonstrates forcefully that one's education is not finished at graduation, for there was nothing in his formal education that suggested that one day Jack Paules would become a professor of landscape architecture. He began his "apprenticeship" of on-the-job training and self-study as Associate County Extension Agent in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with emphasis on ornamental horticulture and turf grass management.
After ten years of working in Allegheny County he joined the firm of Joseph A. Hajnas and Associates, Landscape Architects and Environmental Consultants in Pittsburgh. There he completed his on-the-job training and gained valuable new experiences. When he joined the faculty in WVU's Program in Landscape Architecture in 1974, he was ready. He was a good teacher and well-liked by students and, in 1977, he received the West Virginia University Outstanding Teacher Award in recognition of his talents. He became a licensed landscape architect in West Virginia, and served as term as chair of the Program in Landscape Architecture.
His former student, John C. Anderson, ASLA, of Anderson Design, Inc., wrote: "Jack Paules was one of the first faculty I met when I joined the landscape architecture program. … In each class, he brought a level of real world sensibility and grounding that I felt helped us be better prepared for life as young designers. He was very approachable and always turned out for our back to school mixers, as well as the annual end of year landscape architecture party at Don Armstrong's farm. I was saddened to hear of his passing, not long after our graduation. He was an asset to the program at WVU, as well as landscape architecture in general."
We are very pleased that we are able to celebrate Jack Paules' life and contributions to landscape architecture with a scholarship carrying his name.
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