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Grady Clay was an American journalist specializing in landscape architecture and urban planning.
Clay was an honorary member of both the American Institute of Architects and the American Society of Landscape Architects and was editor of Landscape Architecture Magazine from 1960 to 1985. He also was chairman of the jury that judged the design competition for the United States' Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was the Urban Affairs editor for the Louisville Courier-Journal, and provided a commentary segment, "Crossing the American Grain" which aired locally during National Public Radio's Morning Edition. In 1999, he was awarded the Olmsted Medal by ASLA. Clay also is a former president of the American Planning Association and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Emory University.
In an article from the July 2006 'Landscape Architecture Magazine, editor J. William "Bill" Thompson noted that Clay "once forecast that the design profession with the best information was going to dominate the others –and he wasn't at all sure that landscape architecture had the capacity to generate the best information".
Before Grady Clay was editor of LAM, most articles were written by professional landscape architects; during his editorship, many contributions were by professional writers without architecture credentials. He published Ian McHarg's ecological planning research, and covered areas that included use of native species for plantings, landscape sculpture and adventure playgrounds.
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