James Corner, professor emeritus and chair of the department of landscape architecture at the School of Design 2000–2012, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the faculty of architecture of Technical University of Munich. Mr. Corner is a registered landscape architect and urban designer and founder and director of James Corner Field Operations. Major projects of his include the High Line, New York City; the Race Street Pier, Philadelphia; and Chicago’s Navy Pier. He has devoted the past 30 years to advancing the field of urbanism.