Awards and Achievements
- In 1961 President John F. Kennedy appointed Sasaki to the United States Commission of Fine Arts. He held this position until 1971, being re-appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.
- In 1971 he received the American Society of Landscape Architects Medal, the first person to do so.
- In 1973 he received the Allied Professions Medal from the American Institute of Architects.
- Sasaki was member of CU-Boulder's four-member design review board for 33 years.
- He was Chairman of the department of landscape architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (1950-1968).
- He founded Sasaki Associates Inc. and was chairman and president of the board (1953-1980).
- He was a Juror for the Vietnam Memorial Competition in 1981, the Astronaut Memorial Competition in 1988 and the Peace Garden Competition in 1989.
- Sasaki was awarded the Centennial Medal for his impact on landscape architecture at the Harvard Design School, at a 1999 symposium on his work.
- In 1984 Sasaki was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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