In 1972, Clinton Navarro Hewitt was hired at the University of Minnesota and quickly promoted to Associate VP of Planning. For the next 37 years, Hewitt would shape the U of M’s campuses across the state through dozens of landmark building projects—including Scholar’s Walk, David M. Lilly Plaza, and the Weisman Art Museum—and impact the lives of countless students and colleagues.

Hewitt’s influence continues to permeate the Department of Landscape Architecture, where he taught after leaving his campus planning position. Although he retired in 2009, Hewitt visits campus and Rapson Hall on occasion and his legacy still touches the lives of students and former colleagues.

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