Planner, landscape architect. Eugene Richard Martini received his B.F.A. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois in 1939. After working for the Federal Housing Administration in Chicago and Atlanta, he formed Martini and Associates, a firm involved in housing and urban renewal projects, subdivisions, parks, civic centers, and other development projects. He was design consultant for the southeastern region of the Public Housing Administration; was visiting instructor to many institutions of landscape architecture; wrote LANDSCAPE PLANNING, a book published by BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS; and wrote numerous articles for LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, AMERICAN BUILDER, and AMERICAN CITY. He was at various times a member, chapter president, trustee, fellow, and Second Vice President of the American Society of Landscape Architects. His other memberships included the American Institute of City Planners, the American Society of Planning Officials, the Urban Land Institute, the Georgia Engineering Society, the American Planning and Civic Association, and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.