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Chancellor's Message
Congratulations to all of you on a tremendous convention in
Boston! The College was thrilled to see a record setting group of
new Fellows invested in the historic Old South Church and over 800
people at the Convocation Dinner.
Special thanks are due to many of you who contributed to all of the
events at the College, but I specifically want to thank the rest of
the Executive Committee, Paul Barkley, and the Golf Committee for
their outstanding efforts during the Convention. Of course, I would
be terribly remiss if I didn’t give great kudos to Pauline
Porter for making everything work and to Robin Lee for a great job
with the Investiture. Their support and dedication is
invaluable!
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| Photo by Donald Olshavsky, AIA |
Thank you also to the Regional Representatives for taking on my
suggestion to wear baseball caps in support of their favorite
baseball team to the Annual Meeting. Combined with the Executive
Committee in AIA ball caps, and appetizers with a ball game theme,
I hope we were reminded that we are the all on the same team.
I hope you enjoyed the centerpieces at the Convocation Dinner as
much as I did and I had the great pleasure of watching them being
designed and produced by Boston elementary school children. This
program was organized by Emily Grandstaff-Rice, AIA, a member of
the YAF Advisory Group and with the support of Boston Society of
Architect’s Learning by Design program. YAF has already
offered to help organize another program involving children at next
year’s convention in San Francisco.
While the Party with the Fellows was held at Boston Architectural
College’s newest building, the former home of the Boston
Contemporary Arts Museum, the hosts for the evening were four
Boston firms, Tsoi Kobus, Einhorn Yafee and Prescott, Dewberry and
Leland Cott for Bruner/Cott, with new Fellows in this year’s
class. Thanks also go to Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA, of Weinzapfel &
Leers, who helped organize this effort.
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Have great summer!
Carole
Convention Highlights
Election of officers
At the annual business luncheon on Saturday the College of Fellows
membership elected Ed Kodet, FAIA, as Vice Chancellor, and Norman
Koonce, FAIA, as Bursar for terms beginning in December 2008.
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First place team |
Golf Tournament results
12th Annual Chancellors Cup Golf Open: Held at Pinehills Golf Club
in Plymouth, 115 players turned out for this perennial event that
supports the AIA College of Fellows Fund: honors went to the
following:
First place team: Bryan Mullet, Mike Sipek, Gary
Zimmerman, Luke Thiboutot
Second Place: Randy Russell, Barry Overton, Bob Oglesby,
Bruce Tresslar
Third Place: Richard Haas, John Padilla, Gary Watts, Doug
Abernathy
Longest Drive: Women. Jane Kralik: Men, Blaine
Grantham
Closest to the Pin: Doug Abernathy
Thanks also go to the terrific golf sponsors including Kohler
Company, Bradley Corporation, Lehigh Cement Company, Benjamin
Moore, CVIS, Inc., Unilock – New England, Bluword of Water,
Oceanside Glasstile, and Southern Diversified Products for their
consistent support of the Chancellor’s Cup.
Spirit of Fellowship
The 2008 Spirit of Fellowship award was presented at the
convocation dinner to Eugene J. Mackey, III, FAIA, for his
dedication in providing a sketch of the investiture ceremony for
new fellows for over seventeen years.
Investiture of Fellows
The Old South Church interior provided a striking and
reverential venue for this year’s investiture of new Fellows
and Honorary Fellows. Read the AIArchitect article to learn
more.
Fellow Feats
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| George H. Miller, FAIA |
Delegates to the AIA National Convention in Boston elected
George H. Miller, FAIA, as the Institute’s
2010 president. George is a partner in Pei Cobb Freed &
Partners, New York, where his responsibilities include the firm's
administration. In this capacity he is responsible for new business
development, contract negotiation and staff management. Last year
George served on the Executive Committee of the AIA 150 Campaign
– the campaign to raise funds to help celebrate the 150th
anniversary of the AIA and leave a lasting legacy to the American
public.
M. Arthur Gensler, Jr., FAIA, FIIDA, RIBA, is the
2008 recipient of the Michelangelo Award presented by the
Construction Specifications Institute for distinguished service to
the built environment. Gensler founded the firm of the same name in
1965, now the largest architecture firm in the U.S.
Diane Georgopulos, FAIA, was featured in
AIArchitect last month. Georgopulos has maintained the title
“Architect” during her 22 years at MassHousing, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s affordable housing bank, but
the scope of her work goes far beyond the title. She recently
completed work on the architectural and construction coordination
of the $275 million U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development Demonstration Disposition Program, the largest single
investment made in the history of that agency. Georgopulos also
developed design guidelines for the Elder Choice Program, a model
for state-financed rental assisted-living programs. Her work was
recognized in 1995 by Ford Foundation’s Innovations in
American Government Award and also by the National Council of State
Housing Finance Agencies. In 2005, she received the AIA Thomas
Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. Georgopulos also is the
current president of the Boston Society of Architects. By Heather
Livingston, Contributing Editor, AIArchitect
Thomas Vonier, FAIA, RIBA, COF Regional Rep for
Europe, was profiled by Heather Livingston, Contributing Editor for
AIArchitect. Tom is a founding member of the International Center
for Urban Security in Barcelona. Read more about him in
AIArchitect.
Fellow Talk
Economic stresses
Fellows:
My office has everything in place for a really big job, something
that would be almost half of our revenue for the next two years.
Unfortunately, the owners have hit some financing trouble. We have
not given up on the project but every day the project doesn’t
move forward makes things look worse. In addition to being a huge
risk to the firm, this has put me in tough spot. For one thing my
scheduled job performance review has come and gone with no review
taking place. I don’t feel like I can go in and ask for what I
deserve and get it in this financial climate. Also, I had been told
I would receive a promotion and a leadership role in the new
project. I was flying high with excitement and now I’m worried
about keeping my job. With the economy as it is how can I best be
valuable to my firm and advance my career?
Send all comments to yaf@aia.org
and include fellow talk in the subject line.
Fellow Call for Interviews: The AIA 150 at 150 Projects
Members of the Young Architect Forum (YAF) are interviewing
Fellows for the AIA 150 at 150 Project. The YAF launched the
Project early this year, which interviews 150 Fellows on podcasts
available on AIA Podnet, Soloso and iTunes. Coinciding with
YAF’s fifteenth anniversary and AIA’s 150th anniversary,
the Project came out of a brainstorming session by members of the
YAF who recognized that their key issue is mentorship.
The interviews are open to any fellows that are interested, and
will continue until the YAF collects all 150. The fellows are asked
the following three questions that were formulated during a panel
discussion led by Ava Abramowitz, Esq.: How did you become you? Who
was your mentor? What was your greatest Challenge? “We loved
the simplicity and open-ended nature of the questions,” says
Grandstaff-Rice, who has spearheaded the project along with other
members of the YAF Advisory Committee including Michael Meehan,
AIA, Christopher Kelley, AIA, and Kristine Royal, AIA, as well as
Suzanna Wight, AIA Managing Director of Alliances and Virginia
Ebbert, eKnowledge Project Manager, and the with great support from
the College of Fellows.
With the 150 at 150 Project, the Young Architects Forum is talking
about mentoring, giving a voice to its members, and advising
emerging professionals. “We went into this wanting to show how
mentors shape careers. It is proof the saying that every successful
person has a mentor is really true,” proclaims
Grandstaff-Rice, “What we did not anticipate was our
strengthened connection between YAF and the College of Fellows.
What started as gathering information about mentoring in
architecture has morphed into an oral history and archiving project
for the Institute showing that both generations can learn a lot
from each other.”
If you are interested in participating please email Camilo Parra at
cparra@parradesigngroup.com.
Camilo Parra, AIA, is principal of Parra Design Group, Ltd, a
design and development company in Houston. He is also an adjunct
assistant professor in the school of architecture at Prairie View
A&M University and PR Adviser for the YAF Advisory
Committee.
Continuing Education Credit deadline
The AIA Continuing Education Systems compiled an audit list of
members whose records indicated they did not complete their AIA
continuing education requirements for 2007. FAIA members on the
audit list were notified of the audit via certified mail that was
sent within the past week.
Please review your transcript to verify that your record accurately
reflects all your learning units earned in 2007. You can access
your transcript and the self-report form online at www.aia.org/ces_m_default.
Just sign in on the right. If you do not have enough learning units
for 2007, based on AIA policy, you still have until September 30,
2008, to complete 18 learning units, 8 of which must be in health,
safety, and welfare.
For information on AIA/CES policies, please visit www.aia.org/cesfaq_default.
For information about state licensing boards’ mandatory
continuing education, please visit www.aia.org/ces_mce.
Please contact Maria Sigillito, Manager, CES Compliance Services at
AIA/CES directly at msigillito@aia.org or
202-626-7436 with any questions.
Diversity Recognition Program
This program celebrates and invites the contributions of AIA
members toward the goal of a more diverse profession. Up to twelve
submissions will be selected annually to be recognized as Diversity
Best Practices. The deadline is September 15,
2008. Electronic submissions are preferred and should be
sent to diversity@aia.org.
Hard copy submissions may be sent to: Yvette Morris, Manager,
Diversity, The American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006
Learn more about the Diversity Recognition Program.
Golf Photos Continued
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Team Photo by Pauline Porter |
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| Third Place Team Photo by Pauline Porter |
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