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DONNA V. ROBERTSON FAIA<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, College <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
John and Jeanne Rowe Chair in Architecture<br />
Partner, macro Design<br />
<strong>Illinois</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology, S.R. Crown Hall<br />
1300 North Astor Street<br />
Chicago, <strong>Illinois</strong> 60616 Chicago, <strong>Illinois</strong> 60610<br />
312.567.3230 V 312.567.5820 F 312.543.5696 V 312.867.7135 F<br />
EDUCATION<br />
1975 - 78 University <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Charlottesville, VA. Master <strong>of</strong> Architecture; Master's<br />
Thesis: "The American Courthouse: Content and Imagery", Robin Dripps, Advisor. AIA Student<br />
Gold Medal.<br />
1972 - 74 Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca. Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Arts, with Distinction and Departmental Honors in<br />
English Literature. Honors Thesis: "Gertrude Stein and Cubism", John Felstiner, Advisor.<br />
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.<br />
1970 - 72 Webster College, St. Louis, Mo. Theatre Arts conservatory program.<br />
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITIES<br />
2012 - present Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Architecture with tenure, <strong>Illinois</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology College <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
2009, spring Marjorie Mead Hooker Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Univ. <strong>of</strong> New Mexico<br />
1996-2012 Dean, <strong>Illinois</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology College <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Architecture with tenure. Appointed to three 6-year terms as dean.<br />
1992-1996 Dean, Tulane University School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Architecture with tenure.<br />
1991, Fall Visiting Critic in Design, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Virginia Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, graduate architecture studio.<br />
1990, Fall Visiting Critic In Design, Harvard University Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Design, graduate architecture studio.<br />
1985-1992 Director, Barnard College Architecture Program.<br />
Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Barnard College, Columbia University.<br />
Design Studio Director; Seminar: "American Architects and Their Buildings".<br />
1984 Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Barnard College Architecture Program, and Columbia University Graduate<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Architecture. Design Critic; seminar: "Public Building in America"<br />
1983 - 84 Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Harvard University Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Design, Department <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Studio Critic. Thesis Coordinator, Instructor <strong>of</strong> Fall and Spring Thesis Preparation Seminar (with<br />
Henry N. Cobb).<br />
1982 - 83 Adjunct Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Barnard College, Columbia University. Studio Critic.<br />
1978,Summer Studio Critic, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Undergraduate Design Studio (with Bruce<br />
Abbey).<br />
1977 - 78 Teaching Assistant, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Language <strong>of</strong> Design (for Ralph<br />
Lerner)<br />
1976 - 77 Student Representative to Chairman's Council for Graduate Department, University <strong>of</strong> Virginia<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
1973 - 74 Chair <strong>of</strong> Undergraduate Steering Committee, Stanford Univ. English Dept.
DONNA V. ROBERTSON FAIA<br />
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITY<br />
Registered Architect: New York State.<br />
Member, American <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Architects, Chicago Chapter.<br />
Assoc. Member, American Society <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architects<br />
Board member, Society <strong>of</strong> Architectural Historians<br />
Member, Chicago Women in Architecture<br />
Member, Society <strong>of</strong> Architectural Historians<br />
Member, DoCoMoMo-USA<br />
Member, Chicago Economic Club<br />
2010 -- macro Design, Chicago, IL. Partner. Wide ranging design services.<br />
1986-2009 <strong>Robertson</strong> McAnulty Architects, Chicago, IL. Partner<br />
DuSable Park proposal for Chicago Lakefront; First Honorable Mention, Perth Amboy High<br />
School competition (with UrbanLab); “Material Evidence” exhibition installation, Museum <strong>of</strong><br />
Contemporary Art; Hirschman Residence, Chicago; DePauw University center campus plan and<br />
quad design; Fishback Residence, New Orleans. Whitney Young Pools consultation for City.<br />
Square 26 Charette for Parkways and Parks Commission, City <strong>of</strong> New Orleans (project<br />
executed). Sunkel Residence, New Orleans. Pisar Residence, NYC. Dachs Residence, NYC.<br />
Client Services Space, Charter Atlantic Corp., NYC. Persky/Pinkstaff Residence, Sag Harbor,<br />
L.I. Baskerville Residence: Neutra house renovation and addition, Los Angeles. Gallery Nature<br />
Morte Competition, NYC. Room In The City Project.<br />
1983 - 86 <strong>Donna</strong> V. <strong>Robertson</strong>, Architect, New York, N.Y. Sole Proprietor<br />
Calman Apt., NYC. Agran<strong>of</strong>f/Donin Residence, Chappaqua, N.Y. Tina Ball Studio Apt., NYC.<br />
Chopak Apt., Guttenburg, N.J. A Fence: A.I.R. Gallery, NYC., installation in collaboration with<br />
Daria Dorosh, artist. The Shaving Glass (furniture). FRR Kitchen, Richmond, VA. (with R. M.<br />
McAnulty). Images <strong>of</strong> American buildings: speculative designs.<br />
1981 - 83 Kohn, Pedersen, Fox Assoc. P.C., New York, N.Y. Senior Designer.<br />
Arlington County Courthouse Plaza Competition; Arthur May, Partner-in -charge. Denver Tech<br />
Center Plaza; Anthony Pellecchia, Project Designer.<br />
1980 - 81 Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, New York, N.Y. Designer<br />
Australian National Parliament House Competition; Second Phase Design Team.<br />
Lafayette Place, Boston: Design development and working drawings team.<br />
1979 The Architectural Studio, Susana Torre, Principal, New York, N.Y. Intern<br />
All phases <strong>of</strong> work on renovations and houses.<br />
1978, Fall Voorsanger and Mills, Architects, New York, N.Y. Intern<br />
Intercontinental Bank, Tehran: Design development and working drawings.<br />
AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE<br />
2013 Distinguished Service Award, <strong>Illinois</strong> Association <strong>of</strong> Schools <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architecture.<br />
2012 President, Association <strong>of</strong> Collegiate Schools <strong>of</strong> Architecture (2012-2013)<br />
Chair, Architecture Program Evaluation review, ETHZ (Eidgenossische Technische Hochscule Zurich)<br />
Member, Bloomingdale Trail Advisory Committee, Chicago Parks and Dept. <strong>of</strong> Transportation<br />
Vice President, Chicago Design Matters non-pr<strong>of</strong>it<br />
Conference participation, European Network <strong>of</strong> Heads <strong>of</strong> Schools <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Greece<br />
Conference participation, Brazilian Association <strong>of</strong> Schools <strong>of</strong> Architecture and Urban Design, Sao Paulo<br />
Distinguished Service Award 2013 Award, <strong>Illinois</strong> American Society <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architects<br />
Board member, National Academy <strong>of</strong> Environmental Design<br />
Board member, Society <strong>of</strong> Architectural Historians<br />
2011 President-elect, Association <strong>of</strong> Collegiate Schools <strong>of</strong> Architecture (term 2012, VP term 2011)<br />
Chair, NAAB Accreditation Initial Candidacy Review, University <strong>of</strong> Arizona, Master <strong>of</strong> Architecture degree<br />
Member, Bloomingdale Trail Advisory Committee, Chicago Parks and Dept. <strong>of</strong> Transportation<br />
Member, Selection Committee, Northerly Island Concert Venue project, team selection, Chicago Parks<br />
Vice President, Chicago Design Matters non-pr<strong>of</strong>it<br />
Program assessor, School <strong>of</strong> Architecture curriculum, U. <strong>of</strong> Dammam, Saudi Arabia<br />
2010 Vice President and Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, AIA Chicago chapter, Honor Awards chair.<br />
Most Admired Educator and IIT’s B.Arch degree ranked #14 <strong>of</strong> “America’s Top 20 Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
Degrees 2011”, Design Intelligence journal, Nov/Dec (national survey <strong>of</strong> practitioners)<br />
Achieved initial, full term accreditation <strong>of</strong> Master <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architecture degree.<br />
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AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (cont.)<br />
2010 Harvard Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Design Thesis Reviews<br />
GSA Peer Reviewer, The Bean Center, Indianapolis<br />
Juror, Annual Awards, Architect magazine (Nov. 2010 issue)<br />
Member, Selection Committee, Grant Park North restoration project, team selection, Chicago Parks<br />
Chair, NAAB Accreditation Equivalency Review, University <strong>of</strong> Bahrain<br />
Chair, External Review, Knowlton School <strong>of</strong> Art, Architecture Program, Ohio State University<br />
Peer Reviewer for Yale University Press<br />
Chicago Mayor’s Task Force on Vertical Farms<br />
Chicago Design Matters committee member<br />
2009 Vice President and Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, AIA Chicago chapter<br />
Marjorie Mead Hooker Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Univ. <strong>of</strong> New Mexico School <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
Juror, Chicago Parks North Grant Park project’s architects selection committee<br />
Juror & Keynote speaker, Asia Pacific Federation <strong>of</strong> Architects/Interior Designers annual awards<br />
Juror, Chicago Architecture Foundation “Patron <strong>of</strong> the Year Award”<br />
Advisor, MacDowell Colony artists grants foundation (2006-2009)<br />
Observer (invited by School), NAAB accreditation review Visiting Team, Princeton School <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
One <strong>of</strong> “DI 25 Most Admired Educators <strong>of</strong> 2008”, Design Intelligence journal, Nov/Dec (survey <strong>of</strong><br />
practitioners)<br />
Citizens Committee, World Chicago Business (Mayoral task force)<br />
Burnham Pavilions Committee, Chicago Cultural Center/Millennium Park (Zaha Hadid pavilion 2009)<br />
Artist in Residence, Ragdale Colony<br />
2008 IIT Julia Beverage Award for outstanding service<br />
Sponsored Gunny Harboe for AIA College <strong>of</strong> Fellows membership<br />
IIT’s Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture degree ranked #12 <strong>of</strong> “America’s Top 20 Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture Degrees<br />
2007”, Design Intelligence journal, Nov/Dec (national survey <strong>of</strong> practitioners)<br />
Member, NCARB Task Force on the Interior Architecture Degree<br />
Vice President and Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, AIA Chicago chapter<br />
Juror, Chicago Architecture Foundation “Patron <strong>of</strong> the Year Award”<br />
Juror, AIA New York City Interior Architecture Honor Awards<br />
Nominated successfully Gertrude Kerbis for AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award<br />
Sponsored Jeanne Gang for AIA College <strong>of</strong> Fellows membership<br />
Member, NAAB Accreditation Candidacy Visit, Portland State Univ. School <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
Member, President Faust’s Ad Hoc Committee, Harvard University, for tenure review.<br />
Advisor, MacDowell Colony artists grants foundation<br />
Citizens Committee, World Chicago Business (Mayoral task force)<br />
2007 AIA Chicago Distinguished Service Award<br />
ACE Honor Award in Education (national organization <strong>of</strong> architects, contractors and engineers)<br />
Reappointed as Dean <strong>of</strong> Architecture and promoted to full Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Observer (invited by School), NAAB accreditation review Visiting Team, Columbia GSAPP<br />
Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, AIA Chicago chapter<br />
Member, NCARB Task Force on the Interior Architecture Degree<br />
Advisor, MacDowell Colony artists grants foundation<br />
Juror, RTKL firm-wide design competition (8 international <strong>of</strong>fices)<br />
Juror, CANstruction exhibition, Chicago’s Museum <strong>of</strong> Science and Industry<br />
Sponsor <strong>of</strong> Bernard Tschumi for Fellowship in AIA’s College <strong>of</strong> Fellows (successful)<br />
IIT’s Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture degree ranked #13 <strong>of</strong> “America’s Top 15 Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture Degrees<br />
2007”, Design Intelligence journal, November (national survey <strong>of</strong> practitioners)<br />
Member, President Faust’s Advisory Committee, Harvard University, for tenure review.<br />
IIT’s rep for 2007 Patron <strong>of</strong> the Year Award for Institutional Architecture, Chicago Architecture Foundation<br />
2006 Driehaus Foundation Preservation Project <strong>of</strong> the Year, for Crown Hall restoration<br />
AIA Chicago Merit Award, for Crown Hall restoration<br />
Elected to the College <strong>of</strong> Fellows, American <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Architects<br />
John and Jeanne Rowe Chair in Architecture, IIT<br />
Co-Chair (with Jack Pyburn), 2006 ACSA/AIA Teachers Seminar, Cranbrook<br />
Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, AIA Chicago chapter<br />
Keynote speaker, AIA Florida Annual Convention, July<br />
Juror, Invitational Competition for the Seoul Performing Arts Center, S. Korea<br />
2005 Appointment to the National Register <strong>of</strong> Peer Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals for the USA General Services Administration<br />
Honor Award, ASLA for IIT landscapes, (Accepted on behalf <strong>of</strong> IIT; Peter Schaudt, landscape architect)<br />
Annual Brunch Speaker, Chicago Women in Architecture.<br />
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AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (cont.)<br />
2005 IIT’s Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture degree ranked #13 <strong>of</strong> “America’s Top 15 Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture Degrees<br />
2005”, Design Intelligence journal, November (national survey <strong>of</strong> practitioners)<br />
Honor Award for Crown Hall’s restoration, Chicago Landmarks Commission (Accepting on behalf <strong>of</strong> IIT,<br />
Krueck & Sexton, architects; Gunny Harboe, preservation architect)<br />
Advisor to NAAB Board, planning and attending the Team Chair Training Conference 2005.<br />
Host, ACSA Annual Meeting Opening Reception, at IIT.<br />
AIA-Miami Annual Awards Jury, November<br />
Member, Education Task Group to the AIA-National Historic Resources Committee<br />
Juror, Design Competition for Metropolitan Planning Council <strong>of</strong> Chicago<br />
Member, Nominating Committee, DoCoMoMo-USA<br />
Chair, NAAB Visiting Team for Accreditation Review <strong>of</strong> Carnegie Mellon School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Invited to be a member <strong>of</strong> Pres. Summer’s Advisory Committee for tenure review, Harvard University<br />
Advisor, Latin School <strong>of</strong> Chicago strategic planning<br />
2004 Listed as one <strong>of</strong> Chicago’s “100 Most Influential Women” by Crain’s Chicago.<br />
Listed as#23 <strong>of</strong> “30 Leaders Who Bridge Practice, Education”, Design Intelligence journal, November<br />
Chair, AIA-Florida Annual Awards Jury.<br />
IIT’s Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture degree ranked #13 <strong>of</strong> “America’s Top 15 Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture Degrees<br />
2004”, Design Intelligence journal, November (national survey <strong>of</strong> practitioners)<br />
Member, NCARB Prize Jury, for the National Council <strong>of</strong> Architectural Registration Boards.<br />
Honor Award, ASLA-<strong>Illinois</strong> Chapter for IIT landscapes (accepted on behalf <strong>of</strong> IIT)<br />
Co-Chair, AIA-National Historic Resources Committee conference Historic Preservation<br />
Architectural Education: A Dialogue, November, Washington, DC<br />
Chair, Visiting Team for Accreditation Review for Univ. <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Member, Architecture Program Review for Univ. <strong>of</strong> Utah School <strong>of</strong> Architecture & Planning.<br />
Accepted on behalf <strong>of</strong> IIT a Distinguished Building Award Citation <strong>of</strong> Merit, AIA-Chicago (IIT residence<br />
hall designed by Murphy/Jahn).<br />
Consultant, NAAB for Team Chair Training conference<br />
2003 President, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) for 2002-2003 term and<br />
Chair, NAAB Executive Committee.<br />
Chair, NAAB Validation Conference, October.<br />
IIT’s Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Architecture degree ranked #13 <strong>of</strong> “America’s Top 15 Architecture Schools”, Design<br />
Intelligence journal, November (national survey <strong>of</strong> practitioners)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Advisor for Ford Calumet Environmental Center international competition, sponsored by<br />
Chicago Department <strong>of</strong> the Environment.<br />
Member, Visiting Team for Accreditation Review for Univ. <strong>of</strong> Oklahoma School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Team Chair, Visiting Team for Accreditation Review for Northeastern Univ. School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Project Of The Year Award, Midwest Construction magazine, December, for IIT ‘s Murphy/Jahn building<br />
2002 President, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) for 2002-2003 term and<br />
Chair, NAAB Executive Committee.<br />
Chair, Validation Conference Task Force, to plan and implement the 2003 conference for NAAB<br />
Member, GSA Design Review for Perimeter Security Improvements, Federal Center, Chicago.<br />
2001 Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). President-elect for<br />
2001-2002 term. Member, Executive Committee.<br />
Chair, Administrators’ Conference, Association <strong>of</strong> Collegiate Schools <strong>of</strong> Architecture, NYC, November.<br />
Presenter, First Biennial Woltz Symposium. “Topics in Landscape and Architecture: Contemporary<br />
Campus Planning and Design”, University <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, November<br />
Member, Visiting Committee, School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Princeton University<br />
Member, President Summer’s Advisory Committee, Harvard University, Fall 2001, for tenure review.<br />
“Devine Detail” Award (as Client), AIA-Chicago Annual Awards, for “Stringing Crown Hall” Open<br />
House installation (Mark Schendel, architect).<br />
Getty <strong>Institute</strong> Conservation Grant for Crown Hall restoration ($250,000).<br />
Advisory Committee member, Chicago Public Schools Design Competition “Big Shoulders. . .Small Schools”.<br />
Reviewer, Yale University School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, upper-level final reviews.<br />
Advisor, AIA National Large Firm Roundtable.<br />
Member, AIA Committee for Case Study Methodology in Architectural Education<br />
Certificate <strong>of</strong> Appreciation, National Organization <strong>of</strong> Minority Architects, IIT Chapter<br />
2000 Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)—three year term (October).<br />
Competition Advisor, Chicago Department <strong>of</strong> Environment “Calumet Environmental Center” competition,<br />
with grant research ($72,400), ongoing through 2002.<br />
FIPSE grant from United States Dept. <strong>of</strong> Education for international student exchange.<br />
Advisory Committee member, Chicago Public Schools Design Competition “Big Shoulders. . .Small Schools”.<br />
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AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (cont.)<br />
2000 Pr<strong>of</strong>essor/Advisor Award, Arquitectos - Society <strong>of</strong> Hispanic Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Architects’ “Dedication to<br />
Education” awards.<br />
Reviewer, NCA University Accreditation Review for the University <strong>of</strong> Arizona.<br />
Advisor, AIA National Large Firm Roundtable.<br />
1999 Listed, Who’s Who in America (Marquis), on-going to present<br />
Member, President Rudenstein’s Advisory Committee, Harvard University, Fall 1999, for tenure review.<br />
Juror, Architectural League <strong>of</strong> New York City “Young Architects” award<br />
Thesis Reviewer, Southern California <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Los Angeles.<br />
Informal advisor/recommender, The MacArthur Foundation, Fellowship program.<br />
1998 Member, The Raven Society, University <strong>of</strong> Virginia honorary society. (Ongoing)<br />
Member, The Chicago Network, an honorary organization <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional women. . (Ongoing)<br />
Juror, AIA-Chicago “Emerging Visions” award. Juror, AIA-St. Louis Honor Awards.<br />
1998 Advisor and member, AIA-National Educators and Practitioners Network. (Ongoing to Fall 2000)<br />
Grant, Graham Foundation, “IIT Architecture with Technology” symposium (with Peter Land) ($25,000).<br />
1997 Grant from the Graham Foundation for the “Beyond Mies: Technology, the City and Cycles <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Modern”” symposium, in connection with the IIT Campus Center Competition ($13,750).<br />
Grant from the Graham Foundation for “Technology and Theory” symposium (with Graham Owen) ($6000).<br />
Juror, AIA-Chicago “Young Architects” award.<br />
1996 Juror, AIA-New York Annual Design Honors Awards, Unbuilt category.<br />
Juror, Health Science Center Competition, University <strong>of</strong> Texas, Houston, December.<br />
Jury Chair, Design Studio Awards, ACSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March.<br />
1995 Member, Women’s Forum <strong>of</strong> Louisiana/International Women’s Forum.<br />
Co-Chair with William Miller, ACSA Administrators Conference 1995, Milwaukee.<br />
1994 Juror for the AIA, Jury for AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Lifetime Achievement in Education<br />
Juror, I.D. Magazine “Environments” Awards, New York City (Awards issue July/August 1995).<br />
Honorary Member, Tau Sigma Delta, National Architecture Honor Society (Tulane Chapter)<br />
Member, Board <strong>of</strong> Governors, St. Margaret’s School, Church Schools in the Diocese <strong>of</strong> Virginia<br />
Member, President Rudenstein’s Ad Hoc Committee, Harvard University, for tenure review.<br />
Award, “Woman in a Non-traditional Role”, Women’s Business Council <strong>of</strong> Jefferson Parish.<br />
Special Honor Award for the Rivergate (given to Curtis & Davis, Architects): special recognition.<br />
1993 Commissioner (Mayoral appointee, ‘93-‘96), CBD-Historic District Landmarks Commission, New<br />
Orleans, and Member, CBD-HDLC Architectural Review Committee<br />
Member, Women’s Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Council, New Orleans<br />
Member, Architect Selection Committee, National D-Day Museum project, New Orleans<br />
1992 Panel member, Cintas Foundation Architecture grants review, New York, NY.<br />
1988-1991 Vice-Chair and Panel-member, New York State Council on the Arts, Architecture, Planning and<br />
Design grants reviews panel<br />
1986 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship<br />
1984 Juror, Young Architects' Forum 1985 Competition, The Architectural League, New York<br />
Alumni representative, Provost's Committee to Review the Reappointment <strong>of</strong> the Architecture<br />
Dean, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Virginia<br />
1982 First Place, Arlington County Courthouse Plaza Competition. Senior Designer with Kohn,<br />
Pedersen, Fox Assoc. P.C.; Arthur May, Partner-in-charge<br />
1981 Winner, Responses to the City Competition, Young Architects, Architectural League <strong>of</strong> New York.<br />
1979 Semi-finalist, Rome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome<br />
1978 American <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Architects Gold Medal for the Univ. <strong>of</strong> Va. School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
1977 Dean's Scholarship, University <strong>of</strong> Virginia. School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
First Place, Flowerdew Hundred Plantation Visitors' Center school competition<br />
1974 Member <strong>of</strong> Phi Beta Kappa. Distinction and Departmental Honors by Stanford University<br />
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EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES<br />
2013 Lecture “Shaping the City--The Educated City”, The Chicago Network, Chicago<br />
2012 Lecture “Shaping the City--The Educated City”, C200 national women’s group, Chicago<br />
Lecture , “Features and panorama <strong>of</strong> Architectural Education and Accreditation in the United<br />
States”, ABEA conference, Brazil<br />
Panelist, “Learning Quality and <strong>Curriculum</strong> Structure”, ENHSA conference, Greece<br />
2011 Panelist, IE School <strong>of</strong> Architecture International Architectural Education Summit, Madrid & Segovia<br />
Moderator (“Blue Sky Curricula For the Next Century”) and Panel Speaker (“Changing Academic<br />
Economies”), ACSA Administrators Conference, Los Angeles<br />
Lecture “Contemporary Chicago Architecture”, ArchiPrix tour, Chicago<br />
Moderator, Printers Row Book Fair, City <strong>of</strong> Chicago, panel on city planning<br />
2010 Panelist, Idea Catalysts, Archeworks, Chicago<br />
Panelist, Environmental Law and Policy Center<br />
Interview, Biography film on Harold Schiff, for the Art Inst. Of Chicago Architecture & Design dept.<br />
2009 Interview, WBEZ Public Radio, on IIT campus changes.<br />
Speaker, Burnham Pavilion Opening in Millennium Park, Art <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Chicago<br />
Lecture, University <strong>of</strong> New Mexico School <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
Discussion, Gensler Chicago Leadership Forum<br />
Speaker, Chicago Women in Architecture Anniversary program<br />
Speaker, Chicago-China Summit sponsored by Motorola and City <strong>of</strong> Chicago<br />
2009 Speaker, PWCC Luncheon Presentation “Emerging Design Practice”<br />
2008 Keynote, Interior Design journal conference “Design Exchange: Building Opportunity Through Exchange”<br />
Speaker, ACSA Administrator’s Conference, “Interdisciplinary Degrees and Programs”<br />
Panelist, “Challenging the Paradigm: A Conversation with Three Women Deans <strong>of</strong> Architecture”,<br />
Opening <strong>of</strong> the Willis Study Center, National Building Museum, Washington, DC<br />
Moderator, “Maintaining Chicago's Architectural Reputation”, Chicago Racket Club<br />
2007 Advisor to The Architects Newspaper (continuous)<br />
“Architecture Education Around The World”, AIA National Convention panel discussion<br />
Speaker, “75 th Anniversary Fellows Reunion”, The Frank Lloyd Wright School <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
2006 Interviewer (<strong>of</strong> Thomas Heinz, author), Chicago Book Fair<br />
Panel member, “Great Chicago Conversations”, Mayor’s Office <strong>of</strong> Special Events, Chicago<br />
Moderator, “Implementing the D.Arch” session, ACSA Annual Convention, Utah<br />
“Open: New Designs for Public Space” exhibition included IIT’s new architecture and landscaping,<br />
Chicago Architecture Foundation<br />
Remembrances, James Ingo Freed memorial service<br />
2005 Featured interview, AIA-Chicago’s “Chicago’s Architectural History and Future” film for the 50th<br />
annual Design Excellence Awards presentation,<br />
Presenter, “21st Century Meets 20th Century: Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall and Eisenman's<br />
Wexner Center” US Green Building Council “GreenBuild” annual convention, November<br />
Discussion, AIA-Chicago Large Firm Roundtable, September<br />
Moderator, “Preservation Education, and the Practice <strong>of</strong> Architecture” session, Historic<br />
Preservation in Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Architecture Education: An International Dialogue conference held by<br />
AIA, the NCPTT and English Heritage, Bath, England, September<br />
Lecture, “Developments in Recent Architecture and Planning at Stanford”, Stanford University<br />
Leadership Circle <strong>of</strong> The Stanford Fund, Chicago, June.<br />
Lecture on IIT’s birds’ safety strategies, and Moderator <strong>of</strong> Final Session, Birds and Buildings<br />
Conference, Chicago<br />
Lecture on Architecture Pr<strong>of</strong>ession, <strong>Illinois</strong> Math & Science H.S., Aurora<br />
Appearance, Fox News, July<br />
Appearance, Chicagoland Cable-TV, “CTA Story—35 th and State St. Route”, November<br />
Appearance, WTTW Public Television, “Chicago Tonight”, on Crown Hall renovation.<br />
2004 Panel Discussion, “Architectural Education: Present and Future”, Princeton School <strong>of</strong><br />
Architecture<br />
Lectures: “Innovative Campus Architecture”, Know Your Chicago 56 th Annual Symposium.<br />
“Architecture Education at IIT: Mies and Beyond”, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats<br />
international convention, October, Seoul, Korea.<br />
“Research at IIT Architecture”, AIA Knowledge Communities Summit, October.<br />
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EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES (cont.)<br />
2004 “Crown Hall Restoration”, Preservation in Education Conference, AIA Historic Restoration<br />
Committee, Washington, DC<br />
“Crown Hall Restoration”, Transparency Conference, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban<br />
Habitats.<br />
“Mies and Beyond”, Hyperons and Hadrons conference (international Micro-Physicists group).<br />
“Modernist Public Housing in Chicago”, The Modernist City Plenury Session, Congress for New<br />
Urbanism annual convention, June.<br />
Web address, “Ranking Chicago”, Architectural Record website for the AIA National Convention.<br />
“Crown Hall Restoration”, Chicago Architecture Foundation.<br />
Discussion Moderator for showing <strong>of</strong> Frontline’s “Sacred Ground: The competition for the soul <strong>of</strong><br />
Ground Zero”, IIT College <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
Appearance, “Chicago Tonight”, WTTW, Chicago<br />
2003 Radio Interview, WBEZ-Chicago Steve Edwards Show, on “The IIT Campus Center by Koolhaas”..<br />
Television Interview, Channel 11-Chicago Tonight show on “The IIT Campus Center”.<br />
Channel 5-Morning News show on “The IIT Residence Hall by Helmut Jahn”.<br />
Lecture “Where Do We Stand”, College <strong>of</strong> Architecture, <strong>Illinois</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology.<br />
“Student Performance Criteria: Content Proposals”, NAAB Validation Conference, October.<br />
Session Moderator and Lecture “The Greening <strong>of</strong> Crown Hall”, Green Building Symposium, Green<br />
Building Council <strong>of</strong> Chicago.<br />
2002 Presentation on “Studio Culture”, AIAS National Convention, Chicago.<br />
Lecture “IIT and the Urban Laboratory”, Notre Dame School <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
2001 Lecture “After the ‘academical village’: IIT and the ‘urban laboratory’, Woltz Symposium on<br />
“Space, social Identity and the American Campus, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees’ Annual Retreat presentation on “Sustainability and IIT”<br />
Crown Hall installation for Open House with Mark Schendel and MASSensemble<br />
Lecture “IIT and the Urban Laboratory”, Notre Dame School <strong>of</strong> Architecture<br />
2000 Organized the “MidWest Administrators Conference” for The Graham Foundation.<br />
Presenter, AIA Open Meeting <strong>of</strong> Educators & Practitioners: “Developing Practice Precedent Studies”<br />
Moderator, Panel discussion: The Art <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Chicago, “New Museums”<br />
Moderator, Panel discussion: IIT Campus Center Groundbreaking Symposium.<br />
Presenter, AIA Large Firm Roundtable, S.F.: ACSA Administrators’ Conference.<br />
1999 Organized the “Bus Shelter Charette” for IIT’s Main Campus, as part <strong>of</strong> IIT Main Campus Master<br />
Plan, S99. “Architecture With Technology: A New Synthesis” symposium S99, organized with<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Peter Land. “Conversations on Technology and Architecture” symposium, organized with<br />
Graham Owen F98. “Lecture on the Occasion <strong>of</strong> Notre Dame’s School <strong>of</strong> Architecture’s<br />
Centenary”, Art <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Chicago.<br />
1998 Organized The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Competition for the IIT Campus<br />
Center (In cooperation with IIT VP David Baker). Exhibition <strong>of</strong> results at IIT and The Art <strong>Institute</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Chicago. Lectures on the IIT Campus Center Competition at Archeworks, Art <strong>Institute</strong> Of<br />
Chicago, Chicago Architecture Club, The Arts Club <strong>of</strong> Chicago, The Cliffdwellers Club, etc.<br />
1997 Organized the “Beyond Mies: Technology, the City and Cycles <strong>of</strong> the Modern” symposium and<br />
interactive website, IIT. Panelist, “Alternatives in Architectural Education”, The Graham<br />
Foundation. Lectures on education: Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Women in Architecture,<br />
AIA-<strong>Illinois</strong>.<br />
1996 Panel presenter, Association <strong>of</strong> Collegiate Schools <strong>of</strong> Architecture Annual Conference, Boston.<br />
“Careers in Teaching Workshop” (ACSA Junior Faculty Initiative). “The Role <strong>of</strong> Urban Design in<br />
the Architectural <strong>Curriculum</strong>” (AIA/RUDC Education Subcomm.). “Degrees <strong>of</strong> Difference: B.Arch;<br />
M.Arch; Ph.D.: The Economics <strong>of</strong> Architectural Education” (the AIA Architects in Education PIA).<br />
1995 Lecture, “Palladio at the Millennium”, University <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture’s Vicenza<br />
Program, Italy. Lecture, “Architecture and the City (What to do now, and how to do it)”, Phi Beta<br />
Kappa Induction Ceremony, Tulane University. Lecture, “Real People, Real Places, Real<br />
History”, Preservation Resource Center Annual Meeting. Respondent, Conference “Inherited<br />
Ideologies: A Re-Examination”, University <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Fine Arts.<br />
Lecture, “Recombinant Speculation and Making”, Catholic Univ. <strong>of</strong> American School <strong>of</strong><br />
Architecture<br />
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EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES (cont.)<br />
1994 “Practice in the PostModern Ethos--The Divided Body”, Center for the Study <strong>of</strong> the Practice <strong>of</strong><br />
Architecture, College <strong>of</strong> Design, Architecture, University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati.<br />
Panel presenter; "The Future <strong>of</strong> Architectural Education?", ACSA Annual Meeting, plenury<br />
session, Montreal, Canada.<br />
Speaker: "The Rivergate--A Symposium", sponsored by Preservation Resource Center, the<br />
Louisiana Landmarks Society, and the Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans.<br />
Lecture: "New Orleans, Architecture and Urbanism: Mid-century and Today", New Orleans<br />
Women’s Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Council.<br />
Lecture: "Tulane, Architecture and the Twentieth Century", Tulane University Women's<br />
Association<br />
Co-organizer (with Catherine Ingraham), “The Politics <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Architectural Discourse”<br />
symposium, Tulane University, for issue #27 <strong>of</strong> Assemblage. Panel presenter, Conference<br />
1993 Lecture; "High Cost/Low Design: The Twentieth Century Experiment," Contempoary Arts Center,<br />
NOLA. Panel presenter: "The University and the City", ACSA Administrators' Conference.<br />
1992 Lecture: "Hidden Agendas", Washington University School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, St. Louis, MS.<br />
1991 Lecture: "Hidden Agendas", University <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Charlottesville, VA.<br />
1990 Lecture: "Recent Work", Harvard University Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Design, Cambridge, MA.<br />
Lecture: "Tele-scriptions", Parsons School <strong>of</strong> Design, New York City.<br />
1987 “Room in the City Exhibition”, City Gallery, New York City. Lecture: "Soundings",<br />
Columbia/Barnard Colleges Architecture Lecture Series., New York City<br />
1985 Architecture and Literature Symposium, Columbia University Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Architecture,<br />
Planning. Organizer and Panelist, with Mary McLeod and Joan Ockman. “Faculty Work<br />
Exhibition”, Columbia University Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Architecture.<br />
1984 “Daria Dorosh: New Works in Collaboration with Architects Exhibition”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York,<br />
N.Y. Gallery Installation: "A Fence." “Detail--The Special Task”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, N.Y.<br />
Invitational exhibition <strong>of</strong> women in architecture.<br />
1983 “Invitational Alumni Exhibition”, Univ. <strong>of</strong> Virginia School <strong>of</strong> Architecture. Showed "The Shaving Glass."<br />
1982 “Tenth Anniversary Show”, Alliance <strong>of</strong> Women in Architecture Invitational Exhibition at The Urban<br />
Center, New York, and Columbia University School <strong>of</strong> Architecture. “16 Architects--19 Designers”,<br />
exhibition & catalogue, Otis Art <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Parsons School <strong>of</strong> Design, Art Auction 1982<br />
1981 “Responses to the City”, lecture and exhibition series sponsored by The Young Architects<br />
Comm., The Architectural League, New York City Showed "Images <strong>of</strong> American Buildings".<br />
“Window Room Furniture”, The Cooper Union and Japan. Invitational exhibition.<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
2012 Essay, “Participating in Architectural Education”, AIA Handbook for Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Practice, Wiley<br />
2011 Essay, BIM In Academia, Phil Bernstein and Peggy Deamer, eds., Yale University Press<br />
2005 Editorial Consultant, Praxis Journal <strong>of</strong> Writing and Building, Issues 1 – 7 (on-going)<br />
“Introduction”, State Street Village – IIT, Helmut Jahn, publication, (Chicago: Flash Press, 2004)<br />
2004 UmBauhaus: Updating Modernism, Hollwich and Weisbach, eds., Jovis (Berlin, 2004). Interview<br />
featured in book.<br />
2003 “The IIT Campus Center by OMA”, interview with Rem Koolhaas, <strong>Illinois</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology<br />
publication (January 2004).<br />
1997 “The Divided Body: Who Says the Body is Divided?”, Practices 5-6, Center for the Study <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Practice <strong>of</strong> Architecture, University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati College <strong>of</strong> Design, Architecture, etc., 1997.<br />
1995 “The Loring House--by Richard Neutra, renovated by <strong>Robertson</strong> McAnulty”, The Los Angeles<br />
House,--Decoration and Design in America’s 20th Century City, by Tim Street-Porter, (New York:<br />
Clarkson Potter, 1995, p.134-137).<br />
Gravidity, Gravity and the Passing <strong>of</strong> Time”, TSA News, Issue 6, April 1995<br />
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PUBLICATIONS (cont.)<br />
1994 “The Politics <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Architectural Discourse” symposium’s documentation, Assemblage 27.<br />
“Accreditation Review Report”, TSA News, Issue 4, October 1994.<br />
1993 "The New Orleans Casino", TSA News, Issue 0, October 1993.<br />
1992 “Room in the City Project”, Assemblage 16, January 1992.<br />
1991 "A Place in the Sun", Baskerville Residence: Neutra house renovation and addition, HG (House<br />
& Garden), February.<br />
1990 "Room in the City", Lotus international, No. 66, Fall.<br />
1987 Room in the City Exhibition Catalogue, Princeton University Press, 1987.<br />
1980 "The Bessie Smith Memorial Dance Hall," Heresies Issue 11 on Architecture, Summer, 1980.<br />
"Inside Out/Outside In: An Evolving Tradition in the Design <strong>of</strong> Interior Space," Process:<br />
Architecture, Spring, 1980 (with Susana Torre)<br />
REVIEWS<br />
2011 “A Dean Looks Back”, (Interview with Alan G. Brake, Ed. Midwest edition), The Architect’s<br />
Newspaper, 2.08.2012<br />
“<strong>Robertson</strong> To Resign as Dean at IIT”, Kriston Capps, Architect magazine online<br />
2007 “75th anniversary celebrated at Scottsdale's Taliesin West”, Kate Nolan, The Arizona Republic<br />
2006 “The Perils <strong>of</strong> Restoring ‘Less is More’”, Sara Hart, Architectural Record, January (Crown Hall)<br />
“Chicago Hits This One Out <strong>of</strong> the Park”, Robert Campbell, Boston Globe, January (Crown Hall)<br />
“Moving Beyond Mies”, Frank Edgerton Martin, Landscape Architecture, September (IIT’s<br />
landscape designs)<br />
2005 “Crown Jewel”, Metropolis, December<br />
“Twenty first Century Mies”, Ed Keegan, Architecture, October<br />
“Crown Hall Gets 50 th Birthday Present”, Tracy Ostr<strong>of</strong>f, AIArchitect (online newsletter <strong>of</strong> AIA), May<br />
“Crown Glory”, Victor M. Cassidy, artnet, September 15<br />
“Sweet Nothing”, Lynn Becker, Chicago Reader, September 2<br />
“Crown Hall dazzles in Mies Simplicity: IIT renovation a design triumph”, Blair Kamin, Chicago<br />
Tribune, August 21<br />
“IIT’s Crown Hall—No Detail Too Small”, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune, May 22<br />
“IIT’s Mies renovation <strong>of</strong>f to hard-hitting start”, Kevin Nance, Chicago Sun-Times, May 18<br />
“Crown Hall Restoration Summer 2005”, Preservation Briefs, Architectural Record, March<br />
2004 “IIT’s Jewel in the Crown”, IIT Magazine, Spring 2004”, interview with Rem Koolhaas, <strong>Illinois</strong><br />
<strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology publication (January 2004).<br />
2004 “Chicago’s 100 Most Influential Women”, Crain’s Chicago, Spring 2004.<br />
“Chicago’s Bold Rebirth”, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune, 4.18.04.<br />
2003 “<strong>Donna</strong> <strong>Robertson</strong>: IIT’s architecture dean as client”, Architectural Record pr<strong>of</strong>ile, 05.04, p. 264.<br />
2012 Quoted in articles re. IIT Masterplan effort, Campus Center and new Residence Hall (Helmut Jahn) in<br />
The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post, etc. Chicago Tribune Sunday<br />
Magazine (August): featured in “Real Women/Real Fashion”. Wallpaper magazine (July/August) Design<br />
Directory: featured in “Ten Who Will Change the Way We Live Today.”<br />
2000 Articles in Wallpaper magazine (Oct.) and Chicago Sun-Times (Feb.)<br />
1999 “Design After Mies”, ANY 24-1999, ed. Detlef Mertins on the Campus Center Competition, “The<br />
British Are Coming”, Architectural Record, March 1999. “Building a Better Bus Stop", Chicago<br />
Tribune, 18 April 1999. “The IIT Campus Center Competition”, Casabella, Spring 1999.<br />
1998 “The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Competition for the IIT Campus Center”,<br />
results reviewed by Blair Kamin/Chicago Tribune, Lee Bey/Chicago Sun-Times, Herbert<br />
Muschamp/The New York Times, The Economist, The Independent, Engineering News Record,<br />
Architectural Record, WBEZ-FM, Nikkei Architectur, Berliner Zeitung, Architektur, a+u, and ANY<br />
24 “Design After Mies” journal devoted to project.<br />
“The Beyond Mies Symposium” covered by the Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times.<br />
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REVIEWS (cont.)<br />
1991 "Room in the City" in "Domesticity at War", Beatriz Colomina, Ottagono, No. 97, Assemblage 16<br />
and Discourse. Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture.<br />
1988 "Out <strong>of</strong> Order: The Public Art Machine", Patricia Phillips, ArtForum, Dec. 1988.<br />
1987 "Room in The City", Patricia Phillips, ArtForum, Sept. 1987. "Compressed Living," Victoria Geibel,<br />
Metropolis, April 1987. (Room in the City) "Bring Light and Space To a Tenement," Paul<br />
Goldberger, New York Times, Arts and Leisure, Sunday May 3, 1987: Review <strong>of</strong> “Room in the<br />
City” project.<br />
1986 "Cinderella Transformations: Small Spaces Look Larger," J. Giovannini, New York Times, Feb. 20.<br />
1984 "Daria Dorosh: New Works in Collaboration with Architects," ArtForum, May; Express, March;<br />
New York Times, March.<br />
1982 "Cracks in the Dwelling," Christian Hubert, Skyline, Jan. 1982.<br />
"Comic to Cosmic: Work by Young Architects," S. L. Ryder, Metropolis, Oct '81.<br />
ACADEMIC SERVICE (recent)<br />
2012-2013 Leave <strong>of</strong> Absence from teaching and service<br />
2003-2012 Seminar: Contemporary Chicago Architecture: Case Studies.<br />
Seminar: Carr Chapel Preservation and Restoration.<br />
2010-2012 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, University Distinguished Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Selection<br />
Committee, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor,<br />
IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning. University Host for campus<br />
visits. Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Seminar on “Contemporary Chicago<br />
Architecture: Case Studies” with Ed Uhlir.<br />
2009-2010 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, University Distinguished Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Selection<br />
Committee, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor,<br />
IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning. University Host for campus<br />
visits. Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Project Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration<br />
team. Seminar on “Contemporary Chicago Architecture: Case Studies” with Ed Uhlir. Thesis<br />
Advisor, Ahmed Ali Hassan, ‘Towards An Approach to Illuminate Historic Buildings in Egypt”.<br />
2008-2009 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, University Academic Calendar Committee, Category<br />
One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities<br />
Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning (on-going). University Host for campus visits.<br />
Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Project Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration team.<br />
Seminar on “Contemporary Chicago Architecture: Case Studies” with Ed Uhlir. Masters Thesis<br />
Advisor, Ahmed Mansour.<br />
2007-2008 Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair, Provost’s Space Comm. Chair, Category One Faculty<br />
Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re.<br />
Campus architecture and planning (on-going). University Host for campus visits. Participant,<br />
Mies Society Board Meetings. Project Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration team. Seminar on<br />
“Carr Chapel Restoration”, with Gunny Harboe. University Academic Calendar Committee.<br />
2006-2007 Member, IIT Presidential Search Committee. Co-Chair, IIT Design Review Comm. Chair,<br />
Provost’s Space Comm. Chair, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer, Lecture Series, Fall &<br />
Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. University Host for campus visits. Member, IIT<br />
Honorary Degree Committee, IIT. Project Leader, new IIT Master <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architecture.<br />
Participant, Mies Society Board Meetings. Member, Campus Design Review committee. Project<br />
Leader, IIT Carr Chapel Restoration team. Seminar on Chapel Restoration, with Gunny Harboe.<br />
2005-2006 Chair, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer: Crown Hall Fiftieth Celebration and Lecture<br />
Series, Fall & Spring. Advisor, IIT Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and<br />
planning (on-going). University Host for campus visits. Member, IIT Honorary Degree Committee, IIT.<br />
Project Leader, new IIT Master <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architecture. Participant, Mies Society Board<br />
Meetings. Co-Chair, Campus Design Review committee. Reappointment Review Committee for<br />
Director Whitney. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Ed Uhlir and Rob Jones.<br />
2004-2005 Chair, Category One Faculty Meetings. Organizer: College Lecture Series. Advisor to IIT<br />
Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning. IIT Host for campus visits.<br />
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ACADEMIC SERVICE (recent)<br />
2004-2005 Member, Honorary Degree Committee, IIT. Started new Master <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architecture, IIT.<br />
Participant, Mies Society Board. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.<br />
2003-2004 Member, IIT Mies Society effort to restore historic modernist buildings. Chair, Welcome Center<br />
Committee for the IIT Campus Center (complete Oct. 03). Chair, Validation Conference 03 Task<br />
Force (NAAB) (finished Oct. 03). Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Organizer: College Lecture<br />
2003-2004 Series, Fall & Spring. Prepared and successfully executed “Public Opening <strong>of</strong> the IIT Campus<br />
Center”, IIT. Advisor to IIT and Trustees Facilities Comm. re. Campus architecture and planning.<br />
Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.<br />
2002—2003 President (until Nov. 2003), Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, NAAB. Chair <strong>of</strong> Executive Committee, NAAB.<br />
Chair, Welcome Center Committee for the IIT Campus Center (ongoing). Chair, Validation<br />
Conference 03 Task Force (NAAB) (ongoing). Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Organizer:<br />
College Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Ed Uhlir and Rob<br />
Jones.<br />
2001-2002 President-Elect, Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, NAAB. Member, NAAB Executive Comm. Chair, Welcome<br />
Center Committee for the IIT Campus Center (ongoing). Chair, Validation Conference 03 Task<br />
Force (NAAB) (ongoing). Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Director, Sam Beway Dissertation<br />
Comm. (awarded). Organizer: College Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Prepared and successfully<br />
executed “Review for Reappointment as Dean <strong>of</strong> the College”, IIT. Chair, Reappointment Review<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ellen Mitchell, Director <strong>of</strong> IIT <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Psychology. Member, IIT Senior Leadership Council to<br />
the President. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.<br />
2000-2001 Member, The IIT Mies Campus Comm. Member, IIT Academic Leadership Council <strong>of</strong> Main Campus.<br />
Chair, Dean’s Advisory Comm. Director, Dissertation Comm. for Sam Beway. Organizer: College<br />
Lecture Series, Fall & Spring. Wrote and Edited College <strong>of</strong> Architecture “Architecture Program<br />
Report” and managed successful re-accreditation review by NAAB, for continued accreditation <strong>of</strong><br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional degree programs. Opened new “IIT France” study abroad program space in Paris.<br />
DOE grant proposal achieved for $70,000 “Calumet Environmental Center Competition”<br />
programming and pr<strong>of</strong>essional advisor. Seminar on Chicago Case Studies, with Uhlir and Jones.<br />
REFERENCES<br />
Dr. Allan Myerson 617-452-3790<br />
(IIT Provost 2002-2008)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> the Practice<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Chemical<br />
Engineering<br />
Massachusetts <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Technology<br />
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br />
Cambridge, MA 02139<br />
Bernard Tschumi 212-854-3473<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and Dean Emeritus<br />
Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Planning<br />
Columbia University, 116th St. and<br />
Broadway<br />
New York, New York 10027<br />
Bernard Tschumi Architect<br />
212 807 6340<br />
Billie Tsien 212-582-2385<br />
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Associates<br />
222 Central Park South<br />
New York, New York 10017<br />
Mack Scogin, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor 617-495-2591<br />
Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Design, Harvard University<br />
48 Quincy Street<br />
Cambridge, MA 02138<br />
Scogin, Elam Architects 404-525-6542<br />
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