Professor
Education
United States Army War College, 1989
United States Air Force Air War College, 1977
United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1975
Bachelor of Architecture, Auburn University, 1961
Professional Registrations
Architect, Alabama, 1967-to present
Architect, Illinois, 1987-to present
Certificate, National Council of Architecture Registration Boards, 1968
Academic Experience
Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC; 16 August 2008-to present
Professional Experience
Vice President & Managing Principal, Kirkegaard Associates, Chicago, IL, 1987-2008
Vice President, PGAV Architects and Planners, St. Louis, MO, 1983-1986
Partner, Spann Hall Ritchie Architects, Dothan, AL, 1967-1983
Colonel, United States Army Corps of Engineers (USAR Retired), 1961-1991
Publications
Principal and Project Director or Project Manager for the Acoustics Design
Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach, VA, Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie, CMSS, 2007
Royal Festival Hall Historic Renovation, Southbank Centre, London, England, Allies & Morrison, 2007
Salt Lake Tabernacle Renovation, Salt Lake City, UT, FFKR Architects, 2007
Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE, Polshek Partnership, HDR Architects, 2005
Illinois Institute of Technology, McCormick Tribune Campus Center, Chicago, IL, Rem Koolhaus,
Holabird & Root, 2004
University of Michigan, Hill Auditorium Renovation, Ann Arbor, MI, Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.,
Architects, 2004
University of Missouri St. Louis, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO,
Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners, 2003
Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI, Pelli Clark Pelli, Potter Lawson/Flad, 2003
Carnegie Hall Issac Stern Theatre Renovation, New York, NY, Polshek Partnership, 2002
London Symphony Orchestra St. Luke’s, the LSO Music Education Centre, London, England,
Levitt Bernstein Architects, 2002
Presentations and Lectures
Invited Lecture: “First Vice President/President-Elect Candidate Address to AIA National Convention Plenary Session,” 10 June 2004
Invited Lecture: Guest Critic and Lecturer with Francis Halsband, FAIA, Plym Fellowship Recipient, University of Illinois, 29-30 October 2001
Invited Lecture: “A Career in Architectural Acoustics,” presented at Consortium on Alternative Careers in Architecture, Auburn University, 4 November 2001
Professional Memberships
The American Institute of Architects
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Professional and University Service
President, AIA Illinois, 2008
Co-Chair, AIA Illinois Leadership Institute, 2006
Director, Illinois Region, AIA National Board of Directors, 1995-1998
President, AIA Chicago Foundation, 2003
Vice President, AIA National Board of Directors, 1984
Chair, AIA National Convention, 1983
President, AIA Gulf States, 1981
Director, Gulf States Region, AIA National Board of Directors, 1979-1981
President, Alabama Council AIA, 1976
Other Activities
AIA Illinois Annual Conference, 2008
AIA Illinois Leadership Institute, 2008
AIA National Convention, 2008
AIA Committee on Design, 2008
8th International Congress of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, 2008
AIA Illinois Prairie Grassroots, 2008
AIA Illinois Board of Directors, 2008
AIA Chicago Large Firm Roundtable, 2008
American Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2008
AIA Eastern Illinois Chapter Meeting, 2008
AIA Southern Illinois Chapter Meeting, 2008
AIA Central Illinois Chapter Meeting, 2008
AIA Northeast Illinois Chapter Meeting, 2008
AIA Northern Illinois Chapter Meeting, 2008
Awards and Honors
Landmarks Illinois Richard Driehaus Foundation Award for Adaptive Use, Frank Lloyd Wright’s B. Harley Bradley House Stable, 2006
AIA Illinois Distinguished Achievement Medal, 1998
AIA Richard Upjohn Fellowship, 1998
United States Army Legion of Merit, 1991
United States Army Bronze Star Medal, 1991
AIA College of Fellows, 1983
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