Douglas L. Steidl, FAIA, regional director from the Ohio Valley, who ran unopposed, has been elected treasurer of the AIA. His two-year term will run from 2002 through 2003.

Steidl is founding principal of Braun & Steidl Architects, Akron and Columbus, Ohio, a general practice of 40 people. He has been active on all levels of the AIA, including AIA Akron and AIA Ohio.

On the national level, Steidl served as a member of the Treasurer's Advisory Committee, Audit Committee, and Finance Committee and proposed that the Institute's budget be tied to AIM objectives.

"I believe in the values of the AIA," Steidl said. "It is the organization that on an international basis envisions and speaks for the preservation of our habitat, a healthier society, cultural enrichment, and beauty."

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