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In
a ceremony marking its 50th anniversary, the College of Fellows elevated
6 honorary fellows and 68 fellows into its elite ranks on May 10 during
the AIA national convention.
Filing into historic Charlotte's First United Methodist
Church to the sounds of trumpet flourishes, each member of the College's
newest class was escorted up the aisle by a former president of the Institute
to receive a medal and commemorative journal. Each new fellow was then
accompanied to the rear of the church by a former chancellor of the College.
Current Chancellor of the College of Fellows C.
James Lawler, FAIA, welcomed the new fellows and their families and friends
to the investiture. "Today's ceremony confirms 50 years of service
to the profession and celebrates your receiving The American Institute
of Architects' highest membership honor from the Institute's president
and being received into the College of Fellows."
AIA
President Gordon H. Chong, FAIA, added his hearty welcome and congratulations.
"In this regard, we recognize today the achievement of our distinguished
colleagues-the integrators, the facilitators, and the visionaries who
are the trusted counselors and guides who demonstrate the potential of
our profession and point the way to a world healed and made whole by design."
Carole J. Olshavsky, FAIA, chair of the 2002 Jury
of Fellows, read citations for each of the new fellows and for the honorary
fellows, distinguished architects from foreign countries.
The ceremony took place at First United, a church
with an architectural lineage of its own. Designed by Memphis architect
Edwin Brewer Phillips, AIA, in 1926, the church was built in 1927 from
Indiana limestone in Neo-Gothic design. Subsequent renovations have been
completed by fellow tarheels Yelverton Architects and Charette Architects
Engineers and Planners PLLC.
Copyright 2002 The American Institute of Architects.
All rights reserved.
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The First United Methodist Church was founded in 1926 when Trinity
Methodist Church and Tryon Street Methodist Church merged. It was
designed by Memphis architect Edwin Brewer Phillips, AIA, in the
Neo-Gothic style and renovated by several North Carolina firms.
2002 Jury Chair Carole J. Olshavsky, FAIA, looks on as former AIA
presidents, who will escort the new fellows up the aisle, enter
the sanctuary.
The newly elected fellows and honorary fellows of the Class of
2002 celebrate their investiture outside First United Methodist
Church. The May 10 ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of the College
of Fellows.
Photos by Tracy F. Ostroff.
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