Gordon E. Mills, FAIA, Dubuque, Iowa, was elected second vice president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) at the council’s 87th annual meeting and conference in late June in Cincinnati. Mills, who served as the council’s treasurer for the past two years, is chair and chief executive officer of The Durrant Group Inc. He joined the firm in 1967, and has helped it grow in size, capability, and reach.

From 2002–2004, Mills served as director for NCARB’s Region 4 (the Midwest). Mills was elected regional chair in 2001–2002 and regional vice-chair in 2000–2001. His service to NCARB also includes three years as a volunteer grader for the Architect Registration Examination (ARE).

Mills earned a BArch from Iowa State University in 1965. He has served as a member of the Iowa Architectural Examiners Board and is a co-founder of the Iowa Architectural Foundation. In 2002, Mills received AIA Iowa’s Gold Medal for recognition of his distinguished service to the profession of architecture.

NCARB President’s Medal
Also at their annual meeting, NCARB awarded the President’s Medal for distinguished service to six individuals who have made significant contributions to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare through their service to NCARB and to the practice of architecture. They are:

Stuart Howard, MAIBC, former chair of the Committee of Canadian Architectural Councils, and José “Pepe” Manuel Reachi Mora, current president of the Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la República Mexicana, who helped to guide the final phase of the Tri-National Mutual Recognition Agreement, a framework in which qualified U.S., Canadian, and Mexican architects can pursue practice opportunities in one another’s jurisdiction.

Doreen Johnson Frost, who leads the Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design as its executive director and is one of NCARB’s “most generous volunteer committee members.”

Kim Brown Garrison, an integral member of the NCARB staff for more than a quarter of a century who now currently serves as senior manager of the professional development program.

Renis O. Jones Jr., FAIA, Montgomery, Ala., who has given more than 50 years of service to the profession of architecture, including five terms on the Alabama Board for Registration of Architects.

C. Stan Peterson, FAIA, Topeka, Kans., a dedicated and noteworthy regulatory leader, who served a 13-year tenure on the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions, which he twice chaired.

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