May 23, 2008
  Andrew Young Calls on the Humanitarian Face of Private Development
Architects can help build the economy from the “bottom up”
After a special ceremony that honored AIA Whitney Young Award winner Norma Sklarek, FAIA, as essentially America’s first African-American female architect, Andrew Young spoke of Whitney Young as a colleague and kindred spirit in the Civil Rights movement.

Miller Elected 2010 President; Hainsfurther, Loeffelman, 2009 VPs; Loos, 2009–2010 Secretary
Delegates to the AIA National Convention in Boston elected George H. Miller, FAIA, as the Institute’s 2010 president; Walter J. Hainsfurther, AIA, and Pamela J. Loeffelman, FAIA, each to serve as vice president from 2009 through 2010; and Stephen K. Loos, FAIA, as the Institute’s treasurer beginning in 2009. Learn more about your colleagues.

Delegates to the AIA Convention Vote for Bylaws Change to Eliminate Supplemental Dues
Approved resolutions emphasize tools and training in sustainability; AIA regions may soon elect Associate members to serve on the national Board
On the morning of May 17, after announcing the election of First Vice President/President-elect George Miller, FAIA and the 2009 Vice Presidents Walter Hainsfurther, FAIA, and Pamela J. Loeffelman, FAIA,—as well as the runoff election for Secretary between Stephen K. Loos, AIA, and Enrique Woodroffe, FAIA, President Marshall E. Purnell, FAIA, called to order the second session of the AIA 2008 National Convention business meeting in Boston.

Plenary Closes with Presidential Medals and Special Honors for Whitney Young recipient Norma Merrick Sklarek, FAIA
Plus heartfelt thanks and an invite to San Francisco next year

As the 2008 AIA convention entered its third and last day, thoughts of gathering again next year in San Francisco surfaced as First Vice President /President-Elect Marvin Malacha, FAIA, introduced the 2009 National Convention Chair Patricia Belton Oliver, AIA, San Francisco Convention Chairs William Rogers, AIA, and Beverly Prior, AIA, who invited everyone out to the City by the Bay next May. The theme of the 2009 convention will be “The Power of Diversity.”

 
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