AIA fellowship recognizes significant contributions to the profession of architecture and society

WASHINGTON – Feb. 22, 2019The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is elevating 115 member-architects to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the architecture profession.

The fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Prospective candidates must have at least 10 years of AIA membership and demonstrated influence in at least one of the following areas:

  • Promoted the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession;
  • Promoted the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of architectural education, training or practice;
  • Coordinated the building industry and the profession of architecture through leadership in the AIA or other related professional organizations; or​
  • Advanced the living standards of people through an improved environment.

Fellows are selected by a seven-member Jury of Fellows. This year’s jury included Chair Mary P. Cox, FAIA, Virginia Commonwealth University; Peter Bardwell, FAIA, Bardwell + Associates, LLC; Mary A. Burke, FAIA, Burke Design & Architecture PLLC; Philip Castillo, FAIA, Jahn; Mary Johnston, FAIA, Johnston Architects, LLC; Paul Mankins, FAIA, Substancearchitecture; and Nancy Rogo Trainer, FAIA, Drexel University.

The newly elevated members and their AIA component affiliations are listed below. For complete details and images, visit the fellows directory.

Terry Lee Allers AIA Iowa
Norman R. Alston AIA Texas Society of Architects
Raya Ani AIA New York State
Ruth Baleiko AIA Washington Council
Mara Baum AIA California Council
Bruce Redman Becker AIA Connecticut
Raymond Beeler AIA New York State
Kai-Uwe Bergmann AIA New York State
Janette S. Blackburn AIA Massachusetts
Joseph Brancato AIA New York State
Kim D Bretheim AIA Minnesota
john H Britton AIA California Council
Peter Brown AIA Texas Society of Architects
Robert Bullis AIA Texas Society of Architects
Michael Burch AIA California Council
Joseph P. Caprile AIA Illinois
Stephen Cassell AIA New York State
Yung Ho Chang AIA Massachusetts
Jeanne Chen AIA California Council
Leo Chow AIA California Council
Lisa M. Chronister AIA Oklahoma
Robert Condia AIA Kansas
Robert Cozzarelli AIA New Jersey
Brandon Dake AIA Missouri
Manoj Dalaya AIA Virginia
John R. DaSilva AIA Massachusetts
Jeffrey L. Day AIA Nebraska
Timothy E. de Noble AIA Kansas
Roy T. Decker AIA Mississippi
Jared Della Valle AIA New York State
Melissa DelVecchio AIA New York State
Bruce D. Eisenberg AIA New York State
Thomas Fowler, IV AIA California Council
Wyatt J Frantom AIA California Council
Craig S. Galati AIA Nevada
Mark Gangi AIA California Council
Pete Ed Garrett AIA Texas Society of Architects
Nicholas Garrison AIA New York State
John P Gering AIA New York State
Anzilla R. Gilmore AIA Texas Society of Architects
Martin A. Gold AIA Florida
Jordan Goldstein AIA Washington, DC
Jeffrey Gunning AIA Texas Society of Architects
Tushar Gupta AIA Texas Society of Architects
Sharon Helene Haar AIA Michigan
Todd R. Hanson AIA New Hampshire
John Harrison AIA Washington Council
Dominique M. Hawkins AIA Pennsylvania
David B. Hill AIA North Carolina
Kevin M. Holland AIA California Council
Thomas L. Hoskens AIA Minnesota
Aaron Jon Hyland AIA California Council
Thomas Lee Hysell AIA Minnesota
Darren L. James AIA Texas Society of Architects
Thomas C. Jester AIA Maryland
Michael W. Johns AIA Pennsylvania
Bill Johnson AIA Missouri
James Kalvelage AIA Oregon
Mitra Kanaani AIA California Council
Brian Kowalchuk AIA New Jersey
Alison G. Kwok AIA Oregon
Joseph Dye Lahendro AIA Virginia
Samuel M. Lasky AIA Massachusetts
Tracy Lea, AIA AIA Louisiana
Michael N. Lykoudis AIA Indiana
William T Mahan AIA California Council
Michael S. Martin AIA California Council
Michael McCulloch AIA Oregon
Debi McDonald AIA Massachusetts
Sandra McKee AIA New York State
Louis A. Meilink, Jr. AIA Pennsylvania
Christine Mondor AIA Pennsylvania
Julia Monk AIA New York State
Nick Noyes AIA California Council
Brandon Pace AIA Tennessee
Jeffrey Paine AIA North Carolina
Patrick Panetta AIA Arizona
Richard I. Pigford AIA Alabama
Burchell Pinnock AIA Virginia
Jack Poling AIA Minnesota
Bradford J. Prestbo AIA Massachusetts
Tina Marie Reames AIA New Mexico
Richard Renner AIA Maine
Patricia Rhee AIA California Council
Lyn Rice AIA New York State
Francisco Javier Rodrígue AIA International Chapters
William T Ruhl AIA Massachusetts
Mary Elizabeth Rusz AIA New York State
Constantine Nicholas Sak AIA Arizona
Lee Salin AIA California Council
Joel Sanders AIA New York State
Mark Schatz AIA Texas Society of Architects
Thomas J Schoeman AIA Nevada
Bart Shaw AIA Texas Society of Architects
Steven Shinn AIA California Council
Daniel Simons AIA California Council
Murat Soygenis AIA International Chapters
Marc B. Spector AIA New York State
James G. Spencer AIA California Council
Karl W. Stumpf AIA Washington, DC
Janet Tam AIA California Council
David Thaddeus AIA North Carolina
Jimmie E. Tucker AIA Tennessee
Ursula Twombly AIA Wisconsin
Nicholas E. Vlattas AIA Virginia
Dennis Wedlick AIA New York State
Andrew Whalley AIA New York State
Jim Whitaker AIA North Carolina
Jan Willemse AIA Oregon
William K. Wilson AIA Oregon
Dan Worth AIA Nebraska
Brian T. Wurst AIA South Carolina
Gregory A Yager AIA International Chapters
Richard C. Yancey AIA New York State
Robert E. Yohe AIA Florida

The AIA Honorary Fellowship program honors international architects for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society on an international level. Nine honorary fellows are being elevated this year by the 2019 Jury of Honorary Fellows. This year’s honorary fellows are:

Emre Arolat Istanbul, Turkey
Sandra Barclay Lima, Peru
Alberto Campo Baeza Madrid, Spain
Nathalie de Vries Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jane Duncan Little Chalfont, United Kingdom
Amanda Levete London, United Kingdom
Esa Mohamed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Pei Ing Tan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jacob van Rijs Rotterdam, Netherlands

AIA Honorary Fellows are selected by a nine-member Jury of Honorary Fellows. This year’s jury included Chair Lester Korzilius, FAIA, EllisWilliams Architects; Mary P. Cox, FAIA, Virginia Commonwealth University; Peter Bardwell, FAIA, Bardwell + Associates, LLC; Mary A. Burke, FAIA, Burke Design & Architecture PLLC; Philip Castillo, FAIA, Jahn; Robert Forest, FAIA, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; Mary Johnston, FAIA, Johnston Architects, LLC; Paul Mankins, FAIA, Substancearchitecture; and Nancy Rogo Trainer, FAIA, Drexel University.

New fellows will be honored at a ceremony on June 7 at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 in Las Vegas.