Five former students elevated
to 2010 AIA College of Fellows

Five former students of Texas A&M's College of Architecture have received one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Institute of Architects for their significant contributions to architecture and society.

Joseph Mashburn '82, Sue Ann Pemberton-Haugh '76, '79, Jeff Potter '78 '79, Anthony Schirripa '73 and Lars Stanley '74 were named this year to the AIA's College of Fellows Feb. 25.

They will be invested in a June 11 ceremony at the AIA's national convention in Miami.

The College of Fellows, founded in 1952, is composed of members of the AIA who are elected to Fellowship by a jury of their peers. Fewer than two percent of all registered architects have received the honor.

 

Joseph Mashburn, FAIA, former dean of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston, is an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M's College of Architecture. After earning a Master of Architecture degree in 1982, he began a distinguished career as an architect and professor, including a teaching stint at Texas A&M where he served as an assistant professor and graduate design coordinator from 1982-88.

Mashburn, recognized for his mentorship that has significantly contributed to practice and education by influencing architects and educators, was inducted into the University of Houston Architecture Hall of Fame in 1996 and has received several prestigious awards and prizes for his work.

 

Sue Ann Pemberton-Haugh, FAIA, a senior lecturer in the University of Texas at San Antonio's College of Architecture and president of Mainstreet Architects Inc., a preservation practice in San Antonio, earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1976 and a Master of Architecture degree in 1979.

Pemberton has taught courses for 25 years at UTSA, including design, materials research and technology, and historic preservation; in 2004, she founded an annual summer design/build studio in the Sierra Mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico.

 

Jeff Potter, FAIA, vice-president of POTTER, a design firm with offices in Dallas and Longview, Texas, earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1978 and a Master of Architecture degree in 1979.

An outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M's College of Architecture, Potter has sought to elevate peer-to-peer communications in his profession and demonstrate to the public that design matters. He has won numerous regional AIA and trade awards for his planning and design efforts and has juried design awards programs across the United States.

 

Anthony Schirripa, FAIA, chairman and CEO of Mancini•Duffy and president of the New York chapter of the AIA, earned Bachelor of Environmental Design and Bachelor of Building Construction degrees in 1973.

Schirripa, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M's College of Architecture, has been a driving force in transforming Mancini•Duffy from a mid-sized local practice to a large, multi-office operation with a diversified client base and an international reputation.

 

 

Lars Stanley, FAIA, principal of Stanley Architects and Artisans, earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1974.

An outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M's College of Architecture, Stanley has a diverse portfolio that reflects his interest in understanding how human energy is embodied through the process of making and how materials and elements of the built environment are sometimes able to reflect the essence of being human.

His design for Franklin High School won the Caudill Design Award for the best-designed high school in Texas, one of his many design awards.

Two more architects with ties to Texas A&M, Donna Carter and Gunny Harboe, were also elevated to AIA Fellowship this year.

Donna Carter, FAIA, principal of Carter Design Associates in Austin, is a professional Fellow at the College of Architecture's Center for Heritage Conservation and has served on the center's advisory council. She is working on the restoration of the historic YMCA building at Texas A&M along with Nancy McCoy, an outstanding alumna of the college.

Carter was a speaker at "Conserving Modernism," the center's 2008 symposium.

Gunny Harboe, FAIA, of Harboe Architects, a Chicago firm, also spoke at the CHC's 2008 symposium.

 

- Posted: Feb. 02, 2010 -

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