Alumni/Friends

ALUM NI / F r iends

At the American Institute of Architects National Convention and Expo held in Boston in May 2008, Catherine Bishir, adjunct professor of architecture, received an honorary AIA designation for achieving national prominence in the field of historic preservation. Adjunct assistant professor Louis Cherry (M.Arch. 1983) and adjunct associate professor Kenneth Hobgood received fellowship in the AIA. Cherry was honored for his significant contributions to society through significant public service. Hobgood was honored for his promotion of the aesthetic, scientific and practical efficiency of the profession.

Jackie Carr (M.Arch. 1996) is a project architect at Peterson Associates in Charlotte, N.C. He passed the Architectural Registration Examination in April 2008.

Todd Childers (BEDVD 1986), a tenured Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, will be one of nine American participants in the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design (AIGA|XCD) “Sharing Dreams 5” in Havana Cuba this November. http://xcd.aiga.org/

Jason Dail (BEDA 2008) was selected to be exhibited for the Market Value design competition for Water Street in downtown Charlottesville, Va. There were about 60 entries from as far away as Slovinia. He says, “I am pretty happy with that, given that mine was only one of two selected that were a one-person entry.” The winners were from a 300+ person firm. http://www.marketvaluecompetition.org/jury/ In August 2007, Robert Dry (BAD 2000) accepted the position of lead Web designer for East Carolina University’s office of University Marketing & Publications. He continues to do freelance illustration work for various clients at Dry's Pond Illustration LLC.

Chris Eselgroth (BED 1989) of Asheville, N.C., was graphic designer for “Painting Is My Madness,” a limited edition book presenting the computer artwork of Ringo Starr. One hundred percent of Starr’s proceeds will be donated to the Lotus Foundation, whose objectives are to fund, support, participate in and promote charitable projects aimed at advancing social welfare. Eselgroth runs Foureyes Studio, a graphic design and photography business.

Emily Furman (BGD 2000) is senior designer for Gallagher & Associates in Bethesda, Md. She recently completed the Carolina Basketball Museum next to the Smith Center at UNC. She was the lead graphic designer on the project. Several techniques were used including large, customprinted fabric structures, a theater with 20-foottall spherical screens and a full-size court floor with embedded cases and graphics. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/ spec-rel/012208aae.html

Ian Gordon (BEDA 1996, B.Arch. 1998) has been awarded the second place prize in the Emerging New York Architects International Competition: “Southstreet Seaport. Re-envisioning the Urban Edge.” There was an exhibition at the N.Y. Center for Architecture this summer. Gordon is principal of e+I architecture in New York, N.Y. Tina Govan (BEDA 1980) has an article in the Aug./Sept. 2008 issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine on an addition she did to her own house in downtown Raleigh. Also, Discovery’s newly launched network, “Planet Green,” has aired the first episode featuring the Martin house, a house Govan designed in the Mordecai neighborhood, on the show “Renovation Nation” with host Steve Thomas, of This Old House: http://planetgreen. discovery.com/tv/renovation-nation/

The builder of this house is also an alumus, Tom Brown of the Splinter Group. It was one of six houses selected from a nationwide search for “green” homes. The construction process, with a special emphasis on its “green” features, was filmed for three separate episodes. In the last episode, Govan makes many plugs for living in dense, walkable downtowns like Raleigh, as a way to live more sustainably.

Lastly, she has one of her renovations to a north Raleigh home featured in Sarah Susanka’s upcoming book titled “Remodelling the Not So Big House.”

Greg Lindquist (BAD 2003, BA English 2003) has an exhibition at the college in Brooks Hall Gallery from Aug. 20 to Sept. 12, 2008. A closing reception will be held on Sept. 10 at 5 p.m., with a lecture to follow at 6 p.m. http://www.greglindquist.com/harpers.html

Katharine Alexander Lipe (BAD 1999),

has created KATHARINE ALEXANDER TM

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sustainable clothing design, home accessories & textile design, jewelry design, photography and style services. Check out her Web site at www.KatharineAlexanderDesign.com.

Randall Lanou, LEED-AP (M.Arch. 1997) (pictured right)and Erik Van Mehlman, AIA (BEDA 2001, B.Arch. 2002) have formed Studio B Architecture, PC, to work in collaboration with BuildSense, Inc. Together, the two offer a full range of architecture and construction services for sustainable residential and commercial projects.

Peter J. MacManus (BED 1975) is a communications teacher in the Wake County Public School System and writes, “I am delighted to say that I have students who have graduated from my program and are now graduating from and studying at the College of Design. I am in the wonderful position in my classroom to be able to pass on my experiences running my own company for 17 years, working as an employee for others and passing forward the frustration and exhilaration that G. Bireline, J. Cox, F. Eichenburger, Tad Takano, Vince Foote, Gene Messick and Mike Doty gave to me.”

Molly McGaughey (BED-I 1996) now works at a family practice clinic at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C. as a doctor of osteopathy.

Valerie H. McGaughey (MID 1996, fibers/ surface design) is still a textile artist living in Asheville, N.C.

Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette (BEDN 1994) won the Jurors Award at the Bead International

DESIGN IN FLUEN CE / FALL 2008 Show at the Dairy Barn in Athens, Ohio. Her artwork, “Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice” is pictured above.

Jessica Padgett (BGD 2006) joined S&A Cherokee as a graphic designer in April 2008. S&A Cherokee is a full-service communications company providing public relations, advertising, marketing, event planning and custom publishing services. Originally founded as Smith & Associates in 1982, the company is based in Cary, N.C. She previously worked for Kelly Marcom for almost two years, where she worked for clients such as The V Foundation for Cancer Research, PPD, Capital Bank and This End Up Furniture Company. Padgett currently lives in Holly Springs, N.C.

Christopher Rhyne (BED GD 1995) was elected and recognized in April 2007 by the Western Carolina University chapter as a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in at a school accredited by AACSB International.

Earning the Master of Project Management degree with a perfect 4.0 GPA, Rhyne graduated Western Carolina University in August 2007. Rhyne was later elected and recognized in March 2008 by the Western Carolina University chapter as a member of The Honor Society of the Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's most selective alldiscipline honor society.

Rhyne was recently certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) in April 2008 by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The PMP is the most widely recognized and only global certification in the project management profession.

Rhyne presented his research titled “Looking Behind the Scenes: Project Management in the Motion Picture Industry” in July at the biennial PMI Research Conference 2008 in Warsaw, Poland.

Jennifer L. Stutzman (BEDA 2003, B.Arch. 2004) is the NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program Assistant and a Green Building Specialist at the North Carolina Solar Center (NCSC). She joined the NCSC in January 2008 and assists in the education and enrollment of HealthyBuilt Homes program members, responds to program related inquiries and promotes green home building practices. The NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program provides certification for homes meeting “green home guidelines” built by residential builders who practice sustainable, high performance building strategies. This program strives to create homes that are comfortable, healthy and affordable while reducing energy and water usage, promoting renewable energy use and helping to protect the site. The North Carolina Solar Center is operated by the College of Engineering at NC State University (www.ncsc.ncsu.edu).

The American Society of Landscape Architects will honor Raleigh landscape architect Rodney Swink (MLA 1977) with its 2008 LaGasse Medal during the society’s meeting Oct. 6 in Philadelphia. Swink will receive the medal for

his leadership in the management and conservancy of natural resources and public lands. Two people, one of them a landscape architect, receive the award each year. In the nomination, former Salisbury Mayor Margaret Kluttz called Swink “an inspiration to so many North Carolinians who are now themselves tireless champions of the downtown effort.” Swink is a past president of the society, the national professional association for landscape architects. He is recently retired from the State of North Carolina as head of the N.C. Main Street Center and director of the Office of Urban Development.

Eric Whiting (BEDA 1997, BA 1998), is an architect/illustrator for Saratoga Associates in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He has had a profile/ designs in Architecture Record (6/2002) and was licensed in 2005. He was promoted to Senior Associate in 2007 and received a 2007 Award of Excellence from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators.

Two of the 10 winning teams from the Design Competition “What if New York City…”, sponsored by the New York City Office of Emergency Management, have connections to NC State University’s College of Design. The two teams were comprised of Darrell Mayer (M.Arch. 2003) and Elizabeth Kolepp-Mayer (BEDA 2000, B.Arch. 2006), and Assistant Professors David Hill (BEDA 1996, B.Arch. 1997) and Laura Garófalo, Nelson Tang (alumnus), Henry Newell (alumnus) and Megan Casanega (graduate student). The competition asked for submittals that design post-disaster relief housing in the event that a Category 3 Hurricane makes land-fall in the city.

The winners enter into a contract with the City to further develop landscape and housing design proposals. They also will receive a $10,000 prize.

Notable jury members include: Enrique Norten, Guy Nordensen, Mary Miss, David J. Burney and Richard Plunz.

The international competition drew more than 450 entries from 52 countries. Hill team entry (left) and Mayer, Kolepp-Mayer team entry (below).

Dr. Donald Barnes Professor Emeritus of Architecture Dr. Donald Barnes passed away on April 23, 2008. Professor Barnes began working at the college in September 1968 and retired with emeritus status in December 1985. Dr. Barnes and his students were instrumental in the historic preservation of historic Yates Mill Pond in Raleigh. An article about this project appeared in the spring issue of Design Influence.

Robert C. Bainbridge Robert C. Bainbridge IV of Alexandria, Va., and Lewis, Del., passed away Friday February 8, 2008, after a five-year battle with colon cancer. At the time of his death, Bainbridge was employed as an urban planner with the Prince William County government in Virginia. Bainbridge received a B.S. in horticulture in 1974 and a master’s in landscape architecture in 1984.

Arthur McKimmon Raleigh architect Arthur McKimmon II received a B.S. in architectural engineering in 1940. After a stint as an officer in the U.S. Navy, he taught briefly at the [then] School of Design before beginning his own practice in 1948. After co-founding Pugh & McKimmon, he co-founded Edwards, Pugh & McKimmon, and co-organized Edwards & McKimmon in 1950. This later become Edwards, McKimmon & Etheridge. He is known for The Angus Barn, Leroy Martin Jr. High School, buildings at Peace and St. Mary’s colleges (including the serpentine wall surrounding the Hillsborough Street campus), and 175 residences in the area ranging from Georgian to contemporary, each known for their interior detail and exterior style. He retired in 1994.