Class Acts

  1. Former students touch base with the College of Architecture
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    Former students report activities

    posted August 31, 2012
    Former students are invited to submit items to the Class Acts section of the archone newsletter. Class Acts highlights the professional and personal achievements of former students and friends of the college. It's a great way to keep in touch with your old classmates. See the "Submit News" link in the newsletter's "featured" section or email news to prollfing@arch.tamu.edu.
  2. Five former students head renovation teams for Ags' new Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
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    Former students head Aggie baseball stadium facelift

    posted February 15, 2012
    The dramatic $24 million facelift to Texas A&M’s baseball stadium, now known as Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park, was made possible, in part, by five Texas A&M College of Architecture former students.
  3. Alum’s book touts Bulgaria as underrated travel destination
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    Alum’s book touts Bulgaria as superb travel destination

    posted February 15, 2012
    Bulgaria’s allure as a tourist destination featuring natural beauty, centuries-old monasteries, archaeological treasures and diverse wine regions is touted in a new book co-written by Leslie Strnadel, a 1997 BED graduate who now works for HOK in San Francisco.
  4. College, architecture dept. to host Aggie reception at AIA conference
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    Aggie Reception set for AIA conference in Washington, D.C.

    posted February 8, 2012
    Texas A&M former students and friends are invited to join their former classmates and professors at the annual Aggie AIA Reception to be held in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects' 2012 national convention in Washington, D.C.
  5. Former student helps firm earn UIL award for CityCentre project
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    Brinsden guides CityCentre to institute award

    posted February 6, 2012
    Texas A&M land development graduate Jonathan Brinsden '92 helped his firm, Midway Companies, earn a 2012 Development of Distinction Award from the Houston District Council of the Urban Land Institute for its CityCentre project.
  6. Outstanding alumnus Potter ’78 takes helm as new AIA president
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    Potter ’78 begins term as AIA head

    posted January 31, 2012
    Jeff Potter ‘78, is focusing on making the AIA more meaningful to emerging members of the profession and advancing the value of design during his one-year tenure as president of the 76,000-member American Institute of Architects.
  7. Outstanding alumnus recounts Aggie Ring odyssey in magazine
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    Alumnus recounts Aggie Ring odyssey

    posted January 30, 2012
    James R. Thompson ’68, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, shares a journey of discovery in the current issue of Texas Aggie magazine that began when he bought an Aggie Ring at a Waco auction house in 2008.
  8. Berke presents sustainable cities lecture Jan. 20 at Wright Gallery
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    Berke '81 lectures on sustainable urbanism

    posted January 18, 2012
    Philip Berke ‘81, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture and one of the nation’s top land use planning scholars, presented “Sustainable Cities: Demographic Trends, Impacts and Future Plans” on Jan. 20 in the Wright Gallery.
  9. LAUP alums help shape city of Austin invasive species strategy
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    Alums help Austin manage invasives

    posted January 9, 2012
    Two former Texas A&M landscape architecture students, Elizabeth Chapman ’10 and Trace Unruh ’11, helped develop the city of Austin’s new invasive species management plan while working as interns at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center .
  10. Former student helping return 1896 locomotive to the rails
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    Alum helps repair 1896 locomotive

    posted January 9, 2012
    Michael Percifield ‘93, a former Texas A&M environmental design student, is leading an effort to put a 19th century steam locomotive back in service in North Texas. Percifield oversees rail operations for the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, which operates passenger train rides from Grapevine to the historic Fort Worth Stockyards in vintage passenger cars.
  11. Outstanding Alumni Awards nominations due February 10
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    Outstanding Alum nominations due

    posted January 9, 2012
    Nominations for the 2012 College of Architecture Outstanding Alumni Awards, which annually recognize former students of exceptional accomplishment, are being accepted through Feb. 10. Since its inception in 1997, less than one percent of the college’s former students have received the award, the college’s highest honor.
  12. Outstanding alum wins contest sponsored by New York art guild
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    Outstanding alum’s art earns top honor

    posted January 9, 2012
    Raymond Gomez ‘64, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, received first-place honors from The Art Guild in Manhasset, New York for his painting “Night City.” Gomez’ acrylic on metal piece was chosen as the best work among 60 entries in the guild’s “Home Away From Home” exhibit, on display at the Manhasset Public Library through March 29, 2012.
  13. Former students touch base with the College of Architecture
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    Former students report activities

    posted December 31, 2011
    Former students are invited to submit items to the Class Acts section of the archone newsletter. Class Acts highlights the professional and personal achievements of former students and friends of the college. It's a great way to keep in touch with your old classmates. See the "Submit News" link in the newsletter's "featured" section or email news to prollfing@arch.tamu.edu.
  14. Summers ’49, Mies van der Rohe protégé, outstanding alum passes
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    Outstanding alumnus Summers '49 passes

    posted December 19, 2011
    Gene Summers FAIA, who left his design imprint on some of the world’s most recognizable Modern landmarks, a protégé of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, died Dec. 12 in a California hospital from liver cancer.
  15. Former student who headed California firm dies Dec. 7
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    Former student Barry Mosesman passes on

    posted December 16, 2011
    Alumnus Barry Mosesman, president of Montecito, Calif.-based HFP Architects, died Dec. 7, 2011. Mosesman, who earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1966 and a Master of Architecture degree in 1967, was principally involved in more than 200 of the firm’s healthcare planning and design projects, many of which achieved award-winning recognition.