Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA)
Volume 5, Number 8
April 2005
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| The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA) Volume 5, Number 8 April 2005 |
| REMEMBERING C. BRITTON HARRIS, FAICP (1914-2005) |
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Dean Gary Hack and the city and regional planning department mourn the loss of emeritus professor Britton Harris, who died in February at the age of 90. The Penn planning community will celebrate his life and contributions to the field with a memorial service on Saturday, April 9 at 4pm in the Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall.
RSVP to Kate Daniel by email or phone, 215-898-8124. |
| BECKY YOUNG: A BODY OF LIGHT |
To celebrate the inspirational vision of professor Becky Young, who retires this spring after thirty years of teaching at Penn, PennDesign presents BECKY YOUNG: A BODY OF LIGHT 1961-2005, a retrospective exhibition of her work exploring the female form as embodiment of evolution. Featuring photographs, paintings, collages and objects made and collected by the artist, the exhibit sheds light on her investigations into the tangible, symbolic, corporeal and spiritual, marking her instrumental role in shaping Penn's photography program. The Dream, 1984 |
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| ALSO IN APRIL: CAREER DAY ... CHUCK CLOSE ... MOSHE SAFDIE |
Today marks the start of the PennDesign Virtual Career Fair through April 15, with Career Day on April 8. Register to participate and preview the portfolios of graduating PennDesign students via online Resume Books. |
Chuck Close will deliver the third annual Locks Foundation Distinguished Artist Lecture to a sold-out crowd at the Annenberg Center on Thursday, April 7. | Moshe Safdie will give the 2005 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture at the University Museum on Wed, April 13. Sponsored by the AIA Center for Architecture, tickets may be purchased online. |
| ALUMNI WEEKEND PICNIC: IT'S HAPPENING! |
Thanks to the positive response to the Alumni Weekend survey, there will be a picnic this year!
All PennDesign/Graduate School of Fine Arts/GSFA alums are invited back to campus to see classmates, exhibitions, and experience community during Alumni Weekend 2005. |
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| ON THE LINE |
1990s |
| 1980s Dozier Bell MFA'86
will be having a solo show at Chase Gallery, 129 Newbury Street, Boston, from April 1-30. For more information, visit http://dozierbell.com. Lori Schuldiner Schor MCP'84 is development director of Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union. She lives in Millburn, NJ with her husband, Joshua, medical director of Daughters of Israel Geriatric Center, and their three daughters ages 15, 12 and 10. Scott Simons MArch'80 principal of Scott Simons Architects, Portland, ME, reports that his firm has been selected to design two twelve-story apartment buildings on a hillside overlooking the City of Portland and Casco Bay. |
| 1970s Chris Barton MLA'76 has joined Kimley-Horn and Associates' design office in Fort Lauderdale, FL as the senior planner and landscape architect. He previously served as the principal planner of the City of Fort Lauderdale, overseeing the city's dynamic growth over an 11-year period. George Dugan BFA'70 MFA'71 recently had a solo exhibition in Saratoga, FL of oil paintings done in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. Represented by Chilldon and Chilldon Fine Arts, Saratoga, FL, Dugan is director of art study in Ireland through SUNY's International Study Abroad Program and has traveled to Ireland the past four summers. He has been appointed to the board of the Center for the Arts, Homer, NY; the board has purchased a church to serve as an arts center that will offer art, dance and music classes, theater productions and an artist in residence program. Dr. Joan Hock Steyaert PhD'73 retired from the federal government in May 2002. She spent more than 20 years working in the senior executive service as director of regional environmental programs, Department of Energy; center director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; director of state programs, FEMA, chief information officer, US Trade Representative, and assistant administrator, General Services Administration. She is now focusing on painting and jazz piano and invites her classmates to contact her. |
| 1960s Clyde Reynolds Carpenter MArch'62 is chair of historic preservation, Clay Lancaster professor of historic preservation and professor of architecture |
| 1950s Amaranth Roslyn Ehrenhalt BFA'51 is featured in a show at ERAGNY, Sur Oise, France this month, and will have a solo show at Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, from June 3-30. |
| 1940s Marian Puro Froehlich BFA'48 will show her sculpture at Ezair Gallery, 905 Madison Avenue (between 72nd and 73rd), New York, NY from April 1-30. |
| LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS & ALUMNI EVENTS |
LECTURES |
SPECIAL PROGRAM |
ALUMNI EVENTS The spring 2005 lecture series and |
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