Each year during Alumni Day, the Governing Board of the CAP Alumni Society recognizes the professional accomplishments of alumni with two categories of awards.
The Distinguished Alumnus Award is given to selected alumni with 15 years or more of professional experience who have achieved positions of influence and national or international reputations in their fields. In addition, Awards of Outstanding Achievement are made to selected alumni who are making outstanding contributions to their profession and to society.
2012 Award Nominations
There is a two part process to the alumni award program. Nominations may be made by any alumni on behalf of another or for themselves. This year, nominations are due to Lori Pence in the Dean’s Office of CAP by March 30, 2012.
All nominees will be notified in writing and are then invited to electronically submit a final award application which is a comprehensive summary of their professional accomplishments, letters of support and a letter highlighting their professional contributions. Final submissions for nominees are due May 30, 2012, for review by a jury of CAP alumni peers.
Winners will be notified in July 2012 and the awards presented on October 26, 2012 at the Alumni Awards Banquet.
2011 Award Winners
The College of Architecture and Planning hosted the Annual Alumni Awards Banquet on Friday, October 28, 2011, at the Alumni Center. Five exceptional alumni, along with the Charles M. Sappenfield Award of Excellence recipient, were honored during the dinner.
The Distinguished Alumnus Award is given to selected alumni with 15 years or more of professional experience who have achieved positions of influence and national or international reputations in their fields.
Mr. Brad T. Barker, AIA, who earned his Bachelor of Architecture in 1981, is this year's Distinguished Alumnus Award winner. He is an Executive Vice President and the Global Practice Leader for RTKL’s Health + Science Practice Group and serves on RTKL’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
Awards of Outstanding Achievement are made to selected alumni who are making outstanding contributions to their profession and to society. The following alumni have been selected as 2011 recipients for this award:
- Mr. Jeff C. Bone, AIA, BArch, ’87 and BS Environmental Design, ’86, Partner, Landon Bone Baker Architects Ltd., Chicago, IL.
- Ms. Cynthia A. Bowen, AICP, LEED AP, BUPD ’96, Certified Urban Planner for RW Armstrong, Chicago, IL.
- Mr. Richard A. Fetz, AIA, ACHA, BArch ’79, Vice President of BSA LifeStructures, Indianapolis, IN.
- Mr. Richard L. Moake, AIA, BArch ’72, CEO, The Moake Park Group, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN.
The Charles M. Sappenfield Award of Excellence is named in honor of the founding Dean of the College, under whose leadership it opened its doors in the fall of 1966. This award is given to professors chosen by the alumni represented by the Governing Board “in recognition of outstanding dedication, contribution and commitment to the education of the students of the College of Architecture and Planning.” Professor Robert Koester, Director of the Center for Energy Research, Education, and Service and Professor of Architecture at Ball State University, is the 2011 award winner.