CAP Alumni Awards

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.

2012 Award Winners

The College of Architecture and Planning will host the Annual Alumni Awards Banquet on Friday, October 26, 2012, at the Alumni Center. Four exceptional alumni, along with the Charles M. Sappenfield Award of Excellence recipient, will be honored during the dinner. The cost to attend the dinner is $27 per person. Reservations can be made by contacting Lori Pence at 765-285-5879 or lpence@bsu.edu.

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. Robert E. Miller, FAIA, LEED AP is this year's Distinguished Alumnus Award winner. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture in 1988. He is principal at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in Seattle. He holds multipy professional recognitions. Most recently being elected by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows.   

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 2012 recipients for this award:

• Mr. Zachary R. Benedict, AIA, LEED AP, MArch, ’05, Partner at Morrison Kattman Menze in Ft. Wayne, IN.  
• Mr. Glenn A. Harper,  MSHP '87, Co-Founder of the National Road Alliance. 
• Mr. Spero W. Valavanis, AIA, LEED AP, BArch '75, President of Design Organization (DO).

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.”  Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Christopher Marlow, is the 2012 award winner. His scholarship has sought to create and use interactive digital visualization tools to help students close the gap between understanding the two- and three-dimensional characteristics of landforms and site structures.