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Award for Distinguished Achievement

The Award for Distinguished Achievement recognizes either a singular achievement by an architect or the work of an entire career in any of the following: design, practice, education, service as a “citizen architect,” service to the profession, or initiatives to advance social justice, equity, diversity, or inclusion. Assigned Architect members of AIA Virginia are eligible. Up to three awards may be bestowed each year.

Submission Materials
  • Nomination Form
  • Nominator’s statement
  • The statement should be no more than a paragraph and should include a concise description of the applicant and summarize how the nominee meets the criteria for the award.
  • A complete vita
  • Narrative information
  • This information should detail the nominee’s qualifications for the award, citing specific examples related to evaluative criteria.
  • Images where design achievements are to be included in the evaluative criteria

Submissions should be no larger than 15MB and no more than 20 pages long (not including letters of support).

Recipients

1993

  • John B. Farmer, Jr., AIA
  • Morton B. Gulak, AIA
  • Thomas L. Kerns, FAIA

1994

  • Carlton S. Abbott, FAIA
  • Delmar L. Dayton, Jr., AIA
  • Robert A. Steele, AIA

1995

  • James J. DePasquale, AIA
  • J. Everette Fauber, III, AIA
  • Timm L. Jamieson, FAIA

1996

  • Charles W. Steger, FAIA

1997

  • Michael Bednar, FAIA
  • Donald R. Sunshine, FAIA

1998

  • Peyton Boyd, AIA
  • Mary Patton Cox, FAIA
  • Edward A. Smith, III, AIA

1999

  • Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA
  • Jeffrey Levine, AIA

2000

  • Hal C. Craddock, AIA
  • Willard E. Gwilliam, FAIA
  • Bruce M. Justice, AIA

2001

  • Daniel R. Bairley, AIA
  • William A. Edgerton, AIA
  • Robert L. Vickery, FAIA

2002

  • Robert E. Comet, AIA
  • Albert J. Davis, FAIA
  • Mark S. Orling, AIA

2003

  • Edwin J. Pease, AIA
  • Willard M. Scribner, FAIA
  • Bruce R. Wardell, AIA

2004

  • Daniel J. Feil, FAIA
  • M. Kirk Train, AIA
  • J. Kenneth Payne, Jr., AIA

2005

  • Wesley L. Page, AIA
  • Michael D. Stoneking, AIA

2006

  • Charles Matta, FAIA
  • Alan Morledge, AIA
  • Sharon Park, FAIA

2007

  • William P. Lecky, FAIA
  • Scott M. Spence, AIA
  • Bruce W. Tyler, AIA

2008

  • Robert S. Mills, AIA, CID
  • Donald L. Strange-Boston, AIA, PE

2009

  • James P. Clark, AIA
  • Christopher P. Fultz, AIA
  • Karen Van Lengen, FAIA

2010

  • T. Duncan Abernathy, AIA
  • James R. Boyd, AIA
  • Robert W. Moje, AIA

2011

  • S. Michael Evans, FAIA
  • Clint Good, AIA

2012

  • Brian J. Frickie, AIA
  • Jane C. Wright, FAIA

2013

  • H. Randolph Holmes, Jr., AIA
  • Burchell F. Pinnock, AIA
  • Keith Zawistowski, AIA

2014

  • Lori Snyder Garrett, AIA
  • Robert E. Beach, AIA

2015

  • Edward Gillikin, AIA

2016

  • R. Corey Clayborne, AIA

2017

  • C. Richard Bierce, AIA
  • Kathy Galvin, AIA
  • Paula Loomis, FAIA

2018

  • Manoj Dalaya, AIA

2019

  • Michael Ermann, AIA
  • David Keith, AIA
  • Kevin Sneed, FAIA

2020

  • Al Cox, FAIA
  • Christopher Gordon, AIA
  • Mel Price, AIA

2021

  • Nick Cooper, AIA

2022

  • S. Jeanne LeFever, AIA
  • John Mott, FAIA

2023

  • Shannon Dowling, AIA

2025

  • Harry M. Falconer, Jr., FAIA
  • Jay Hugo, AIA, ASLA, ASID

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

1979

  • Hugh Johnson, AIA
  • Edgar Beery, FAIA
  • Juris Jansons, AIA

1980

  • Henry R. Boynton, AIA
  • Charles C. Justice, AIA
  • Thomas A. Kamstra, AIA

1981

  • Frederic H. Cox, FAIA
  • John H. Spencer , AIA
  • John W. Chappelear, Jr., AIA

1982

  • Robert W. Stewart, AIA
  • Robert E. Washington, FAIA
  • James M. Glave, AIA

1983

  • Samuel A. Anderson, III, FAIA
  • Paul H. Barkley, FAIA
  • Clarence W. Meakin, AIA

1984

  • M. Jack Rinehart, Jr., FAIA
  • Patricia Schiffelbein, AIA
  • Robert F. Sherertz, AIA

1985

  • Carl D. Cress, Jr., AIA
  • James Hall, III, AIA
  • Frank B. Poole, Jr., AIA

1986

  • Richard L. Ford, Jr., AIA
  • David J. Gibson, AIA
  • J. Oliver Stein, AIA

1987

  • Robert A. Boynton, FAIA
  • Eason Cross, Jr., AIA
  • Herschel A. Elarth, AIA

1988

  • A. Linwood Womack, AIA
  • Marvin J. Cantor, AIA

1989

  • Henry J. Browne, AIA
  • Robert L. Mills, AIA
  • E. Bradford Tazewell Jr., AIA

1990

  • John Paul C. Hanbury, FAIA
  • Curtis R. Jennings Jr., AIA
  • G. Truman Ward, FAIA

1991

  • G. Lawson Drinkard, AIA
  • W. Douglas Gilpin, Jr., FAIA
  • James W. Ritter, FAIA

1992

  • Sanford Bond, AIA
  • Lawrence D. Cook, FAIA