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Honorary Membership

Honorary Membership is bestowed upon a person of esteemed character who is not eligible for membership in the Virginia AIA but who has rendered distinguished and exemplary service, over a sustained period of time, to architecture and the built environment within the domain of AIA Virginia. No more than three honorary memberships 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.
  • Narrative information
    This information should detail nominee’s qualifications for award, citing specific examples related to evaluative criteria.
  • Biographical information
    This information should include education, professional history, volunteer efforts, and awards/recognition received by the candidate.

Submissions should be no larger than 12MB and no more than 20 pages long (not including letters of support).

Recipients
  • Delegate Ralph L. Axselle, Jr.
  • John W. Braymer, Hon. AIA, Ph.D.
  • Deborah Stephens Burns
  • Ellen Cantor
  • Baine Coburn
  • Stephen Coor
  • Helen R. Cougill
  • Frederic A. Fay
  • Senator Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr.
  • Francis A. Guffey II, AIA
  • Roberta Guffey, Hon. AIA
  • The Honorable Roger E. Hedgepeth
  • The Honorable Timothy M. Kaine
  • Paul A. Knox, Ph.D.
  • Buford S. Lindsay
  • Calder Loth
  • The Honorable W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
  • Thomas L. Osborne
  • Harry W. Porter, Jr. FASLA
  • Edwin J. Slipek, Jr.
  • T.K. Somanath
  • Susan Stein
  • Joanna Sunshine
  • The Rev. Richard Field Taylor
  • Joan Scott Trotter
  • The Honorable John C. Watkins
  • Murray H. Wright
  • John G. Zehmer, Jr.
  • Walter R. T. Witschey, Ph. D.
  • The Honorable Susan Clarke Schaar
  • The Honorable Bruce F. Jamerson
  • Stephan “Hobie” Andrews, Esq.
  • Kathleen S. Kilpatrick
  • Richard F. Sliwoski, P.E.
  • Meta R. Braymer, Ph.D.
  • Brian J. Ohlinger, P.E.
  • Kenna R. Payne
  • Steven J. Longstaff
  • Bryan Clark Green, Ph.D.
  • Catherine L. Guske
  • Rhea E. George
  • Kathleen R. Nosbisch
  • Elizabeth Tune
  • Henry Wheeler
  • Reginald Jones, Esq.
  • Judy Cheadle
  • Samuel W. Daniel
  • Patrick Cushing, Esq.
  • Keesha Ezell
  • Sean Golden, Esq.
  • Stewart Roberson
  • Willie Greenough