The Distinguished Service Awards were initiated in 1979 for special recognition of achievement and service to the profession. The award may be given to as many as three architects in a single year. In 1993, this award was amended and renamed the Distinguished Achievement Awards.
The award 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.
Up to three awards may be bestowed each year.
Evaluative Criteria
- Nominees’ receipt of professional awards, public recognition, and/or publication.
- In a review of the representative work, consideration is given to how much work has been produced, and for how long a period.
- The impact of the award to this recipient will have on fellow professionals.
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 nominee’s qualifications for 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
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