12/22/2023
On Saturday, 11 November, I was extremely honored to accept the 2023 AIA Memphis President's Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession! The award was presented by current AIA Memphis president Chase Percer at the 2023 Celebration of Architecture and AIA Memphis 70th Anniversary Gala held at CiV, the downtown riverfront headquarters of AIA Memphis. The beautiful award is cut steel imprinted with the award information (I added the red behind the AIA Eagle so it would show up better in the photo).
I had no idea I would receive this and was totally caught off guard! As I walked back to my seat with the award in hand, I looked around the room and saw alums, current students, full-time and adjunct faculty, design jury volunteers, and supporters of our architecture school. I thought of Sherry and of what she started almost 40 years ago has evolved into today. And said to myself, yes, this is where we were destined to be.
Thank you again Chase and AIA Memphis.