Study Architecture 
ProPEL Each year up to six new members of the College are inducted: one AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion winner and up to five ACSA Distinguished Professors. Readers can scroll down to find links to recent DPACSA members’ individual videos and supporting materials.
Topaz Laureates
Distinguished Professors
1976 Jean Labatut, FAIA, Princeton University
1977 Henry Kamphoefner, FAIA, North Carolina State University
1978 Lawrence Anderson, FAIA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1979 G. Holmes Perkins, FAIA, University of Pennsylvania
1980 Serge Chermayeff, Harvard University
1981 Marcel Breuer, FAIA, Harvard University
1982 Joseph Esherick, FAIA, University of California, Berkeley
1983 Charles Burchard, FAIA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
1984 Robert Geddes, FAIA, Princeton University
1985 Colin Rowe, Cornell University
1986 Vincent Scully, Yale University
1987 Ralph Rapson, University of Minnesota
1988 John Hejduk, The Cooper Union
1989 Charles Moore, FAIA, University of Texas at Austin
1990 Raymond Kappe, FAIA, Southern California Institute of Architecture
1991 Kenneth Frampton, Columbia University
1992 Spiro Kostof, University of California, Berkeley
1993 Mario Salvadori, Columbia University
1994 Harlan McClure, Clemson University
1995 Henry N. Cobb, FAIA, Harvard University
1996 Denise Scott Brown, FAIA, University of Pennsylvania
1997 Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA, University of California, Berkeley
1998 Werner Seligmann, Syracuse University
1999 W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2000 Alan Balfour, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2001 Lee G. Copeland, FAIA, University of Pennsylvania
2002 Jerzy Soltan, Harvard University
2003 Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, North Carolina State University
2004 Stanford Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005 Edward Allen, FAIA
2006 William G. McMinn, FAIA, Florida International University
2007 Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, City College of New York
2008 Stanley Tigerman, FAIA, Archeworks & Tigerman McCurry Architects
2009 Adèle Naudé Santos, FAIA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2010 Michael Graves, FAIA, Princeton University
2011 Lawrence W. Speck, FAIA, University of Texas at Austin
2012 George Baird, Intl. Assoc. AIA, University of Toronto
2013 Robert Greenstreet, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2014 Harrison S. Fraker Jr., FAIA, University of California, Berkeley
2015 Peter Eisenman, FAIA, Yale University
2016 Douglas S. Kelbaugh, FAIA
2017 Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA, Yale University
2018 Jorge Silvetti, Harvard University
2019 Toshiko Mori, FAIA, Harvard University
2020 David Leatherbarrow, University of Pennsylvania
2021 Kathryn H. Anthony, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2022 Deborah Berke, Yale School of Architecture
2023 Dr. Sharon E. Sutton, FAIA, Parsons School of Design
2024 Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, University of Miami
2025 Thomas Fisher, University of Minnesota
1984-1985
Alfred Caldwell, Illinois Institute of Technology
Robert S. Harris, FAIA, University of Southern California
Fay Jones, FAIA, University of Arkansas
Charles Moore, FAIA, University of Texas at Austin
Ralph Rapson, FAIA, University of Minnesota
1985-1986
James Marston Fitch, Columbia University
Leslie J. Laskey, Washington University
Harlan McClure, FAIA, Clemson University
Edward Romieniec, Texas A & M University
Richard Williams, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1986-1987
Christopher Alexander, University of California, Berkeley
Harwell Hamilton Harris, FAIA, North Carolina State University
Stanislawa Nowicki, University of Pennsylvania
Douglas Shadbolt, University of British Columbia
Jerzy Soltan, Harvard University
1987-1988
Harold Cooledge, Jr., Clemson University
Bernd Foerster, FAIA, Kansas State University
Romaldo Giurgola, FAIA, Columbia University
Joseph Passonneau, FAIA, Washington University
John G. Williams, FAIA, University of Arkansas
1988-1989
Peter R. Lee, Jr., Clemson University
E. Keith McPheeters, FAIA, Auburn University
Stanley Salzman, FAIA, Pratt Institute
Calvin C. Straub, FAIA, Arizona State University
Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, University of Toronto
1989-1990
Gunnar Birkerts, FAIA, University of Michigan
Olivio C. Ferrari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
George C. Means, Jr., FAIA, Clemson University
Malcolm Quantrill, Texas A & M University
1990-1991
Denise Scott Brown, FAIA, University of Pennsylvania
Panos Koulermos, FAIA, University of Southern California
William McMinn, FAIA, Cornell University
Forrest Wilson, The Catholic University of America
David Woodcock, FAIA, Texas A&M University
1991-1992
M. David Egan, Clemson University
Robert D. Dripps, University of Virginia
Richard C. Peters, FAIA, University of California, Berkeley
David L. Niland, University of Cincinnati
1992-1993
Stanley W. Crawley, University of Utah
Don P. Schlegel, FAIA, University of New Mexico
Thomas L. Schumacher, University of Maryland
1993-1994
George Anselevicius, FAIA, University of New Mexico
Hal Box, FAIA, University of Texas at Austin
Peter McCleary, University of Pennsylvania
Douglas Rhyn, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Alan Stacell, Texas A&M University
1994-1995
Blake Alexander, University of Texas-Austin
Robert Burns, FAIA, North Carolina State University
Robert Heck, Louisiana State University
Ralph Knowles, University of Southern California
1995-1996
James Barker, FAIA, Clemson University
Mui Ho, University of California, Berkeley
Patricia O’Leary, University of Colorado at Denver
Sharon E. Sutton, FAIA, University of Michigan
Peter Waldman, University of Virginia
1996-1997
Colin H. Davidson, Universite de Montreal
Michael Fazio, Mississippi State University
Ben J. Refuerzo, University of California, Los Angeles
Max Underwood, Arizona State University
J. Stroud Watson, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
1997-1998
Roger H. Clark, North Carolina State University
Bob E. Heatly, Oklahoma State University
John S. Reynolds, University of Oregon
Marvin E. Rosenman, Ball State University
James R. Warfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1998-1999
Ralph Bennett, FAIA, University of Maryland
Diane Ghirardo, University of Southern California
Robert Greenstreet, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Thomas Kass, University of Utah
Norbert Schoenauer, McGill University
Jan Wampler, FAIA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999-2000
Maelee Thomson Foster, University of Florida
Louis Inserra, Pennsylvania State University
Henry Sanoff, North Carolina State University
2000-2001
Dr. Raymond J. Cole, University of British Columbia
Ikhlas Sabouni, Prairie View A&M University
2001-2002
Steven Paul Badanes, University of Washington
Raymond Lifchez, University of California Berkeley
Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA North Carolina State University
Dr. Enrique Vivoni Farrage, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Donald Watson, FAIA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2002-2003
Sherry Ahrentzen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, City College of the City of New York
David Crane, AIA, FAIA, University of South Florida
Lars Lerup, Rice University
Edward Steinfeld, Arch D, AIA, University at Buffalo
2003-2004
Michael Benedikt, RA, Universityof Texas at Austin
Georgia Bizios, AIA, FAIA, North Carolina State University
William Miller, FAIA, RA, University of Utah
2004-2005
Stephen Verderber, Tulane University
Anne Taylor, University of New Mexico
2005-2006
None awarded
2006-2007
Harry Van Oudenallen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
George Dodds, PhD, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Paul J. Donnelly, FAIA, Washington University in St. Louis
Ferdinand Johns, FAIA, Montana State University
Geraldine Forbes-Isais, University of New Mexico
2007-2008
David Heymann, FAIA, University of Texas at Austin
Gregory Palermo, FAIA, Iowa State University
Victor Regnier, FAIA, University of Southern California
2008-2009
Howard Davis, University of Oregon
Judith Sheine, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Rafael Longoria, University of Houston
2009-2010
Kathryn Anthony, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaige
Thomas Hubka, U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Anthony Schuman, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Chris Theis, Louisiana State University
2010-2011
Frances Bronet, University of Oregon
Robert J. Dunay, FAIA, Virginia Tech
Thomas Fowler IV, FAIA, California Polytechnic State University, SLO
Carmina Sanchez-del-Valle, Hampton University
2011-2012
Donald Corner, University of Oregon
Mahesh Daas, Ball State University
Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Juan Miro, FAIA, University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, FAIA, University of Washington
2012-2013
Gary Coates, Kansas State University
Donna Dunay, FAIA, Virginia Tech
John V. Mutlow, FAIA, University of Southern California
Wendy Ornelas, FAIA, Kansas State University
2013-2014
William J. Carpenter Jr., FAIA, Southern Polytechnic State University
Bruce Lindsey, Washington University in St. Louis
Patrick Rand, FAIA, North Carolina State University
Dan Rockhill, University of Kansas
Kim Tanzer, FAIA, University of Virginia
2014-2015
James McLeod Steele, University of Southern California
Julia Williams Robinson, FAIA, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Danze, FAIA, University of Texas at Austin
Michael Fifield, FAIA, University of Oregon
Greg Watson, Louisiana State University
2015-2016
Daniel Friedman, FAIA, University of Hawaii At Manoa
Francisco J. Rodriguez-Suarez, FAIA, Universidad De Puerto Rico
2016-2017
Lisa Findley, California College of the Arts
Christopher Long, University of Texas at Austin
Jorge I. Rigau, FAIA, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Roger Schluntz, FAIA, University of New Mexico
Christine O. Theodoropoulos, California Polytechnic State University
2017-2018
Dana Buntrock, University of California, Berkeley
Renee Cheng, FAIA, University of Minnesota
Judith Kinnard, FAIA, Tulane University
Marilys Nepomechie, FAIA, Florida International University
John Ronan, FAIA, Illinois Institute of Technology
2018-2019
Thomas Barrie, North Carolina State University
Thomas Fisher, University of Minnesota
Andres Mignucci, FAIA, Universidad De Puerto Rico
Patricia Belton Oliver, FAIA, University of Houston
Stephen D. Schreiber, FAIA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2019-2020
Gail Dubrow, University of Minnesota
Karen Kensek, University of Southern California
Stephen D. Luoni, University of Arkansas
Vikramaditya Prakash, University of Washington
Richard Sommer, University of Toronto
2020-2021
Julio Bermudez, Catholic University of America
Renee Y. Chow, University of California, Berkeley
Bradford Grant, Howard University
Alison Kwok, University of Oregon
Kenneth Schwartz, Tulane University
2021-2022
LaVerne Wells-Bowie, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Michael J. Crosbie, University of Hartford
David Hinson, Auburn University
Mitra Kanaani, NewSchool of Architecture and Design
Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, University of Arkansas
2022-2023
Linda N. Groat, University of Michigan
Kent Kleinman, Brown University
Thomas Leslie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Iowa State University
Joanna Lombard, University of Miami
Peter MacKeith, University of Arkansas
2023-2024
Lynne Dearborn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Mohammad Gharipour, University of Maryland
2024-2025
Julian Bonder, Roger Williams University
Katsuhiko Muramoto, Pennsylvania State University
Douglas E. Noble, University of Southern California
Teresa Rosano, University of Arizona
Mitchell Squire, Iowa State University
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