In 2005, Jessica Johnson (BEDA 1999, M.Arch. 2003) began writing a recurring Method Article that runs in each issue of Architectural Lighting magazine. Johnson recently accepted a one-year teaching fellowship as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at the College of Design. Clyde “Frank” Kellogg, IDSA, (MID 1997) is now Product Designer for Mill Branch Industries, and was previously a design engineer at Jefferson Millwork & Design in Sterling, Va., where he spent two and one-half years on engineering the $5 million work of custom woodwork, cabinets, wall panels, desks, etc., for the new National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington, D.C. It opened in September, 2004. For their efforts, several staff members were awarded Craftsmanship Awards by the Washington Building Congress. Kellogg says, “This was a very special, difficult, and high-profile project and my design degree made it possible for me to communicate the designs into reality.” A story on the woodwork can be found online at www.iswonline.com/cwb/ 200412/insidearchdec.cfm . In his work at Mill Branch Industries, he is exploring new ways to produce interior and exterior design elements for the housing industry, from materials other than wood. Kellogg will be presenting a seminar on Millwork Design to a technology class at the University of Arkansas, in Fayetteville this fall. Kathleen Kincaid (MGD 1992) recently accepted the position of Design Director with the Washington Post Newsweek Interactive. WPNI acquired Slate Magazine (www.slate.com) from Microsoft, where she worked for 10 years on a variety of project teams; a multimedia prototyping team, Encarta Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encarta Online, Slate Magazine, and many MSN Network SWAT teams, products and initiatives exploring online product design, user interface models, site architecture, content management systems, group program management, business development, site performance and technical development. She has relocated to
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New York City to lead and participate in crossfunctional projects within WPNI and on Slate. Apologies to alumnus Tim Kirkman (BED in Visual Design 1990) who was incorrectly identified as Tim Kirkland in the spring issue of Design Influence. Kirkman’s narrative feature film debut, LOGGERHEADS, made its premiere in the Dramatic Competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Since its premiere, the film has picked up two audience awards (Florida and Nashville Film festivals) and the Grand Jury Prize at Los Angeles’ Outfest. Written and directed by Kirkman and inspired by true events, LOGGERHEADS (http:// www.loggerheadsmovie.com/) opens October 14 in select theaters across the country. The film is slated to appear in North Carolina theaters in November. In addition to his film work, Kirkman worked as an art director at Miramax Films for more than 12 years and as an adjunct lecturer Hunter College’s film and media department. Steven Megesi (BED in Landscape Architecture 1996) has been named an associate at Foster Conant & Associates, a landscape architectural practice located in Orlando, Fla. Megesi is currently working on the design of land development, resort and apartment projects for the firm. Kristen M. Hess, AIA, (BEDA 1996, B.Arch. 1997) has opened her own architecture firm with a partner, Chris Horner. HH Architecture, PA, is located on Saint Mary’s Street in Raleigh. The Tercero line of conference room furniture designed by BOLT for The HON Company has won the ADEX Gold Design Award for 2005. The ADEX (Award for Design Excellence) is presented annually by Design Journal for the best in architectural
product designs, such as furniture, fixtures and appliances. Monty Montague (BED in Product Design 1980) was Principal in Charge. He led the project and directed all the design work. Mary Peskin (BED in Visual Design 1973) has joined the American Press Institute as an associate director, and will research, design and conduct seminars focusing on news-editorial issues, design and new-audience development in API’s core programming division. Prior to joining API, Peskin was design director of the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, where she designed and implemented more than 50 redesigns and new products. Two of her designs received “World’s Best Newspapers” honors in the Society for News Design’s international competition. Peskin has previously served on the College’s foundation board. Steven Raike’s (M.Arch. 1999) entry in the secca/Habitat for Humanity Home House Project Competition was selected as a winning entry from more than 440 international participants. A book chronicling the competition has been recently published with Raike’s entry selected for the cover of the book. More competition information is available at www.secca.org. Debra Rezeli, (BGD 2003) accepted a position with ElectriCities of N.C. as Supervisor of Creative Services. She leads a team of both internal designers and contract designers. Her position is located in the Political Action and Communications Division, although her team does projects for the entire organization as well as member cities. Her current team’s big project is branding the town of Farmville, N.C. ElectriCities is a not-for-profit government service organization representing cities, towns and universities that own electric distribution systems. Today, ElectriCities represents more than 90 members in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Theresa Joan Rosenberg, AIA, (B.Arch. 1970, M.Arch. 1971) is one of nine people appointed to the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) Occupational Analysis Task Force. The goal of the task force is to provide constructor input into the development of a national construction examination, which NASCLA is developing to encourage license reciprocity between states and eliminate examination redundancies. Among the highly respected task force members from throughout the U.S., Rosenberg is an industry veteran who will utilize her experience in construction and administrative law and building code consulting to ensure that a comprehensive list of tasks performed by building contractors and a list of knowledge and skill requirements needed to work safely and competently in multiple states will form the solid foundation needed for a national exam. Rosenburg completed her law degree from UNC Chapel Hill in 1999. She is a practicing attorney, focusing on construction law. As a licensing architect, she also does building code consulting and expert witness work related to architectural practice. The firm name is Theresa Joan Rosenberg Architect and Attorney. Carol A. Wilson, FAIA, (BEDA 1976, M.Arch. 1978) was elevated to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made contributions of national significance to the profession. Wilson of Carol A. Wilson, Architect, of Falmouth, Maine, was elected to receive fellowship because of her contributions to promote the aesthetic, scientific and practical efficiency of the profession of architecture through a distin-guished body of work. Sixty-six new fellows were honored in May 2005 at the AIA National Convention and Expo in Las Vegas.
In Memoriam Willard C. Byrd
Robert William Sawyer
Willard C. Byrd, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and member since 1980, died December 18 in Atlanta. He was 85. Born in 1919 in North Carolina, Byrd served aboard a minesweeper in World War II. He subsequently graduated with a landscape architecture degree from NC State in 1948. After founding the Atlanta-based firm Willard C. Byrd & Associates in 1956, Byrd went on to design and remodel more than 100 golf courses, primarily in the southeast United States. Among the courses credited to his firm were Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta, Ga.; The Country Club of North Carolina, Pinehurst, N.C.; Heather Glen Golf Links, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Wild Wing Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and Willow Creek Golf Club, High Point, N.C. Byrd is survived by his wife, Eunice; daughters Helen Byrd and Harriet Byrd Ledbetter; sonin-law, Bureon Ledbetter; and granddaughters Martha and Millie Ledbetter.
Bob Sawyer, an architect who designed many of southeastern North Carolina’s landmarks and a threeterm mayor of Wrightsville Beach, died March 13, 2005, at his home in Landfall. He was 82. Bob entered the School of Design on the GI Bill and graduated with honors in 1951 with an architecture degree. From 1953 to 1959, he worked with the L.N. Boney firm in Wilmington. Then he, Frank Ballard and Herb McKim joined together to found Ballard, McKim and Sawyer (now BMS Architects, LLC). Sawyer remained an active partner for 44 years, retiring at the end of 2004. Mr. Sawyer was principally responsible for the designs of the Wilmington Hilton Riverside, Seapath Towers, Station One, Shell Island Resort, the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort at Wrightsville Beach and the Ocean Ridge on Topsail Island. Other notable commercial projects included the 20-story Arcadians towers in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the principal buildings at Coquina Harbor in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Sawyer also designed a number of public structures, including the visitors’ center at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site, the original buildings for what is now Cape Fear Community College and much of the campus of Southeastern Community College, for which he drew up the master plan. He was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1979. Sawyer was on the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen from 1965 to 1973, and then served as mayor from 1975 to 1981. The road to Wrightsville Beach Park and the town hall is named Bob Sawyer Drive in his honor.
Kimi Nao Matsumoto Kimi Matsumoto, wife of former architecture professor George Matsumoto, passed away at home in Oakland, March 10, 2005, at age 82, after a year-long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, George Matsumoto, and her five children. Kimi graduated from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., and taught preschool in San Francisco. In 1951, she married George Matsumoto, a professor of architecture at NC State University in Raleigh. They returned to Oakland in 1961, when her husband accepted a position teaching architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. Kimi was an active volunteer with the Head Start Program and other education programs with the Oakland Public Schools.
Jacob Stanley (Stan) Fishel Stan Fishel passed away May 1. He was a 1950 architectural engineering graduate of NC State University. He served as the AIA Raleigh section president in 1967. From 1963 until his retirement in 1989, he was a partner in the architectural firm of Fishel and Taylor. Fishel was a charter member of Raleigh Moravian and designed its 1982 sanctuary. ALUMNI/FRIENDS NOTES
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