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IN S IT E S
LAEP ALUMNI ADVANCEMENT BOARD The LAEP Advancement Board meets twice each year, once during Fall semester and once during Spring semester. These meetings are typically held on USU campus in Logan, Utah, providing opportunities for Board Members to brush shoulders with students and, for many, get back to their Aggie roots. This year was a bit different. The Fall 2019 Board meeting was held in Salt Lake City at the joint facility of ASLA Utah and AIA (American Institute of Architects) Utah. This unique partnership has been in the works for quite some time and Utah is currently the only state with a shared facility between the two organizations. This partnership provides an opportunity for greater collaboration between the two fields. We see this as an exciting step in advancing our professions. Thank you to both organizations for hosting us in such a beautiful facility! The Spring 2020 Advancement Board meeting was scheduled to take place in conjunction with the annual LAEP Awards Banquet in April. As it became apparent that the worldwide health crisis was escalating, we made the decision to hold this meeting virtually. Ironically, much of the Fall meeting was centered on ways to “recession-proof� the LAEP Department and provide students with the skills they need to be successful in a competitive industry. This provided an excellent basis for the Spring meeting, which focused on how the industry is adapting to our current circumstances and how students and recent grads will fit into that picture. A big thank you to Jay Bollwinkel (BLA 1987) and Randy Jackson (BLA 1970), who have served as the Advancement Board Co-chairs for several years. We are grateful for their diligence in leading the Board and their support of LAEP!
IN MEMORIAM From time to time, we have to say goodbye to our alumni. We invite you to join us in honoring the lives and impact of these alumni who have recently passed. Emery M. Larson B.S. 1950
Charles A. Everson B.S. 1951
Glenn Lee Baron B.S. 1958
Delmar Price B.S. 1959
Thomas F. Slater B.S. 1962
Lynn T. Fergus B.S. 1962
Donald H. Ensign B.S. 1963
James Robert Slater BLA 1969
Paul Platis BLA 1973
Michael D. Preston BLA 1976
Larry Ernest Reber BLA 1984
David Lawson Trueblood BLA 1986
Mark E. Larson BLA 1987
Steven C. Heaton BLA 1991
Kara Knighton BLA 2013
