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The Education(s) of an Architect Sylvia lavin One tends to th i nk 01 Southern Californ i a
as quinteHt'nl ially without locus, lacking unifo rm direction, and consisting i n dIs-
parate ha mlets w it h only the va g uest sense of co mmo n pu rp ose, The schools ot a rch itecture within the region are in the p r ocess bo t h of substantia t i n g and co n tradicti n g
t hi 5 commonplace . Without e xce pt ion, each s chool is planning or has already in ilia ted conside ra ble reco nfiguratio n: deve lo pment s range from tu n icula r revisions and t he sea rch for new deans to ma jor shifts in phy Sical
plants an d the establishm e n t of new prog ram s, de p a rtm e nt s a nd e ve n sc hoo ls
themselves . Whi le c hang e is th e r efo re a
commo n r ule, the particu lar changes th a i have b een propos ed imply distin ct views of a r chitect ure a nd of Its e nabl i n g Institu · ti o n s_ Th e fo llowi ng statements ha ve been solicited from participants i n th ese vari ou s i n it i atives an d t oge th er o ff e r an educa tional gl imp se of th e lay of t h is changing archi t ec tura l l a nd _
Art Center College of Design
pulling together Its ImpreSSive faulty and fa-
tlCe as we ll <IS education Strength and d istInc-
and focus on buddong use and funcltion (pro ·
been called C .. tlca l Urbanism or Critical Urban
done to consolidate and expand our role In
Should he or she be an establoshed admonls\ra-
difficult and faltly pragmatiC ,ssues are th e greatN
cili ties to set IBeif the task of defin ing for Itself
tion on deSign IS thus an Indl spt'nsa ble atlrobute
grammlng and policy). We have co,nS lstently
St udies and History. and what is usually
these debates, to make us leaders rather
tor. or a we ll kn own scholar? Someone already
Issues about the Intellectua l and creative li fe of
and Its commun i ty a new Department of EnVI-
for any le.J.dmg school of Mchltecture Because
emphaSi zed that these broad areas off teaching
descfl bed as History. Theory an d Criticis m
tha n followers.
on the co mm unity or outSi de o f 111 There are no
the school. Most univerSi ty faculties. If they are
ronmental DeSign . The vIsion It embraces lo ves
of the centra lrty of deSign In architec tural edu-
must co exist and complement one anoother. and
in Arch i tecture. I see this are a overla pping
3 . New approaches to critical studies are
easy answers to these questions. but SInce my
,11 all vigorous. havl' diverse vlewp oonts and
p;omanly In the mind of Its new 01<1lr. PatnCla
cation. the methods, approaches and theones
must aVOid Isolated deSign approa'ches that
significantly with our cours e offerings in
becom ing increasingl y important to making
own Institut iOn . USC . IS also looking for a new
philosoph ies. and often substantial disagrl'C-
Belton Oliver She sees a program wh ich suc-
dea ling With thiS subject have been paSSion -
claim exclUSiveness or rejec t Viable InlnOvat lonS
planning theory. comp ara t ive in ter nat iona l
practicaJ and political sense of the seemingly
dean. like others I have asked them .
ments about ped'lgogy. appOintments and tenure.
cessfully bndges the academiC and corpo rate
ately debated through the ages Al l of these
and alternat ives offered by other are-as
studies. and urban and regional po litical
ch ao tic cont emp orary world . This is especially
worlds by explOri ng and developing a holistic
debates - the rela t,on between deSign and theory.
iQ.i1i..al theor y as
pertinent to an Urban Planning Program
In part the answer depends upon the types of
structure for the inter-diSCiplinary components
deSign and research . deSign as a comprehenSive
The Program has been a leader rn atte mptong to
wh ich nurtures social movement approaches
tasks that the dean will be expected to perform .
respect. but Ideally a new dean should be able
o f the program. She believes Art Cen te r should
approach to architectural deCiSion-making as
move beyond the subject ive deflnitio.ns of cre-
to change. Our students not only have areas
These days most institutions want someone
to negotiate di ff erences and establish an envI-
who will be an effective fun dra iser. for pra g-
ronment where Informed de b.1\1' {an take place.
Art Center College of DeSign bounds into 1992 with optimism and enthusiasm eagerly welcoming new challenge, Undaunted by the confusion surrounding the expansive top ic of
its central unifying perspectiv e.
budget expend itures. and school admon lstra tion . USC is no d ifferent fr om others In thiS
be the laboratory where the Ind iVidual diSCiplines
opposed to design as a specialozed inqulfy onto
atiVity In arch itecture without abandoning it
Nearly all of us in the U rban Planning
of academic concentra t i on
of arch itecture, mtetlor deSign and product deSign
the essence of archi tecture - com prose part of
completely. A fundamental component o f our
Program, in one way or another. are engaged
organization of social action (communi t ies
matic reasons relating to the financial stability
A dean must be able to recognize and nounsh
are employed to examine. test and propose
the Intellectual concerns and progress of archi-
attempt to continue moving in this direction is
in critical stu d ies with respect to public
of resistance?) based on gender, ethnicity.
of mstitutions of higher education today - espe-
others. have the imagination and boldness to
class. sexual development. etc. .
cially important for private universities . But
build a strong program of Vis iting faculty to
there are perhaps more signifiunt items on the
supplement th e existing faculty. suppor t fac-
but also
new solutions to cur rent condit ions, The class-
tec ture schools. Rather than adopting attitudes
our location in Los Angeles. The i ncreasing
pol icy or in our approaches to teach ing the
room. the home . tne operating room. the
tha t are vague and consequently non-conlron-
diversity and multicultural nature of this con-
theoretical and conceptual underpi n nings
restau rant
demands the
ta tional. every leading school of archi tecture
text demands that the Program not on Iy address
of our subfields. I ndeed. this cri t ical stance
How Critical Studies in Arch jtect ure and
agenda of a new dean fo r USc. The Dean must
ulty who are cont ributl ng to the dlsCipli ne through
separate disciplines of Archi tecture (spatial .
needs to engage in such vigorous debates so as
the need for wider representation of different
is o ne of the most important features
Urban Planning should be developed IS
be able to stabil i ze or devt'lop three sets of
creative projects or scholarly work . stimulate
whatever ··it· ' IS
structural. formal), Intetlor Design (color. light.
to cla rify and consolidate the underlying frame-
ethnicities among faculty. students .and staff.
distinguishing us as a leading planning school .
difficult to answer, al t hough the urgent need
relations : that of the archilecture school to the
challenging teachers and curricula. and work to
texture) . and Product DeSign (the .. tools" for
work for a distinct philosophy o f deSign and
but also integ rate new ,:omposite v.alues and
Why t hen should cr itical stud ies be ra ised
for additional resources. courses , and faculty
rest of the un,versity, to the architectural com -
create courses and exchanges With other schools
the use of the envltonment) be In tegrated and
teaching.
diverse concerns into the curricula. Thie maze of
as an impor ta nt n ew direction and prior ity?
is clear no matter what path is followed .
munity outside of the univerSity. and among
Within the univerSIty. Contrary
challenges and opportunities in -1.05 Angeles
There ar€ several re as ons.
However. Crjtical Studies w ill build on our
faculty members w ithin the school i tself ,
Wisdom. however. a dean need neither bt' a accomplosh these Important oblec tlves
pOSSibly developed as a package. Professor Oliver envisions a slice through these worlds - a kmd
The central issue in this debate is how to achieve
have always served as a laboratory for our
of topographic slice - to discover the layers of
excellence in architectural deSign and design
explorations. We aim to implement our new
1. We do no t teach cr itical theory and
to new initiatives thaI combine t he interests
At USC the School of Archi tecture IS perceived
sediment that have produced them and the
education From i ts inception the Program at
research. ideas and design in Los Angeles through
methods per se. except perhaps as a sidelight
of the Urban Planning Program to those of
as Isolated by the res t of the UniverSity the
emergence of a kind of section model of what
UCLA has used a dual strategy to deal with t his
increased exposure of our work and active com-
to some of our history and planning theory
the Architecture and Urban DeSign Program
ger.era l education requiremen ts do not match
could become an inte g rated environment. She
issue: first. by improving the design process
munity involvement. We aim to recover
courses We tend i nstead to take in d ividual
and extend to other departments across the
those that the res t of the unoversity IS adopting.
campus .
established leadersh ip and add Significantly
:0 convent ional
g rea t archltecl nor a great Intellect to be able to
is very interested in discovering with her col-
itself through better methods and by integrat-
architecture from being a too l of commercial-
st ances on what and how to critique and
leagues what is possible by investing in the
ing the use of computers: and second . by enriching
ism. from its timid use of yes terday's tectlnologies,
teach our students by personal example
scapes or urban p lans do not produce the kind of schola rly research typ ically found in other
faculty members who design buildings. land-
UC, San Diego An Arch itecture Schoo l I n the Mak ing
separateness of the environmental design disci-
the design process through inclusion and em-
and to transform the discipline into an arena of
Rarely do we make e xpliCit our theory of
plines and forging the link between them . This
phasis on d istinct sub-disciplines that would
experimentation , challenge, and innovation by
critICism - or critic ally examine al ternative
is unconstellated air. but with ne w conviction
not only strengthen architectu re. but also result
linking creat ivity w ith scientific research . We
approaches to our personal favorites . Cri t ical
the Art Center faculty throw themselves to the
in a better product. Th is dual strategy is reflected
aim to provide a socia!!y responsible cultural
studies in urban planning should be par t of
O n th e Search for a New Dean
new dean must be able to help bind studen ts
ing the nature of architectural education Wi th
skies .
in the program's comprehensive studios and
direction in architecture and reunite its useful-
our core curriculum as one of GSAUP's mos t
Dianne Ghorardo. Assoc iate Professor
and faculty to the univerSity and to bnng stu-
Just nine months until the arrival o f th e first
theory co urses: nurturing 01 creativi ty ( basic
ness w ith art.
disti ro ctive specializations
dents from o ther departmen ts Into contact with
class of students. she and her four foundIng
UCLA, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning
design); development of design methods (com-
increasongl~'
Through some strange sequPnce o f events. an
architecture courses,
faculty are honing In on the final aspects of the
Modelling a New Department of En vi ronmental Desi gn
economy. I also see critical
2 What we do here In GSAUP has
USC School of Architecture
tively few
puter-aided design _formalized design processes,
New D irections and Pr iorities
become the focus of attention for cri t ical
astonishing number of schools are seeking new
shape grammars): development of design theo-
in t h e Urb an Plann i ng Pr og ram
t heorists and philosophers all over the world .
deans this year, Not surprosingly. one o f the first
Future Directio ns:
r ies (prinCiples of composition. color theory.
Ed SOia. Assistant Dean
Arch itecture an d Urban Design
computational theory); incorporation of struc-
Jurg Lang. Head of A/UD Program
tura l design and technology (building
I have decided to use the broad title of
the environment. Art Center is drawing on Its
disciplines. and archi tecture students take relaclasse~
outSide of Architecture. A
Under the leader ship of founding dean Adele Naude Santos. the UCSD School of Architecture is absorbed in its firs t re search project : re thonk -
curriculum This relation to the rest of the univerSity IS no
Archi t ecture, urbanism and spatialities are
questions asked by faculty members IS what
small matter in these days of shronklng budge ts
"We're starting o ff With the Idea of
often seen as the " privileged" languages
kind of person the new dean ought to be.
and belt-tightening and. In fact. USCs School
Inqulty. then developing our program around II
and most revealing " texts " of contemporary
Should the dean be a famous practitioner. ei-
of Architecture has sever~1 yeMs of defICi ts to
At some level Irs a sta' e of mond," says Santos
re~ear(h.
of
construc tion. structural analysis. sound. light
Critical Sludies in ArchItecture and Urban
debates In critical theory. And then these on
ther with a well-estab lished corporate practice
overcome on ordel to return to good standing
"Deslgn on thl' studiOS Wil l be ,lssoclated With
DeSign is the central focus of architectural prac-
and heat technologies, architectural detailing) ;
Plaoninj: to encompass what has recently
Los Angeles Itst'11. Sure l y more needs to be
or a small bu t very prominent and trendy one?
withon th e unoverSIty. However. beyond these
the questions we are addreSSing In the research
group, and the ideas generated will be put to
hundred applications were received for the small
often cause the heat-death of the institution .
profeSSionals. The Environmental Design De-
asked to engage In methods of analySIS (such as
ind iVidua ls whose enthUSiasm transcends mere
selling well )
some greate r use. We aren·t just creating theo·
number of posts .
"void sectronong" ) that challenge traditIOnal
commerC ialism. A poin ted example of these
six ty year history of excellence in design and is
Although thiS future is unlikely with the type of
Whatever happens in the next few years, the
partment at the Otis Art Institute proposes to
retical design exe rcises."
people around here
SCI·Arc is filled with
changes that are happening now and tha t are
crea te a course of study tha t
studen ts the
methods of composition based on the autonomy
qualities IS William Stout whose bookstore I'!
A VISit to Big and Tall books, In contrast. IS a
The schoo!"s rese arch agenda s include housing
anarchists
the most in terest ing and discon-
symbolized by the move reflec t a process of
tools they need to be crotically aware of their
of the object They are encouraged to see their
SarI FranCISco IS pervaded In every aspect by a
stimulatIng expeflence bot h SOCially and
certing thing I've found in this process was the
renewa l. The energy that has been here In the
environment. and then al ter it .
activities as in vestigations. installations and in-
passionate Interest In both books and architecture
Intellectually. even though ItS architecture section
terventions . ra ther than as the creation of
As much as any archi tecture school. Stout Books
IS re latively small. Some may f ind Its unabashedly
SCI-Arc
prototypes. environmentally appropriate design .
glve~
and energy alterna tives among many others.
SC t· Arc In Mot io n
resistance that was put up to the move by
last five years will simply take on a differen t
Santos and the faculty are examining the vari-
Michael Rotondi , Director
people w ithin the SCI-Arc community. In the
focus . We're just trading a building that leaks
The Departmen t of EnVironmen tal Design was
programmed spaces. They are continually forced
and its publications helped create t he
trendy spirit excessive while others may think
end even anarchists don· t like change . But rather
for a bui!ding everyone gets lost on .
estabfished five years ago. and Its director. Fred
to conlront the physical and socia l reality of
contemporary architectural culture of that city.
i t epitomizes the best of Los Angeles . Bu t for
Fisher. has been trYing to ex tend and dissolve
their work through matenals and methods o f
the notion of deSign as it is defined withon each
construct ion that are in terwoven with historical
Despite i ts current world-w ide sta tus as a mecca
book cultur e. its selections Me conSIstent ly
of the design disciplines into an in terdiscipli-
for architects. Los Angeles is at present poorly served by its art and architec ture bookstores.
rewarding . Irs also fun to hang out there.
nary course of study ever since His goal has
discussions. The Depart ment is. In other words. moving away from the idea of a curriculum
been to tra in "design generalists " who can
based around the production of buildings.
Hennessey and Ingalls remains the one-stop
We understand Rizzoli is opening a store
venue. yet the .. indifference to books and
Beverly Hills. This way. at least . Los Angeles w ill
1\ remains to be seen how effective this evolv-
architects makes shopping or browsing there
have a top-ol-the-line artbook superm arket A
however. have still tended to overwhelm such
Ing course of studies will be. The Department
less an intellectual adventure and more li ke a
f irst-rate bookstore wi t h ties to the loca l
ety of contexts in which these agendas can be explored and applied. "The world is ou r labora-
Afler Ilmosllwenty ynrs It lis orlg lnll site on
tory ..' says Santos . "An important part of our
Berkeley Street In SIOII Monlu . SCI -Aft wi ll be
to focus on what the changes are and learn to
curriculum involves a ·practicum .· Our students
moving this spring to new qUlrters on 5454 Beethoven
construct something new out of these ing red i-
will work with the research group on projects
Stree t. The former lutory an d offiCes of the Quotron
ents . We may end up with something else. bu t
located locally and throughout developing
data services will provide double the currently Ivall_
can retlon our original vitality.
coun tries. For example. designing and building
abl e squ a r~ footaseat the ume co st. with the ~ecu r ltr
a pro totype for affordable housing in Tijuana
of a Ions-term luse_ among other benefll s.
than judge the change as good or bad, we have
We are not moving somewhere designed or
Environmental Design Oepartment. Otis Art Institute Experimen ts Against Bui ldi ngs
engage the "real world" With the critical eye of
Aaron Betsky, Depar tment Coordinabr
an artist . Traditional notions of architecture.
that stands as an emblem of what has been
has all sorts of dimenSions: clima te, culture.
anyone with a general interest In contemporary
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materials and construction technology to name
The move IS symbolic. for the most part - what
accomplished at SCI - Arc in the last 20 years
What is a Department of Environll1'n ta l De-
attemp ts at cross-diSCiplinary th inking. More-
has the advantage of being part of an art school
trip to the supermarket. The store's notable
arch itectural community
Just a few"
does It mean to go from a building that leaks to
The new tilt-up concrete building is almost
sign? During the 19605. Environmenal Design
over. at least half o f the students in the sma ll
which encourages such ways of thinking. but
facade Inspires false hopes. InSide it is inundated
wh ich architects can learn - is stili sadly lacking.
Santos describes the UCSD School of Arch,tec·
a building tha t doesn't leak? In some ways It
non-denominational . bu t nevertheless i t offers
was a phrase meant to del use th. imperial
depar tment see themselves as future archi tec-
the disadvantage of not offering students "sal-
w ith commercial calendars and gift books and
means that SCI-Arc is growing up. because
dist inct poss,blhtles. On Berkeley Street. the
overtones of arch itecture, It Implied :he disso-
tural professionals.
abl e" skills that can be immediat ely and efficiently
shor t on publications 01 importance to anyone
lution of a formalist practice inlo te clnologiul
applied, The Department is moreover sma:1.
whose interests are not limite d to the commercial
ture as an exc iting expenment In arch itec tural
,"stitutlons change the same way people change
three differer,t parts of the school were discon-
educat ion . About the founding facu lty. she says'
ThiS mo~e IS the eqUivalent of gomg from ado-
nected ' graduate students didn't see
crr te ria and process-droven modes . f design .
This fall. the faculty has started to review the
and will need to grow substan tially to be able to
mainstream. Ask ing their staff for information
"Dana Cuff. William CurtiS, Craig Hodgetts and
lescence to young adu lt hood . a momen t when
undergradualeS who didn't see advanced stu-
The result was a loss of historrcal m6l10ry and
CUrriculum o f the Department in order to come
give itself the leeway to explore various alter-
only reinforces the supermarket analogy. When
Susan Ubbelohde are all individuals who are
you begin to gel a focus on what your ambi-
dents. who were In another buitd,"g Th is Situation
any method of creatong an autonOm)US arch i-
up With ways of breakmg down the building as
natIVt'S, The Environmental Design Department
was the last time you asked a supermarket clerk
exceptIOnal. not only In the sense that they are
tions are for the rest of your li fe It IS also like
IS not unloke a normal campus where '" te raction
tecture . ThiS might on and of Itself not have
Isolated oblect -orlented tendenCies of the course
at Otis IS a continull1g experiment With no
for cul inary advice?
accomplished within thelt area of expertise. but
mov'"g trom young adulthood to m iddle age
between schools and depa rt ments takes effort
been too bad. except that the alternabve turned
There IS a slill evolvong plan tha t will expose
results expected .
also on their willingness to explore, to be expero-
when you move from the promise of youth to
In the new bUilding. everyone Will be ,n one
out to be a collection of abstract pseudo-
students to all levels, sca les and methods of
experienced the depth of that Indifference in
the I,m,ts of ma turo ty Although thiS ,"volves a
place and SOCially It Will be a better place with
scientific actiVities that dissolved Into a
deSign In
reve als a lot about our aspirations for the new
mixture of regret and nostalgia . these limits can
a better miX The layout IS a fast track version of
purposefully uncritical acceptance d conton-
tween such classifications In lavor of a focus on
gency and accepted social structures. rven when
different deSign methodologies. Process rears
school. We are building th is program together. from the curroculum to the research group . "
be positive : you realoze you don't have to climb the Himalayas . or play baske tb all With the Lak-
te ll wh o dec,ded what and thongs will remain
ers or swim the English Channel
open-ended . But more permanence and lon-
The school IS in the process of admitting its lirst class in the Mastel of Archit'!cturt' programs fo r
how a city grows accretlonally. It Will be hill"d to
gevity wol l let us use the entore B5,000 squart' The new location IS a step up and seems more
feet as
a build ing site
V"'e Will be able to use the
posing itself as an aid In
empowerm~nt
it
way that dissolves the barroers be-
Learning from Bookstores
our eflorts to distribute the ARCH INFO pamphlet. Christian Hubert
making. or. on how human beings extend
The architectural cultur e of any metropolos both
on ly exception was H&.I - and thi ' despite the
The Idea of dissolving traditional notions of the
themselves and make real their actiVitIes
needs and IS reflected by the quality of its
unusually low cost due to the amount of free
arch;tectural profession is one that contonues to
socialized space
bookstores More than places to buy books,
labor that goes Into theIr production . The purpose
they are II1dlspensable educational resources
of the Forum IS to promote archItectural cul ture
Students are asked to explore ways In which
for the communities they serve. For many
,n Los Angeles. and the refusal of Hennessey
In
a
fa ll, 1992 . ThiS first year. two degrees are o f -
substan tial In many ways. ThiS brongs With II
place literally as a la boratory for mateflals and
Interest us at Otis . II IS. however. not only
fered : M .Arch I. a fi rst profeSSiona l degree for
certa in risks . On Ber kele y St reet. everyth,"g
methods of construction We Will be able to do
archi tect ure that must try to escape from i ts role
students With a bachelor of arts or a bachelo r of
felt Impermanent and things worked well ,n
light experoments by cutting '"to the roof. Stu-
as an Integral par t of the propagation of the
they can make themselves at home in the world
profeSSionals . bookstores take th e place of the
and Ingalls to support that effort is an egregious
school library: they are a si te of SOCIal interaction
failure (Incid ental ly. If YOU'r e looking to buy a
and intellectual exploration .
copy of ARCHINFO. go to Arcana or Big and
sCience : and M .Arch II for those students who
part because there was a high degree of uncer-
dents Will be able to see how deCISiOnS materialize
existing status quo . Interior DeSign . Landscape
by becomll1g aware of the socio-spatial quali-
have earned a bachelor of architecture. £nroll-
tainty. Ou r energy has been devoted to putt'"g
and test thin gs very d irectly So much can hap-
Design. Urban Plann ing. Set Design and Furni-
ties of their environment and of the act of
ment wil l be limited to a maximum of thirty
up reSistance to the tendency to make th'"gs
pen," the new bU lld'"g that couldn· t happen
ture or Industrial Design find themse lves also
mapping themselves into that world . They are
students . Also In progress is an international
more certa," Institutional structures are baSI-
before and these pOSSibili ties wil l broaden our
OWing their self-definition to the efficacy With
asked to see tools and oblects as mirrors that
Booksellers who acknowledge the ir cultur al ro le
Jaap R,etman or Perimeter
wh ich they produce effiCient. unCritical des'gn
conflate themselves and their world . They are
and i ts responSibilities are o ft en ded lcatt'd
Ballen ford Books
search for additional faculty at the school : five
cally deSigned to make thongs predictable bu t
concept ual expectd tlons
Newsletter Stiff Natalie Shlv~r~ Editor Sylv.a lavln Gu~~t Editor
All th e bookstores we contac ted expressed a cautious wi llingness to buy a few cop ies . The
ItS ugly head agaon. but here as a focus on
Pre~Id~nt
John Cha~e Vice Pr~sid e nt Jul;e Silliman Secr~tary f Tr~a~urer
The Forum Publications Committee r~cently
mental. The chOice of these four indiV iduals
Officers M,chele Saee
Tall ,n los Angeles. Wrillam Stout in San FranCISCO .
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New York , or to
Toronto We hear thl' y're
Contributing Editors Aaron Bel .. ky John Chas~ Randa ll Cloud Design Sean Adam .. Ch"Slln~ GOOdreau Board of Directors Sh" lley A. B ~ rger Aaron Benky Ben Ca ffey John Chase Mlng Fu"!: Ron Golan
a bookstore from
Chri~tlan Hub~ rt
John Ka h.. k, Dougla~ Macleod Michael P,lta .. M"h~le Sae~
Na\ahe Shlver~ Ju ll ~ S,lhman Roland Wi ley Bo"d of Advisors Tony Bill Juha Bloomf.eld Pamela Burlon Peter de Breltev. lle Fred FI~n"r Kurt FO'SI~r Frank Ge t"y Ely.. ~ G"nSleln Rob~rt Ha lfl; Thom ., " 'ne\ Cra 'g Hodg<"tt; Frank Israel Richard ~ eal lng Barton My ~ r; M,cnael Rotondi Abby She, Richard We,nSleln For Memb",sh,p Inlo 113 852
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