{"57878":{"#nid":"57878","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Major Fund Establishes Douglas C. Allen Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn endowed lecture was established by alumni, faculty and friends in honor of Professor Douglas C. Allen in appreciation for his long-time dedication to the College of Architecture as a teacher, colleague and leader. The project\u0027s foremost objective was to thank Doug for his inspired teaching and thinking over his tenure and for his inspired work as Interim Dean. Participants also wanted to give the lecture series a shot of adrenaline which would benefit the College and community for generations to come. Finally, donors saw the Douglas C. Allen Lecture as an annual reunion around a great speaker in honor of a cherished figure at the College.  \u003C\/p\u003E \n\t\n \n\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EJim Winer (Arch 1982) and David Green (Arch 1987), both former students of Allen, spearheaded the secret project simply by circulating an email and urging their contacts to reach out to others. Mickey Steinberg (Arch 1954) made a major gift which really made the endowment possible. The fund, totaling over $100,000 was announced to Allen at an alumni gathering at The Globe restaurant June 9. The effort garnered contributions from 110 individuals, companies and families\u2014many of whom made their first gift to the College of Architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E \n\t\n\t\t\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You all have no idea what this means,\u0022 said Allen at the celebration. \u0022When money is tight, the first thing to suffer is our ability to engage lecturers.\u0022 A Georgia native and graduate of the University of Georgia and Harvard School of Design, Allen often asserts that guest lectures foster important intellectual exchange among professors, students and practitioners. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\nAllen served as interim dean for the year following the unexpected death of Dean Thomas D. Galloway, coordinating taskforce groups to honor Galloway\u0027s vision and to ensure progress while the College anticipated the selection of its fourth dean. \u0022Doug\u0027s work as Interim Dean and as a teacher and colleague are valuable to each of us and to the College,\u0022 said Winer. \u0022As people are still learning about the endowment, it\u0027s important to note that it\u0027s not too late to contribute to the fund. Others can continue momentum by contacting Susan Sanders at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:susan.sanders@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esusan.sanders@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0022 Many alumni have noted their plan to give to the fund annually.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\nAllen joined the Architecture Program as an Assistant Professor in 1977. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1982, Professor in 1989 and Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs in July 2002. He received his Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University in 1976. Recently, he was awarded the Governor\u0027s Award for Historic Preservation Stewardship by the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for his longtime stewardship of the College of Architecture buildings on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology.  He has generously agreed to continue as Associate Dean.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\nThe first lecture will take place in 2009.  Announcements are forthcoming.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Friends, colleagues honor dedication to College of Architecture"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFriends, colleagues honor dedication to College of Architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2008-07-14 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:43","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57879":{"id":"57879","type":"image","title":"Douglas Allen and Mickey Steinberg (Arch 1954)","body":null,"created":"1449176187","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:27","changed":"1475894508","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:48","alt":"Douglas Allen and Mickey Steinberg (Arch 1954)","file":{"fid":"190702","name":"txa40062.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txa40062_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txa40062_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":46601,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/txa40062_0.jpg?itok=RbqaxOhg"}}},"media_ids":["57879"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5911","name":"doug allen"},{"id":"5912","name":"douglas c. allen"},{"id":"824","name":"georgia tech college of architecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=tw117\u0022\u003EContact Teri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}