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College of
DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION
& PLANNING
2006
Awards
Review
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Dean’s Message
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College Awards
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School of Architecture
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M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction
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Department of Interior Design
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Department of Landscape Architecture
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Department of Urban and Regional Planning
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Dear DCP Alumni and Friends,
When it comes to providing a high quality education for our students, DCP does not do it alone. As
alumni and friends of the College, you are a critical component of our community, helping develop DCP
students into fully functioning and well-prepared individuals who will reach across the nation and the globe
to impact the lives of many.
The passion we devote to our teaching and research endeavors changes lives and communities, and
it is made possible by your support. Looking through the pages of this awards booklet, you will see the
names and faces of the students whose lives were in some way affected by your vested interest in their
academic development.
However, the awards and scholarships our College confers are more than just recognition of academic
achievement. Many of these scholarships and funded competitions encourage community service, active
professional engagement, personal development and the pursuit of unique academic endeavors.
As you look through this booklet, you may find additional opportunities for further enhancing the College’s programs through giving. As a leader in
design, construction and planning education, DCP has the opportunity to remain at the forefront of education in our disciplines through your continued
support, which helps attract the best faculty and students.
Establishing endowments creates a legacy and allows you to have a lasting influence on the College’s character, while providing the College with
the resources it needs to stay at the cutting edge. I promise that the reward to you will be as great as it is to the students and faculty your gifts support.
Again, on behalf of the College, I thank you for giving your time and money to provide these invaluable scholarships and awards.
Sincerely,
Anthony J. Dasta
Interim Dean and Professor
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University of Florida 2005-06
Teacher/Scholar of the Year
Dr. Kibert is a professor
in the Rinker School of
Building Construction
and director of the Powell
Center for Construction
and the Environment. He
received the Presidential
Medallion honoring him as the 2006 recipient
of the university’s oldest faculty award, the
Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award. The
award is given to a faculty member who has
demonstrated distinguished achievement
in both teaching and scholarly activity
manifested by scholarly research, creative
writing and original works. Dr. Kibert is the
first faculty member from our college to
receive this award since its creation in 1960.
This award recognizes Dr. Kibert’s
distinguished career and identifies him as a
model teacher and scholar at the University
of Florida.
Alumni Graduate Program
Alumni Graduates represent the highest graduate
student award available at the University.
Funded at nationally competitive levels, these
highly prestigious awards support students in
all programs and departments of the University
awarding a Ph.D. or MFA. To ensure that Alumni
Graduates receive every opportunity to succeed,
the AGP will provide a full four years of support
through a nationally competitive stipend and
tuition waiver for qualifying students. Most
Alumni Graduates will receive both research and
teaching assignments. The University expects
Alumni Graduates to demonstrate high standards
of academic achievement and participation in
university life.
Awarded to: John Beaty (architecture) and
Cynthia Hinson (interior design)
Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Land
Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Land established this annual
scholarship to support a student from RandolphMacon Woman’s College to attend the PI:N
summer program in historic preservation on
Nantucket Island.
$4,815 is awarded to: Katherine Balcerek
UF International Center
Course Development Award
Architecture associate professor Nancy Clark
was the recipient of a UF International Center and
Transnational and Global Studies Center grant
awarded for her proposal to add international
components to an existing course or to create new
courses with substantial international content. An
award of $3,000 was granted in March 2006 to
Clark to develop an International Materials and
Methods of Construction course to be taught in the
2006-2007 academic year.
Dorinda K. Wenck Memorial
Scholarship
Funded by The Villagers, Inc., the oldest
historical preservation organization in the
Miami-Dade area, this scholarship is available
to students pursuing advanced undergraduate
or graduate studies in historic preservation or
acceptance to the 2006 summer program of the
Preservation Institute: Nantucket.
$3,000 is awarded to: Charlene Eiffert
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T he W itters C ompetition
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given to the people who would use the space, said team member Neal Schafers.
His team also designed the property to include a café, single-unit apartments, day
care facilities, public gathering space, an amphitheater and connection to the nearby
Hawthorne Trail. Members of the winning team are: Jennifer Mackey (ARC), Antonia
Mariassy (ARC), Iris Patten (URP), Ken Ray (LAE), Andrea
Ryan (IND) and Neal Schafers (LAE). Together, they share
this year’s award of $3,500. The competition was organized
by urban and regional planning professor Joseli Macedo and
building construction graduate student Donna Isaacs. Pictured
below is the winning team of students and two members of the
panel of judges including Tucker Ryals (far right), grandson of
Art and Beverley Witters.
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Sponsored by Col. Arthur and Beverley Witters of Orlando, this competition
fosters cooperation between designers, builders and planners through a
problem-solving exercise involving multi-disciplinary student teams from the
college. East Gainesville, for the second year in a row, was the venue for the
2006 Witters Competition on April 7. Five teams of
students gathered at the Cotton Club, a historically
black music hall and movie theater, with the charge
of developing rehabilitation and development plans
for the site which has been closed for more than 10
years. The winning team’s design addressed the
needs of the community with primary consideration
Alumni of
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PETER M. HEPNER, AIA, is the School of Architecture’s
2006 distinguished alumnus. He is principal with the
firm Holmes Hepner & Associates Architects located
in Tampa, Fla. In 1986 Peter was the recipient of the
Florida Central Chapter AIA Eduardo Garcia Award,
which recognizes young practitioners for design excellence. Ten years later he was presented with the 1996
Young Architects Design Award from the University of Florida Department of
Architecture in recognition of significant design contributions made early in his
career.
WILLIAM P. COAN is the Department of Landscape
Architecture’s 2006 distinguished alumnus. He graduated
from UF’s College of Architecture with a BLA degree in
1978. His first decade of practice was with Walt Disney
Imagineering where he was the project landscape architect
for EPCOT Center, Fantasy Land, Walt Disney World and
Euro Disneyland, Paris. He is currently president and design
principal of ITEC entertainment Corp. ITEC Entertainment Corp. specializes in the
master planning, creative design, development and delivery of projects for themed
entertainment, recreation, leisure and cultural attraction industries.
ROBERT P. ANGLE is the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of
Building Construction’s 2006 distinguished alumnus.
The purpose of this award is to honor graduates who
have distinguished themselves since graduation in the
construction field and have continually shown support of
the school. Bob and his business partner Jerry Schmid
started their contracting firm in 1977 and have enjoyed
tremendous success. Angle & Schmid, Inc., have completed more than 250
projects for such notable clients as the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Stetson University and the St. Petersburg Diocese. Angle
presently serves on the BCN Advisory Council Executive Committee and as
the president of the UF Tampa Bay BCN Gator Club as well as being an active
member with Gator Boosters.
EARL OWEN MCCULLER, JR. is the Department of Urban
and Regional Planning’s 2006 distinguished alumnus. He
is one of the earliest graduates of the URP program - he
graduated in 1976. Currently he is a partner with the law
firm of Smith Hulsey and Busey in Jacksonville. He has
been practicing for 21 years in his area of
specialization - land use and environmental law. His land
use practice includes representing clients in obtaining (or opposing) development
approvals including land use amendments, rezonings, variances, zoning exceptions and concurrency approvals. Mr. McCuller is also involved in environmental
permitting and enforcement. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he worked for Florida
Power and Light as a planner in power plant and transmission line siting.
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Beinecke-Reeves Distinguished
Achievement Award
Marshall M. Criser, Jr. was honored with the
Beinecke-Reeves Distinguished Achievement
Award because of his heroic actions to save
four of the most historic buildings on the
University of Florida campus from demolition
while he was president. This key event resulted
in the National Register Historic District status
for the university and the creation of the
University Historic Preservation Committee to
protect campus as it is today.
The Beinecke-Reeves Distinguished
Achievement Award honors the professional
who most embodies the “Spirit of Historic
Preservation” in Florida. This significant
award is given each year to an individual
or group having a connection to the state
and demonstrated dedication to historic
preservation.
The award is named in honor of the late Walter
Beinecke, Jr. and Professor Emeritus F. Blair
Reeves.
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MARSHALLM.CRISER (left)
ROYEUGENEGRAHAM, FAIA
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College Student Academic
and Service Awards
2006 College of Design, Construction & Planning
Undergraduate Academic Achievement Award
Recipient: Holly Trick
Finalists: Daniel Majors
Brandon Thomas Moore
2006 College of Design, Construction & Planning
Student Leadership and Service Award
Recipient: Reece Skelton
Finalists: Coral Brandt
Holly Trick
HOLLY TRICK made the
Dean’s List every semester
during her time at DCP and
has been on the President’s
Honor Roll and the National
Dean’s List. Holly volunteered in several student
organizations including architecture fraternity Alpha
Rho Chi.
REECE SKELTON dedicated himself to extracurricular activities while at DCP
including fundraising for the
American Red Cross and
volunteering at Shands Hospital. He served as president
of the Architecture College Council and organized
the Architecture Career Fourm.
Faculty Research and
Service Awards
2006 University of Florida Research
Foundation Professorship
Recipient: Margaret H. Carr,
Professor of Landscape Architecture
2006 Dean’s Faculty Service Award
Recipient: Sara Katherine Williams, Associate
Professor of Landscape Architecture
2005-06 College of Design, Construction &
Planning Teacher / Adviser of the Year Award
Recipient: Debra D. Harris, Assistant Professor
of Interior Design
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Alpha Rho Chi Medal
This medal is awarded to a graduating
professional degree student who has achieved
not only scholastic distinction, but also has
shown high ideals and professional aspirations,
as well as public service and leadership within
the school, college and university
Awarded to: Kelly McCarter
John Stovall
Memorial Scholarships
This endowed fund was created by the estate
of John Stovall, a former NASA employee who
graduated in 1952 with a bachelor’s degree in
architecture.
$30,200 is shared among: Mary Banken, Tim
Hoeft, Stacey Johnson, Levent Kara, Sheila
Moenart, Lesley Plate, BJ Raposa, Krystyna
Sznurkowski, Stephen Szutenbach, Maegan
Walton, Derek Winning
Florida AIA Medal
This award for outstanding achievement is given
to a graduate student in his or her next-to-last
year of study.
Awarded to: Jamee Kominsky
Andrew E. Ferendino
Endowment Fund
This fund was created by the estate of Andrew
Ferendino and the firm Spillis Candela & Partners
in memory of Andrew Ferendino, a 1993 UF
architecture graduate. Ferendino spent the
later part of his successful architecture career
as a partner with Spillis Candela & Partners,
one of the oldest and largest total design,
engineering and construction management firms
in the southeastern United States. It awards
scholarships to incoming graduate students.
$17,900 is shared among: Matthew Demers,
Juan Daniel Garcia, Christopher Getz, Stuart
Gilchrist, Derek Moy, Vincent Tran
AIA Henry Adams Medal
This medal is awarded to the most outstanding
graduating professional degree student by
the national office of the American Institute of
Architects for general excellence in architecture
throughout the recipient’s academic career.
Awarded to: Sonia Mak
AIA Silver Certificate
Second-ranked graduating student in accredited
professional degree program.
Awarded to: Shane Clark
Florida AIA Bronze Medal
This is a medal awarded to a graduating
professional degree student of outstanding
academic distinction.
Awarded to: Maegan Walton
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Arthur Blenn Anderson
Scholarship Endowment
This endowed fund was created by the estate of
Arthur Blenn Anderson and supports scholarships
for advanced training in architecture.
$11,200 is shared among: Kendle Anz, Claudia
Avilez, Ashley Cino, Shane Clark, Ekta Desai,
Tahir Edwards, Javier Fornaris, Griselle
Fullana, Ashley Grubbs, Andrew HazenHamilton, Colleen Herr, Igor Kobyzev, Nichole
Lopez, Sonia Mak, Ian Miller, Danalee Petka,
Goura Rivera, Pristera Ross, James Sarratori,
Sarah Scott, Roma Shah, Thomas Sharp, Abel
Varughese, Sarah Vasconi, Maegan Walton,
An Zimmerman
Vasant P. & Carol Carswell
Bhide Scholarship
This scholarship is given to a student from
Washington or Holmes County in Florida.
$1,500 is shared between: Jennifer Daniels and
Nghi Vu
Fearney Endowed
Scholarship
This endowed fund was created by Ted and
Barbara Fearney to support the School of
Architecture faculty and/or a visiting professor.
$3,300 is awarded to: Rocke Hill
Architecture Scholarships
Gainesville AIA Chapter Scholarship
Sponsored by the Gainesville Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, this scholarship is awarded to
an outstanding incoming graduate student. This year’s
recipient is Stuart Theil.
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$ 6,500 is shared among: Jennifer Daniels,
Derek Moy, Rachel Stoudt
Central Florida Builders
Exchange
This fund created by gifts from members of the
Central Florida Builders Exchange recognizes
excellence in academic achievement.
$2,000 is awarded to: Jason Cytaki
RLF, Inc. Scholarship
Rogers, Lovelock and Fritz, Inc. of Winter Park
is an innovative architecture, engineering and
interior design firm, the oldest continuously
practicing of its type in Florida. This annual
architecture award is part of the Central Florida
Builders Exchange Scholarship.
$1,500 is awarded to: Cyler Hendrick
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Frank J. Sindelar
Scholarship Fund
This endowed scholarship for graduate study is
based on financial need and academic merit.
$7,000 is awarded to: Shane Clark
Harvard Jolley Architects
Scholarship
Founded in 1938, Harvard Jolly Architects is one
of Florida’s oldest and largest architecture firms.
Harvard Jolly has six offices throughout Florida
specializing in health care, educational, library,
museum and government facilities. The principals
and most of the architectural staff are University
of Florida graduates. The endowed scholarship
they provided will be awarded to an incoming
graduate student.
$2,500 is awarded to: Tahir Edwards
McMillan H. Johnson
Memorial Fund
This award is based on academic merit and
awarded to a graduate student concentrating on
architectural technology.
$1,500 is awarded to: Kelly Ard
Ivan H. Smith Professorship
in Architecture
Sponsored by the estate of Ivan H. Smith, this
gift is used to endow a professor in the School of
Architecture.
Awarded to: Bernard Voichysonk
Louis C. Halloway
Scholarship
This endowed fund was created by the estate
of Louis C. Holloway in his honor. Holloway, a
1950 UF architecture alumnus, spent his career
designing homes in the north Florida area. The
scholarship is awarded to graduate students who
exhibit a record of excellence.
$6,000 is shared among: Juan Garcia, BJ
Raposa, Frankie Sepcic
Steve M. Johnson Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Steve M. Johnson was a 1970 graduate in
architecture who passed away in 1990. In his
honor, Steve’s friends, colleagues and former
classmates established this scholarship fund.
Awarded to: Jason Cytaki
Martin Gundersen Sr. Award
Architecture professor Martin Gundersen, Jr.
established this fund in honor of his father. It
recognizes the top student entering the fourth
year.
$500 is awarded to: Holly Trick
Sanford Goin Scholarship
This endowed scholarship honors Sanford Goin,
a prominent Gainesville architect who designed
buildings throughout the city beginning in the late
1930s. The funds were developed jointly by his
son, Sanford Goin, Jr. and the Gainesville branch
of the AIA.
$1,500 is awarded to: James Eckler
James F. McLean, Jr.
Memorial Fund
This endowed scholarship was established
by the family and friends of Jim McLean. This
scholarship is awarded to support the Design
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$500 is awarded to: Renee Webley
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Architecture Distinguished
Service Award
This award goes to an
outstanding individual
(non-alumnus) chosen by
the architecture faculty for
outstanding contributions
to the school and the
profession.
Awarded to: Wayne Drummond
Young Architect Award
This award was initiated
in 1995 and is given each
year to alumni of the
School of Architecture who
have graduated within the
previous 20 years and have
made significant design
contributions in the architecture profession early
in their careers.
Awarded to: Dori Raskin
Architecture Design Awards
Architecture Academic
Achievement Awards
These awards for graduating students
acknowledge outstanding achievement and
consistent performance in the architecture design
studio sequence.
These awards honor academic excellence and
achievement in the undergraduate program to
graduating undergraduate design students with
outstanding work in all areas of study.
Graduate:
Awarded to: Matt Demers, Leroy Ali-Osman,
Andrea Kavouklis
Graduate:
Awarded to: Carla Harvey and Bonnie Johnson
First-Year Graduate:
Awarded to: Jennifer Daniels, Linda Daniels,
Stella Hofer, Stacey Johnson, Jamee Kominsky
Fourth-Year Undergraduate:
Awarded to: Daniel Cashen, Stanislava
Iordanova, Amir Mikhaeil, Maja Paklar, Holly
Trick, Amber Wangle, Ramune Zakatova
Third-Year Undergraduate:
Awarded to: Cortez Crosby, David Ettinger,
Lena Fan, Lina Gamo, Mishayla Greist, Zoran
Lozanovski, Jennifer Mackey, Marina Prater
Otis A Skinner Scholarship
This scholarship for graduate study is based on
financial need and academic merit.
$1,500 is awarded to: Juan Garcia
Fourth-Year Undergraduate:
Awarded to: Stanislava Iordanova, Arash
Kamagar, Christopher McLaren, Holly Trick,
Ryan Wicks
Guy C. Fulton Award
This award was established by Shirley A.
Fulton in memory of her husband Guy C.
Fulton, an architect for the Board of Control
from 1945-56. Fulton was responsible for
designing and supervising the construction
of buildings at UF believing in unity and
cohesiveness throughout them.
Awarded to: Rebecca Eldridge and Scott
Holmes
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H.H. Block Scholarship
Created by friends of H.H. Block, the first head
of the School of Building Construction, this
fund is awarded to an upper division student in
building construction who has demonstrated a
high standard of personal integrity and ethics,
participates in non-academic school-oriented
activities and shows concern for the education
and development of his/her fellow students.
Nominations are received from the student body
or faculty, and the recipient is selected by the
school awards committee.
$1,000 is awarded to: Julie Lipsitz
Retail Contractors
Association Scholarship
Retail Contractors Association is a national
professional organization committed to providing
a solid foundation of ethics, quality and
professionalism within the retail construction
industry. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time
undergraduate student in building construction
who has demonstrated academic achievement.
$1,500 is awarded to: Brittany Lee
Frank W. Reed Central Fla.
Builders Exchange Scholarships
Sponsored by the Central Florida Builders Exchange, a
member-owned association providing information and
communication sources to the commercial construction
industry, this scholarship is awarded to upper division
and graduate students of the building construction
program who have demonstrated academic
achievement. Each of the following companies funded
awards:
Jack Jennings & Son
$1,200 is awarded to: Chandrael Hodoval
Walker & Company
Builders Association of North
Central Florida Scholarship
Frye General Contracting
Scholarship
This group, a trade association committed to
promoting policies that make housing a national
priority, has created a scholarship for building
construction students who have expressed
interest in home building and have financial need.
$2,000 is awarded to: Herbert Quarles, III
This award was funded by Frye General
Contracting, a commercial, industrial and
design build construction services firm, owned
by building construction graduate Kelly Frye of
Bradenton. The scholarship is awarded to an
undergraduate or graduate student in building
construction with a 2.9 GPA or higher.
$1,000 is awarded to: Jonathon Bedford and
Joseph Haddad
$1,200 is awarded to: Nicole Singleton
R.C. Stevens Construction
$600 is awarded to: Hope Klinger
Tri-City Electric
$600 is awarded to: James Marini
Hubbard Construction
$720 is awarded to: Raymond Godfrey
Foote Steel
$600 is awarded to: Shayla Harris
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Clark Construction Group
Scholarship
This endowed fund was created by gifts from the
Clark Construction Group, Inc., a national general
contracting firm founded in 1906 with a regional
office in Tampa. Scholarships provided are
awarded to senior or graduate students entering
the construction management field. $1,500
is awarded to: Marty Baker, Brett Kapuler,
William Parrish
David E. Pitts Scholarship
This scholarship honors the late David E. Pitts,
a 1983 graduate of the School of Building
Construction and a certified general contractor.
First priority is to a junior, then senior, with the
highest academic credentials from Brevard
County.
$1,000 is awarded to: Mike Chae
James A. Cummings, Inc.
Scholarship
H. Duff Williamson Award
for Excellence in Estimating
Building construction alumnus James A.
Cummings (‘67) created this fund. He is the
founder and CEO of James A. Cummings, Inc.,
a prominent general contracting firm located in
South Florida.
$2,000 is awarded to: Javier Castano, L.
Samantha Chiles, Jonathan Hill, Michael
Quinones
Awarded each semester to the top student in the
Advanced Estimating course in the school.
$200 is awarded to: Wyelon Hilton and Carolyn
Smith
Rinker Materials
Scholarship
In 1926 Marshall E. “Doc” Rinker, Sr. started his
company in West Palm Beach with one truck and
a pressboard shack for an office. Today Rinker
Materials Corporation operates in 31 states in
over 381 locations. They are a leader in the U.S.
construction and building materials industry,
being the largest producer of concrete block.
The company and family have been long-time
benefactors, and we are proud to be named the
M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction.
The Rinker Materials Corporation award is given
to undergraduate and graduate students in the
Rinker School.
$1,000 is awarded to: Lucy Acquaye, Jesse
Bochichio, Rodney Bryant, Anastasia
Diavolitsis, John Dryden, Mark DansoAmoako, Jessica Ligator, Frances Locke,
James Sullivan, M. Tench Tilghman
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James H. Shimberg
Endowments
Created by James H. Shimberg, a generous
friend of the University of Florida and the father
of four UF alumni, the Shimberg Endowment
supports fellowships, professorships and
assistantships to encourage outstanding
research and teaching in affordable housing and
community development.
During the 2005-06 academic year, the Shimberg
Endowment provided support for the Center’s
community outreach activities, development
of the Florida Housing Data Center and the
development of a residential option for students
in construction management curriculum.
This year the endowment supports Dr. Robert
C. Stroh, director of the Shimberg Center for
Affordable Housing in the Rinker School of
Building Construction.
Arthur A. Coia & R.P. (Bud)
Vinall Scholarship
This scholarship is sponsored by LIUNA in honor
of employees Arthur A. Coia, president through
2000, and R.P. “Bud” Vinall, a 57-year veteran
of the organization. Scholarships are awarded
to students who are studying or will study in the
college.
$2,000 is awarded to: Yaser Al-Ajlani, Hazar
Dib, Hassan Mozahab, Ivan Mutis
Ronald Tadrowski
Scholarship
This endowed memorial scholarship is funded by
friends of Ron Tadrowski, a building construction
student who died in 1990. The award is given to
a student who has financial need and is from the
Treasure Coast area of Florida.
$2,000 is awarded to: John Finch
Professor Anthony Section
Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Morris Trimmer, a former building construction
professor at UF, established this fund in honor
of professor Anthony Section, also a former UF
professor. The scholarship is awarded to a junior
or senior who has financial need.
$1,500 is awarded to: Jennifer Escobar
National Association of
Home Builders Scholarship
This group, a trade association committed to
promoting policies that make housing a national
priority, has created a scholarship for building
construction students who have expressed
interest in home building and have financial need.
$2,000 is awarded to: Brandon Moore
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he recently created Rinker Scholar Endowment will for the
first time be awarded to Capt. Patrick C. Suermann for the
upcoming academic year. Patrick received his bachelor’s degree
from the U.S. Air Force Academy and his master of science
degree in construction management from Texas A&M. He
teaches construction courses at the U.S. Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, Col. Patrick will start his doctoral program at
the Rinker School starting the Fall 2006 semester.
Established in 2006 by a generous gift from the Marshall E.
Rinker, Sr. Foundation, Inc., this $1 million endowment supports
fellowship awards to Associated Schools of Construction faculty
members pursuing a Ph.D. in construction management at
UF. Establishing this endowment is, in part, a response to
the growing need for Ph.D. level faculty members actively
conducting research at top-level schools like the Rinker School
of Building Construction. UF is uniquely positioned to support this
type of opportunity for doctoral fellowships in the construction
management field because it is one of only four in the nation with
a doctoral program focused on the management field. Continued
support for the Rinker School through generous gifts like this
keeps opportunities available to the most qualified recipients with
the greatest potential to maintain the Rinker School’s position
among the nation’s premier building construction management
institutions. This gift is eligible for matching funds from the State
Capt. Patrick Suermann, of Florida Major Gift Trust Fund.
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BOB MOSS, president of Moss & Associates,
receives a BCN Construction Hall of Fame
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construction industry. While CEO of Centex
Construction Group from 2000-2003, the firm
grew to be the nation’s top rated domestic
general contractor with projects spanning
45 states with 1,500 employees. He came to this position after
serving as CEO of Centex Rooney where in his 14 year tenure he
increased annual revenue from $100 to $700 million. In the two
years since its founding, Moss & Associates has grown from two
employees, Bob and Scott Moss (BCN 1996), to 200 employees
with 21 active projects.
Bob is an emeritus member of the Rinker School Advisory
Council Executive Committee, and member of several professional
organizations such as: Board of Directors, Governor’s Florida
Council of 100; World President Organization, Chief Executive
Organization, and Heart of Florida United Way. Today, Bob’s
favorite new role is playing “Papa” to his grandchildren Sarah,
Wyatt and Ann Claire.
CHIP REID (BCN 1976) is CEO of Current
Builders, one of Florida’s premier construction
companies. Chip, a diligent leader and
savvy businessman, has more than 25 years
experience in the management of large-scale
survey and engineering construction projects.
Recognizing client needs and market trends
has navigated the success of Current Builders.
Chip’s success in the industry is balanced by his involvement
with the community. He is actively involved with the Toys for Tots
Christmas program, and he is a member of the National Associated
General Contractors Workforce Development Committee, which
creates partnerships with high schools. This provides construction
industry opportunity exposure and training to those students not
pursuing college.
Chip is a member of the Rinker School Advisory Council
Executive Committee, a member of Presidential Council for the
University of Florida, President of Associated General ContractorsSouth Florida Region 2000-2002, and an Associate of the
American Institute of Constructors.
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Outstanding Doctoral
Service Award
This award recognizes the sustained service
contributions of Yun Zhu to the Department
of Interior Design, particularly related to
the successful 2005 reaccreditation of the
undergraduate program.
Awarded to: Yun Zhu
Outstanding Doctoral
Teaching Award
This award recognizes the noteworthy pedagogic
contributions of Marlo Ransdall through her
advances in applications of instructional
technology and delivery in the interior design
curriculum.
Awarded to: Marlo Ransdell
McFarlene Traveling
Scholarship
This scholarship for travel is based on financial
need, GPA and academic merit.
Awarded to: Antoinette Jonas, Candace
Mederos, Kayla Rodd
Barbara and John Cirino
Scholarship Award
This endowed fund was created by Barbara
and John Cirino, residents of South Florida and
parents of a UF alum. The award is for entry level
and continuing students for tuition, room and
board.
$1,000 is shared among: Cathy Le, Meredith
Rozema, Jennifer Haney, David Newman,
Andrea Ryan
Reynold, Smith & Hill
Traveling Scholarship
This scholarship for travel is based on financial
need, GPA and academic merit.
Awarded to: Julianna Michell, Dana Jacobs,
Charlotte Gangi
Network of Executive Women in
Hospitality Scholarship Award
This award goes to students interested in careers
affiliated with the hospitality industry in interior
design. The students must demonstrate a
financial need, and have a minimum GPA of 3.0
or better.
$2,000 is awarded to: Meredith Rozema and
Andrea Ryna
Robert F. Smith Scholarship
The Robert F. Smith Scholarship award is given
to a fourth-year student who has exhibited
outstanding accomplishment along with
qualities of leadership, community service and
professional attitude.
$1,000 is shared among: Jill Brunson, Leslie
Clark, Jennifer Webb
Smith Traveling
Scholarship
This scholarship for travel is based on financial
need, GPA and academic merit.
Awarded to: Lauren Harper, Kelli Pearson,
Lindsay Rizzo
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Herrick H. Smith /
Howard Sebold Award
David W. Johnston, a 1967 graduate of the UF
program and principal of David W. Johnston
and Associates, a landscape architecture firm
in Sarasota, Fla., established this scholarship
to honor Herrick H. Smith and Howard Sebold,
two men who played an instrumental role in his
development as a landscape architect. Herrick
H. Smith taught in the Department of Landscape
Architecture from 1966 until he retired in 1995
as professor emeritus. This award recognizes
an undergraduate student who demonstrates
professional potential with a minimum 3.0 GPA
or better.
$670 is awarded to: Leah Mader and
Christie Marino
The second part of this award is the Howard
Sebold award. Howard Sebold was the first chair
of the department. This award recognizes a
graduate student’s leadership, scholarship and
potential professional distinction.
$670 is awarded to: Mary Brown and Ken Ray
ASLA National Honor and
Merit Student Awards
These national honor and merit awards
recognize excellence in undergraduate and
graduate education as determined by long-term
departmental standards. Recipients represent the
University of Florida in this national program.
Awarded to: Ivy Clinton, Brenda Curtis, Dan
Majors, Chris Sutton, Gary Lewis, Leah Mader
Steven C. Crebbin
Memorial Award
This award was created by friends in memory
of 1991 landscape architecture graduate
Steven C. Crebbin, who passed away in 1999.
This scholarship is awarded to a student with
professional potential who graduated from high
school in Monroe or South Dade County.
$900 is awarded to: Sheldon Dean, Nick
Lehman, Dan Majors, Nelson Perez
Marshall and Paula
Criser Award
This award was made possible by Marshall and
Paula Criser. It recognizes overall excellence and
quality of research.
$500 is awarded to: Ivy Clinton and Carrie
Gibson
Foster Conant Award
Made possible by the Central Florida Builders
Exchange / Frank Reed Endowment Fund.
Eligibility: excellence in detail design and a GPA
or 2.5 or better.
$200 is awarded to: Layel Pallesen and Steven
Summerford
ASLA Jacksonville Section
Annual Award
Students from northeast Florida or vicinity in
professional studies are eligible for this award.
$500 is awarded to: Katherine Clark, Kevin
Jund, Jeremy Marquis, Meredith Ross, Laurie
Sheldon, Chris Sutton
John Anderson Award
This award recognizes students, graduate or
undergraduate, who wish to participate in the
Paris studies abroad progam and have identified
financial need. Participation in the program is
necessary to receive the award.
$3,500 is awarded to match the Joshua Lepp
Scholarship
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Professional Awards
Third-Year Student Award
This award is based on the character and dedication of a
third-year student with love for and a commitment to the
profession.
$200 is awarded to: John Galbavy
Fourth-Year Student Award
This award is based on the character and dedication of a
fourth-year student with love for and a commitment to the
profession.
$200 is awarded to: Gary Lewis
Fifth-Year Student Award
This award is based on the character and dedication of a
fifth-year student with love for and a commitment to the
profession.
$200 is awarded to: Whitney Spoonhour
Gilkey Pin-Up Award
This award recognizes the best second-year student pin-up.
$200 is awarded to: TBA
Gilkey Planting Design Award
This award recognizes the best third-year student planting
design project.
$200 is awarded to: Jeremy Marquis
Faculty / EDSA
Scholarship Award
This award recognizes a graduating fifth-year
student for service and contributions beyond
academic and technical abilities, including
activities on behalf of societal well-being,
professional enhancement and inter-professional
understanding.
$1,000 is shared between: Paul Cantania and
Derick Taylor
Jon and Elizabeth
Seymour Award
This award recognizes students, graduate or
undergraduate, who wish to participate in the
Paris studies abroad program and have identified
financial need. Participation in the program is
necessary to receive the award.
$1,500 is awarded to match the Joshua Lepp
Scholarship (see right)
ASLA Florida Chapter
Graduate Award
Students with professional potential and technical
achievement are eligible for this award.
$500 is awarded to: Charles Bondo, Brenda
Curtis, Christie Marino, Amy Morie, Mike Volk
Thomas Cottingham
Berry Award
This is awarded to a student who shows
professional potential and technical achievement.
Preferably this student will have a background in
the green industry.
$750 is awarded to: Gary Lewis
Joshua Lepp Scholarship
This award is in memory of Joshua Lepp. Joshua
will be remembered for the wonderful person he
was. In giving this gift to further the recipients’
studies, we choose life over death, having
Joshua’s memory live on in good deeds done in
his name. It is our hope that the recipients will
gain enrichment and fulfillment in both career
and life from the experience this gifts supports.
Eligibility is limited to students participating in
the Paris Studies Abroad program. This award
is financially matched by the John Anderson
Award with $3,500 and the Jon and Elizabeth
Seymour Award with $1,500.
$10,000 is shared among: Caroline Baek, Mary
Brown, John Galbavy
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Paul Verlander Award
Paul Verlander, landscape architect of Orlando,
Fla., offers a wide variety of professional
planning services in private land development,
community planning and redevelopment,
landscape architecture, urban design and
recreation. This award recognizes a deserving
first-year graduate student.
$1,000 is awarded to: Lisa Hodges
Lucina Selva Award
This award is for a student in good standing
who will represent the Student Chapter of
the FCASLA at the State or National ASLA
conference.
$150 is awarded to: Leah Mader
Sigma Lambda Chi Award
This award recognizes scholastic
achievement in landscape architecture.
Awarded to: Charles Bondo, Katherine
Clark, Sheldon Dean, Gary Lewis, Leah
Mader, Daniel Majors, Amy Morie, Layel
Pallesen, Ken Ray, Meredith Ross, Joslyn
Schmidt, Laurie Sheldon
The Rain Bird Corporation
Scholarship Award
Rain Bird Corporation, an internationally
leading irrigation manufacturer, sponsors
this award which recognizes students for
accomplishments in water conservation
through irrigation design.
$1,000 is shared among: Mary Brown,
Kevin Jund, Jeremy Marquis
PICTURED on this page is a
class demonstration of new Rain
Bird irrigation products designed to
maximize water conservation donated
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Margaret E. Raynal
Memorial Award
This award is given in honor of Margaret E.
Raynal, who was the state trainer for the Florida
Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education Program
until her death in a bicycle crash in December
1996. This award is presented to students who
specialize in environmental or transportation
(particularly alternative forms of transportation)
planning or health education.
$1,000 is awarded to: Matthew Bentancourt
Peter Kanavos, Sr.
Memorial Award
This award is in honor of Mr. Kanavos who was
the president of the Flag Development Company
and is funded by the family and friends of Mr.
Kanavos. Generally this award is presented
to a student who is interested in real estate
development; however, the donors to this fund do
not limit the award to students with an interest in
real estate.
$1,000 is awarded to: Kimberly Brown
AICP Outstanding
Student Award
American Institute of Certified Planners presents
this award to one student in each accredited
planning program. This award recognizes
a student who has performed well in class,
demonstrates leadership, and shows promise of
early achievement in the planning profession.
$500 is awarded to: DeAndrae Spradley
Judith Mucci
Scholarship Award
The Orlando Metro Section of the Florida Chapter
of the American Planning Association sponsors
this award. Preference is given to a student
from the Central Florida area, who is focusing
their master research topic on this area. Upon
graduation, this research shall be presented at a
meeting of the Orlando Metro Section.
$1,500 is awarded to: DeAndrae Spradley
Carl Feiss Urban & Environmental
Design Award
URP alumni and friends established this award in
honor of Carl Feiss, who was among the founding
faculty of URP. He was trained as an architect and
was instrumental in founding the planning profession
nationally through his work on affordable housing, historic
preservation and other regional planning priorities from
the Roosevelt (FDR) to the Kennedy administrations. This
award is given to a URP student whose specialization
is in Urban and Environmental Design and who has
demonstrated significant promise relative to future
professional or academic success, based upon
studio work, papers, or presentations in urban and
environmental design.
$1,000 is awarded to: Andy Mikulski
WRS Infrastructure and
Environment, Inc. Award in
Memory of Mario Ripol
This award is presented in memory of Mario Ripol, who
was a research associate in GeoPlan when he was killed
in an automobile crash in December 2000. This award is
presented to an outstanding student who specializes in
planning information and analysis systems.
$1,000 is awarded to: Iris Patten
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Sun Coast Section Award
The candidates for this award should be graduate
students from one of the counties within the Sun
Coast Section, located in the Tampa Bay area
(Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Manatee
County, Sarasota County, Pasco County, Citrus
County, and Hernando County). The student
chosen for this award has demonstrated high
academic achievement. The student should not
be selected exclusively on the basis of need, but
this can be a consideration.
$1,500 is awarded to: Iris Patten
Ulla B. Rydberg Award
This award is given in honor of Ms. Rydberg who
was a researcher in the Department of Urban
and Regional Planning at the time of her death
in 1991. It honors her commitment to social
planning.
$250 is awarded to: Lisa Dewey
Thank you for giving!
With each award listing in our annual review, there is a sure significance that venerates our donors and
recipients. These awards represent confidence in the education our college provides and optimism that our
students will benefit these awards into creating societal rewards.
It is a true honor to work with families, friends and colleagues who establish memorial scholarship awards. Each
one is a lasting remembrance that provides financial opportunities, often to students to support the future.
We thank our donors for the philanthropic spirit that creates a proud legacy in the College of Design,
Construction and Planning.
To find out how you can contribute to our college’s growth through scholarships and awards, or to get more
information on the awards listed in this booklet, please contact me at phone number (352) 392-4836 or
by e-mail: [email protected]fl.edu.
Marcia O’Donovan Bourdon
Director of Development and Alumni Relations
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