BIOGRAPHY
Curriculum Vita
RESEARCH:
Received the 2000 Charles
E. Petterson Prize for the Stephanie Plantation House Historic American
Building Survey (HABS) documentation with 2 students 4th Place.
Completed HABS documentation
grant on the Kent Plantation House in Alexandria, La. drawings
sent to the U.S. Library of Congress
Wrote grant proposal for HABS
documentation on the Robin Barn in Arnaudville, La. Awarded by
the La. Dept. of Historic Preservation this documentation is in
progress.
Wrote grant proposal for HABS
documentation on the Lejune House in New Roads, La. Pending.
Wrote grant proposal for the
Landscape Master Plan for University of Louisiana @ Lafayette Louisiana
Division of the Arts not funded.
Wrote grant proposal for the
"Alternative Energy Demonstration & Teaching Facility" with Griff
Blakewood to the La. Dept of Natural Resources Awarded $60,344
work in progress to renovate the Cade Energy Research House.
Presented paper "Sustainability
in a Subtropical Climate", Symposium on Improving Building Systems in
Hot & Humid Climates, Published, May 16, 2000.
Presented paper "A Rural Sanctuary",
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architeacture (ACSA) Southwest Regional
Conference, Published, September 29, 2000.
Wrote paper "Disegnare = to
draw
to design" with Brian Dougan for the Center for Design Communication
Conference, Published, January 2000.
Lecture/Slide Presentation,
"Louisiana Culture & Arcitecture" Industrial Design Society
of America Conference.
Wrote abstract for the American
Solar Energy Society's SOLAR 2001 conference, "Building with Mass in a
Hot-Humid Climate: Going Against the Tide" accepted - will be presented
in April in DC.
Requested by AIA Louisiana
to make a "Sustainable Architecture" presentation to La. Dept. of Environmental
Qualitys 23rd Annual Conference on Waste and the Environment
will present in 2001.
On-going research on French
colonical architecture in hot-humid climates.
ARCHITECTURAL PACTICE
Restoration of an 1840's Acadian
house (on the National Register of Historic Places) at Lake Martin near
Breaux Bridge was published in Southern Accents, December 2000, Cenac
Residence.
Restoration of an 1887 bousillage
priest house in Church Point for a city museum - Le Vieux Presbytere.
Restoration in progress.
Restoration of a two story
brick bank on the National Register of Historic Places for a historic
museum for Gueydan.
Renovation of a turn of the
century (1900) house in Parks, LA.
SERVICE
Board of Directors, Vervilionville
Foundation.
Advisory Board, Atchafalaya
Basin Restoration, La. Dept. of Natural Resources.
Advisory Board, Lake Martin
Restoration, La. Dept. of Natural Resources.
Advisory Board, Henderson Master
Plan & Lynch Gardens, La. Dept. of Nat. Res.
Lafayette Natural History Museum
& Planetarium, Member and the Louisiana Native Crafts Festival, Volunteer.
Palates & Paté judge
for fund raiser for the Acadiana Outreach Center
Breaux Bridge Bayou Parade,
Member.
Boy Scouts of America, Evangeline
Area Council
Asst. Scout Master, Troop 147
day hikes, canoe trips, overnight backpacking and trail blazing
at Mt. Bayou Camp. Four merit badge workshops(2-Architecture & 2-Drafting)
at Summer Camp
Breaux Bridge Chamber of Commerce,
Member
Breaux Bridge Historic District,
Member
Louisiana Landmarks Society,
Member
Louisiana Wildlife Federation,
Inc., Member
National Audubon Society, Member
The Nature Conservancy, Member
Smithsonian National Museum
of the American Indian, Charter Member
Vermilionville Living History
Museum Foundation Board of Directors
Louisiana Landmarks Society