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CO L L E G E O F A R C H I T E C T U R E + D E S I G N ANNUAL REPORT 2020

L E T T E R F R O M T H E D E A NDear alumni and friends,

We were ready for 2020. For the past decade we continually risked change to evolve the creative culture of our college. We moved quickly and became increasingly nimble, because change is accelerating and not likely to slow down. Immediate collaboration with novel partners, swift expansion of external networks, and rapid adoption and integration of new technologies were necessary to improve our position in the present and our prospects for the future.

The college began the year with incredible momentum. Faculty members with a voracious appetite for innovative work were pursuing exciting lines of research. Extraordinary students with insatiable levels of curiosity were pushing each other to new levels of accomplishment. Studios were collaborating on compelling projects with future-focused industry partners. The creative enterprise was thriving. And then the pandemic emerged.

With amazing agility and resolve, our faculty and staff responded to the challenge of sustaining our momentum as we pivoted to online learning mid-semester. Likewise, with our support, our students reacted to the sudden change with confidence and courage, continuing to create exceptional work and earning the kind of external recognition for achievement that has become normal for the college, including three Fulbright Scholarships and impressive wins in prestigious national and international competitions.

Throughout the unprecedented challenges to our status quo, we did not change our college’s commitment to a welcoming and inclusive environment. We did not withdraw from future-focused design research with high-level professional partners. We did not stop connecting with distinctive assets in our region, and we did not abandon our responsibility for equipping students with skills that will enrich the quality of life in the communities they will be part of—a fundamental principle of a land-grant university.

Instead we seized a unique opportunity to build momentum, elevate our stature, and create a foundation for the future.

Sincerely,

Scott Poole, FAIA Dean

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We were ready. College faculty and leaders not only adopted new teaching modes and technology but also prepared the A+A and Fab Lab for our unprecedented school year, including distanced review spaces with powerful new visual technology.

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A T A G L A N C E

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OUR STUDENTS

Record number of students:

683609 in 2019

199Largest freshman class ever

179 in 2019Of this year’s freshmen,

70 %are from Tennessee

4.1 average GPA

of freshman class

19 %of freshman class

are minority students20% in 2019

72 % of freshman class

are women56% in 2019

11Students won national and

international awards

SUPPORT FOR TEACHING

AND LEARNING

Nearly

250 new technology

resourcesincluding a

Lightboard Studio, Elmo cameras,

LCD screens for all studios, Mural licenses,

iPads, webcams, speakers, and

headsets

85hours of

technology trainingoffered to faculty

INVESTMENT

$225,000 for teaching

during the pandemic

$175,000 in other

new equipment and technology

$35,000 in repairs

and renovations

TEACHING AND LEARNING

IN FALL 2020

100 %of first-year undergraduate and graduate studios are

face-to-face

88 % of studios and courses are

face-to-face or hybrid

All cohort levels have face-to-face or hybrid studio options

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships totaled more than

$325,000 $310,000 in 2019

167 students received

scholarships (calendar year 2020)

156 in 2019

25 graduate students received $63,000

in Chancellor’s Fellowships

TENNESSEE RIVERLINE

Received

$2.4Min new funding

in 2020

15 communities

in inaugural Tennessee RiverTowns cohort

representing

827,000 people in three states

ONLINE SUMMER

DESIGN CAMP

48 campers

from 18 states

Campers include

11 incoming freshmen

CAREER DAY

Record number of firms:

76 from 12 states

73 in 2019

FAB LAB

10 community users of Digital

Fabrication ServicesUsing CNC routers, water-jet

cutter, and 3D printers July 2019–October 2020

6new 3D printersin the Fab Lab for a total of

23 3D printers

in the Fab Lab and A+A

All 3D printers now have contactless cloud-based operation with live-feed

cameras

112 unique users in fall 2020

CNC routing

539 hours

3D printing

325 lbs. filament

Water-jet cutter

23 hoursAcademic year 2019–20

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RETIREMENT

We congratulate Diane Fox, distinguished lecturer and director of exhibits, on her

retirement.

WHY NO RANKINGS?

Due to the pandemic, DesignIntelligence

suspended rankings this year.

Conceptual work by May 2020 architecture graduate Kevin Saslawsky reflects an interest in computational design ignited during Marshall Prado’s studio. Following graduation, Saslawsky was accepted into the Computational Design and Construction program at the University of Stuttgart in Germany.


S T R E N G T H I N R E I N V E N T I O N

The process of reinvention—authentically examining, assessing, and making bold changes toward improvement—can impact the future of practicing and aspiring architects and design professionals.

In 2020, we began working to reinvent the college’s culture— to broaden our stand for equity, diversity, and inclusion and to help create change in our college and professions.

Among many other actions, we identified historical and present-day practices that contribute to inequities for people of color in architecture and design education, and

in June, we announced a significant measure to address minority underrepresentation in architecture and design: the Diversity Scholarship Endowment and Keystone Scholarship.

Black architects are consistently the most underrepresented group at every stage of their careers, according to reports from the National Council of

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“ Whether due to a lack of financial support, a missing sense of belonging, or other unseen barriers unique to Black and Brown students, I have witnessed the attrition of fellow aspiring minority architects throughout my academic and professional career. I am hopeful that other firms within the state and country will join us in eliminating barriers to our profession.”

— D I L L O N D U N N ( B A r c h ’ 1 9 )

Architectural Registration Boards. The new endowment and scholarship—established in collaboration with the National Organization of Minority Architects and HASTINGS Architecture, and initially supported by HASTINGS—are part of a holistic effort to change this inequity.

Further, we continue to increase exposure to the professions

through the ACE Mentor Program of Greater Knoxville, which we co-founded in 2019 to connect high school students with careers in architecture, construction, and engineering.

“We believe the Keystone Scholarship will help recruit aspiring and talented minority students to the college. And since the funding of the endowment will be sourced from architects across the state and country, we are communicating a deep message that the profession not only supports these students but that we also need to bring them into our practices,” said David Bailey (BArch ’93), principal of HASTINGS Architecture.

Dillon Dunn (BArch ’19), who was a 2019 Fulbright Scholar and is currently a LEED Green associate at HASTINGS, remembers the importance of scholarships and community. “Whether due to a lack of financial support, a missing

sense of belonging, or other unseen barriers unique to Black and Brown students, I have witnessed the attrition of fellow aspiring minority architects throughout my academic and professional career,” he said. “I am hopeful that other firms within the state and country will join us in eliminating barriers to our profession.”

The initiatives will help students from underrepresented groups build professional networks through internships while breaking down barriers of financial stresses and lack of exposure. Through this work, we hope to model for our students what it means to be a positive force for change.

Learn more about the Keystone Scholarship and read Bailey and Dunn’s full perspectives at archdesign.utk.edu/AR2020.

Left: Students use the $1 million of technology in the Fab Lab to learn, explore, and improve their skills. Top: Dillon Dunn, left, and David Bailey, right.


T E S T I N G O U R C R E A T I V E L I M I T S


A strong creative culture is most clearly reflected in the work and initiative of its people, and the scholarship and creativity of our students and faculty consistently impress. Their willingness to push beyond the limit is evident in a growing roster of national and international recognition.

Fulbright US Student Awards—among the country’s most prestigious academic honors—went to spring 2020 graduates Mike Lidwin, architecture, and Alayna Davis, graphic design, as well as Amanda Gann (BArch ’12, MArch ’14). They join five other students in the college who have received Fulbrights in the past three years.

Two students competed successfully for national and international scholarships. Danielle Lanier, interior architecture, placed second in the Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship, earning a cash award and internship. Johnathan Woods, graphic design, received an international Adobe Design Circle Scholarship, which includes a tuition award and mentorship opportunities.

A design submitted by fifth-year architecture students Aubrey Bader and Maggie Redding for Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge, an international design competition sponsored by the Van Alen Institute and New York City Council, was among six finalists in a field of more than 250 entries. The two collaborated on their design after a planned spring semester study abroad trip to the Bauhaus was canceled because of the pandemic.

Danielle Lanier integrated drone technology and community engagement in the transformation of an old storage facility into a modern fulfillment center for Amazon Prime Air. View a video about her design and award at youtube.com/utarchanddesign.

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A G I L I T Y T H R O U G H C O L L A B O R AT I O N

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R E T H I N K I N G T H E F U T U R E O F A M E R I C A ’ S C I T I E S

Cross-collaborative teams of architecture and interior architecture students, along with professionals from Gensler, reimagined four American cities.


Partnerships with industry leaders are vital to the future success of our students and our college. We have developed an impressive and engaged group of industry partners who serve the college through our advocacy boards. Students connect with firms through our professional practice courses, Career Day, and other opportunities. And when firms support studios, everyone wins.

A unique spring studio, the Gensler Research Studio, brought together students from the School of Architecture and the School of Interior Architecture in a collaborative effort to rethink the future of four American cities. Led by interior architecture’s Rana Abudayyeh, students regularly engaged in person and virtually with professionals from Gensler, and the final review became an opportunity for rich discussion and exchange.

This kind of mutual benefit—in which students and professionals learn from each other—enriches our creative culture, prepares students for the profession, and engages leaders of industry in new ways.

See some of the results in the enclosed pull-out poster, and learn more about our cross-collaborative studios and partnerships at archdesign.utk.edu/study.

In an early spring review, students present their designs to college leaders and Gensler’s Global Director of Design and Principal Jordan Goldstein, FAIA.


Working with Gensler and my studio proved collaboration and creativity have no bounds; ideas can transcend various mediums; and the ability to craft together-ness has never been more accessible. From the start of the semester, resiliency became the definitive theme for both our projects and our semester as school and the world began evolving around us.

Looking back, the transition to online studio was relatively seamless as our studio had already been using alternative forms of communication with Gensler from the start. Prior to transitioning to online studio, we were already partially navigating the virtual world through studio reviews and meeting with designers from various Gensler offices via video calling. We were designing future typologies and challenging programs as the reality of the spaces around us was changing. A redefinition of everyday space took place as our bedrooms became our studios and our living rooms became our classrooms. I watched our team of Gensler representatives, educators, and studio mates navigate the unknowns together, a collaboration I am forever grateful for. Through the uncertainty and change, the spirit of the studio never wavered, and the definition of resiliency could never have been made clearer.

C A L L I E E L O N E N Fourth-year student, School of Architecture

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Students learn digital skills using the powerful and accurate water-jet cutter in the Fab Lab.

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A range of incredible— and often groundbreaking—research comes out of the Fab Lab, our 20,000-square-foot maker space. With its advanced digital technology matched only by the ingenuity of our faculty and students, the Fab Lab has been the home to research breakthroughs in building systems, construction materials, architectural design, and ideas to improve the lives of millions in our region. But what if the building itself could contribute to that impressive body of research?

In 2020, we initiated the Fab Lab Research and Demonstration Incubator. Still in its infancy, the forward-looking idea places the almost 100-year-old building under close examination. Through the incubator, the Fab Lab will become a living experiment that contributes to research on energy capture and storage, indoor air quality, repurposed materials, innovations in building technologies, and other leading-edge topics.

This innovation would not be possible without our industry partners—those affiliated companies that invest in our future success. Working to make the Fab Lab Research and Demonstration Incubator a reality are these partners:

AGC GlassBill Hanks LumberClayton Homes Manufacturing Inc.Crossville Inc.Daikin AppliedGeneral Shale Brick Inc.Glen Raven Inc.Johnson & Galyon Inc.Local Motors/LM IndustriesShaw Industries Group Inc.Workspace Interiors Inc.

Students, faculty, and community members make use of the Fab Lab, a resource for research, making, and innovation. Top left: Students iterate with 3D printers in the rapid prototyping area. Bottom left: The nine-axis robot engages users in composites and computational design research. Top right: CNC routers help fabricate objects in fractions of degrees. Center right: The water-jet cutter moves a 55,000-psi stream of garnet-laced water to cut through any substrate. Bottom right: The powerful Haas vertical machining center provides subtractive milling of metals. Learn more about the Fab Lab at fablab.utk.edu.


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C E L E B R A T I N G I N N O V A T I O N

In celebration of innovation and recognition of faculty excellence, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects & Interior Designers established a new endowed professorship and named Maged Guerguis the inaugural McCarty Holsaple McCarty Endowed Professor. The professorship supports faculty recruitment and retention and a strong financial future while influencing the trajectory of the college.

Guerguis, who teaches design and structural technology, is an award-winning designer, researcher, and educator. His research investigates the intersections of architecture, engineering, and sciences to develop sustainable alternatives to conventional construction systems using digital fabrication, novel materials, and advanced computational design methods.

It was in this spirit that Guerguis designed a patent-pending face shield, called UT Shield, for medical professionals. The shields, produced through a partnership with the Tickle College of Engineering, are available for the UT Knoxville community and have been donated to hundreds of front-line health care workers.

Read more about the McCarty Holsaple McCarty Professorship and UT Shield at archdesign.utk.edu/AR2020.


UT Shield is an example of the college’s innovation and outreach to the community.

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C O N N E C T I O N W I T H P E O P L E A N D P L A C E S

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T E N N E S S E E R I V E R L I N E C O N N E C T S C O M M U N I T I E S

The Tennessee RiverLine connects communities and provides amenities to access and protect the Tennessee River, like at Suttree Landing Park in Knoxville. Photo: Bruce McCamish

As it flows past UT’s campus, the Tennessee River is much like the creative force that runs through our college: it pulses with energy, continually moving and engaging the communities it supports, bringing challenges, opportunities, and beauty.

The Tennessee River also serves as the inspiration for the growing regional vision of the Tennessee RiverLine, a continuous system of paddle-hike-bike trail experiences along the 652-mile river. Directed by Brad Collett, the project originated in the School of Landscape Architecture four years ago. This year, thanks to major financial support from UT Knoxville and Tennessee Valley Authority, the Tennessee

RiverLine is bringing opportunity to more river communities.

A new component of the initiative, the Tennessee RiverTowns Program, is helping communities understand and celebrate their use of the river, develop water trails, and optimize the Tennessee River experience. In the process, communities earn an official designation as a Tennessee RiverTown.

The inaugural Tennessee RiverTowns cohort of 15 communities represents more than 827,000 residents and exemplifies the university’s commitment to economic development and enhanced quality of life for the people of our region.

Read more about the program at archdesign.utk.edu/ tennessee-rivertowns-inaugural.


TENNESSEE RIVERTOWNS INAUGURAL COHORTA L A B A M A BridgeportDecaturGuntersvilleHuntsvilleThe Shoals

K E N T U C K YCalvert CityPaducah– McCracken

County

T E N N E S S E EBenton CountyCliftonHardin CountyKnoxvilleLoudon CountyRoane CountySouth PittsburgStewart County

Top left: Kayaking on a peaceful Watts Bar Lake is one of the many experiences the Tennessee RiverLine will make more accessible. Top right: Residents of Paducah, Kentucky, gather to envision the Tennessee RiverLine in their community. Center right: Student work, like this rendering by Seth Zanoni, is key to the project’s success.

“ The Tennessee River has shaped human experience in northwest Alabama for over 12,000 years. . . . In the 21st century, the Tennessee RiverLine will help shape the next phase of the relationship between people and the river, encouraging us to get out and appreciate the river, to hike its shores, to paddle its quiet spaces, and to sleep under the stars on its banks. This close relationship creates environmental advocates and caretakers for the river.”

— C A R O LY N M . C R A W F O R D Director, Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area

Read Crawford’s full perspective at archdesign.utk.edu/AR2020.


P R O T E C T I N G N A T U R A L R E S O U R C E S T H R O U G H D E S I G N

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Ecosystems are complex, and threats to a single element of an ecosystem—namely, North America’s wildflowers—can have wide-ranging effects. A unique duo of researchers is investigating what can be done to preserve wildflower species and explaining why we should care.

With a National Science Foundation award of $300,000, Cary Staples in our School of Design has teamed up with Susan Kalisz of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology to provide educational and outreach materials for Kalisz’s wildflower research. Making this important research accessible to the public is key to this project and an example of how we’re helping to fulfill the university’s land-grant mission of increasing access to education, research, and service for the public good.

Using design to reach the public, Staples is working with her School of Design colleague Timothy Arment to create an immersive world for a game using 3D assets from the University of Central Florida’s Harrington Lab. Students in Staples’s classes and scholars in her App.Farm—an innovative studio experience focused on developing learning tools through games and apps—will develop virtual reality experiences to help curious explorers interact with the forest.


Virtual reality depicts the forest’s understory in a game being created by Cary Staples, Timothy Arment, and their students to teach about threatened wildflowers.

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F O U N D AT I O N F O R A R E S I L I E N T F U T U R E

M I L E S T O N E S I N T H E

M I D S T O F A P A N D E M I C


Even in the midst of a pandemic, milestone moments occurred that strengthened our financial resiliency. For the first time in our 55-year history, we received a $1 million legacy estate gift.

Knoxville urban pioneer Buzz Goss (BArch ’87) invested in the college’s future to help other graduates follow their creativity. “UT Architecture taught me how to be an architect, but it also taught me something else, what I call ‘a way of thinking.’ . . . Not everybody has the aptitude to be an architect. There is a subset who have the aptitude to take an element of that training and do good in the world. I want to open the door for them and lead them in the direction their creativity takes them, and they’ve got that thing that the college gives you, that way of thinking.” Read more about Goss and his gift at archdesign.utk.edu/goss-1-million-legacy.

Goss’s milestone gift came as UT’s eight-year Join the Journey fundraising campaign was ending. The campaign raised more than $1.3 billion for UT Knoxville, and the college experienced record-breaking generosity. Thanks to the legacy gift from Goss, we exceeded our goal and raised more than $6 million for our future success.


F U N D R A I S I N G C A M PA I G N 2 0 1 2 – 2 0 2 0COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Raised more than

$6M

10estate gifts

totaling more than

$2.6M8

new or renewed industry partners

2 endowed

professorships

17new

scholarship funds

We are deeply grateful for every donation we received during Join the Journey,

including these substantial gifts:

$1,000,000 legacy gift

from Buzz Goss

$160,000 collaborative support

from Local Motors

$250,000 endowed professorship

and

$250,000 endowed scholarship from Robin Klehr Avia

$50,000 in scholarships

in memory of David Wooley

We also gratefully acknowledge General Shale, which over the past 25 years has committed more than

$500,000 in program support and scholarships.

Read more about the impact of giving at archdesign.utk.edu/give/priorities-impact.


D O N O R S H E L P E N S U R E O U R F U T U R E

David Searles and Amy Creighton Wilson and Amy SherrillAngela StackhouseBarbara TallentRuxin TaoWhitney Tidd and Cory Yurisic

ANNUAL GIFTSThis list represents total annual gifts of $100 or more for fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019— June 30, 2020).

$75,000 and aboveRobin Klehr Avia

$10,000 to $15,000Allison CollinsHASTINGS ArchitectureTrevor Smith LeeValerie WooleyHaim and Batia Zukerman

$5,000 to $9,999AnonymousDavid and Stephanie BaileySheila Dial BartonMatthew and Stephanie BoomhowerCope ArchitectureDavid EpsteinJohnson & Galyon William Thomas Morris Charlotte MusgravesMarc and Ruth Ann Rowland

$1,000 to $4,999Steven BillingsleyKeith BoswellMargaret ButlerDavid and Chigger BynumAngelo CarusiThomas K. and Marleen K. DavisEverett James Fisher Jr.Jeffrey and Marla GerberTom and Florence GravesJames and Natalie HaslamGordon HeinsBill and Leslie HeitzRobert and Kathy HouserWilliam and Carolyn HowellRussell and Leigh LouderbackRonald Mark LustigTerry W. Marcum and Karen Barger-MarcumScott PooleKenneth RossDr. Robert Russell Jr. Ted Shelton and Tricia StuthMatthew Sherrod StovallJohn Walker

$500 to $999Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee BondMark and Virginia CampbellJoseph and Brittany ColeBradford Paul CollettDonald DixonJeff HallArthur and Johnnie HargroveKelly and Dana HeaddenRobert HenryTraci HenryGary Bruce HilbertDennis KingJoy LauderdaleGerald and Michaela MartinKira McKeown-AdamoKathleen PalmerChris and Penny RamseyPamela Cannella TreacyDavid and Stacey WheelerBarak and Hollie Zukerman

$250 to $499Gipsy BergstromMike and Nancy BerryFrank and Pam BullockDavid and Mary CollinsMark CookDru and Anne CrawleyStephen and Jody FleshmanAlan and Vicki DooleyJeffery and Jennifer EarwoodDonald and Emily FinkellJesse FrasierGale Arlen FultonHunter and Kara GeeRoger HankinsJamie and Martee HewittBarry HoltLeland and Celia HumeEdward and Jane IslerTravis and Brenda LanningDavid and Rebecca MathenyDavid and Lorie MatthewsWilliam Everett Medling & Doris MarlinCurt and Holly PierceTom and Gail RobinsonChang and Kay SonAllen and Lisa TaylorW. Carl and Nancy P. TaylorRobert Torbett and Deborah ChalmersWeston Elliot Treadwell

Frank and Karen ValentineMike WesselNathan Williamson

$100 to $249Adan and Jennifer AkermanMolly and Eric AlspaughBrian and Katherine AmbroziakAngelike AngelopoulosStuart and Amanda BachSven and Isabel BaderGregory and Sharon BaumJulie Beckman and Keith KasemanPaul and Erin BlankinshipBenjamin BlevinsEric BowenMark and Jocelyn BroddMark and Katherine BuckBen and Martha BurnetteJohn and Lauren BushJennifer CampbellAndrew CarimiMarch Chadwick and Gayle NellyBen and Halie ChandlerDavid ChenGerald and Dorothy ClarkGary and Kim CobbleMichael and Paula CollinsDouglas and Jodi CoxJonnie McClung CoxJohn and Elizabeth DamronMelanie DimarinoBrian and Angela DugganGregory Errett and Carmen Denise CaruthHans and Marcia FaulhaberLois FehlingLann Kathleen FieldRichard FosterDavid FoxRichard and Margaret FrederickWilliam Bryant Gallagher Jr.Chuck and Staci Ann GannawayJames and Molly GordonKirk GrathwolChristopher GreenCoby V. Harper II and Hannah Helton HarperJohn HeckethornChristopher and Lauren HerbstrittLee and Martha Ingram

James JamesonJohn and Beverly JermanDavid and Barbara JoffeAlvin Johnson and Billie FreemanJeff and Evelyn JohnsonRoy Len and Edna JohnsonTim and Amanda JohnsonClayton and Deborah JonesGlenn and Cyndy KeyesGary and Carole KimmelAngela KingJoseph KutzJames LarkinsPaul and Samantha LawHugo LeyRichard LindsayWalter and Janet LineberryGary and Jane LogstonKurt and Pellie LoweMark and Pamela LysettBonnie Wilkinson Mark Jack and Laura MarshallBradley MartinMichael and Rebecca MartinRobyn McAdooDoug and Jane McCartyRobert McCoyFrank McDonaldMitchell Lynn McNabbClayton McPhailTimothy MeadorRay MeekJohn and Lindsay MillerDavid and Deborah MixonRachelle Neilands and David ZathSonya OdellWilliam and Joanna PaceGeorge and Gale ParkerMartha ParkerRandy and Elaine PimslerMarshall Anson PradoJerry and Mary PrestonJames and Carole PughPhillip and Narcissa RasselAlan and Barbara ReedRobert and Amy ReedyCharles and Amy RemkeSteven and Erin RodgersJames Richard Rose Jr.William and Sarah RowlandGregory RutledgeKeith Schutz and Mary Estock

Vance and Rebecca TravisEdward and Carol TuckerMonica VerasteguiFrank and Cindy WagsterErica WeeksKatherine WheelerRobert and Beth WickerMichael and Jacqueline WilbourneKathryn WithersDana WymanJason Young and Darcy Rathjen

LIFETIME GIVINGThis list represents lifetime gifts and pledges of $25,000 and above to the College of Architecture and Design through fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019— June 30, 2020).

$500,000 to $1,000,000Robin Klehr AviaEstate of A. L. and Hope AydelottEstate of Blanche McKinney BarberEstate of James R. CoxEstate of Joanne C. FitchGeneral ShaleTennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering ExaminersDr. James and Elizabeth WallHaim and Batia Zukerman

$250,000 to $499,999BarberMcMurry ArchitectsEstate of Anne P. ChurchEstate of Aubrey N. KnottLyndhurst FoundationMcCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects & Interior Designers Inc.Estate of Dorothy SandersTennessee Valley Authority

$100,000 to $249,000Baron CorporationBlaine Construction CorporationMatthew and Stephanie BoomhowerEastman Chemical CompanyGeorge and Cynthia EwartDavid and Janis FiteBill and Leslie HeitzIAVO Research and ScientificLocal Motors/LM IndustriesElizabeth and Bruce McCartyEstate of David G. PuckettEstate of Don H. Tinsley

$50,000 to $99,999AGC Glass North AmericaAIA ChattanoogaAIA Middle TennesseeConstructwareClyde and Wanda Craven Jr.Lee and Julie DavisDryden Architecture + DesignEarl Swensson Associates Inc.Electric Power Research InstituteGenslerHASTINGS ArchitectureHBG DesignTrevor Smith LeeCarl and Mary Louise MaplesNeal and Jeanne RichardsonManfred and Fern SteinfeldTMPartners PLLCValerie Wooley

$25,000 to $49,999AIA East TennesseeAnonymousAnonymousApple Tech Computer FundDavid and Stephanie BaileySheila Dial Barton Blount County Soil ConservationBullock, Smith & PartnersClayton HomesCommunity Tectonics ArchitectsConstruction Specifications Institute

Cooper Carry Charitable FoundationCope ArchitectureCrossville Inc.Daikin AppliedThomas E. and Jewell DavisThomas K. and Marleen K. DavisDerthick, Henley & Wilkerson ArchitectsDavid and Dr. Tracy DewhirstDavid EpsteinEverett James Fisher Jr.Gary and Kim HawkinsLaura K. HeadleyJeff and Rhonda HolmesHumphreys & Partners Architects LPJohnson & GaylonKawneer Inc.Kristina Lawson-PizarroSharon A. MaloneMark Freeman and Associates Inc.David and Sandra MartinKenneth M. MoffettJ. Patrick and Nancy NeuhoffPella Window and Door CompanyPilot CorporationScott PoolePowell CompaniesRoss Bryan Associates Inc.Marc and Ruth Ann RowlandS. Reginald and Patricia RuffDarrell RussellSchneider ElectricShaw Industries Group Inc.Smith Gee StudioSteelform.US LLCThe Steinfeld FoundationTennessee Architecture FoundationUpland Design Group Inc.Dede M. WoodringWorkspace Interiors

PLANNED GIFTSThis list represents planned estate gifts of $25,000 and above to the College of Architecture and Design through fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019—June 30, 2020).

$1,000,000 and aboveBuzz Goss

$500,000 to $1,000,000Anonymous Matthew and Stephanie Boomhower

$250,000 to $499,999David C. BealsJames and Christi Edwards

$100,000 to $249,999Ken AdkissonSheila Dial BartonDaryl JohnsonTerry W. Marcum and Karen Barger-MarcumJames and Regina MusgravesMarc and Ruth Ann Rowland

$50,000 to $99,999Robin M. EllerthorpeCynthia Ann TumlinBarry A. Yoakum and Kathy Howard Yoakum

$25,000 to $49,999Dr. Edward and Maze BolinRon and Joan JustusW. Carl and Nancy P. Taylor

Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of this report. To let us know of an error, or if you would like to donate, please contact Pamela Cannella Treacy at [email protected].

Alumni: please update your contact information at alumni.utk.edu.



C O U R A G E I N A Y E A R O F U N C E R TA I N T I E SThroughout 2020, as I was completing my nine-year tenure as associate dean for facilities and technology, I was in an amazing position to witness heroic dedication, creativity, and compassion as our faculty and staff worked to maintain our college’s educational mission in extraordinary circumstances.

The entirety of 2020 was not defined by the pandemic, but the student experience and the ability to think and work differently were—and continue to be—recast by COVID-19.

The physical space of our building, which is indelibly linked to our culture of creative thinking, was taken away in March as studies went online for the rest of spring semester. The implications of online education were substantial and the challenges very real for delivering high-quality design education in an untested virtual setting.

The students, faculty, staff, and administrative team became unified in our purpose. We invested in and learned new technologies and addressed the realities and inequities of learning remotely, all while coping with competing anxieties at home and at work. Faculty facilitated successful student experiences across their studios and courses. Students persevered while engaging in new ways of learning from distant locations.

While no one would suggest every outcome was ideal, I am honored to be working with dedicated and highly creative faculty, students, and staff, people who continue to demonstrate nimble thinking and compassion and find new ways to connect, educate, and serve in an extraordinarily challenging time.

David Matthews Professor, School of Interior Architecture

UT’s iconic Rock depicted a message of hope and strength painted by one of our students as the campus transitioned to all online classes in spring. The same sense of optimism and courage describes the college’s response to the challenges—and opportunities—presented in 2020.


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IN MEMORIAMWe remember Bill Lacy, FAIA, founding dean of our college from 1965 to 1969, whose vision set our creative trajectory. Dean Lacy died in August at the age of 87. Read more about his influence on the college and on design and the arts at archdesign.utk.edu/memorial-lacy.

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