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to celebrate architecture
Regents confirm architecture dean
Auburn’s Regan scheduled to assume new post Nov. 1
BY PATRICK PEABODY
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-Rov. George W. Bush pro-
tlaimed the week ending Oct. 3
is Architecture Week.
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listory by cap-
uring the vibrant spirit that de-
ines Texas,” he said. ‘‘From the
:onstruction of our historic mis-
;ions and county courthouses to
he modern skylines of our great
:ities, architecture has helped
hape our environment and how
Ate live. Fine architecture en-
lances the health, safety and
iccessibility of building tenants
ind visitors and adds beauty to
he landscape.”
Julius M. Gribou, dean of the
rilege of Architecture^ said the
college opened the week with
an open house.
“Architecture Week was sort
of preceded a bit with us doing
an Open House for the College
of Architecture,” Gribou said.
“There are still things on the
wall which are going to stay for
the week; they are displays of
student work as well as faculty
and staff work.”
Wednesday, the Depart
ment of Architecture will be
gin a lecture series. The first
lecture will present a profes-
architecture
week
sor’s travels in Australia.
The lecture will take place
Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in C105 of
the Langford Architecture Cen
ter, with a reception following
the presentation.
Gribou said that several A&M
students are going to attend a de
sign competition this weekend.
“We are sending a team of stu
dents to the Texas Society of Archi
tects,” Gribou said. “They are to
participate in a design event, where
we won it last year. ”
Gribou said he hopes Archi
tecture Week will become an
annual event.
“I think and I hope that the
Texas Society of Architects is go
ing to continue to do this almost
annually,” Gribou said. “We
would like to see banners and
even more than we are making
out of it.”
Gribou said Architecture
Week helps promote architec
ture across the state.
“I think that architects poten
tially
don’t pro
mote
them
selves at
the level
that they
should,”
Gribou said. “We live in a
natural and built environ
ment, and I think that you
look at the campus, and you
look at the quality of the build
ings, and I think this (Architec
ture Week) might help us appre
ciate the built environment
around us.”
Bush stated in his memoran
dum the importance of publicly
recognizing architecture.
“I urge Texans to recognize
the importance of architects in
our lives, and the vital rolls they
play in preserving our past and
preparing for our future,” Gov.
Bush said.
BY PATRICK PEABODY
The Battalion
Last Friday, the Texas A&M
Board of Regents confirmed for
mer Auburn University Archi
tecture Dean Thomas Regan, as
the new head of Texas A&M’s
College of Architecture.
Regan replaces former dean
Walter Wendler, who resigned
to lead Texas A&M’s Vision
20/20 project.
Regan is scheduled to as
sume his duties Nov. 1.
Regan received his bache
lor of arts degree in architec
ture from Auburn in 1964 and
his graduate diploma from the
Architectural Association
Graduate School of Architec
ture in London, England. Re
gan also was previously the
dean of architecture at North
Carolina State University, and
the founding dean of the Uni
versity of Miami’s School of
Architecture.
Ronald Douglas, executive
vice president and provost, said
Regan enters the college with
high expectations.
“We are very pleased and
excited to welcome Professor
Regan to the Texas A&M fam
ily,” Douglas said. “And we
fully expect our College of Ar
chitecture to prosper under
his leadership.”
Regan said he is looking for
ward to the new challange.
“It feels wonderful,” Regan
said. “I’m very enthusiastic
about being at Texas A&M for
a lot of reasons. One thing is
that the university is big,
what that means is that there
are a lot of opportunities for
the kinds of things here that
"This college
has a great
tradition of
research in its
disciplines. All
colleges of
architecture
don't have that/'
— Thomas Regan
Dean, College of Architecture
Texas A&M University
you can’t have at smaller uni
versities, plus it means that
the College of Architecture is
large. That means that the im
pact we can have on the built
environment and on the disci
plines we have, we can make
more impact faster.”
Regan said he hopes to pur
sue the research programs that
are already instituted at A&M.
“This college has a great
tradition of research in its dis
ciplines,” Regan said. “All col
leges of architecture don’t
have that. Already our gradu
ates and former students in
our discipline increasingly
need to have access to re
search areas.”
Regan also said that former
students play an important role
in the college.
“We will increase the con
nection between the students
and the former students,” Re
gan said. “In our disciplines
you want to make a smooth
transition, and former stu
dents can help us understand
the situations that are going
on in the world of practice
and industry.”
Regan said that he is
looknig forward to working
with the students in the Col
lege of Architecture.
“I have known of the College
of Architecture for a long time
— particularly the faculty. I
have served on national boards
with many of them, and they
are known around the country,
so that makes me happy,” Re
gan said. “Also the statistics I
see, indicate the students are
also high quality, there’s a large
percentage that is in the top ten
percent of their graduating class
coming in.”
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