{"60995":{"#nid":"60995","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Symposium to Honor Noted Architectural Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Architecture at Georgia Tech will host a symposium, \u201cForeground + Background in Architectural History,\u201d on Oct. 23, 2010, 8:00 am to 2:30 pm, to celebrate the career of Elizabeth Meredith \u201cBetty\u201d Dowling, who recently retired after three decades of distinguished service as professor, architectural historian and campus leader. The symposium is free, and registration is online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/event\/foreground_background\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.coa.gatech.edu\/event\/foreground_background\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to George Johnston, Professor and Interim Chair of the School of Architecture, \u201cThe conference theme invites a range of perspectives on the historian\u2019s task, from deep contextual work to the surface logics animating architectural and urban form.\u201d Presenting moments in the history of architecture from multiple standpoints, the symposium will explore the role historians play in the shaping of the discipline and the definition of culture. It will feature a keynote lecture on Rome in the 17th century from \u003Cstrong\u003EDorothy Metzger Habel\u003C\/strong\u003E, author of a forthcoming book on that topic and professor and director of the School of Art at the University of Tennessee. Additional speakers include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarol Flores\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor emerita of the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University; \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Moody\u003C\/strong\u003E, project manager at Norman Davenport Askins Architects; \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPauline Morin\u003C\/strong\u003E, senior lecturer and director of exchange programs in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University; and \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulia M. Smyth-Pinney\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium takes place in the Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium at 245 Fourth St. NW in Atlanta. Attendees are invited to a remembrance luncheon in Dowling\u2019s honor immediately following the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA 1971 alumna of Georgia Tech\u2019s undergraduate program in architecture, Dowling has been a lifelong trailblazer for women students and academicians. She has been a careful scholar and dedicated teacher of architectural history and classical design since 1973 when she joined the faculty at Georgia Tech. With her retirement, she became the College of Architecture\u2019s first professor emerita.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe led many enduring initiatives, including co-founding of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians in 1982 and starting a study abroad program in 1993 that has exposed hundreds of students from all levels and majors at Georgia Tech to art and architecture in Italy, Greece and Turkey. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2009, Dowling led the campaign to document and celebrate the history of architecture at Georgia Tech, curating a multi-part exhibition and editing One-hundred Years of Architectural Education at Georgia Tech, 1908-2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer many honors include receiving an International Book Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and a Bronze Medal from AIA Georgia for her book American Classicist: the Architecture of Philip Trammell Shutze (1989, 2001). In 2006 she co-curated a traveling exhibit of new classical work based on her book New Classicsm (2004). In 2006, she was invited to serve as a juror for the Richard Driehaus Prize for Life Achievement in Classical Architecture and continues in this position today. In 2009, she was awarded the first ever College of Architecture NSF ADVANCE Woman of Excellence Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDowling received the Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois in 1972; and the PhD in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. She remained a registered architect until 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Elizabeth Meredith Dowling is College of Architecture\u2019s first Professor Emerita"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cForeground + Background in Architectural History\u201d celebrates the career of Elizabeth Meredith \n\u201cBetty\u201d Dowling, who recently retired after three decades of \ndistinguished service as professor, architectural historian and campus \nleader.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2010-09-15 16:19:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:23","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60996":{"id":"60996","type":"image","title":"Elizabeth Meredith \u0022Betty\u0022 Dowling","body":null,"created":"1449176308","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:28","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Elizabeth Meredith \u0022Betty\u0022 Dowling","file":{"fid":"191255","name":"dowling_elizabeth.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dowling_elizabeth.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dowling_elizabeth.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":161144,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dowling_elizabeth.jpg?itok=h5FBsMaD"}}},"media_ids":["60996"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1552","name":"architectural history"},{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"10656","name":"betty dowling"},{"id":"3351","name":"classical design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeri Nagel, Georgia Tech College of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}