COLLEGE OF FELLOWS

The College of Fellows fulfills a variety of salient functions within APT. Overall, the college advises the Board of Directors on issues regarding the advancement of philosophy and practice of preservation technology. Members of the college serve on committees or in other capacities, as needed.

The College of Fellows honors those APT members who have provided valuable services to the preservation field and to APT. Each year at the APT annual conference the College of Fellows inducts up to six new members. The College of Fellows Jury, which consists of three members of the College of Fellows, one member of the APT Board of Directors, and one APT member-at-large, reviews the nominations and elects those for invitation to fellowship.

Call for Nominations for the College of Fellows for 2009.

The following APT members were inducted into the College of Fellows in 2008:

LONNIE JAMES HOVEY, AIA
Lonnie Hovey received his professional education at Ohio State University, and practiced for three years in Connecticut.  For nearly seven years he served as Preservation Coordinator for the AIA’s Octagon Building in Washington, DC, leaving to join Vitetta in Philadelphia, where his restoration and rehabilitation work included the transformation of the historic Marine Barracks in the Philadelphia Navy Yard into the firm’s headquarters. In 2001 he was named Director of Preservation in the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America, assuming responsibility for eighteen buildings, including the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. He returned to Vitetta in 2006 as Studio Manager of the Historic Preservation Program.

Throughout his career he has produced reports, prepared papers, and directed educational programs to share his values and projects with the professions and the general public. These include the monthly Octagon Restoration Journal, and National Park Service publications on Temporary Protection and the Preservation of Composition Ornament.  He has made numerous presentations to heritage organizations, to the National Trust and to APT.

He served on the APT Board of Directors from 1995 to 2002, playing a leadership role in advancing the place of Chapters in the association, and working behind the scenes to create an effective archive.

In recognition of his extraordinary organizational and professional skills in preservation, and his dedicated service to the Association, Lonnie James Hovey is hereby inducted into the APT College of Fellows.

RICHARD I. ORTEGA, PE, AIA
Richard Ortega had degrees in Engineering and Art History and was a graduate student in Urban Planning at Cornell when he decided to attend the 1974 APT meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia and met Harley McKee, Martin Weaver, Hugh Miller and Jack Waite. He studied at ICCROM (Rome) in 1977, after a period with the National Park Service in Nebraska. 

His experience includes practice in architecture and engineering, the development of equipment for measuring structural movement, and a Charles E. Peterson Senior Research Fellowship with John R. Bowie, AIA on the development of 19th century Burr Truss Covered Bridges. He is currently Senior Associate and Director of Preservation Technology for RMJM Hillier in Philadelphia. He has been recognized for his support of the National Park Service Training Center through collaborative work with Hillier.

Richard Ortega has been an APT member for over 30 years, serving on the Board of the Delaware Valley Chapter, leading symposia on Historic Timber Engineering, and the History of Iron and Steel, and using his skills as an astute manager and businessman. He served on the APT Board from 2002-2006, focusing on issues of preservation engineering education and the first APT Technical Committee.
 
In recognition of his dedicated and effective service to the Association, and his significant contributions to the conservation of our built heritage through his leadership as an architect and engineer, Richard I. Ortega is hereby inducted into the APT College of Fellows.

SVEN E. THOMASEN, Architect and Structural Engineer
Sven Thomasen received his education in Engineering in his native Denmark, and began his professional career in Sweden.  He is licensed as an architect, civil engineer and structural engineer. His practice spans six decades, and has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Iron and Steel Institute. 

His projects range from bridges on the New Jersey Turnpike to airfield runways in Goose Bay, Labrador and from the Mauna Kea Hotel in Hawaii to the cable-suspended roof of the Oakland Coliseum. He is recognized as a leader in the seismic retrofitting of historic buildings; the analysis and repair of terra cotta cladding, including the Woolworth Building in New York City; and pioneering work on the deterioration and repair of concrete bridges and concrete structures, developing techniques that have now become standard.

He has taught at California State University in San Luis Obispo, and his letters of support speak especially of his mentoring of young professionals, some of whom are now members of the APT College of Fellows.  As a founding member of the Western Chapter of APT, he organized courses, training programs and tours, and has authored a total of 68 presentations, eleven of which have been at APT conferences.

In recognition of his lifetime of excellence in cross-disciplinary preservation practice, dedication to developing professional skills in others, and exemplary service to the Association, Sven E. Thomasen is hereby inducted into the APT College of Fellows.

College of Fellows Lecture Series

In furthering its mission to advance knowledge of preservation technology among APT's members, the College of Fellows established in 1999 a lecture series that brings internationally known preservationists to the APT's annual conferences. Each year the College of Fellows invites an expert to speak at the conference.

College of Fellows Lecturers

2007		Jose M. Izquierdo-Encamacion.  “Influence of Materials and Engineering Knowledge in the Constructed Patrimony: A Comparison of Four Continents
2006		John Sanday, FSA, OBE: "Buddhist Monasteries of the Himalaya - Balancing Modern Inervention with Traditional Craft"
2005		Sr. Àngel Cabeza, Executive Secretary of the National Monuments Council of Chile: "Chile and the World Heritage Convention - A New Challenge in the Latin American Context"
2004		Dr. Nicholas Stanley-Price, Director-General, ICCROM, Rome: "Standards in Conservation and Cultural Diversity"
2003		Dr. Zeynep Ahunbay, Istanbul Technical University: "Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Balkans and Turkey"
2002		Professor Adrian Phillips, C.B.E., Hon. F.L.I., United Kingdom: "The Nature of Culture - An Overview of the Natural Values of Cultural Landscapes"
2001		Professor Giorgio Croci, University of Rome: "Philosophies of Intervention in Heritage Structures"
2000		Professor Roland Paxton, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh: "Conserving Historical Engineering Works - A Personal Perspective"
1999		Donald W. Insall, C.B.E., F.R.I.A.C., F.S.A., F.R.T.P.I.: "Windsor Castle: Restoration After the Fire"

College of Fellows Directory - 2007

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