Endowment Funds

The School of Architecture has the following endowed funds. The date of the gift and the name of the donor are given in each instance.

Frederick T. Ahlson Scholarship Fund (2004) Established by a bequest of Frederick T. Ahlson (B.F.A. 1930) for financial support of students in the School of Architecture.

Moulton Andrus Award Fund (1984) Established by family members as a memorial to Moulton Andrus (B.A. 1962, M.Arch. 1966) for an annual award to a graduating student who has achieved excellence in art and architecture.

Architect Fellowship Fund (1982) Established by numerous donors for general fellowship support.

Architectural Teaching Fund (1909) Established by a gift of Henry Fowler English (LL.B. 1874) and John Davenport Wheeler (Ph.B. 1858) to create an endowment to support faculty and teaching in the profession of architecture.

Architecture Alumni Fund Endowment (2003) Established within the School of Architecture to represent all the unrestricted endowment gifts made to the School of Architecture Alumni Fund over many years, the income from which is to be used for the general support of the School.

Architecture Alumni Fund Scholarship (2003) Established within the School of Architecture to represent all the gifts for financial aid made to the School of Architecture Alumni Fund endowment over many years, the income from which is to be used for general student scholarship support.

Architecture Building Maintenance Fund (1963) Established by the Helen and Thomas Hastings Fund to support the maintenance of the Art & Architecture Building, renamed Paul Rudolph Hall in 2008.

Architecture Endowed Dean’s Resource Fund (2005) Established by various donors to provide income to be used at the discretion of the dean for the general support of the School of Architecture.

Arcus Scholarship Fund (2010) Established by Jon Stryker to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Diana Balmori Professorship (2018) Established by Cesar Pelli, dean of the School of Architecture from 1977 until 1984, in memory of landscape architect Diana Balmori, who was a longtime faculty member at the Yale School of Architecture in addition to her robust landscape architecture practice, to support a professorship in the field of landscape.

The Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Architecture Fellowship Fund (2004) Established by Edward P. Bass (B.S. 1968, Arch. 1972) to bring distinguished private and public sector development leaders to the School on a regular basis as visiting Fellows who participate in advanced studios and seminars as a way to give students insight into the real-world development process and the role the architect plays as part of a development team.

Edward P. Bass Fellows in Architecture Fund (2015) Established by Edward P. Bass (B.S. 1968, Arch. 1972) to support a graduate student exchange program between the School of Architecture and the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture.

Edward P. Bass Rome Seminar Fund (2016) Established by Edward P. Bass (B.S. 1968, Arch. 1972) to designate and support the Robert A.M. Stern Rome summer drawing seminar or similar programs of the School in the future. The seminar is named in honor of Robert A.M. Stern (M.Arch. 1965), dean of the School of Architecture from 1998 until 2016.

Myriam Bellazoug Memorial Fund (1999) Established in honor of Myriam Bellazoug (M.Arch. 1991) to support lectures and symposia held in conjunction with the publication of the most recent issue of Perspecta, The Yale Architectural Journal. Ms. Bellazoug was editing what was to be Perspecta 30 when she died in the mysterious crash of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1995. She was flying to Paris as part of her work in the New York office of the architect Peter Marino, who, together with friends of Ms. Bellazoug, established this fund. The following persons have delivered a Myriam Bellazoug Memorial Lecture:

Mark Wigley, Spring 2000
Herman Spiegel, Fall 2000
Sandy Isenstadt, Fall 2001
K. Michael Hays, Spring 2002
Kenneth Frampton, Fall 2003
Felicity Scott, Fall 2004
Neil Denari, Fall 2005
Sam Jacob, Spring 2006
Tom Wiscombe, Fall 2006
Reinhold Martin, Fall 2007
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Spring 2008
Matthew Coolidge, Fall 2008
Armin Linke, Spring 2010
Thomas de Monchaux, Spring 2011
Adrian Benepe, Spring 2012
Preston Scott Cohen, Timur Galen, and Nader Tehrani, Fall 2013
Sean Keller, Spring 2014
Gregg Pasquarelli, Fall 2014
Saskia Sassen, Fall 2015
Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, Fall 2016
V. Mitch McEwen, Fall 2017
Francesco Casetti, Fall 2018

William Henry Bishop Fund (1929) Established by a bequest of William Henry Bishop (B.A. 1867) to support a professorship in architecture.

Frederick Bland Scholarship Fund (2018) Established by Frederick Bland (B.A. 1968, M.Arch. 1972) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Wendy Elizabeth Blanning Fund (1976) Established by friends and family as a memorial to Wendy Elizabeth Blanning, class of 1978. The fund supports the awarding of a prize to a second-year student in the School of Architecture who has shown the most promise of development in the profession.

Kent Bloomer Scholarship Fund (2019) Established by Robert “Buzz” Yudell (B.A. 1969, M.Arch. 1973), Christine “Tina” Beebe (M.F.A. 1974), Stephen W. Harby (B.A. 1976, M.Arch. 1980), and friends in honor of Kent Bloomer (M.F.A. 1959), longtime faculty member, to endow a scholarship fund for the benefit of one or more deserving students.

John A. Carrafiell Scholarship Fund (2009) Established by John A. Carrafiell (B.A. 1987) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture, with preference for students interested in urbanism.

John A. Carrafiell Teaching Fund (2009) Established by John A. Carrafiell (B.A. 1987) to support teaching and research associated with courses taught at the School of Architecture, with preference for course work in the areas of study of urbanism and professional practice.

John Carrafiell Endowed Scholarship (2017) Established by John Carrafiell (B.A. 1987) to provide special scholarships for deserving students within the Yale School of Architecture who qualify for need-based financial aid.

Centerbrook Architects Fund for the Study of Craft (2010) Established by Jefferson B. Riley (M.Arch. 1972), Mark Simon (M.Arch. 1972), Chad Floyd (B.A. 1966, M.Arch. 1973), and James C. Childress to provide support to train Yale graduate students of architecture to make things by hand, especially those where the hand of the craftsman is evidenced.

William G. (Arch. 1930) and Virginia Field Chester Scholarship Fund (2009) Established by the Trust of William G. Chester (M.Arch. 1930) and Virginia Field Chester to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Austin Church III Family Fund for Perspecta (2004) Established by Austin Church III (B.A. 1960) to support the publication of Perspecta, The Yale Architectural Journal.

The Clarke Family Scholarship Fund (2006) Established by Fred W. Clarke III and Laura Weir Clarke to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Richard D. Cohen Scholarship Fund (2007) Established by Richard D. Cohen to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Robert Leon Coombs Scholarship Fund (2002) Established by a bequest of Robert Leon Coombs (M.Arch. 1971) to endow a scholarship in recognition of outstanding architectural ability.

William B. and Charlotte Shepherd Davenport Fund (1943) Established by Professor Shepherd Stevens (B.F.A. 1922, M.A. Hon. 1930) as a memorial to the donor’s aunt and uncle for an endowment of a professorship in Architecture.

Dean’s Scholarship Fund (2017) Initiated by Dean Deborah Berke with gifts from various Dean’s Council members, alumni, and friends of the School to provide financial aid and/or merit scholarships for deserving students at the School of Architecture.

Robert W. DeForest Fund (1927) Established by Robert Weeks DeForest (B.A. 1870) to support the general purposes of the School.

Dilworth Family Scholarship Fund (2007) Established by Charles D. Dilworth (B.A. 1979, M.Arch. 1983) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Peter H. Dominick, Jr. Fellowship Fund for Travel (2009) Established by The Fourth Century Trust and the gifts of various friends, colleagues, and family in memory of Peter H. Dominick, Jr. (B.A. 1963), to support travel for undergraduate and/or graduate students and faculty traveling together to locations related to areas of study within the School of Architecture, and/or to support independent travel by one or more students in the Ph.D. program within the School of Architecture, and/or one or more advanced master’s degree students within the School of Architecture.

Caroline E. Dudley Fund (1935) Established as a bequest by Caroline E. Dudley to support the general purposes of the School.

Enid Storm Dwyer Professorship (2020) Established by bequest of Enid Storm Dwyer to endow a professorship at the Yale School of Architecture.

Enid Storm Dwyer Scholarship in Architecture Fund (1994) Established by Enid Storm Dwyer to endow a scholarship in recognition of a student who demonstrates outstanding professional promise.

Beatrix Farrand Fund (2019) Established by anonymous bequest in memory of Beatrix Farrand, Yale University’s landscape architect from 1922 to 1945, to support teaching and research in the field of landscape architecture.

H.I. Feldman Prize Fund (1955) Established by Hyman I. Feldman (B.F.A. 1920) for a prize to be awarded annually for the best solution of an architectural problem, taking into consideration the practical, functional, and aesthetic requirements of that problem. Since 1981, the following students have been awarded the H.I. Feldman Prize:

Brian Edward Healy, 1981
Charles F. Lowrey, Jr., 1982
Stefan Ragnar Hastrup, 1983
Jun Mitsui, 1984
Herbert Martin Hodgman, 1985
David DuShane Harland, Jr., 1986
Douglas A. Garofalo and Madeleine Sanchez, 1987
Gilbert Pierson Schafer III, 1988
Steve Lawrence Dumez, 1989
Carrie M. Burke, 1990
Douglas Neal Kozel, 1991
Norberto Abel Bressano, 1992
Michael A. Harshman, 1993
Michael R. Haverland, 1994
Ira Thomas Zook III, 1995
Russell Starr Katz and Rosemary Welle, 1996
Gregory Joseph Goebel, 1997
Kevin P. Owens, 1998
Kok Kian Goh, 1999
Mark Foster Gage, 2000
David Mabbott, 2001
John M. Nafziger and Sarah Elizabeth Strauss, 2002
Marshall A. Bell, 2003
Christopher Allen Marcinkoski and Andrew Thomas Moddrell, 2004
Ralph Colt Bagley IV and Jonah C. Gamblin, 2005
Russell Jon Greenberg, 2006
Dana L. Getman, 2007
Dylan M. Sauer, 2008
Emily Arden Wells, 2009
Anne-Marie Paula Armstrong, 2010
Daniel Gregory Markiewicz and Ryan Welch, 2011
Amir Mikhaeil, 2012
Christina Argyrou, 2013
Bryan Andrew Maddock, 2014
Kara Marie Biczykowski, 2015
Luke Alan Anderson, 2016
Istvan van Vianen and Minquan Wang, 2017
Jack Lipson, 2018
Ryan Thomas Hughes, 2019
Camille Chabrol, Thomas Patrick Friesen Mahon, and Alexandra Louise Pineda Jongeward, 2020

Samuel J. Fogelson Memorial Fund (1979) Established by Richard C. Fogelson (B.Arch. 1965) in memory of his father to support scholarship aid.

Mary C. Fosburgh Fund (2003) Established by the bequest of Mary C. Fosburgh to provide general support of activities of the School.

Lord Norman R. Foster Scholarship Fund (2009) Established by the Hearst Corporation in honor of Norman R. Foster (M.Arch. 1962, D.F.A.H. 2003), architect of the Hearst Tower in New York City, selected to receive the 2008 International Highrise Award by the City of Frankfurt, Germany, and DekaBank, to encourage one or more students who might otherwise not be able to attend the Yale School of Architecture.

Lord Norman R. Foster ’62 M.Arch., ’03 D.F.A.H. Visiting Professorship in Architecture (2009) Established by Norman Foster to fund a visiting professorship in architecture, with preference for international visiting faculty.

Frank Gehry Scholarship Fund (2018) Established by Richard D. Cohen in honor of architect Frank Gehry, who has been a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture throughout his career, to support fellowships in each incoming class for the duration of their studies.

Harvey Geiger Fund for Undergraduate Travel and Research in Architecture (2013) Established by Harvey R. Geiger (B.A. 1964, M.C.P. 1969, M.Arch. 1969) to support travel and research for undergraduates majoring in Architecture.

General Architecture Fund (1976 and 1978) Established by various donors to provide unrestricted funds for the general support of the School of Architecture.

Brendan Gill Lectureship Fund (1987) Established by Herbert P. McLaughlin (B.A. 1956, M.Arch. 1958) to honor the writer and critic Brendan Gill (B.A. 1936). The following persons have delivered a Brendan Gill Lecture:

Brendan Gill, Spring 1988
Neil Levine, Spring 1990
Dolores Hayden, Fall 1990
Charles Moore, Fall 1991
Morris Lapidus, Spring 1993
David Hickey, Spring 1995
Ken Silver, Spring 1995
Allucquere Rosanne Stone, Fall 1997
Terence Riley, Spring 1999
Kenneth Frampton, Spring 2000
Hugh Hardy, Spring 2000
Charles Jencks, Fall 2000
Peter Corrigan, Spring 2001
Phyllis Lambert, Spring 2002
Roger Kimball, Fall 2002
Roger Connah, Spring 2003
Edward Casey, Fall 2003
Robert Bruegmann, Spring 2004
Jean-Louis Cohen, Fall 2004
Hal Foster, Spring 2005
Esther de Costa Meyer, Fall 2005
Wendy Steiner, Spring 2006
Jeffrey Kipnis, Fall 2006
Pier Vittorio Aureli, Fall 2007
David Brownlee, Spring 2008
Robert Campbell, Fall 2008
Nicholas Fox Weber, Spring 2009
Glenn Adamson, Fall 2009
Nasser Rabbat, Spring 2011
Kenneth Frampton, Fall 2011
Joel Kotkin, Fall 2011
Mary Ann Caws, Jean-Louis Cohen, Beatriz Colomina, Peter Eisenman, Mark Jarzombek, and Kevin Repp, Fall 2012
Sylvia Lavin, Fall 2013
Paola Antonelli, Charles Jencks, Greg Lynn, Frédéric Migayrou, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Spring 2014
Justin McGuirk, Fall 2014
Peter Sloterdijk, Fall 2015
Anthony Vidler, Spring 2016
Łukasz Stanek, Fall 2016
Blair Kamin, Fall 2017
Christopher Hawthorne, Fall 2018
Alexandra Lange, Fall 2019

Alexander Gorlin Scholarship Fund (2006) Established by Alexander Gorlin (M.Arch. 1980) Architects to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

James Wilder Green Dean’s Resource Fund (2006) Established by the estate of James Wilder Green (B.Arch. 1952) to support the School of Architecture’s exhibitions and other external initiatives.

Franklin U. Gregory Memorial Fund (1948) Established by Edna Gregory Crawford as a memorial to her brother, Franklin U. Gregory (B.A. 1891), to support scholarship aid.

Charles Gwathmey Professorship in Practice (2009) Established by Ralph and Ricky Lauren in memory of Charles Gwathmey (M.Arch. 1962), to honor Charles’s design achievements and to acknowledge the contributions that Charles made as an architect as well as an educator with unique abilities to motivate young people, this professorship supports teaching, research, and travel for distinguished senior design faculty at the School of Architecture.

Charles Gwathmey Scholarship Fund (2006) Established by Bette-Ann and Charles Gwathmey (M.Arch. 1962) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund at the Yale School of Architecture (2009) Established by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to support teaching and study of manual drawing at the School of Architecture.

Richard Hellmann Architectural Fund (1973) Established by the Richard Hellmann Foundation to support educational opportunities in the School.

Hilder Family Scholarship Fund (2005) Established by David B. Hilder to support scholarship aid for a student at the School.

The Hines Endowed Fund for Advanced Sustainability in Architectural Design (2008) Established by Gerald D. Hines to promote research and teaching that focus on the attempt to minimize, mitigate, and avoid adverse impacts on the natural environment and human health, while also enhancing beneficial contact between people and natural systems and processes in the built environment.

J.M. Hoppin Professorship of Architecture Fund (1923) Established by a bequest of James Mason Hoppin (B.A. 1840) to support a professorship in architecture.

Kenneth A. Housholder Memorial Scholarship Fund (2006) Established by the estate of Kenneth A. Housholder (B.Arch. 1947) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Kenneth A. Housholder Scholarship Fund (1982) Established by a gift of Kenneth A. Housholder (B.Arch. 1947) to create a scholarship in the School of Architecture.

Judith and Walter Hunt Fund in Architecture (2007) Established by Walter A. Hunt, Jr. (B.A. 1963, M.Arch. 1967) to support joint faculty and student travel related to areas of study at the School of Architecture.

Frank D. Israel Scholarship Fund (2008) Initiated by Frank O. Gehry (D.F.A. Hon. 2000), classmates, and friends in memory of Frank D. Israel (Arch. 1970) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown Endowed Fund for the Study of Contemporary Architecture (2007) Established by Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown to support faculty and student research and related travel, and to disseminate the faculty and student findings, through publications, lectures, exhibitions, symposia, etc., with preference for the study of twentieth-century architecture.

Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professorship Fund (2003) Established in honor of Louis I. Kahn by an anonymous donor to fund a junior visiting professorship in design. First awarded in 2003.

Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professorship Fund (1980) Established by friends and colleagues of Louis I. Kahn to endow a visiting professorship in architecture. First awarded in 1999.

Austin Kelly Endowed Scholarship (2020) Established by Steven Harris in memory of Austin Kelly (M.Arch. 1993) to support student scholarships.

Austin Kelly Scholarship Fund (2018) Established by Judith McBrien and friends in memory of Austin Kelly (M.Arch. 1993) to support student scholarships.

The Kibel Foundation Fund (2001) Established by the Kibel Foundation at the direction of Henry Kibel (M.Arch. 1947) to provide support for the School of Architecture’s exhibition and publication program.

Tai Soo Kim First-Year Building Project Fellowship Fund (2005) Established by Tai Soo Kim (M.Arch. 1962) to provide one or more fellowships for students enrolled at the Yale School of Architecture selected as First-Year Building Project summer interns working over the summer to complete the Building Project.

Fred Koetter Exhibitions Fund (2016) Established by Robert A.M. Stern (M.Arch. 1965), dean of the School of Architecture from 1998 until 2016, in honor of Fred Koetter, dean of the School of Architecture from 1993 until 1998.

Fred Koetter and Susie Kim Endowed Fund (2007) Established by Fred Koetter, dean of the School of Architecture from 1993 until 1998, and Susie Kim to support travel expenses for the Post-Professional Studio at the Yale School of Architecture.

Kenneth S. Kuchin Scholarship Fund (2010) Established by Kenneth S. Kuchin to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Edward R. Lambert Fund (1929) Established as a bequest of Edward R. Lambert (Ph.B. 1910, Cert.Eng. 1912) to be used for the encouragement of architecture as a fine art.

Faith Lasser Memorial Scholarship Fund (2009) Established by David M. Schwarz (M.Arch. 1974), and the gifts of family and friends, in memory of David’s mother, Faith Lasser, to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Lois Alm Lenahan Memorial Dean’s Resource Fund (2007) Established by a gift of Lois Lenahan, as directed by her daughters, Elizabeth Lenahan, K. C. Perkins, and Nancy Gourley, to provide support for the study of landscape architecture at the School of Architecture.

Timothy Egan Lenahan Memorial Fund (1994) Established by friends and family of Timothy Egan Lenahan (B.A. 1980, M.Arch. 1984) to support an annual lecture focusing on the relationship between landscape and architecture and to support the teaching of landscape. The following persons have delivered a Timothy Egan Lenahan Memorial Lecture:

Richard Haag, Spring 1996
James Corner, Fall 1997
Michael Sorkin, Spring 1999
Witold Rybczynski, Fall 1999
Mario Schjetnan, Spring 2000
Kathryn Gustafson, Fall 2000
Michael Van Valkenburgh, Spring 2001
Stan Allen and James Corner, Spring 2002
Peter Walker, Spring 2003
Alessandra Ponte, Spring 2004
Morgan Dix Wheelock, Spring 2005
Mirka Benes, Spring 2006
Adriaan Geuze, Spring 2007
Kate Orff, Fall 2007
Walter Hood, Fall 2008
Elizabeth Meyer, Spring 2010
Kristina Hill, Spring 2011
Charles Waldheim, Spring 2012
Thaisa Way, Spring 2013
Anette Freytag, Spring 2014
Eelco Hooftman, Spring 2015
Stig Andersson, Spring 2016
Mikyoung Kim, Spring 2017
Luis Callejais, Spring 2018
Sou Fujimoto, Spring 2019
Margie Ruddick Spring 2020

Yen and Dolly Liang Scholarship Fund (2002) Established at the bequest of Dolly Liang in memory of herself and her husband, Yen Liang (B.F.A. 1931), an architect and writer of children’s books. This fund supports student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Lin Art/Architecture Scholarship Fund (2011) Established by Maya Y. Lin (B.A. 1981, M.Arch. 1986, D.F.A.H. 1987) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Raymond Liston Scholarship Fund (2019) Established as a bequest of Raymond Liston (M.Arch. 1960) to support student scholarships.

M.J. Long Scholarship (2020) Established by bequest of M.J. Long (M.Arch. 1964) to provide scholarships to students within the Yale School of Architecture.

William E. and Gertrude B. Lowry Class of 1947 Scholarship Fund (2016) Established by the bequest of Gertrude B. Lowry, widow of William E. Lowry (B.A. 1947, M.Arch. 1950), to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Anne Kriken Mann Hand Drawing Fund (2014) Established by Anne Kriken Mann to support instruction in hand drawing in the School of Architecture.

Anne Kriken Mann Scholarship Fund (2016) Established by Anne Kriken Mann to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Gerald A. Marshall Scholarship (2020) Established by David M. Schwarz and friends in memory Gerald A. Marshall to provide financial aid to students within the Yale School of Architecture.

Elisabeth Nan Martin and Michael Coleman Duddy School of Architecture Scholarship Fund (2015) Established by Elisabeth Nan Martin (M.Arch. 1983) and Michael Coleman Duddy (M.Arch. 1985) to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Charles O. Matcham Scholarship Fund (1954) Established by Charles O. Matcham (B.A. 1925) to honor Charles A. and Margaret O. Matcham, his father and mother. This fund supports a scholarship for a last-year student who is known to be in need of financial support and who has shown in previous years to have outstanding qualities meriting such support.

Ann and Gilbert Maurer Scholarship Fund (2016) Established by Ann and Gilbert Maurer to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Carroll L.V. Meeks Memorial Scholarship Fund (1968) Established by associates, friends, and former students of History of Architecture Professor Carroll L.V. Meeks (B.A. 1928, B.F.A. in architecture 1931, M.A. 1934) to award scholarship funds to students in the School of Architecture.

Everett Victor Meeks Graduate Fellowship Fund (1956) Established by various donors as a memorial to Everett Victor Meeks (B.A. 1901, B.F.A. 1917, M.A. Hon. 1919), former dean of the School of the Fine Arts, to award fellowships.

J. Irwin Miller Endowment (2010) Established by William I. Miller (B.A. 1978), Catherine G. Miller, Elizabeth G. Miller, and Margaret I. Miller (M.A. 1968) in memory of their father, J. Irwin Miller (B.A. 1931), to support an annual J. Irwin Miller Symposium in the School of Architecture.

Charles W. Moore Building Program Fund (1995) Established by Centerbrook Architects, various friends, and colleagues of Charles W. Moore, former dean of the School, to provide summer income for student interns working on the School’s First-Year Building Project.

Russell P. Morse Scholarship Fund (2017) Established by Russell P. Morse (B.F.A. 1940) to support worthy and needy students in the School of Architecture.

David C. Morton II Scholarship Fund (2004) Established by Anne Morton Kimberly in memory of her son, David C. Morton II (B.A. 1963, M.Arch. 1968) to support financial aid for students at the School of Architecture.

A. Whitney Murphy Scholarship Fund (1992) Established as a bequest of A. Whitney Murphy (B.A. 1938, B.F.A. in architecture 1941) to assist a needy student in the final year at the School of Architecture.

George Nelson Scholarship Fund (1988) Established in honor of George Nelson (B.A. 1928, B.F.A. in architecture 1931), architect, product designer, and writer, by Herman Miller, Inc., and Mrs. George Nelson to award each year scholarships to second-year graduate students of architecture for support for an independent course of study. The following students have been awarded the George Nelson Scholarship:

William Vahan Fereshetian, 1989
Erika Gabrielle Belsey, 1990
Maitland Jones III, 1991
Scott John Specht, 1992
Sergey Olhovsky, 1993
Andrew Jesse McCune, 1994
Courtney Elizabeth Miller, 1995
Bertha A. Olmos, 1996
Emily Sheya Kovner, 1997
Bruce David Kinlin, 1998
Samer M. Bitar, 1999
Paul Arougheti, 2000
Noah K. Biklen, 2001
Andrew F. Davis and Francine Hsu (joint project), 2002
Christopher Harrison Cayten, 2003
Ralph Colt Bagley IV, 2004
Michele Naomi Darling, 2005
Brook Giles Denison, 2006
Garret James Gantner, 2007
John C. Brough, 2008
Parsa Khalili, 2008
Aidan Doyle, 2009
Palmyra Geraki, 2009
Marija Brdarski, 2010
Emmett Zeifman, 2010
Can Vu Bui, 2011
Thomas Matthew Rolles Fryer, 2011
Gary Leggett, 2012
Ivan Farr, 2013
John Blakely Wolfe, 2014
Andrew John Sternad, 2015
Cathryn Garcia-Menocal, 2016
Ian Cameron Donaldson, 2017
Miguel Sanchez-Enkerlin, 2018
Melissa Kendall Weigel, 2018
Gioia Connell, 2019
Ife Adepegba, 2020

New Practice Paradigms Lectureship Fund (2007) Established by Phillip G. Bernstein (B.A. 1979, M.Arch. 1983) and Nancy Alexander (B.A. 1979, M.B.A. 1984) to support teaching and research in practice innovation within the School of Architecture, with particular focus on the leadership role of the architect in the building process.

Ng Chi Sing Scholarship Fund (2012) Established by Louis Ng, parent of Rafael Ng (M.Arch. 2013), to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture, with first preference for students from Hong Kong and Macau, and second preference for students from Asia.

John Henry Niemeyer Fund (1942) Established as a bequest of John Henry Niemeyer (M.A. Hon. 1874) to be used to promote the interests and educational facilities of the School.

Bradley Nitkin Scholarship Fund (2017) Established by Helen Nitkin in memory of Bradley Nitkin (B.A. 1969) to provide financial aid for students at the School of Architecture.

The Nitkin Family Dean’s Discretionary Fund in Architecture (2004) Established by Bradley Nitkin (B.A. 1969) to provide support to a dean’s discretionary fund.

William Edward Parsons Memorial Medal (1941) Established by Myra Louise Parsons as a memorial to her husband, William Edward Parsons (B.A. 1895, B.F.A. 1905), designer, architect, and city planner who, at the end of his career, established a program in city planning at the School. This fund provides a medal to a member of the graduating class who has shown the greatest excellence in group or city planning.

Cesar Pelli Scholarship Fund (2005) Established by Cesar Pelli, dean of the School of Architecture from 1977 until 1984, to provide financial assistance to students at the Yale School of Architecture.

Donald I. Perry Book Fund in the Yale School of Architecture (2008) Established by the bequest of Donald I. Perry (B.Arch. 1953) for acquisitions at the Yale School of Architecture.

Perspecta Gift Fund (2000) Established by various donors to support the publication expenses for Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal.

Henry A. Pfisterer Scholarship Fund (1984) Established by friends to honor Henry A. Pfisterer, a professor of architectural engineering from 1941 until his death in 1972 and acting chairman in 1957.

Pickard Chilton Dean’s Resource Fund (2011) Established by Jon Pickard (M.Arch. 1979) and William D. Chilton, founding partners of the architectural firm Pickard Chilton, to support the priorities of the School of Architecture, with a preference for the fabrication and installation of exhibitions.

Pickard Chilton Fellowship Fund (2006) Established by Jon Pickard (M.Arch. 1979) and William D. Chilton, founding partners of the architectural firm Pickard Chilton, to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Alexander Purves Fund (2005) Initiated by Steven Harris, Deborah Berke, and friends to honor and recognize Professor Emeritus Alexander Purves (B.A. 1958, M.Arch. 1965) for his dedication and outstanding years of teaching undergraduate architecture majors. This fund provides support for the undergraduate major at the School of Architecture.

Henry Hart Rice Fund for Urban Studies at Yale (2011) Established by a gift from the Rice Family Foundation to support a permanent faculty position of leadership for Yale University’s urban studies initiative.

Henry Hart Rice Fund in Architecture (1999) Established by a gift from the Rice Family Foundation to support degree-related travel at the School of Architecture.

Carol Ann Rinehart Scholarship Fund (2014) Established by the bequest of Carol Ann Rinehart to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture for students who best exemplify courage and high moral purpose, and who demonstrate promise in their chosen field.

Monica C. Robinson Scholarship Fund (2018) Established in honor of Monica C. Robinson by family, friends, and colleagues to support student scholarships.

James Gamble Rogers Memorial Fellowship Fund (1990) Established by James G. Rogers (B.A. 1931) to honor his father, James Gamble Rogers (B.A. 1889), to award fellowships to second-year students in the first professional degree program on financial aid who have demonstrated skill as designers and interest in critical thought.

Daniel Rose (1951) Visiting Assistant Professorship (2007) Established by Joseph B. Rose (B.A. 1981) and Gideon G. Rose (B.A. 1985) to honor their father, Daniel Rose, to fund a visiting assistant professorship in urban and environmental studies.

The David W. Roth and Robert H. Symonds Memorial Lecture Fund (2000) Established as a gift of W. Mason Smith III (M.Arch. 1965) to honor his classmates David W. Roth and Robert H. Symonds. This fund supports a lecture plus a day in small-group meetings that expose Yale students to disciplines other than architecture, thereby reinforcing the broad goals of the profession. The following persons have delivered a David W. Roth and Robert H. Symonds Memorial Lecture:

Richard Sennett, Fall 2000
Richard Swett, Spring 2002
Arjun Appadurai, Spring 2003
Richard Kuhns, Fall 2003
Setha Low, Spring 2005
Steven Johnson, Spring 2006
Mark Gottdiener, Spring 2007
Adrian Favell, Spring 2008
Loïc Wacquant, Spring 2009
Saskia Sassen, Spring 2010
Thomas Y. Levin, Spring 2011
Neil Smith, Spring 2012
Sven-Olov Wallenstein, Spring 2013
Trevor Paglen, Spring 2014
Douglas Rushkoff, Spring 2015
Elizabeth Danze, Fall 2015
Elaine Scarry, Fall 2016
Karsten Harries, Spring 2017
Liam Young, Spring 2018
Ananya Roy, Spring 2019
Wendy Chun, Spring 2020

Marshall Ruben and Carolyn Greenspan First-Year Building Project Fellowship Fund (2007) Established by Marshall S. Ruben (B.A. 1982) and Carolyn B. Greenspan to provide fellowships to student summer interns working on the School’s First-Year Building Project.

Marshall Ruben and Carolyn Greenspan Scholarship Fund (2016) Established by Marshall Ruben (B.A. 1982) and Carolyn Greenspan to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Paul Rudolph Lectureship Fund (1986) Established by Claire and Maurits Edersheim to create an annual lectureship to honor Paul Rudolph (M.A. Hon. 1958), former chairman of the Department of Architecture of the School of Art and Architecture and designer of three buildings at Yale, including the Art & Architecture Building (1963), renamed Paul Rudolph Hall in 2008. The following persons have delivered a Paul Rudolph Lecture:

Paul Rudolph, 1987
Robert A.M. Stern, 1988
Michael McKinnell, 1989
Charles Gwathmey, 1990
Philip Johnson, 1991
Alison and Peter Smithson, 1992
Colin Rowe, 1994
Carlos Jimenez and Mark Mack, 1995
John Hejduk, 1997
Bernard Tschumi, Spring 1999
Patricia Patkau, Fall 1999
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Spring 2000
Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, Fall 2000
Shigeru Ban, Spring 2001
Will Bruder, Spring 2002
Bernard Tschumi, Spring 2003
Moshe Safdie, Fall 2003
David Childs, Spring 2004
Thom Mayne, Fall 2004
Vincent Scully, Spring 2005
Massimiliano Fuksas, Fall 2005
Tony Fretton, Spring 2006
Kazuyo Sejima, Fall 2006
Paul Andreu, Spring 2008
Adrian Forty, Spring 2009
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Spring 2010
Robert Maxwell, Fall 2010
Stanley Tigerman, Fall 2011
François Roche, Spring 2012
Brigitte Shim, Fall 2012
Wang Shu, Spring 2013
Philippe Rahm, Fall 2013
Jeanne Gang, Spring 2015
Hashim Sarkis, Fall 2015
Francine Houben, Spring 2016
Allison Williams, Fall 2016
Róisín Heneghan and Shih-Fu Peng, Spring 2018
Julie Snow, Fall 2018
Marcio Kogan and Gabriel Kogan, Fall 2019

Paul Rudolph Publication Fund (2000) Established by Claire and Maurits Edersheim in honor of Paul Rudolph (M.A. Hon. 1958) to support the School’s ability to inform a broader audience through print and electronic media.

Ruesch Family Scholarship Fund (2006) Established by Jeanne Ruesch to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Harvey R. Russell Architecture Scholarship Fund (2002) Established by Katherine Hauschild in the memory of Harvey R. Russell (B.A. 1934, M.S. 1936) and that of Katherine Hauschild. This fund supports student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Eero Saarinen Memorial Scholarship Fund (1962) Established by classmates, business associates, and friends of Eero Saarinen (B.Arch. 1934, M.A. Hon. 1949) to fund scholarship awards to students in the School of Architecture.

Eero Saarinen Visiting Professorship Fund (1982) Established by Kevin Roche, colleagues, and friends of Eero Saarinen (B.Arch. 1934, M.A. Hon. 1949) to support a visiting professorship in architecture and to support lectures by architects and other individuals to broaden professional education about issues within the manmade environment. The following persons have delivered an Eero Saarinen Lecture:

Anthony A. Williams, Fall 2000
Thomas Krens, Spring 2002
Joseph Rose, Fall 2002
Daniel Doctoroff, Spring 2004
Stephen Wolfram, Spring 2005
Amanda Burden, Spring 2006
Susan Fainstein, Spring 2007
Thomas Heatherwick, Spring 2008
Cameron Sinclair, Spring 2009
Tom Vanderbilt, Spring 2010
Edward Glaeser, Spring 2012
Dr. Richard Jackson, Fall 2012
Toni L. Griffin, Fall 2013
Sarah Herda, Spring 2015
Justin Hollander, Spring 2016
Andrew Altman, Fall 2016
Justin Garrett Moore, Spring 2018
Anab Jain, Fall 2018

Sam’s Fund (2006) Established by Susan Mead in honor of her grandson, Sam Roane, to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Ulli Scharnberg Scholarship in Memory of Carroll L.V. Meeks Fund (2001) Established by Hans-Ullrich Scharnberg (M.Arch. 1959) in honor of History of Architecture Professor Carroll L.V. Meeks (B.A. 1928, B.F.A. in architecture 1931, M.A. 1934) to provide scholarship support for a student who has prior experience in an architect’s office.

School of Architecture Scholarship Fund (2007) Established by Robert A. Stewart to support student scholarship at the School of Architecture.

David M. Schwarz Dean’s Discretionary Fund (2002) Established by David M. Schwarz (M.Arch. 1974) to provide incremental income to be used at the discretion of the dean for the general support of the School of Architecture.

David M. Schwarz Scholarship Fund (2009) Established by Ken Kuchin in honor of David M. Schwarz (M.Arch. 1974) to provide scholarships for one or more students at the Yale School of Architecture.

The Vincent Scully Visiting Professorship Fund (2003) Established in honor of Vincent Scully by an anonymous donor to fund a visiting professorship in architectural history.

Selby-Vail Fund (2009) Established by Norman C. Selby (B.A. 1974) and Melissa G. Vail (B.A. 1974) to support term-time teacher-directed travel for students in the undergraduate Architecture major.

Frederick M.R. Smith Fund (1997) Established in Yale College by Frederick M.R. Smith (B.A. 1963) to support the undergraduate Architecture major.

Gordon H. Smith Lectureship in Practical Architecture Fund (1980) Established by Gordon H. Smith (B.E. 1957) to fund lectures in the School of Architecture. The following persons have delivered a Gordon H. Smith Lecture:

Paul Pippin, Fall 1981
Edward B. Allen, Fall 1982
Malcolm Wells, Spring 1984
David Billington, Fall 1984
William LeMessurier, Spring 1986
Peter Budd, Spring 1987
Stephen Tobriner, Fall 1987
Myron Goldsmith, Fall 1989
Robert Silman, Fall 1990
Eladio Dieste, Fall 1992
Anton Alberts, Spring 1994
Cecil Balmond, Fall 1997
Rafael Viñoly, Spring 1999
Gordon H. Smith, Fall 2000
Jorg Schlaich, Spring 2002
Leslie Robertson, Spring 2003
Edward Feiner, Spring 2004
Chris Wise, Spring 2005
Werner Sobek, Spring 2006
Aine Brazil, Spring 2007
David Billington, Spring 2008
Charles Gwathmey, Elizabeth Skowronek, Robert Leiter, Patrick Bellew, and Arthur Heyde, Spring 2009
Guy Nordenson, Spring 2010
Hanif Kara, Spring 2011
William Baker, Spring 2012
Robert Davidson, Spring 2013
Jim Eyre, Spring 2014
Steve Burrows, Spring 2015
Eugene Kohn, Spring 2016
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Spring 2017
Julie Eizenberg, Spring 2018
Timur Galen and Phillip G. Bernstein, Spring 2019

Lynda Spence and Robert Mittelstadt Scholarship Fund (2019) Established by bequest of Lynda Spence, wife of Robert Mittelstadt (M.Arch. 1964) to provide financial aid to students within the Yale School of Architecture.

Herman D.J. Spiegel Scholarship Fund (1999) Established by Herman D. J. Spiegel (M.Eng. 1955), former professor and dean of the School of Architecture from 1972 to 1977, to provide scholarship to a student in the School of Architecture who best designs projects that bring together both the study of structural engineering and its design implications.

Robert A.M. Stern Exhibitions Fund (2012) Established by Robert A.M. Stern (M.Arch. 1965), dean of the School of Architecture from 1998 until 2016, to support expenses associated with School of Architecture exhibitions in the School of Architecture’s Exhibition Gallery.

Robert A.M. Stern Fund (2001) Established by Judy and Walter A. Hunt, Jr. (B.A. 1963, M.Arch. 1967) to recognize the accomplishments of Robert A.M. Stern (M.Arch. 1965) as dean from 1998 until 2016 at the School of Architecture. This fund supports School exhibitions, publications, and other efforts to heighten awareness of architecture.

Robert A.M. Stern Visiting Professorship in Classical Architecture Fund (2009) Honoring Robert A.M. Stern (M.Arch. 1965), dean of the School of Architecture from 1998 until 2016, this fund was established by Robert Rosenkranz (B.A. 1962), Alexandra Munroe, and friends and colleagues of Robert A.M. Stern. This fund supports a professorship that reflects the tenets of Classical architecture.

John W. Storrs Scholarship Fund (2001) Established by Ann S. Lloyd to honor and recognize the distinguished career of her brother, John W. Storrs (B.Arch. 1950), as a practicing architect in Portland, Oregon. This fund supports a scholarship in the School of Architecture.

Tang Family Scholarship Fund (2014) Established by Oscar Tang (B.E. 1960); his wife, Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu; and his daughter, Dana Tang (M.Arch. 1995), to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture for students from China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Stanley Tigerman Scholarship Fund (2004) Initiated by Frank O. Gehry (D.F.A. Hon. 2000) and other friends and family in honor of Stanley Tigerman (B.Arch. 1960, M.Arch. 1961), to provide financial aid for one or more students in the School of Architecture.

Rutherford Trowbridge Memorial Publication Fund (1920) Established by Mrs. Rutherford Trowbridge as a memorial to her husband, Rutherford Trowbridge, to support the publication of architectural studies.

The Jim Vlock First-Year Building Project Fund (2008) Established in honor of Jim Vlock by Michael Vlock and Karen Pritzker to support the First-Year Building Project at the School of Architecture.

Robert Allen Ward Fund (1980) Established by the bequest of Mabel H. Ward to honor her stepson, Robert Allen Ward (B.A. 1928, B.F.A. 1932). This fund supports scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Richard White Memorial Fund (1995) Established by the bequest of Jacques Miller (B.F.A. 1938) and gift of Cynthia H. Petersen to benefit students of the School of Architecture, with a preference for activities related to student life. This fund is named in memory of Richard White, a friend’s son who perished on the Titanic.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Fund (1927) Established by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, wife of Harry Payne Whitney (B.A. 1894), to provide general-purpose support of the School.

William Wirt Winchester Fund (1895) Established by Mrs. Jane Ellen Winchester and Mrs. Hannah Bennett as a memorial to their son and brother, William Wirt Winchester, to support a fellowship for study and travel outside the United States and considered to be the School’s most prestigious award. Since 1965, the following students have been awarded the William Wirt Winchester Traveling Fellowship:

John I. Pearce and Alexander Purves, 1965
John Wood Galston, 1966
Henry John Gilbert Hawthorn, 1967
Robert Terry Renfro, 1968
Meinhardt J.D. Christiansen Jr., 1969
Roland F. Bedford, 1970
Ray Steven Oliver, 1971
Carison Wade, 1972
John Paul Chadwick Floyd, 1973
Hillary Ann Brown, 1974
James Howard Jorgenson, 1975
Stefani Danes Ledewitz, 1976
Kevin Lichten, 1977
Frederic MacN. Ball, 1978
Kevin Hart, 1979
Turan Duda, 1980
Brian E. Healy, 1981
John A. Boecker, 1982
Frank M. Lupo, 1983
Michael R. Davis, 1984
Robert L. Botswick, 1985
John B. Tittmann, 1986
Douglas A. Garofalo, 1987
Alan W. Organschi, 1988
William Franklin Conway, 1989
Stephen Ellson Brockman, 1990
Sophie Harvey, 1991
Larry Cohen, 1992
Nora E. Demeter, 1993
Andrew David Reeder, 1994
Laura Y. King, 1995
Kumiko Inui, 1996
Leah S. Hall, 1997
Jennifer H. Bloom, 1998
Benjamin William de Rubertis, 1998
Jonathan David Bolch, 1999
Brian Papa, 2000
Robert T. Zirkle, 2001
Ameet N. Hiremath, 2002
Jonathan A. Toews, 2003
Katherine Elizabeth Davies, 2004
Ralph Colt Bagley IV, 2005
Christopher Ray Kitterman, 2006
Gregorio Santamaria Lubroth, 2007
Dana L. Getman, 2008
Parsa Khalili, 2009
Carlos Felix Raspall Galli, 2010
Daniel Gregory Markiewicz, 2011
Miroslava Brooks, 2012
Sarah Frances Gill, 2013
Kathleen Bridget Stranix, 2014
Karolina Maria Czeczek, 2015
Vittorio F. Lovato, 2016
Heather Jean Bizon, 2017
Claire Louise Haugh, 2018
Sharmin Yezdi Bhagwagar, 2019
Ryan Thomas Hughes, 2019
Rhea Isobel Schmid, 2020
Jerome John Tryon, 2020

Gertraud A. Wood Traveling Fund (1983) Established by Gertraud A. Wood’s husband, Leonard Wood, as well as Mrs. Wood’s friends and associates, to support a travel prize to be awarded to an outstanding second-year student. Mrs. Wood was the administrative assistant to three deans of the School of Architecture from 1967 through 1981. The following students have been awarded the Gertraud A. Wood Traveling Fellowship:

Michael Davis, 1983
Chariss McAfee, 1984
Margaret Virginia Chapman, 1985
Jennifer Tate, 1986
Camilo Alberto Gonzalez, 1987
Stephen Donald Luoni, 1988
Frieda Margarite Menzer, 1989
Lisa Joyce Quatrale, 1990
Robert Schultz, 1991
Gitta Robinson, 1992
John Bertram, 1993
Michael Benjamin Levy, 1994
Steven Andrew Roberts, 1995
Victor Agran, 1996
Dean Sakamoto, 1997
Kara J. Bartelt, 1998
Cara M. Cragan, 1999
Katharine Stevens, 2000
Victoria Partridge, 2001
Jonathan Toews, 2002
Elicia Keebler, 2003
Jonah C. Gamblin, 2004
Frederick C. Scharmen, 2005
Elisa S.Y. Lui, 2006
Maria Claudia Melniciuc, 2007
Garrett Thomas Omoto, 2007
Catherine E. Anderson, 2008
Matthew A. Roman, 2008
Andrew Ashey, 2009
Matthew Aaron Zych, 2010
Miroslava Brooks, 2011
Christina Argyrou, 2012
Kathleen Bridget Stranix, 2013
Belinda Lee, 2014
Anne Wing Yan Ma, 2015
Margaret Jau-ming Tsang, 2016
David Alston Langdon, 2017
Samuel David Bruce, 2018
Menglan Li, 2018
Rhea Schmid, 2019
Rachel Mulder, 2020

George Morris Woodruff, Class of 1857, Memorial Lecture in Architecture (2010) Established by H. Allen Brooks (M.A. 1955) to support a lecture in architecture. The following persons have delivered a George Morris Woodruff, Class of 1857, Memorial Lecture:

Eve Blau, Spring 2012
Kurt W. Forster, Spring 2013
Barry Bergdoll, Fall 2013
Kay Bea Jones, Fall 2014
Anthony Vidler, Spring 2015
Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Fall 2015
Maria Gough, Spring 2017
Zeynep Çelik Alexander, Fall 2017
Esra Akcan, Spring 2019
Lizabeth Cohen, Spring 2020

Professor King-lui Wu Scholarship Fund (2011) Established by Pei-Tse “Loli” Wu (B.A. 1989) and Vivian Kuan, King-lui Wu’s son and daughter-in-law, to support student scholarships in the School of Architecture.

Professor King-lui Wu Teaching Fund (2006) To honor the legacy of Professor King-lui Wu, who taught at the School of Architecture for fifty-one years beginning in 1946, this fund was established by Pei-Tse “Loli” Wu (B.A. 1989) and Vivian Kuan, King-lui Wu’s son and daughter-in-law, as well as by friends, colleagues, and former students of Professor Wu. This fund recognizes faculty members who combine architectural practice with outstanding teaching by providing faculty with financial support. Recipients are selected by the vote of graduating students. The following faculty members have received the award:

Thomas H. Beeby, 2007
Keith Krumwiede, 2008
Alexander Purves, 2009
Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, 2010
Sunil Bald, 2011
Deborah Berke, 2012
Peter de Bretteville, 2013
Emmanuel Petit, 2014
Adam Hopfner, 2015
George Knight, 2015
Trattie Davies, 2016
Kyle Dugdale, 2016
Emily Abruzzo, 2017
Miroslava Brooks, 2018
Michael Surry Schlabs, 2019
Elihu Rubin, 2020

School of Architecture 2020–2021