University Place, Burlington Vermont
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The spring of 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of the first graduating class of the University of Vermont's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. Those men and women joined a small but dedicated group of idealists who had completed formal study in a then-newly-emerging professional field, historic preservation. Succeeding generations of graduates have continued that laudable tradition, which evolved from a class in preservation first taught by Chester Liebs in Montpelier in 1972, into a graduate program in 1975. Today alumni of the University of Vermont's program are instrumental in advancing the cause of historic preservation throughout the country, and at all levels and reaches of the discipline, both public and private.
Please join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening commemorating the university's visionary commitment to historic preservation that began more than three decades ago. Presentations will be led by the program's founding director, Professor Emeritus Chester Liebs, who is currently Fulbright Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Urban Engineering at the University of Tokyo.
Reflections and recollections will be offered by Professor Thomas Visser, Director of the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program and graduate of the class of 1986; Neil Stout, Professor Emeritus of the UVM Historic Preservation Program; Gregory Paxton, graduate of the class of 1977 and today President and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Trust; and John Dumville, graduate of the class of 1977 and today Vermont Historic Sites Operations Chief. Their remarks will provide a retrospective on the program's origins, an introduction to the program's educational innovations currently underway, and a glimpse into the future of preservation education in America. The dialogue promises to be rich in memory, thoughtful in observation, powerful in sense of place, and farsighted in prophecy.
Arlington, Massachusetts
Opening Plenary Session:
Timothy R. Neuman, PE , Vice President and Chief Highway Engineer, CH2M HILL
Timothy Neuman is Vice President and Chief Highway Engineer for CH2M HILL and is nationally recognized as a leader in the Context Sensitive Design field, through both project work and research. He served as co-principal investigator for NCHRP Project 15-19, “Application of Context Sensitive Design Principles,” which resulted in the publication of NCHRP Report 480, A Guide to Best Practices for Achieving Context Sensitive Solutions. He assisted in development of CH2M Hill’s two-day training course on Context Sensitive Solutions, which has been taught to over 20 state DOTs and other agencies around the country on behalf of FHWA. He also was technical editor for AASHTO on development of a companion policy document to FHWA’s Flexibility in Highway Design, recently published as A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design, May 2004. Mr. Neuman was appointed to AASHTO’s Thinking Beyond the Pavement/Context Sensitive Design Steering Committee. He has also served as a special highway technical advisor to Scenic America.
Blackstone Bikeway, Massachusetts
Closing Plenary Session:
Luisa M. Paiewonsky, Commissioner, Massachusetts Highway Department
Luisa Paiewonsky, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway) since June, 2005, has spent her entire career in public service. Following a three-year tour in the US Peace Corps, she joined MassHighway in 1989 and has worked in a variety of staff and management roles. As commissioner, Ms. Paiewonsky has emphasized highway and employee safety, context sensitive design, and preservation of bridges and the Interstate Highway System. Under her leadership, MassHighway, in collaboration with an outside Task Force, developed the 2006 Project Development and Design Guide. The groundbreaking document, released in January 2006, won national and regional awards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the American Planning Association, and the New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association. Ms. Paiewonsky holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Spanish from Mount Holyoke College and a Master's degree in City Planning degree from Boston University.
Carol Murray, Former Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Transportation
Carol Murray, a New Hampshire native, grew up in Littleton, a typical New England town that today retains its walkable, economically vital, sustainable Main Street. Her intuitive understanding about the need to provide mobility for people, goods and services, all the while preserving a sense of community, has served her well in the field of transportation. As Commissioner of New Hampshire’s Department of Transportation, she oversaw the development of a long range transportation plan prepared by people whose lives and businesses are affected by transportation, rather than by statisticians who study vehicle miles traveled (VMT). She became a champion of the true reasons for the sea change known as Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) because she believes that mobility can be delivered without damaging our communities, urban neighborhoods, rural landscapes, and quality of life.
Chester H. Liebs
Chester Liebs is founding director and Professor Emeritus of the University of Vermont’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. He was accorded the James Marston Fitch Preservation Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Preservation Education in 2004, and was nominated (by UVM preservation alumni) and received a “National Honor Award” from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for his contributions to preservation education in 1996; he is also an Advisor Emeritus for the National Trust. The National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Council on the Arts, the Preservation Trust of Vermont, and the Eva-Gebhard Gourgaud Foundation have all awarded him recognition for his contributions to historic preservation, as well. Since leaving Vermont, he has served as Visiting Professor of Heritage Conservation at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and is now Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Certificate Program in Historic Preservation and Regionalism in the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning, where he founded the Southwest Summer Institute for Preservation and Regionalism. He is currently on leave serving as Fulbright Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Urban Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He continues to lecture and conduct research not only in the United States and Japan, but in Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, and Sweden. Among his writings he is the author of many writings, including Main Street to Miracle Mile , a seminal work in the field of American cultural landscape history.
King Street, Northampton, Massachusetts
Thursday, June 7, 2007
5:00 - 9:00 P.M.
UVM's Historic Preservation Program Alumni Reception & Dinner
Billings, North Lounge
Friday, June 8, 2007
7:00 - 8:00 A.M.
Registration
Martin Luther King Lounge
8:00 - 9:00 A.M.
Opening Plenary
Campus Center TheaterWelcome and Introductions:
Thomas D. Visser, Director, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation University of Vermont
Lisa Aultman-Hall, Director, UVM National University Transportation CenterKeynote Speaker:
Timothy R. Neuman, Vice President and Chief Highway Engineer CH2M Hill, Chicago
9:15 - 10:45 A.M.
Morning Panel Sessions: Part 1 (Concurrent Worshops)
A1. CSS Principles for Excellence in Transportation Design.
Panel Moderator: Luisa Paiewonsky, Commissioner, Massachusetts Highway Department, and Thomas DiPaoloA2. Multidisciplinary Design Teams for CSS.
Panel Moderator: Nadine Peterson, Bureau of Environment, New Hampshire Department of TransportationA3. Does History Matter Anymore? A Look at the Present and Future of Context-based Bridge Aesthetics
Panel Moderator: Mary McCahon, Senior Historian, Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers.
11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Morning Panel Sessions; Part 2 (Concurrent Workshops)
B1. Economic Analysis and Cost Comparisons.
Panel Moderator: Timothy R. Neuman, CH2MHill, Chicago.B2. Applying CSS Principles in the Context of Section 106 and Section 4(f) Review.
Panel Moderator: MaryAnn Naber, Historic Preservation Officer, Federal Highway Administration.B3. Case Studies: Alternative Transportation Systems.
Panel Moderator: Lisa-Aultman Hall, Director, UVM National University Transportation Center.
River Road, Andover, Massachusetts
12:30 - 1:30 P.M.
Shuttle to Luncheon
Harris Mills Dining Hall Complex
12:45 - 1:45 P.M.
Luncheon
Harris Mills Dining Hall Complex
1:45 P.M.
2:00 - 3:30 P.M.Shuttle back to Billings
Afternoon Panel Sessions (Concurrent Workshops)
C1. Engaging Stakeholders and Identifying Community Values.
Panel Moderator: Dan Marriot, Principal Paul Daniel Marriott and Associates, Scenic Roads Preservation PlannersC2. Department of Transportation CSS Training Programs.
Panel Moderator: Jane Brown, Landscape Architect Vermont Agency of TransportationC3. Case Studies: Urban Neighborhood, Village Centers & Rural Landscapes.
Panel Moderator: Gina Campoli, Environmental Policy Manager, Vermont Agency of Transportation
3:45 - 5:00 P.M.
Closing Plenary Session
Campus Center TheaterPanel Moderator:
MaryAnn Naber, Historic Preservation Officer, Federal Highway Administration
Panalists:
Luisa Paiewonsky, Commissioner, Massachusetts Highway Department
Carol Murray, Former Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Transportation
Chester Liebs, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and Currently Fulbright Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Engineering University of Tokyo
5:30 - 7:30 P.M.
Reception
Billings, North Lounge
Amesbury, Massachusetts
The University of Vermont's National University Transportation Center
and Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
Vermont Agency of Transportation
Massachusetts Highway Department
Transportation Research Board ADC50, Historic and
Archeological Preservation in Transportation Committee
Symposium Registration |
$100 |
UVM Historic Preservation Program Alumni |
$65.00 |
*Special Rate* Includes: |
$150.00 |
Refunds/Cancellation information:
If you cannot attend and cancel before May 21st a full refund will be issued. Refunds less a $75 cancellation fee will be made only if a written notice is received by May 21, 2007.
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Holiday Inn |
802-863-6363 |
$79.95 |
Comfort Inn |
802-865-3400 |
$79.00 |
Sheraton Hotel |
802-865-6600 |
$91.00 |
University of Vermont.
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