Alumni News
December 2008
1970s
Janet C. Campbell, Arch 75, M Arch 77, was re-elected for a third consecutive term to the San Francisco Republican Party Central Committee from the California 12th Assembly District in June. Campbell serves as vice chair of special events.
1980s
Paul Fritz, Arch 83, and his wife, Kim Killu, announce the birth of a son, Braeden Anthony, on July 24. He joins sister Danielle, at the family’s home in St. Clair Shores, Mich. Fritz is the director of architecture for AE Equities, located in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Julee Potter, Arch 88, M Arch 90, has earned professional accreditation in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design from the U.S. Green Building Council. Potter, who joined Davis Architects in 1995, recently joined 11 other LEED-accredited professionals at the Birmingham firm as members of Alabana’s strongest “Green Design Tean.” A vice president of the Davis firm and the principal in charge of finances, Potter serves on the boards of the Shades Cahaba Elementary School PTO and the Homewood Public Library and is a member of the Homewood Oxmoor Rotary Club.
1990s
Carrie Greene Fuoco, BC 99, and James Fuoco, IE 96, MBA 04, announce the birth of their son, Andrew James, on August 7. Carrie works for Turner Construction Co. James works for PricewaterhouseCoopers. They live in Decatur, GA.
Gregory Walker and Hank Houser (M Arch 1997) featured in Architectural Record, “Houser Walker Architecture: Half a glass, full plate.”
2000s
Brian Heinlein, Arch 04, and his wife Angie, announce the birth of a daughter, Chloe Grace, on July 27. She joins sister Olivia, 2 at the family’s home in Dallas, GA. Heinlein is an architectural designer and CAD manager at Lyman Davidson Dooley in Marietta.
IN MEMORIAM
Amos Martin Rayfield (BS 1948, Arch 1949), a resident of Roswell, GA on Aug. 9. He retired after a career as an architect and was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Albert R. Wilson (Arch 1943) of Asheboro, NC on Aug 10. A member of the Navy ROTC at Georgia Tech, he enlisted in the Navy following graduation, serving as a lieutenant during World War II and commanding a subchaser. After leaving the service, Mr. Wilson was employed by Wachovia Bank in High Point, NC, retiring as a vice president in 1983.
Fredrick Claiborne Craig (Arch 1952) of Jackson, MS, on Sept. 30. After serving as a lieutenant in the Army in Korea, Mr. Craig returned to Jackson in 1960 and began a lengthy career as a custom home builder. He was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity at Tech.
James deMott Jordan, (Arch 1987) of Atlanta, in September. Following graduation from Tech, he returned to his hometown of Moultrie, GA to join the architecture firm of the late W. Frank McCall. He continued his career with Norman Davenport Askins AIA and Pak Heydt and Associates. He was a docent at the Atlanta History Center’s Swan House, a member of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and an alumnus of the Attingham Summer School program. He enjoyed collecting antiques and spending time with his Labrador retriever, Henry.
Kira Alston (M Arch 2000) was born in Newark on June 19, 1974, to John H. Alston, II and Illia W. Alston. As their middle daughter she was the true center of the family. Raised in Plainfield, Kira's zest for life and happiness is reflected in her closeness to family and lifelong friends. She valued true friendship. A do-it-yourselfer, Kira would take any opportunity to get a little crafty and create something special with a personal touch.
She graduated from Spelman College, then went on to earn a Masters in Architecture from Georgia Tech. After a few years she moved a little closer to home, and decided to pursue her true passion in teaching. She would find enriching the lives of children the most fulfilling. She was employed with Nysmith School for the Gifted in Herndon, Va.
Along the route she met the love of her life, Francisco, who would help nurture and support all her dreams and decisions. They were married Oct. 7, 2007, beaming with the excitement of their lives together. Adding to the joy, they greatly anticipated the birth of their first child. Maya Celina was born May 20, 2008.
She will forever be a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend, leaving behind to honor her precious memories, her husband Francisco, her daughter Maya, her parents John and Illia, her sisters Kimberley and Camille, a host of extended family, including a family of in-laws that welcomed and loved her with warm open arms and a wealth of close friends.
Alumnus Zhya David Jacobs (M Arch 2005), a talented Chicago designer, died Tuesday, Nov. 11. He is remembered at the College of Architecture for leading a movement to incorporate digital technologies into architectural design, through his exceptional work as a student and as an assistant to Monica Ponce de Leon, former Thomas W. Ventulett III Chair in Architectural Design.
“I remember Zhya as a fun loving and inherently honest,” said classmate and friend Vikram Sami. “He was very popular in school - mainly because he was a decent fun loving human being.” Sami, a designer for Lord Aeck Sargent in Atlanta, was in design school with Jacobs beginning with undergraduate studies in India.
Sami also shared a thought from Henry David Thoreau that Jacobs shared with the world through his Web site:
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
Jacobs worked at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and had also spent time at Black Box Group focusing on Parametric digital design technology for projects like Icon Center in Dallas and Leamouth River Bridge in London. He also worked at Cooper Carry in Atlanta in the summers of 2005 and 2006.
He received a Master in Design Studies degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard in 2007, and a Bachelor in Architecture degree at the Academy of Arhcitecture in Mumbai, India in 1997.
As a student, Jacobs held positions of Cultural Secretary, Class Representative and Organizer of architecture conventions, and established INDIA GSD, a student group at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His work was published in CAADRIA 2007 (Nanjing, China); Indian Architect and Builder. While at Tech he recognized with an honorable mention from the Masonry Institute. He was an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects and member of the Indian Institute of Architects.
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