Subject: Appointment at National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
The following appeared on ARTIFACT and is reproduced here without the knowledge or consent of the author Date: 1 Aug 94 From: Peter Stott <pstott [at] emerald__tufts__edu> Subject: National Center for Preservation Technology names John Robbins To: Multiple recipients of list ARTIFACT <ARTIFACT [at] UMDD__BITNET> For Immediate Release Contacts: Joan Anzelmo, 202/208-6843 E. Blaine Cliver, 202/343-9573 National Park Service Director Roger Kennedy Selects New Executive Director for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training National Park Service Director Roger Kennedy announced the selection of John Robbins as the new Executive Director of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training located at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Robbins assumes the position on September 4, 1994. Robbins is a resident of Oxford, Mississippi, where he is sole principal of an architectural firm specializing in historic preservation. During his career, John has had extensive experience in the preservation field, including previous work for the National Park Service where he was affiliated with the Denver Service Center, and with the North Atlantic Historic Preservation Center as project architect on the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. During his ten years with the Park Service, Robbins won awards for his work on Fort Stanwix and the Lowell National Historical Park. Robbins has been active in preservation in Mississippi as well as in other states including California, New York, and Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1975, he was recipient of the first Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship in Historic Preservation in 1990. Robbins is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Society of Architectural Historians, the Mississippi Heritage Trust, and the Mississippi Historical Society. He will be moving to Natchitoches with his wife Laura Elkins and their two children. The National Center was created by the 1992 Amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act to coordinate and promote preservation research, distribute information, and provide training in preservation skills and technologies. For further information concerning the National Center and the new executive director, contact E. Blaine Cliver Acting Executive Director National Center for Preservation Technology and Training National Park Service P.O.Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 -NPS- July 25, 1994 posted by request of the Acting Executive Director Peter H. Stott Heritage Conservation US ICOMOS / ICOMOS Canada pstott [at] emerald__tufts__edu pstott [at] igc__apc__org pstott [at] icomos__net *** Conservation DistList Instance 8:11 Distributed: Monday, August 1, 1994 Message Id: cdl-8-11-013 ***Received on Monday, 1 August, 1994