Congratulations to Barbara Nadel BArch ‘78, who was presented with the American Institute of Architects’ 2009 Edward C. Kemper Award at last week’s AIA National Convention in San Francisco. Named in honor of the AIA’s first executive director, the award is the organization’s highest honor for service.

“Barbara is a proven leader, a dedicated mentor to emerging professionals, and an advocate for the AIA and the issues that are critical to the future of our profession,” AIA President George Miller noted in presenting the award. A two-term member of the AIA Board who served as a regional director from New York and a national vice president, she runs Barbara Nadel Architect in New York, specializing in such especially timely needs as security consulting, health-care design and special-needs designs for secure environments.