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Guest Editor Tenence Doody

I I I IKHI . I I Committee

Chairman Danny Marc Samuels

Terrene e Doody Stephen Fox

Nonya Grennder Lynn M. Herbert

Karl ktlian Barry Moore

Barrie Scardino Christof Spieler William F. Stern

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DrexeJ rurnet Bruce ( . Webb

Managing Editor Mitchell |. Shields

Graphic Design Mm.ii Design Group

Photography Paul 1 lester

Advertising Lynn Kelt)

Rice Design Alliance Hoard of Directors

President Thomas K Bellows

President-] Ice! Larry E. Wli.iley

Vice President lames I). Burnett

Treasurer John D. Miner

Secretary Nonya t irenader

Barbara J. Amclio Natalye 1 • Appcl

Marilyn Archer Minnertc B. Boescl 1 .irolyii S. Hrevvet

Deborah Brochstein l ind) M. Burns

William R. Dimiiv.in Edwin A. 1 ubanks 1 ion. Jessica Farrax

Dietmai I , Frochlich 1 >avul 1. (a-orgc

Alfred Classell III Chuck Crcinillion

Guy 1 iagscettc [ennifer 1 larding

k.nln ! teard 1 onnie 1 loogeboom Katherine S. 1 lowe

Chris A. 1 ludson ( ,n Ins Innene/

Siis.iu Booth Keeton [Catherine king

Lawrence 1. Lander Kay 1 entz

1 .us Lerup Rafael 1 ongoria

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Joan B. Miller |llllll 1). .Ml Ml/ Patrick Peters

1 hartotte A. Rothwell Jeffrej D. Ryan

Damn Mars Samuels Roger M. Soto

William 1. Stem S. Hill Swifi III Rives T. Taylor

t uithia Toles Randal! Walker Bruce C Webb

|oe Douglas Webb William D. Williams

1 \ccutive Director Linda 1 . Sylvan

Program Administrator Trang Phan

Records Coordinator Mary Swift

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Terrene* Doody is a professor in the Harry Moore is an architect ai Genslex Mitchell J. Shields is managing editor English Department at Rice University. He is also an adjunct professor in the ol Cite.

Gerald l>. Hines College of Architecture, Karl Kilian is owner and managei ol University ol Houston, and directs its Steven R. Strom is an archivisi for the Hra/os Bookstore. Workshop tor I listoric Architecture. Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles.

He was formerly architectural archivist Michael kimmins writes the bra/os Patrick Peters is a partner in the for the Houston Public l ibrary.

Bookstore's newsletter. design firm of 1 ongoria/Peters. 1 iiula I . Sylvan is executive director ol

Claudia Kolker was formerly the Barrie Scardino was managing editor the Rice Design Alliance.

1 Illusion correspondent tor the l.«$ of Cite from 1996 to 1998. She now

Angeles Times, sin- is current!) a lives in New York ( ity, where she writes David Theis is a freelance writer living

freelance writer in Houston. on architectural topics. in Houston.

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