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July
2003
Robert A. Boynton, FAIA, Elected President of
NCARB
Robert A. Boynton, FAIA, of Richmond, Virginia, was recently elected
president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
(NCARB) at its Annual Meeting and Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Boynton successively served as the Council's secretary, second vice
president, and first vice president. He is a founding partner in the
Richmond-based firm, BoyntonoRothschildoRowland ArchitectsPC, long
recognized for its architectural work at many colleges and universities
in the state of Virginia, and with other private and public clients
in the Middle Atlantic region.
Boynton has provided vital leadership to Council endeavors since the
early 1990s. His contributions have included participation on several
NCARB committees, including the Committee on Procedures and Documents,
the Committee on Professional Conduct, the Member Board Administrators
Committee, the Committee on International Relations, the Committee
on Examination, the Architect Registration Examination Subcommittee,
and the Committee on Education.
He was elected to the Council's Region 2 Conference, which represents
the Middle Atlantic states, and served successively as secretary,
chair, and director. On the state level, Boynton was appointed to
the Virginia Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors,
Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects in 1992 and
served as its president in 1996-1997. He has served as chair of the
Architect Section of the Virginia Board for five different terms.
Boynton is the first person to have been appointed to the board by
three different Virginia governors.
Boynton is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he
received a bachelor
of architecture degree in 1969. He is registered in four states and
holds an NCARB Certificate for national reciprocity. In 1995, Boynton
was elected to the American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows.
The advancement to Fellowship is one of the highest honors AIA can
bestow upon a member.
It was also in 1995 that Boynton received the Professional of the
Year Award from the Virginia Association of Professions. The award
has only been given to one other architect in the 30-year history
of the association. He was recognized for ". . . his years of
service in the community and to the professions, his humanitarian
endeavors, and his complete dedication to the cause of justice and
ethics in the profession of architecture." Boynton served on
the VAP's board of directors from 1974 to 2000.
Boynton is a member of the advancement board for the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University's College of Architecture and Urban
Studies; the advisory committee for the Engineering Technology Program
of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College; and the professional advisory
board of Hampton University's Department of Architecture. He has also
served on a number of National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
teams that assess curricula for college and university-level architectural
programs throughout the United States.
Boynton has served the American Institute of Architects at the local,
state, and regional levels since entering the profession in 1969.
He was the president of the James River Chapter AIA as well as the
president of the Virginia Society AIA, and served as vice-president
of the Virginia Foundation for Architecture. Boynton also served as
regional representative to the AIA College of Fellows. He was awarded
the first Marcellus Wright Award from the local AIA Chapter, its highest
honor; the Distinguished Service Award from the Virginia Society AIA;
and Certificates of Appreciation from the Virginia Foundation and
the College of Fellows.
About NCARB
NCARB comprises the architectural registration boards of all 50 states
plus those of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin
Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. NCARB assists its member
state registration boards in carrying out their duties and provides
a certification program for individual architects.
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