Masonry Magazine September 1970 Page. 39
MAKEΜΟΝΕΥMOVE
Attend the 1971 MCAA Convention
Houston, Texas. Shamrock-Hilton Hotel. February 6-9
Bricklayers Establish Thomas Jefferson Award
A Thomas Jefferson Award for Architecture, to be given once each two years to an architect whose environmental design contributions are "in keeping with the ideals of Statesman-Architect Thomas Jefferson," has been established by the Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers International Union. BM&PIU President Thomas F. Murphy announced that the first Jefferson Award will go to Architect Ulrich Franzen of New York City, who will accept the Award Sept. 1 at the biennial convention of the union in Washington, D.C.
A prize of $5,000 accompanies the Jefferson Award.
Murphy said the union's executive board established the Award "to give tangible evidence of the concern felt by masonry craftsmen over the need to improve our environment, and to recognize outstanding architects whose work has contributed importantly to environmental improvement."
"The Award is named for a genius - a philosopher, statesman, politician, and architect - whose profound concern over the quality of the American environment has been and remains an inspiration to architects and all people," Murphy said.
Murphy said that "Ulrich Franzen's architectural contributions over the past decade pre-eminently qualify him to receive the first Jefferson Award from the Executive Board of the BM&PIU."
Franzen, a Fellow of The American Institute of Architects, recently won an AIA Honor Award for buildings at Cornell University. He has received many other awards, including the Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
He is a member of the Advisory Council on Design for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Public Advisory Panel for Architectural Services of the U.S. General Services Administration, and the Committee on Design of AIA. He is a past president of the Architectural League of New York, and has been a visiting professor at Harvard and Yale Universities.
Among recent major projects by his firm, Ulrich Franzen & Associates, are a master plan and new facilities for the national historic enclave at Harper's Ferry, W.Va., a residential quadrangle at the University of New Hampshire, a new community for the Urban Development Corporation of New York, and the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas.
GPC ACQUIRES MANGURIAN'S
Agreement in principle has been reached for the acquisition of Mangurian's, Inc., a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based home furnishings retailer by General Portland Cement Company of Dallas.
Announcement of the agreement was made jointly by L. James Wade, Jr., board chairman and chief executive officer of General Portland, and Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., board chairman and chief executive officer of Mangurian's.
Under terms of the proposed acquisition, subject to approval by directors and, if required, by shareholders of both companies, Mangurian's, Inc. stockholders would receive two shares of General Portland common for each three shares of Mangurian's, Inc. stock. No changes in management are anticipated.
PCA Reorganization
Warren G. Burres, vice president of the Market Development Division, Portland Cement Association, has announced the reorganization of the former Market Programs Department into three market development departments each headed by a director. In addition, two men have been named national coordinators in special areas. The new appointments are:
Paving and Transportation, Gordon K. Ray, Director;
Non-Residential, Howard O. Gilbertsen, Director;
Residential, Carl F. Roth, Director;
Water Resources, Carl R. Wilder, National Coordinator;
Building Systems Development, Richard P. Geyser, National Coordinator.
These changes reflect PCA's growing emphasis on market development, Mr. Burres said, and show the importance attached to each of these marketing areas.