SmithGroup Architects Selected as AIA Fellows

Words: Margaret FosterSmithGroup – winners of a 2005 and 2006 Arizona Masonry Guild Excellence in Masonry Architectural Award, and a 2006 Masonry Institute of Michigan Masonry Honor Award, among others – is pleased to announce that architects Harold E. Davis Jr., William L. Diefenbach and Paul G. Johnson have been elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

The announcement was made by AIA on Feb. 23 in Washington, D.C. The honor is awarded to members who have made significant contributions to architecture and society, and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession.

Davis, Diefenbach and Johnson of SmithGroup will be among 76 members of the American Institute of Architects who will receive their Fellowship medal during the Investiture of Fellows Ceremony at the AIA 2007 National Convention and Design Expo in San Antonio on May 4, 2007.
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