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At the time of the establishment of the AIA, anyone could claim to be an architect, as there were no schools of architecture or architectural licensing laws in the United States. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"From the 1860\u2019s to the beginning of the 20th Century, many architects joined the AIA and chapters were organized in most major cities. As of 2022, the AIA has more than 95,000 members in over 250 chapters worldwide. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"On 16 January 1922, the Pennsylvania Society of Architects (PSA) carved out of its territory a regional chapter named the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Chapter of the American Institute of Architects."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"From the few Chapter records that exist, we know (since it was then an \u201cexclusive male\u201d organization) meetings were usually held at the Scranton Club, or when in Wilkes-Barre, at the Westmoreland Club. Presidents of the Chapter included a list of prominent Lackawanna County architects, Danial H. Morgan, Edward H. Davis, George M.D. Lewis, Arthur P. Coon, Searle H. von Storch \u0026 James A. Barrett. Luzerne County Presidents included Donald F. Innes, Thomas A. Foster, and Charles L. Levy. The territory of this Chapter is unknown."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"On 30 November 1941, Thomas H. Atherton (Col.) James A Barrett, Frederick Charles Boldry, Harry Charles Child, Arthur P. Coon, Edward H. Davis, Donald F. Innes, Charles L. Levy, George M.D. Lewis, William Shepard Lowndes, Fred J. Mack, Searle H. von Storch and Emerson Carter Willison, received a Charter from the AIA establishing the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter in nine counties of Pennsylvania. All members in the Counties of Bradford, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne \u0026 Wyoming were transferred into this new Chapter. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Leadership of the Chapter has rotated in an irregular basis between Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties, with an occasional President from Bradford, Columbia, or Pike Counties. Chapter leadership has included principals of many of the medium-sized \u0026 larger regional firms, employees of the same firms as well as numerous sole-proprietors. Our first female President, Stephanie Jacobs, AIA served from 1995 to 1996. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"In the latter part of the 20th Century, several regional architects developed an interest in the architecture of their predecessors, the advent of Historic Preservation in NEPA. Joseph Young, AIA authored an article which appeared in the April 1966 issue of PSA\u2019s magazine, Charrette. Titled, \u201cEarly Architects and Architecture of Scranton Pennsylvania\u201d it discussed the history of architects and their buildings in Lackawanna County from 1850 to the 1920\u2019s."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"In 1983, the Chapter co-sponsored the writing \u0026 publication of \u201cWilkes-Barre Architecture 1860 to 1960\u201d. Written by Vito J. Sgromo and Michael L. Lewis, the book featured many historic photographs from the archives of several local firms and \u201ccurrent\u201d photos by Carl J. Handman, AIA. Robert A. Eyerman, FAIA, was a consultant for this book. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"In our 100 years, AIA PA has had five of its members elevated to Fellowship in the AIA. These individuals include Col. Thomas H. Atherton, Robert A. Eyerman, Samuel Z. Moskowitz, Peter Q. Bohlin and Frank Grauman. In addition, in 2010, Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA, received the AIA Gold Medal, the highest award given to members of the AIA."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"In the 1990\u2019s, after a hiatus of several years, the Chapter revived our Design Awards program. Held every 2 years, the program is open to all Chapter members and is juried by another chapter of the AIA."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"One of the Chapter\u2019s proudest accomplishments is the establishment in 2003 of a Scholarship Endowment Fund and a Lecture Endowment Fund, both administered by the Luzerne Foundation in Wilkes-Barre, PA. With an initial deposit of $3,500, both funds have grown to a sum of over $137,000. The main source of these comes from business sponsorships at the Chapter\u2019s Annual Banquet held each November. Additional grants have been provided by National AIA. Starting in 2007, the Chapter has awarded $73,000 in scholarships to 23 regional architectural students attending seven undergraduate and\/or graduate programs of Architecture."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"AIA NEPA is also strongly associated with the Marywood University School of Architecture (MUSoA) in Scranton, PA. Since MUSoA was established in the early 2000\u2019s, several AIA NEPA members have taught classes and\/or design studios as Adjunct Instructors, A current Board member, Lizz Andrejewski, AIA, is an Assistant Professor @ MUSoA. Many members have served as volunteer jurors\/critics of student projects. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The Chapter, as part of their mission, also co-sponsors guest lectures at MUSoA. Through these lectures, as well as in partnership with regional construction industry members, AIA NEPA provides 18 CEU to its members. Although Continuing Education is still not required in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for licensure, it is a requirement for maintaining membership in the AIA. With this activity, AIA NEPA continues to perform its service to \u201cprotect the health, safety and welfare\u201d to the residents of Pennsylvania."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"In 2021, the Chapter purchased and donated to the Albright Memorial Library in Scranton a series of architectural registration study guides. These guides are available to architectural students and recent graduates as they study for the Architectural Registration Exam."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Numerous members of AIA NEPA have gone on to continue their professional service on the Commonwealth and National levels. This includes Board members and several past Presidents of AIA PA (Formerly PSA), including Joseph DeSicipio, Patrick Endler, David Leung, Ralph Melone, Randy Stauffer, and Joseph Young. 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