Award Recipients
Marian
& Leon Despres
Preservation Award
2013
Chicago Neighborhood initiatives
David Doig President
for the restoration of 24 historic row houses in the
North Pullman neighborhood
University of Chicago, Alicia Muraski,
Executive Director
for Planning and Design
Woodlawn Homeowners Association
Linda Thisted and Sidney Hans, Residents
For the creation of planned development 43
Sub Area O on the 57oo Block of South Woodlawn Avenue
Paul Cornell
Awards
2013
Stephen A Trefffman
for iminaginative and infirmative documentation and preservation
of Hyde Park's unique history.
Jackson Park
Advisory Council, Louise McCurry President
For restoring Jackson Park's tradition of leadership
in natural history, recreation and historic
preservation
Washington Park Conservancy, Madiem Kawa, President
for honoring Frederick Law Olmsted's vision of nature
and the democratic spirit in a great city park.
Jean Block
Award
2013
Richard A Courage
For his book, The Muse in Bronzeville
African American Creative Expression in Chicago
1932 - 1950
Paul
Cornell Award
2011
Hyde Park Herald Archive
Alex Sagan
Paul Sagan
Bruce Sagan, PUBLISHER
For placing the Hyde Park Herald digital archive online
Special Collections Research Center
of the Joseph Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago
Eileen Ielmini
Head Processing Archivist
Maija Anderson
Former Processing Archivist, now with the Oregon Health and
Sciences University Historical Collections & Archives,
Portland Oregon
Daniel Meyer
Associate Director and University Archivist
For preserving the Hyde Park Historical Society Archives
Jean Block Award
2011
Rebecca Janowitz
For her book, Culture of Opportunity: Obama’s Chicago:
The People, Politics and the Ideas of Hyde Park
Past Marian & Leon Despres Preservation Awards
2011
The Willard Gidwitz House
designed by architect Ralph Rapson in 1947
Leon and Rian Walker, owners
For their historic rehabilitation project
2010
Chicago Public Library
PARMA Conservation
--for the conservation and restoration of the historic murals at
the Chicago Public Library Blackstone Branch
Stacy Stewart
Ishmael Smith
Bryanna Stalling
--for advocacy of the Carl Hansberry House as a Chicago Landmark
2009
University of Chicago Law School
-- for the rehabilitation of the Laird Bell Law School
Quadrangle
Lisa and Nate Eimer
-- for the restoration of the Frankenthal House, 4825 S.
Woodlawn
2008
The Medical Center of the University of Chicago
-- for the preservation of the American School of Correspondence
building and for the restoration of its lobby and front
elevation
Danny Aucunas
-- for the restoration of the Vierling House, 4914 S. Greenwood
2007
The Kenwood Open House Committee
The South East Chicago Commission
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks
-- for establishing the Kenwood Landmark District in 1979
2006
The Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church
The Coalition to Save the Met
for saving the historic
Metropolitan Community Church building
The University of Chicago
The Save I-House Committee
--
for saving and rehabilitating the historic International House
building
ShoreBank
NEWCO-RFPC
-- for rehabilitating the historic South Side Savings and Loan
building
2005
Marian & Leon Despres
-- for their leadership in establishing the Chicago
architectural
preservation movement
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