Distinguished Alumnus Award

The Distinguished Alumnus Award, awarded annually, is awarded to a graduate of the Texas Tech Huckabee College of Architecture whose career and professional life have brought distinction on the College and whose career as an architect is held in high esteem by peers and the general public. Nominations may be made by an individual, firm or organization with knowledge of the Nominee's qualifications, in the following categories:

Distinguished Architectural Practice
Distinguished Community or Public Service
Distinguished Achievement in Architecture Education or Professionally Related Fields
Distinguished Alumni Spirit

Bart Shaw, FAIA ’03

2026 Distinguished Alumnus

Bart Shaw, FAIA, is founder of Bart Shaw Architect and co-leader of Ibañez Shaw Architecture. Since founding his practice, Bart’s work has garnered more than fifty major design awards, including two national AIA Small Project Awards, four Texas Society of Architects Honor Awards, and the American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum. In 2019, Bart was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows for Design, one of the youngest architects in the nation to receive the profession's highest individual honor.

Through the Texas Tech Design Leadership Alliance, Bart directed the Huckabee College of Architecture’s Design Awards program in 2023 and 2024, celebrating distinguished alumni while strengthening connections between graduates and the college. He has returned as a guest juror, participated in portfolio reviews and mock interviews, and mentored students preparing to enter the profession.

Past Recipients

2025 Joseph Imamura, PhD, AIA, FASLA, FAICP
2024 Ron Wommack, FAIA ’76
2023 Lance Evans ’04
2022 Nick Deaver, AIA ’81
2021 Michael S. Molina, AIA ’91
2020 Jim C. Kollaer, FAIA, LEED AP ’69
2019 Barry Hand, AIA, LEED AP BD+C ’90
2018 Doug Moss ’90
2017 Daniel S. Hart, AIA ’90
2016 Michael G. Imber ’86
2015 Regent Christopher Huckabee ’91
2014 Mark T. Wellen, FAIA ’77
2013 Thomas D. Curtis, AIA ’80
2012 James B. "Jim" Boggs, AIA, ’62
2011 Leslie L. Shepherd, AIA, ’83
2010 Noel Barrick, AIA, ’72
2009 David R. Messersmith, FAIA, ’73
2008 Morris Brown, FAIA, MFA, ’69
2007 F. Reg Narmour, ’63
2006 W. Mark Gunderson, AIA, ’79
2005 Rodney C. Hill, AIA, ’62
2004 David M. Farrell, AIA, ’79
2003 J. Michael Brendle, FAIA, ’78
2002 Bill D. Smith, FAIA, ’63
2001 Terrance J. Brown, FAIA, ’69
2000 Ronald P. Bertone, FAIA, ’70
1999 Robert A. Fielden, FAIA, ’63
1998 Larry D. Self, FAIA, ’68
1997 Charles F. Harper, FAIA, ’55
1996 Stephen R. Souter, FAIA, ’71
1995 Walter L. Winters, ’60
1994 James R. Morter, FAIA, 68
1993 Richard B. Ferrier, FAIA, ’68
1992 Jim C. Doche, FAIA, ’65
1991 J. Carlos Jones, ’54
1990 Bob G. Fillpot, FAIA, ’67
1989 James E. Atcheson
1988 D. Keith Downing, ’59
1987 A. Dudley Thompson, ’54
1986 Alan R. Sumner, FAIA, ’65
1985 Robert H. LeMond, FAIA, ’60
1984 Paul Stevenson Oles, FAIA, ’60
1983 Richard W. Payne, FAIA, ’60
1982 Robert C. Messersmith, Sr., AIA, ’52

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