Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Honor of Llewellyn W. Pitts, FAIA
The Medal for Lifetime Achievement is awarded to a single member each year in recognition of a lifetime of distinguished leadership and dedication to architecture, the profession, and the community. The medal is the Texas Society of Architects’ highest honor. It is awarded in memory of Llewellyn W. Pitts, FAIA, to publicly recognize architects who by their example and service have made significant contributions to the advancement of the profession and to the community.
2024 Recipient:
Jim Susman, FAIA
Jim Susman, FAIA
Austin
A giant among the profession’s leaders in Texas, Jim Susman, FAIA has dedicated his career to strengthening the interwoven elements of architecture, creating a vision for improving the world around him, and tackling the details with a calm can-do spirit that turns ideas into reality. Susman is a senior principal of STG Design, located in Austin, which he has led from a six-person startup to an award-winning 90-person firm with offices in three states. STG has been a key driver of some of Austin’s most transformational projects, including Block 185 (Google Tower), the Thinkery children’s museum, and the Seaholm Power Plant redevelopment. Over the past four decades, numerous community organizations in Austin have benefited from Susman’s influence and leadership, as has the AIA: he has served as AIA Austin president, on numerous local and state committees, and as interim executive vice president of TxA during the pandemic, providing a steady hand in an uncertain time.
Past Recipients
2023
Jeff Potter, FAIA
Dallas
2022
John Kirksey, FAIA
Houston
2021
David Richter, FAIA
Elizabeth Chu Richter, FAIA
Corpus Christi
2020
Heather McKinney, FAIA
Austin
2019
Chris Carson, FAIA
San Antonio
2018
Philip C. Henderson, FAIA
Dallas
2017
Lawrence W. Speck, FAIA
Austin
2016
Sinclair Black, FAIA
Austin
2015
Bryce A. Weigand, FAIA
Dallas
2014
John V. Nyfeler, FAIA
Austin
2013
Reagan W. George, FAIA
Dallas/Willow City
2012
Charles R. Tapley, FAIA
Houston
2011
Tommy N. Cowan, FAIA
Austin
2010
Ray B. Bailey, FAIA
Houston
2009
Carolyn S. Peterson, FAIA
San Antonio
2008
Velpeau ‘Vel’ E. Hawes, Jr., FAIA
Dallas
2007
Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA
Dallas
2006
Frank D. Welch, FAIA
Dallas
2005
Bill D. Smith, FAIA
Dallas
2004
Boone Powell, FAIA
San Antonio
2003
Jim C. Doche, FAIA
Amarillo
2002
Charles F. Harper, FAIA
Wichita Falls
2001
Lee Roy Hahnfeld, FAIA
Dallas
2000
E. G. Hamilton, FAIA
Dallas
1999
Zeb Rike, AIA
McAllen
1998
Hal Box, FAIA
Austin
1997
James D. Tittle, FAIA
Abilene
1996
Alan Y. Taniguchi, FAIA
Austin
1995
John Only Greer, FAIA
Bryan
1994
Pat Y. Spillman, FAIA
Dallas
1993
Robert H. LeMond, FAIA
Fort Worth
1992
Seth I. Morris, FAIA
Houston
1991
Thomas L. McKittrick, FAIA
Houston
1990
James A. Clutts, FAIA
Dallas
1989
Benjamin E. Brewer, Jr., FAIA
Houston
1988
Theodore S. Maffitt, Jr., FAIA
Palestine
1987
Terrell R. Harper, FAIA
Dallas
1986
Jay W. Barnes, FAIA
Austin
1985
George F. Pierce, Jr., FAIA
Houston
1984
Preston M. Geren, Jr., FAIA
Fort Worth
1983
Edwin Carroll, FAIA
El Paso
1982
Bartlett Cocke, FAIA
San Antonio
1981
David R. Braden, FAIA
Dallas
1980
William W. Caudill, FAIA
Houston
1979
Howard R. Barr, FAIA
Austin
1978
O’Neil Ford, FAIA
San Antonio
1977
Milton B. McGinty, FAIA
Houston
John M. McGinty, FAIA
Houston
1976
Thomas A. Bullock, FAIA
Houston
1975
Philip Creer, FAIA
Austin
1974
Douglas E. Steinman, FAIA
Beaumont
1973
Mace Tungate, FAIA
Houston
1972
Daniel Boone, FAIA
Abilene
1971
Preston M. Bolton, FAIA
Houston
1970
George Harrell, FAIA
Dallas
1969
Reginald Roberts, FAIA
San Antonio
1968
R. Max Brooks, FAIA
Austin