COMPLETED: AIA Youngstown First on the First

Event Date: January 1, 2026

Event Location: Online

Event Sign Up: None

Event Description: AIA Youngstown Ohio Architect’s PAC Challenge On-line Contributions

The AIA Youngstown Board of Directors became the first in the state to achieve 100% participation by its board members.

Members of AIA Youngstown are asked to participate once again in the Ohio Architects PAC challenge. This event focuses on having all members contribute to the Ohio Architects PAC on January 1. The theme is simple. Be one of the “1st on the 1st” to contribute and set the pace for other members across the state.

Members can just follow the link and make a contribution to the PAC to support the work of AIA Ohio and the AIA Ohio Government Advocacy Committee. Restrictions apply as indicated on the contribution form. The link is as follows: https://aiaohio.org/aia-ohio-advocacy-and-the-aia-ohio-pac/

AIA College of Fellows

The AIA College of Fellows (College), an affiliated organization of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), supports the endeavors of those members elevated by the AIA to the College. A member of the AIA is elevated to the College when, through a rigorous submission process, the Fellows Jury of the AIA selects the member to be admitted to the College. Members are elevated for in one of six “Objects” and their contributions are required to have a ripple effect across the states and regions of the Institute. Between 3% and 4% of AIA members are, during their career, elevated to the College of Fellows.

AIA Youngstown, in its nearly 100-year history, has had seven (7) members elevated to the College. These include the following:

Rufus Thompson, FAIA, 1889
Charles Frederick Owsley, FAIA, 1947
Charles J. Marr, FAIA, 1957
Arthur F. Sidells, FAIA, 1989
Paul j. Ricciuti, FAIA, 1996
Gary G. Balog, FAIA, 2008
Bruce W. Sekanick, FAIA, 2017

COMPLETED: AIA Youngstown First on the First

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