Arthur Skolnik FAIA (BA Arch U of Illinois 1966, MA Pratt Institute 1967), President of The Skolnik Company, receives acclaim for his three+ decades of effort to bring economic vitality to landmarks preservation. He initiated preservation offices in diverse government settings - Seattle's first historic district manager, in Pioneer Square; the nation's first city conservator, in Seattle; and the first state conservator, in Washington.

His conservation activism and successes began with the 1970s campaign to rescue Pioneer Square from then-conventional urban renewal; he went on to spearhead rehabilitation of San Diego's downtown Gaslamp Quarter. Back in Seattle, he created innovative public-private partnerships for economic development, working with King County - and contributing in important ways to effective decision-making for urban quality.

Raised in a family tradition of civic activism, Art ran for the King County Council in the mid-1970s, in 1998 for the Washington legislature, to represent the district including North Bend, where he and his family owned and operated a llama ranch, and in 2003 for a seat on the Seattle City Council.

Following a stint with Daly Architects in downtown Seattle and a tenure as Executive Director of the Kalakala Foundation, Art has taken an active part in the public dialog around the future of Seattle's downtown waterfront.

David Hewitt FAIA sponsored Art Skolnik's nomination for the AIA College of Fellows, resulting in Art's investiture in 1996, at the AIA Convention in Minneapolis.