Paul Schell Hon. AIA has helped shape the form and function of communities throughout the Northwest, and has imprinted design education and practice in profound ways. Over the last four decades, the career of this urban visionary has spanned our area's most significant public and private design and development activities - from directing the City of Seattle Department of Community Development to co-founding Cornerstone Development Company (1979-87), to his election to the Port of Seattle Comission and his service as Dean of the UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning (1993-96).

In his term as Mayor of Seattle 1998-2002, Paul oversaw the public processes and project commencement for a new City Hall, the Seattle Justice Center, a new downtown library, the renovation of the Seattle Opera House, Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculture Park, and 100 new parks throughout the city. His reliance on and advocacy for the power of design helped inspire public confidence in key investments in the future of the city.

Most recently, Paul continues his influential connection with design as a strategic advisor and new business developer at NBBJ, where partner Scott Wyatt FAIA refers to him as "a great urbanist." Paul continues to bring challenge to design community colleagues as he surveys the significant questions before all of us in the months and years ahead - as he proposes to do in this session with the Fellows/Honors Council.

We urge Fellows/Honors Council members to bring young architects and colleagues as their guests, to share the inspiration and experience of this presentation.

Cordially,

Roger Williams FAIA
President, Fellows/Honors Council

See "Let's Get on with Seattle's Future," Seattle P-I editorial by Paul Schell and Tom Alberg 9/18/02

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