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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Erin Tobin, Executive Director
info@fitchfoundation.org or
518-894-5314.
New York, March 27, 2007 – John H. Stubbs, Chair of the James
Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation, announced on behalf of the
Foundation’s trustees two mid-career research grant awards.
“The Foundation is delighted to award not only the prestigious
Kress Mid-Career Grant, but also a Fitch Research Grant in memory
of our late Trustee, Richard Blinder,” stated Stubbs.
John Matteo’s proposal, Preservation Engineering – A New
Curriculum, has received the Fitch Foundation’s 2006 Kress
Mid-Career Grant. John Matteo is Associate and Director of
Preservation in the Washington DC office of Robert Silman
Associates. Matteo’s depth of experience working on historic
preservation projects includes Fallingwater, which would not have
been saved without the innovative structural reinforcement
solutions designed by the engineering team. This experience has
provided him with the perspective necessary to develop this
important connection between academic training and professional
service within the fields of historic preservation and
engineering.
Samuel Gruber has received this year’s Fitch Research Grant,
given in memory of Richard Blinder, for his study, Saving American
Synagogues: Preservation materials pertaining to the history,
architecture and religious significance of older American
synagogues. Gruber’s project will produce a preservation
manual pertaining to the history, architecture and religious
significance of older American synagogues. This manual will present
various materials relevant to professional, community and
congregation efforts to document, designate, protect and preserve
historic American synagogues. Since 1995, Gruber has directed the
Jewish Heritage Research Center in Syracuse, NY and has acted as
Research Director for the United State Commission for the
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation, founded in 1988, was
established to recognize the unique contribution of Dr. Fitch to
the field of historic preservation in the United States. The
purpose of the foundation is to advance the study and practice of
preservation by supporting preservation endeavors through a
research grant program as well as publications, seminars and
lectures.
Fitch Foundation
c/o Neighborhood Preservation Center
232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-252-6809
fax: 212-471-9987
www.fitchfoundation.org
info@fitchfoundation.org
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