SAH Celebrates

SAH Celebrates
Friday, November 3, 2023
6:00–9:00 PM
The Newberry, 60 W Walton St, Chicago
Tickets $210 per person

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You're invited to join the Society of Architectural Historians for the 2023 SAH Celebrates, our annual celebration of the achievements of individuals and groups who shape the built environment and passionately advocate on behalf of historic places. The event will take place at The Newberry on Friday, November 3, in Chicago.

At the center of SAH Celebrates is the Charnley-Persky House (1891–1892), a National Historic Landmark and a Chicago Landmark designed by Louis Sullivan with assistance from Frank Lloyd Wright, that serves as SAH headquarters. SAH Celebrates highlights the importance of fostering a supportive community whose efforts ensure the stewardship of architectural gems like the Charnley-Persky House.

Proceeds benefit the ongoing maintenance and care of the Charnley-Persky House and SAH's educational programs and publications, including SAH Archipedia and Buildings of the United States.

Honorees

Ann M. Beha, FAIA RAIC
Founder, Ann Beha Architects (Annum Architects)

Susan Benjamin
Owner, Benjamin Historic Certifications

Fred Eychaner
Philanthropist & President, Alphawood Foundation

Kevin and Elaine Harrington
Professor Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology
Retired, SAIC and House Museum Curator

Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Founder, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

SAH Celebrates will take place at The Newberry, 60 W Walton St. in Chicago, starting at 6:00 p.m. The awards ceremony that begins at 6:15 p.m. in Ruggles Hall will be followed by a cocktail reception at 7:00 pm, that features food stations and passed hors d’oeuvres designed by Lula Café. Guests will also enjoy access to The Newberry’s Trienens Galleries to view the exhibition, Seeing Race Before Race, which explores the roots of race from the Middle Ages to 1800. In conjunction with the event, SAH will host an online auction that features architectural objects and experiences. Dress is cocktail attire.

T. Gunny Harboe, FAIA
Founder, Harboe Architects

Michelangelo Sabatino, PhD
Professor, Director of Ph.D. Program in Architecture, Inaugural John Vinci Distinguished Research Fellow, Illinois Institute of Technology

Laurence O. Booth, FAIA
Booth Hansen Architects

Rebekah Coffman
Chicago History Museum

Stuart Cohen, FAIA
Cohen-Hacker Architects

Thomas M. Dietz

Jaeger Nickola Kuhlman & Associates

Alison Fisher
Art Institute of Chicago

Scott Fortman
Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, Chicago-Midwest Chapter

Keith Goad
The Keith Goad Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago

Chandra Goldsmith
IIT CoA Board of Advisors

Barbara Gordon
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy

Eleanor Gorski
Chicago Architecture Center

Stuart Graff
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

Julie Hacker, FAIA
Cohen-Hacker Architects

Sarah Herda
Graham Foundation

Harry Hunderman, FAIA
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc

Lisa Key
Driehaus Museum

Nancy and Thomas Klein
SAH Chicago Chapter

Thomas Leslie
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jen Masengarb
AIA Chicago

Bonnie McDonald
Landmarks Illinois

Justin Miller
Docomomo US/Chicago

Ward Miller
Preservation Chicago

Heather Hyde Minor
University of Notre Dame

Keith N. Morgan, FSAH
SAH Past President

Sarah Rogers Morris
University of Illinois at Chicago

John K. Notz Jr.
SAH Benefactor Member

Keith Olsen
Olsen Vranas Architects

Abby Persky
Chicago, IL

Laurie Petersen
Charnley-Persky House Board Member

Charlie Pipal
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Deborah Slaton
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Assocites, Inc.

Chris-Annmarie Spencer, AIA, NOMA

AIA Chicago Foundation

Cynthia Vranas
Mies Van der Rohe Society

Cynthia Weese, FAIA
Weese, Langley, Weese Architects and Charnley-Persky House Board Member

Ernie Wong
Commission on Chicago Landmarks

Download the prospectus for information about sponsorship and advertising opportunities. Please contact Ben Thomas at 312-573-1365 if you have questions.