Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 12, 1993 TAG: 9311120070
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
He won the William C. Noland medal, established in 1967 in memory of one of the founding members of the Virginia institute.
Currie was head of Virginia Tech's department of architecture from 1956 to 1962. He left in 1962 to serve as dean of the school of architecture at the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle.
He and his wife, Virginia, returned to Blacksburg in 1981 after his retirement.
Currie, 80, still has an office on North Main Street.
During his long career Currie has worked on the reconstruction at the Mayan ruins in Honduras, was founding director of the Interamerican Housing and Planning Center in Columbia and contributed to campus planning for the University of Greece.
"He has consistently demonstrated that architects can be worldwide leaders in the preservation of historic treasures and the orderly development of the built environment," said a news release from the institute.
In 1988, Currie was applauded by Architectural Record editor Mildred Schmertz for establishing a Saturday morning architectural clinic for people unable or unlikely to seek help for minor problems.
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