David M. Chasco, the second of four finalists for the position of dean of the College of Architecture, will host a public presentation and open forum at 2 p.m. April 21.

The session, which will be in the Unity Room 212 of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, is scheduled for 90 minutes. For a full schedule and expanded bios of the four finalists, click here.

David M. Chasco is professor of architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is past director of the Illinois School of Architecture at UIUC. While director, he collaborated with faculty and championed moves toward the comprehensive reorganization of the undergraduate and graduate programs curricula. Advancements in study abroad programs, research expenditures, fundraising and faculty hiring are also among his notable accomplishments as director.

Chasco has been a member and associate with Gunnar Birkerts and Associates and a design architect with DiClemente Siegel Design/Gunnar Birkerts FAIA. He joined the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University in 1994 and was interim dean from 2002-2004. He also was the department chair and was instrumental in the development of the university’s integrated design studios, incorporating allied disciplines.

His design experiences include many building types, including an embassy, cathedral addition/renovation, performing arts center, laboratories, academic libraries and law schools, mixed-use retail/housing/offices, corporate offices and housing. He also provided architectural RFP/RFQ selection services for LTU’s $20 million College of Architecture Building and Peoria, Illinois’ $100 million Museum and Caterpillar Visitor’s Center.

Chasco received the New York Architectural League’s Young Architect’s Award, a Detroit AIA Honor Award and the Michigan AIA President’s Award for Outstanding Leadership in Education and the Profession, and has contributed to numerous AIA awards, industry awards and publications with Gunnar Birkerts and Associates. He has been the chancellor’s adviser for architecture and master planning and in 2008 was on the State of Illinois AIA Board of Directors.

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