Biography

HENRY C. MATTHEWS

Architectural Historian

Professor Emeritus, Washington State University

Contact by email

Website www.henrymatthews.com

Born in England 1935; Father: Edgar Matthews teacher at Haileybury College; theatre producer; Mother: Molly Carrington, actress, historian.

Married to Susan Platt, Art historian, critic, curator. www.artandpoliticsnow.com

Living in Seattle, Washington

EDUCATION
Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation of Historic Buildings
Architectural Association London 1978
Master of Arts – Cambridge 1963
Diploma in Architecture – Cambridge 1961
Bachelor of Arts – Cambridge 1959
Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset – Awarded State Scholarship to Cambridge 1954

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Private Practice specializing in Historic Preservation – England 1971-1979
Architectural practice in offices in London and Boston 1961-1966
Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1963
Registered Architect, United Kingdom (ARCUK) 1963

HONORS
Governor’s Writers Award (State of Washington) Winner, for Kirtland Cutter: Architect in the Land of Promise 1999
John M. McClelland, Jr. Award for best article in Columbia, Journal of Washington State Historical Society 1992
Outstanding Researcher, School of Architecture Washington State University 1987
Centennial Lecturer, Washington State University 1987
Award for Excellence in Preservation Education, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation 1986
Seventh Annual Invited Honors Lecture, Washington State University 1985
Finalist: Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction, Washington State University 1984

POSITIONS HELD IN PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board member 2003-5
Editorial Board Member, Pacific Northwest Quarterly 2001-2006
Vice President and Awards Chair, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation 1990-1992
Editorial Board Member, Northwest Journal of Architecture and Design 1990-1992
President, Northern Pacific Coast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians 1988-1990

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Washington Visiting Lecturer 2005-2006
Texas Tech University Visiting professor 2004-2005
Washington State University
Professor Emeritus 2001
Professor 1994-2001
Associate Professor 1981-1994
Visiting Professor 1979-1994
AssistantProfessor 1966-1971

North East London Polytechnic – England Principal Lecturer 1974-1979
Kingston Polytechnic – England Senior Lecturer 1971-1974

Graduate Teaching, Washington State University
Graduate Studies Committee member 1987-2001
Served on many Master’s Thesis and doctoral dissertation committees 1974-1997

Undergraduate Teaching, Washington State University
I was responsible for teaching the entire Architectural History sequence as well as Historic Preservation. In addition to the courses regularly taught, listed below, I have offered supplemental seminars in Architectural History and made many contributions to other courses in the School of Architecture, in other disciplines and in the Honors Program. The courses I taught regularly are listed below.

Arch 202 The Built Environment (3 Lectures)
Arch 220 [H] Ancient to Medieval Architecture
Arch 221 [H] American Architecture
Arch 324 Renaissance to 19th Century Architecture
Arch 423 History of 20th Century Architecture
Arch 424 Conservation of Historic Buildings

Visiting Professorships:
University of Washington: Architecture Around the World Fall 2005
American Architecture and 19th Century Architecture Fall 2006 & Spring 2007
Texas Tech University: Art History Survey I; Italian Renaissance Art 2004-2005
Texas Christian University: The Classical Tradition. Spring 1996
University of North Texas: Modern Architecture. Fall 1995

PUBLICATIONS AND REFEREED PAPERS

Books
Greco-Roman Cities of Aegean Turkey Ege Publishers, Istanbul 2014 read more…
Mosques of Istanbul. Scala Publishers, London 2010 read more…
Hagia Sophia. Co-author with W. Eugene Kleinbauer. Chapter on Hagia Sophia since the Ottoman Conquest. . Scala Publishers, London, with Art and Archaeology Press, Istanbul. 2004. Published simultaneously in Turkish. read more…
Kirtland Cutter: Architect in the Land of Promise. University of Washington Press. 1998. Winner of the Governor’s Writers’ Award 1999 read more…
Kirtland Cutter and the Anderson Mansion. Northwest & Whitman College Archives Publication 1997

Chapters in books read more…
“Human Scale and Sustainability in the Ottoman Mosques and Külliye” Chapter in Heritage and Sustainability in the Islamic Built Environment. Ed Bashir A Kazimee Wit Press, 2012
“Four Traditions in the Built Environment” Chapter in The Built Environment. Ed. Tom Bartuske and Wendy McClure, John Wiley and Sons 2007
“We are all Greeks: Deconstructing Hellenism in American Architecture.” Chapter in Hellenism and the U.S.: Constructions and Deconstructions, ed. Savas Patsalidis, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1994.
“Kirtland Cutter,” Essay in Shaping Seattle Architecture, ed. Jeffrey Ochsner, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. 1994.
“The Search for a Northwest Vernacular.” Chapter in Art and the National Dream: Turn-of-the-Century Vernacular Expression in Design. Irish Academic Press, Dublin, Ireland, 1993. Editor Nicola Gordon Bowe.PDF
“Kirtland Cutter: Spokane’s Architect.” Chapter in Spokane and The Inland Empire, WSU Press, Pullman, WA 1992. Editor David Stratton.
“Four Traditions in the Built Environment,” and “Klong Toey. Case Study of a Bangkok Squatter Settlement,” chapters in The Built Environment, text for an interdisciplinary course at WSU. Crisp Publications, Inc. 1993.
The Social and economic Impact of Highway Transportation Facilities on Urban Communities, Highway Transportation Department WSU, 1969. Sponsored by the Bureau of Public Roads. Member of an interdisciplinary team and author of the architectural section. Including 75 of my own photographs and many sketches and diagrams.

Journals read more…
Mimar Sinan’s Originality in the Mosques of Rüstem Paşa and Sokollu Mehmet Paşa, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Magazine, Annual Supplement, Istanbul, Summer 2004.
“Concepts of Ideal Form in Istanbul and Rome: The Sacred Architecture of Sinan and his Italian Contemporaries.” Arkeoloji ve Sanat Magazine, Annual Supplement, Istanbul, Fall 2002.
“Istanbul, Queen of Cities’ in the “Cities and Water” issue of Arcade Fall 2000
The Promotion of Modern Architecture by the Museum of Modern Art in the Thirties.” Journal of Design History, Volume 7, No. 1, March 1994.
“A Marriage of Function and Fantasy: Spokane’s Davenport Hotel,” Columbia, September 1991 Volume 5, No. 3. (Winner of the John M. McClelland, Jr. Award 1992.)
“A Decade of Hopes and Fears: The Preservation of Spokane’s Davenport Hotel,” Arcade, February 1991 Volume X, No. 6.
“The Art and Craft of Bungalows,” Washington Volume 7, No. 2, March 1990. Including my own photographs.
“Kirtland Cutter and The Single Style,” Arcade, December 1989. Volume IX, No. 5.
“On Kirtland Cutter,” Arcade, October 1989 Volume IX, No. 4.

Refereed Papers, International read more…
“Rethinking Ottoman Architecture.” ACSA International Conference Istanbul, June 2001.
“War Zone or Cultural Heritage? The Preservation of a Historic African-American Neighborhood in Dallas, Texas,” Habitat II NGO Forum ‘96 Istanbul, Turkey, June 1996. Published in ARC*PEACE Contributions at Habitat II Conference.
“The Greek Revival and National Identity in America,” Association of Art Historians, Birmington, England, April 1994.
“We are all Greeks: Deconstructing Hellenism in American Architecture,” Hellenic Association of American Studies Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1993.
“The International Style as Manifest Destiny: Subverting American Architecture 1929-1941,” Association of Art Historians, Leeds, England, April 1992.
“Aesthetic Control: The Role of the Art Jury in the Development of the Palos Verdes Estates,” Fifth International Planning History Conference, Richmond, VA, November 1991.
“The Search for a Northwest Vernacular,” Association of Art Historians. Trinity College, Dublin, March 1990.
“The Role of Historic Districts in Urban Preservation,” Symposium on The New and The Old Xian, China, May 1983.

Refereed Papers National and Regional read more…
“Authenticity and Artifice in Alvar Aalto’s Mount Angel Library” Society of Architectural Historians, Marion Dean Ross Chapter. Ashland, Oregon, October 2015
“Human Factors in the Mosques of Mimar Sinan.” Society of Architectural Historians, Northern Pacific Coast Chapter, Victoria, British Columbia, October 2003.
“Kirtland Cutter and his clients: Architecture and Capitalism in Spokane,” Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference, Lincoln City, OR, April, 1999.
“Wilderness Architecture and the American Mind,” presented at the National Conference of the ACSA, Cincinnati, OH, March 16, 1998. Published in Proceedings.
“Wilderness Architecture and the American Mind,” ACSA Western Regional Meeting, Pullman, WA, October 3, 1997. Published in Proceedings.
“Opposing Regionalism: The Campaign by MOMA to Marginalize Regional Architecture in the 1930s,” Society of Architectural Historians, Marion Dean Ross Chapter, Portland, OR, October 11, 1997.
“Kirtland Cutter and the Architecture of Spokane,” American Institute of Architects Northwest and Pacific Region Conference, Spokane, WA, September, 1995.
“Elbert Hubbard’s ‘Model City of America,’” Society of Architectural Historians Northern Pacific Coast Chapter, Astoria, OR, October 15, 1993.
“Architectural Criticism in the New World Order,” National Conference of College Art Association, Seattle, WA. February 1993.
“Out of the Margins: American Wilderness Architecture,” Front Range Art History Symposium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co, September 18, 1992.
“Writing for Designers: A Strategy for Teaching,” ACSA Conference on Writing, UNNC, Charlotte, NC, November 1991. Published in Conference Proceedings
“It Was Primitive, Signifying Undeveloped Resources,” ACSA Western Regional Conference, Seattle, WA, October 1991. Published in Conference Proceedings
“An Architecture of the Frontier: Kirtland Cutter and the Rustic Picturesque,” Society of Architectural Historians National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 1991.
“Dilemmas of a Would-be Regionalist,” Mid American College Art Association, Cincinnati, OH, November 3, 1989.
“Kirtland Cutter and The Davenport Hotel,” Society of Architectural Historians Northern Pacific Coast Chapter Conference, Pullman, WA, October 7, 1989.
“Kirtland Cutter and the Architectural Maturity of Spokane,” Pacific Northwest History Conference, Tacoma, WA, April 22, 1988.
“Kirtland Cutter and the Rustic Picturesque: Summer Campus in the Wilderness,” Society of Architectural Historians Northern Pacific Coast Chapter Conference, Boise, ID, October 3, 1987.
“Home and Tradition for Third World Students,” ACSA West Regional Meeting, October 1985. WSU and University of Idaho. Published in Proceedings.
“From Hutong to Highrise: Tradition and Modernism in China,” Society of Architectural Historians, North Pacific Coast Chapter, The Dalles, OR, October, 1983.
“The Sense of the Land in American Architecture,” American Studies Association NW Regional Conference, “The American Sense of the Land,” at the University of Idaho 1981. Published in the Proceedings.
“The Mythology of the American Street,” University of Washington Conference, “Streets as Public Property,” May 1981. Published in the Proceedings.

Exhibition, Book and Journal Reviews read more…
Charlotte Perriand Complete Works1903-1940 By Jacques Barsac Published in Cassone October 2015
“Herakleion Museum, Crete”.in Cassone September 2014
“Jottings from Aegean Turkey” in Cassone (www-cassoneart.com) July 2011
Van Doesburg and the Intenational Avant Garde: Constructing a New World. Gladys Fabre and Doris Wintgens Hütte, (eds) in The Art Book November 2010
Elizabethan Architecture By Mark Girouard in The Art Book August 2010
Alvar Aalto, Architecture, Modernity and Geopolitics, by Eeva-Lisa Pelkonen, in The Art Book. November 2009
Beauty of the City: A. E. Doyle: Portland’s Architect By Philip Niles Pacific Northwest Quarterly Fall 2009
Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation: Philosophy, Principles and Practice. byDonald Insall. In The Art Book August 2009
Félix Candela: Engineer, Builder. Structural Artist, by Maria E, Moyera Garlock and David H Billington in The Art Book August 2009
Architect and Engineer: A study in Sibling Rivalry By Andrew Saint , The Art Book February 2009
Modern: The Modern Movement in Britain, by Alan Powers, in The Art Book,Spring 2008
The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and his Office, by Ethan Anthony, and Bertram Goodhue: His life and Residential Architecture, in The Art Book, Spring 2008
Great Exhibitions, London New York, Paris Philadelphia, by Johnathan Meyer, in The Art Book Winter 2008
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings, by Suzanne and Thierry Greub, in The Art Book, Spring 2007
Fifty Great Adventures: Extraordinary Places and the People who Built Them, in The Art Book, Winter 2006
Alvar Aalto by Nicholas Ray in The Art Book, Winter 2006
New Museum Architecture, by Mmi Zeiger in The Art Book, Autumn 2006
The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire, by Gülru Necipoğlu, in The Art Book Summer 2006
Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and Meaning, by Robert Hillenbrand, in The Art Book, September 2001
Roland Terry: Master Northwest Architect, by Justin Henderson, in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Summer 2001
“Bringing Ottoman Architecture into the Mainstream,” Feature article and review of several books in The Art Book September 2000.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe and Beyond, Ed. Anthony Alofsin in The Art Book September 2000.
“The Archigram Group Retrospective,” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, in Art Papers, November 1999.
Women and the Making of the Modern House, by Alice T. Friedman reviewed in The Art Book, August 1999.
Manuscript Review for University of Washington Press, 1988.
Journal Article Reviews for Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998. 2015
The Stimson Legacy By Lawrence Kreisman in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 1993.

Conferences and Sessions Chaired
“Traditional Environments in a New Millennium.” International IAPS Symposium, Amasya, Turkey June 2001. Chair of two sessions.
“Art and Political Iconography,” Session Chair ACSA International Conference, Berlin, Germany, June 3, 1997.
“The First 50 Years: Northwest Architecture 1880-1930,” National Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Seattle, WA, April 1995.
ACSA Western Regional Conference, Seattle, WA, October 1991. Session Chair.
Society of Architectural Historians, Northern Pacific Coast Chapter, Jacksonville, OR, Chaired Meeting, May 1990. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Chaired Meeting, October 1989.
Chico, CA. Chaired Meeting October 15, 1988.

INVITED PAPERS AND LECTURES

International
“The architecture of Mimar Sinan and his Italian Contemporaries,” School of Architecture, University of Damascus, Syria, March 20 2006.
“The Architecture of Louis Kahn,” School of Architecture, University of Damascus, Syria, March 9 2006
“Contemporary Art Museums,” Order of Syrian Architects and Engineers, Damascus March 9 2006
“The New Museum: Architectural Monument or Palace of Culture,” Istanbul Technical University May 16 2000
“The New Museum: Architectural Monument or Palace of Culture,” Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, November 1999.
“Creating Images of Heaven on Earth,” University of the Brophorus, Istanbul, October 1999.
“Great Lodges in the Wilderness: Rustic Architecture in America,” Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, December 1999.

National and regional
“Space, light, Structure and Human Scale in the Architecture of Mimar Sinan”. School of Architecture,University of Washington, March 3 2011
“Concepts of Ideal Form in Istanbul and Rome: The Sacred Architecture of Sinan and his Italian Contemporaries.” Asian Art Museum, San Francisco February 5 2010
“Travel to Turkey” At Turkfest, Seattle Center October 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Sponsored by the Turkish American Association, Seattle Center.
“Architect in the Land of Promise” Rainier Club Seattle, in association with the Kirtland Cutter exhibition I curated.
“Architectural Styles of the Twenties, Thirties and Forties,” Old House Workshop, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, WA, February 12, 2002.
“ Space, Light and Structure. The Architecture of Mimar Sinan” School of Architecture, Washington State University. September 24 2001.
“The Ottoman Mosque; A Western Architect’s View,” Middle Eastern Studies Program, The Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, May 15 2001.
“The Architecture of Kirtland Cutter.” Department of Art History, University of Washington, April 5 2001
“Space, Light and Structure: The Architecture of Mimar Sinan” University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, November 8 2000.
“Thompson Hall: The Architecture of Noble Intentions” Symposium in celebration of the reopening of Thompson Hall, Sponsored by the Foreign Languages Department, WSU September 18 2000.
“Ottomans, Armenians and Georgians: The Astonishing Architecture of Turkey,” Art à La Carte, sponsored by the WSU Museum of Art, Washington State University, September 2000.
“Opulence and Simplicity: Interpreting Kirtland Cutter,” School of Architecture, WSU, November 30, 1998.
“Writing about Kirtland Cutter,” Annual General Meeting Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, WA, December 11, 1998.
“Kirtland Cutter and the California Style,” Malaga Cove Library, Palos Verdes, CA, April 1999.
“Kirtland Cutter at Long Beach,” Long Beach, City College, April 1999.
“In Search of Cutter: The Struggles of a Biographer,” Eastern Washington State Historical Society Annual General Meeting, Spokane, WA, October 7, 1998.
“What Makes a Cutter House,” Old House Workshop, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, WA, February 10, 1997.
“Harmony and Civic Order: Ancient Greek Cities on the Turkish Coast,” Art à La Carte, sponsored by the WSU Museum of Art, Washington State University, October 23, 1997.
“World Housing and the Urban Crisis,” Symposium on the Habitat II NGO Conference, Istanbul, Turkey held at the School of Architecture by four faculty members who participated in the conference, Washington State University, October 3, 1996. Chair and contributor to the panel.
“The Making of Downtown Dallas,” to the William Cullen Bryant fellows of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Dallas, Texas, April 1996.
“Creating an Instant Community: G.A. Pehrson at Richland,” American Institute of Architects Central Washington Chapter, Pasco, WA, November 16, 1993.
“James Stirling: Exploring the Outer Reaches of Modernism,” Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, October 18, 1993.
“G.A. Pehrson and the Architecture of Richland,” Richland, WA, May 1993. Funded by a grant from the Washington Commission for the Humanities.
“The Evolution of the Gothic Cathedral,” St. John’s Cathedral, Spokane, WA, April 1993.
“Architectural Styles of Washington,” Preservation Workshop, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, WA, February 1991.
“Building the Medieval Cathedral,” Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, March 1990.
“The Bauhaus: An Arena of Conflict,” University of North Texas, November 1990.
“Originality and Innovation in American Architecture from Richardson to Wright,” University of North Texas, November 1990.
“The Glory That Was Greece,” Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, November 14, 1988.
“The Collegiate Plan at Cambridge,” University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, January 18, 1988.
Kirtland Cutter: Eclecticism and Innovation,” University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, November 15, 1988.
“Designing Baker Faculty Center: The Story of Kirtland Cutter, Architect, and Louis F. Anderson, Owner.” Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, October 20, 1988.
“The Economic Benefits of a Main Street Historic District in Colfax,” Colfax Chamber of Commerce, Colfax, WA, May 25, 1988.
“Regional Character in Architecture,” Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA. (Funded by a Grant from the W.C.H.) October 23, 1988.
“Kirtland Cutter and the American Picturesque,” Art a La Carte Lecturer, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, March 5, 1987.
“Kirtland Cutter the Northwest Architect and His Clients,” Washington Folklife Council Conference, Spokane, WA, September 19, 1987.
“Libraries: Architecture to Delight the Eye,” Annual Faculty Library Awards Ceremony, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, April 8, 1987.
“Medieval Cathedrals, Vision and Creation,” Exploring the Arts: WSU in Spokane,” Lecture at Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA, January 27, 1986.
“The Artistic Eye of K.K. Cutter,” Eastern Washington Historical Society, Spokane, WA, April 21, 1985.
“Architecture: A Reflection of Society,” Seventh Annual Invited Honors Lecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, April 3, 1985.
“The French Cathedral, Expression of a Medieval Society,” Art a La Carte Lecturer, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, March 21, 1985.
“The Medieval House,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte, April 1984.
“The Struggle for Shelter in Third World Countries,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte, April 1984.
“The American House and the Idea of Home,” Louisiana Technical University, April 1984.
“The History of U.S. Capitol Buildings,” Symposium on 95th Anniversary of Washington State, Washington Capitol, Olympia, WA, November 11, 1984.
“Historic Architecture in Colfax,” WSU Office of Historic Preservation, Colfax, WA, May 31, 1984.
“From Hutong to the Highrise: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary China,” University of Washington, Seattle, WA, November 8, 1984.
“K.K. Cutter, Architect of Spokane’s Boom Years,” Society of Architectural Historians. North Pacific Coast Chapter, Portland, OR, November 10, 1984.
“Preservation in Colfax and Palouse,” Whitman County Historical Society, Colfax, WA, September 30, 1984.
“Strategies for Main Street Preservation,” Palouse Mainstreet Group, Palouse, WA, March 24, 1984.
“Preservation in the Inland Empire,” Latah County Historical Society, Moscow, ID, January 12, 1984.
“Preservation Education in Washington State,” Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, Port Townsend, WA, September, 1983.
“Historic Preservation: An Architect’s Perspective,” College of Engineering Advisory Council Banquet, Keynote Speech, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, April 1983.
“The Battle Between Expressionism and Rationalism,” Art a La Carte Lecturer, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, March 1983.
“Architecture and Design in the Weimar Republic,” Colloquium: The Zeitgeist of Weimar Germany, sponsored by Holland Library Archives, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, May 1982.

Conferences and Sessions Chaired
“Traditional Environments in a New Millennium.” International IAPS Symposium, Amasya, Turkey June 2001. Chair of two sessions.
“Art and Political Iconography,” Session Chair ACSA International Conference, Berlin, Germany, June 3, 1997.
“The First 50 Years: Northwest Architecture 1880-1930,” National Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Seattle, WA, April 1995.
ACSA Western Regional Conference, Seattle, WA, October 1991. Session Chair.
Society of Architectural Historians, Northern Pacific Coast Chapter, Jacksonville, OR, Chaired Meeting, May 1990. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Chaired Meeting, October 1989.
Chico, CA. Chaired Meeting October 15, 1988.

LECTURES SPONSORED BY THE WASHINGTON COMMISSION FOR THE HUMANITIES IN THE “INQUIRING MIND” SERIES
“National Qualities in American Architecture” 1984-5
Women’s Century Club, Yakima, WA; Kirkman House Museum, Walla Walla; Sherwood High School, Seattle; North Central Washington Museum – Wenatchee. .
“Medieval Cathedrals and the Society that Created Them” 1984-5
Community Congregational Church, Pullman,; Walla Walla College; North Seattle Community College, Seattle; Congregational Church Richland; Ellensburg Public Library; Le Cercle Français, Tacoma; Lincoln Middle School,
Pullman; Lions Club, Washtucna; W.C.H. Inquiring Mind Forum, Spokane; Sherwood High School, North Seattle. Columbia Basin College, Richland; Wenatchee Rotary Club; South Seattle Community College
“Kirtland Cutter: The Northwest Architect and His Clients” 1986-8
Gonzaga University, Spokane; The Grange Washtucna; Ellensburg Public Library; W.C.H. Forum in the Humanities, Bellevue.
“The Glory That Was Greece” 1986-7
Tacoma Art Museum; W.C.H. Forum in the Humanities, Kennewick.
“Pioneer Towns of the Palouse Country” 1986-7
Senior Center, Pomeroy; Whitman Country Parks & Recreation, Colfax; Library Board, Sunnyside; Eastern Washington Historical Society, Spokane; Women’s Club, Dayton.
“Thomas Jefferson: Architect” 1986
W.C.H. Forum in the Humanities – Bellevue.

CULTURAL TOURS ORGANIZED AND LED
“Study abroad Program in London” Washington State University Spring semester 1998
“Historic sites and gardens of England” June 1989
“Classoical sites of Greece and the Cyclades” June 1987
“Classical sites of Greece, Crete and the Cyclades,” June 1986
“Cathedrals and Roman cities of France” Washington Commission for the Humanities. July1985
“Europe Through the Back Door” Co-leader with Rick Steves, sponsored by Washington Commission for the Humanities, August 1985.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN
Fluent French, German; limited Italian, Spanish, Modern Greek, Turkish

Revised September 2015