For Immediate Release Contacts: Joan Anzelmo, 202/208-6843
E. Blaine Cliver, 202/343-9573
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DIRECTOR ROGER KENNEDY SELECTS
NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
NATIONAL CENTER FOR PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING
National Park Service Director Roger Kennedy announced the selection
of John Robbins as the new Executive Director of the National Center for
Preservation Technology and Training located at Northwestern State
University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Robbins assumes the position on
September 4, 1994.
Robbins is a resident of Oxford, Mississippi, where he is sole
principal of an architectural firm specializing in historic preservation.
During his career, John has had extensive experience in the preservation
field, including previous work for the National Park Service where he was
affiliated with the Denver Service Center, and with the North Atlantic
Historic Preservation Center as project architect on the restoration of the
Statue of Liberty. During his ten years with the Park Service, Robbins won
awards for his work on Fort Stanwix and the Lowell National Historical
Park. Robbins has been active in preservation in Mississippi as well as in
other states including California, New York, and Pennsylvania. A graduate
of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in
1975, he was recipient of the first Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship in
Historic Preservation in 1990. Robbins is a member of the American
Institute of Architects, Society of Architectural Historians, the
Mississippi Heritage Trust, and the Mississippi Historical Society. He
will be moving to Natchitoches with his wife Laura Elkins and their two
children.
The National Center was created by the 1992 Amendments to the National
Historic Preservation Act to coordinate and promote preservation research,
distribute information, and provide training in preservation skills and
technologies.
For further information concerning the National Center and the new
executive director, contact E. Blaine Cliver, Acting Executive Director,
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park
Service, P.O.Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127.
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July 25, 1994
posted by request of the Acting Executive Director
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