Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1950<\/p>\n
Educational background
\n. PhD \u2013 Northwestern University \u2013 1983
\n. JD \u2013 University of Puerto Rico \u2013 1999
\n. MArch \u2013 University of Puerto Rico \u2013 1974
\n. BED \u2013 University of Puerto Rico \u2013 1972<\/p>\n
Professional
\n. Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Florida A&M University
\n. Professor, School of Architecture, Florida A&M University<\/p>\n
Principal, Arleen Pab\u00f3n PhD, Consultant in Historic Preservation, Cultural Interpretation and Architectural History<\/p>\n
Associate and Assistant Dean, School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico
\nProfessor, School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico <\/p>\n
At both centers in charge of required courses in the areas of Art History, Architectural History, Historic Preservation, Architectural Theory and Philosophy, Master of Architecture\u2019s Thesis, Architectural Design, Study Trip to Europe (Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy). I have created special elective courses, such as Architecture and Gender. <\/p>\n
Admitted to the bar in Puerto Rico and Washington DC<\/p>\n
Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Officer (1983-1985 and 1993-1995)<\/p>\n
Advisor to the Governor of Puerto Rico for Culture and Urban Planning<\/p>\n
Distinctions and presentation of papers (Selected)
\n. Guest Speaker, Presentation of most recent book: “La arquitectura patrimonial puertorrique\u00f1a y sus estilos”, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 2010.
\n. Guest Speaker, Historic Preservation Week Commemoration, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 2009
\n. Guest Speaker, Historic Preservation Week Commemoration, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 2006.
\n. Guest Speaker, Historic Preservation Week Commemoration, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 2005.
\n. Guest Speaker, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting, Delray Beach, 2004.
\n. Guest Speaker, European Union International Symposium Historic Preservation and the City, Ciudad de Panam\u00e1, Panam\u00e1, 2004.
\n. Distinguished Professor, School of Architecture, Florida A&M University, Beta Alpha Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 2005.
\n. Guest Speaker, European Union International Symposium, Panam\u00e1, Republic of Panam\u00e1, 2003.
\n. Guest Speaker, National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting, Cleveland, 2002.
\n. Guest Speaker, Places of Cultural Memory African Reflections on the American Landscape Symposium, 2001.
\n. Guest Speaker, Preserving the Recent Past Symposium, invited by National Park Service, 2000.
\n. Guest Speaker, Encuentro Internacional Centros Hist\u00f3ricos, Lima, Per\u00fa, invited by Sociedad Centro Hist\u00f3rico Lime\u00f1o, 1999.
\n. Guest Speaker, 8th International Conference of National Trusts, 1998.
\n. Guest Speaker, Preservation Now! Symposium: Latinos in Historic Districts Whose History? Whose Neighborhood?,\u201d Preservation Now!, Philadelphia, 1997;
\n. Award, Colegio de Arquitectos de Puerto Rico Biennial, 1997 (Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico).
\n. Preservation Award, National Park Service, Atlanta Southeast Regional Office, 1994. <\/p>\n
Published work, research, scholarship, and creative activity (Selected)
\nBooks:
\n. “Architectural and Urban Interpretation of San Juan de Puerto Rico” (In progress);
\n. “La arquitectura patrimonial y sus estilos”, 2010;
\n. “Una promesa inconclusa: Apuntes Socio-Arquitect\u00f3nicos sobre el Hospital de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Concepci\u00f3n el Grande”, 1999;
\n. “Gu\u00e1nica: El origen de su memoria”, 1997 (co-authored);
\n. “Arquitectura, Historia y Patrimonio”, 1994 (co-authored);
\n. \u201cEls colaboradors d\u2019en Gaud\u00ed\u201d, “Gaud\u00ed i el seu temps”, 1989 (co-authored);
\n. \u201cEn el tiempo de las naninas todo era verdor: La rehabilitaci\u00f3n de la hacienda La Esmeralda\u201d, Conservaci\u00f3n Patrimonial, 2004.<\/p>\n
Published Articles (Selected)
\n. \u201cLa ciudad del puerto Rico: Reinterpretando los artefactos urbanos y arquitect\u00f3nicos del Viejo San Juan\u201d (Patrimonio, Volume 1, 2010), pp 46-53.
\n. “Shanghai” (Informa, Volume 4, 2010), p 55.
\n. \u201cEl academicismo y los estilos arquitect\u00f3nicos\u201d (Conserva\/Conversa, Volume 4, 2008), pp 58-73.
\n. “Conversaciones con el pasado” (Conversa\/Conserva, Volume 1, 2005), pp 12-21.
\n. \u201cPor la encendida calle antillana: Africanisms and Puerto Rican Architecture\u201d (CRM The Journal of Heritage Stewardship, Volume I Number 1 Fall 2003), pp 14-32.<\/p>\n
Unpublished Academic Papers (Selected)
\n. \u201cSamurais y magdalenas: La conservaci\u00f3n patrimonial y la conservaci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica\u201d (Presented at the International Symposium, Historic Preservation Week, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 2006).
\n. \u201cIluminando el futuro: La puesta en valor del faro de Punta Tuna\u201d (Presented at the Historic Preservation Week of the Municipality of Maunabo, 2005).
\n. \u201cConversaciones con el pasado\u201d (Presented at the Historic Preservation Week Celebration, State Historic Preservation Office, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 2005).
\n. \u201cConversations with the Past\u201d (Presented at the Florida Historic Preservation Trust Annual Meeting, Delray Beach, Florida, 2004).
\n. \u201cA Landscape of Labor: Tallahassee and the Persistence of Urban Memory\u201d (Presented at the ACSA Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2004).
\n. \u201cOn the Right Track: The Cultural Landscape Defined by Tallahassee\u2019s Train Station An Interpretative Analysis\u201d (Prepared for a grant given to FAMU, Director: Prof Tom Pugh, 2004).
\n. \u201cConservando el tiempo de las naninas: Puesta en valor del beneficiado de la hacienda La Esmeralda, Coamo, Puerto Rico\u201d (Presented at the European Union International Symposium, Ciudad de Panam\u00e1, Panam\u00e1, 2003).
\n. \u201cTres preguntas . . . much\u00edsimas contestaciones\u201d (Presented at the Fundaci\u00f3n Matices Internacional Symposium, Ciudad de Panam\u00e1, Panam\u00e1, 2003).
\n. \u201cThree Questions . . . Many Answers\u201d (Presented at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting, Cleveland, 2002).
\n. \u201cPor la encendida calle antillana African Impact on Puerto Rican Domestic Architecture\u201d (Presented at Places of Cultural Memory African Reflections on the American Landscape Symposium, 2001).
\n. \u201cThe First Developers of Puerto Rico A Re-Assessment of Four Family Housing Areas At Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico\u201d (Presented at Second Symposium on the Recent Past, 2000, co-authored).
\n. \u201cEn nuestra imagen Recreating Spain in America\u201d (Presented at Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting, 2000).
\n. \u201c”Urbis-Suburbia” Displacement: Deconstruction of a Traditional Binary Relationship\u201d (Presented at Masters Symposium, Florida A&M University, 2000).
\n. \u201cThe Conquest of Suburbia Interpreting 20th Century Puerto Rican \u2018Trans-culturization\u2019 Patterns\u201d (Presented at ACSA Annual Meeting, 2000).
\n. \u201cRehabilitaci\u00f3n patrimonial y tur\u00edstica: El caso de San Juan de Puerto Rico\u201d (Presented at Encuentro Internacional Centros Hist\u00f3ricos, Lima, Per\u00fa, 1999).
\n. \u201cOn Historical Integrity: The Look of Age as Time Goes By\u201d (Presented at 8th International Conference of National Trusts, 1998).
\n. \u201cCuando sal\u00ed de Collores Thoughts on Puerto Rican Culture, Pennsylvania Latinos and Historic Preservation\u201d (Presented at Preservation Now! Symposium: Latinos in Historic Districts Whose History? Whose Neighborhood?\u201d, 1997).
\n. \u201cTriple Jeopardy: Thoughts on the Societal Oppression of Black Puerto Rican Women\u201d (Student paper, Law and Race Seminar, 1997). <\/p>\n
Professional Work (Selected)
\n. “Reinterpreting Old San Juan Architecture and Urbanism” (Prepared for the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office, In progress);
\n. \u201cInventario interpretativo de la ciudad del Puerto Rico\u201d (Prepared for the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office, 2010);
\n. \u201cThe Swiss Chalet Restaurant: An Interpretative Analysis\u201d (Prepared for JP McCloskey Inc, 2002);
\n. \u201cEx Scientia Tridens: On War, Peace and Roosevelt Roads Naval Base Ceiba, Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico A Historical Context\u201d (Prepared for the USA Navy, 2001);
\n. \u201cArchitecture of Silence A Historical Context and Interpretative Analysis Post 1940 Military Architecture Naval Ammunition Support Detachment (NASD) Roosevelt Roads Naval Base Vieques Puerto Rico,\u201d (Prepared for the USA Navy, 2000);
\n. \u201cThe Bridges of Naguabo Linking the Past to the Present Bridges Numbers 122 and 455 Interpretative Analysis and Determination of Eligibility Recommendations on their Preservation,\u201d (Prepared for the USA Navy, 2000;
\n. \u201cEn el tiempo de las naninas todo era verdor An\u00e1lisis interpretativo y recomendaciones en torno a la rehabilitaci\u00f3n de las ruinas del beneficiado de algod\u00f3n de la hacienda La Esmeralda Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico,\u201d 2000;
\n. \u201cIn the Service of Ares: The United States Military Bases in Puerto Rico A Historical Context,\u201d 1999;
\n. \u201cA cada familia una casa An Interpretative Analysis of Fort Buchanan\u2019s Urbanizaciones,\u201d 1999;
\n. \u201cTaking the fiesta to the Forest: The Civilian Conservation Corps and Puerto Rico Interpretative Analysis of Gu\u00e1nica\u2019s Camp Borinquen and Fort Capron,\u201d 1998;
\n. \u201cThe Gu\u00e1nica Lighthouse An Interpretative Analysis,\u201d 1998.<\/p>\n
Personal Literary Creative Activity
\n. \u201cMudar al coraz\u00f3n,\u201d 2010.
\n. \u201cMis mejores lunas,\u201d 2006 (in progress).
\n. \u201cCuentos chinos,\u201d 2006.
\n. \u201cSi te vas te mato y si te quedas te asesino,\u201d (historical novel), 2001.
\n. \u201cMi dolor tuvo nombre de arc\u00e1ngel,\u201d (historical novel, In process)<\/p>\n
Professional distinctions (Selected)
\n. Advisor Emeritus, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2007-Present;
\n. Corresponding Academician, Academia Reial de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Barcelona, 1990-Present;
\n. Member, Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation, 2007-Present;
\n. Member, Puerto Rico Examining Board of Architects and Landscape Architects, 2000-2001;
\n. Advisor for Puerto Rico, Board of Advisors, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1997-Present;
\n. Trustee, Puerto Rico Conservation Trust, 1996-2001;
\n. President, Board of Directors, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 1997;
\n. Member, Commonwealth\u2019s Committee on Public Structures and Highway, 1993-Present<\/p>\n
Other distinctions
\n. National Park Service Special Recognition Award, 1993
\n. Special Year Dissertation Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1978-1979
\n. Dissertation Year Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1977-1978
\n. Leonore Schwartz Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1975-1977
\n. Medal, American Institute of Architects, 1974<\/p>\n
Professional affiliations
\n. Member, Puerto Rico Bar Association
\n. Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation
\n. Member, National Forum for Historic Preservation
\n. Board Member, Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation <\/p>\n
Languages
\n. English\/Spanish – Fully bilingual
\n. Italian, French and Catalan – Speaking and reading knowledge
\n. Mandarin \u2013 Basic knowledge<\/p>\n
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