CURRICULUM VITAE

ROBERT L. McCULLOUGH

Robert.McCullough@uvm.edu

www.uvm.edu/~rmccullo

March, 2019

EDUCATION:

Ph. D., City and Regional Planning, Cornell University (1993). Majors: Urban Planning

History, Architectural History, Historic Preservation.

M.A., Historic Preservation Planning, Cornell University (1988).

M.S.L.(Master of Studies in Public Policy Law), Environmental Law Center, Vermont Law

School (1983).

J.D., Cum Laude, Hamline University School of Law (1976).

B.A., History, Ursinus College (1971).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of Vermont, Professor of Historic Preservation, 2016 to present; Associate

Professor of Historic Preservation, 2007-2016; Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation,

2003-2007; Lecturer in Historic Preservation, 1998-2002; Adjunct Appointment, 1995 to

1998.

Vermont Law School, Adjunct Appointment, 2002-2004

PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS:

Old Wheelways. Traces of Bicycle History on the Land. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2015.

A Path for Kindred Spirits. The Friendship of Clarence Stein and Benton MacKaye.

(Chicago: Center for American Places at a Columbia College, Chicago; distributed by the

University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Crossings. A History of Vermont Bridges. Barre, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society and

the Vermont Agency of Transportation, 2005.

The Landscape of Community. A History of Communal Forests in New England. Hanover,

New Hampshire: University Press of New England (1995).

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PUBLICATIONS - BOOK CHAPTERS:

“Unspoiled Vermont. The Nature of Conservation in the Green Mountain State,” with Clare

Ginger and Michelle Baumflet, in Twentieth Century New England Land Conservation. A

Heritage of Civic Engagement, Charles H. W. Foster, ed. Petersham, MA: Harvard Forest,

distributed by Harvard University Press, 2009.

"The Nature of History Preserved, or the Trouble with Green Bridges," in Reconstructing

Conservation: History, Values, and Practice, Ben Minteer and Robert Manning, eds.

Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2003

“Town Forests – The Massachusetts Plan,” in Stepping Back to Look Forward. A History of

the Massachusetts Forest, Charles H.W. Foster, ed. Petersham, MA: Harvard Forest,

distributed by Harvard University Press (1998).

PUBLICATIONS - PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARLY ARTICLES:

“Iver Johnson and His Bicycles: 1884-1930s,” with Gary Sanderson, in Cycle History 29:

The Proceedings of the 29th International Cycling History Conference. (London: ICHC,

2018).

“Remnants of Pope Manufacturing Co. Factories in 2016 – A Pictorial Review,” in Cycle

History 27: Proceedings of the 27th International Cycling History Conference (New Haven

and Ansonia, CT: ICHC, 2016).

“Cycling’s 19th Century Path Builders.” Cycle 25. Proceedings of the 25 International

Cycling History Conference (Baltimore, MD: ICHC, 2013), 155-164.

“Wheels of Fortune: The Bicycle Boom, Trinity Cycle, and its Keene Factory,” in Historical

New Hampshire (Fall, 2013), 52-81.

“Bicycle Factory Remnants.” Proceedings of the 20th International Cycling History

Conference. (Freehold, New Jersey: ICHC, 2010), 206-218.

“Cultural Landscapes and Rural Historic Districts,” in National Forum on Assessing Historic

Significance for Transportation Programs, Transportation Research Circular Number E-

CO55 (August, 2003), Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board of the National

Academies, 2003.

“A Forest in Every Town. Vermont’s History of Communal Woodlands,” in Vermont

History (Winter, 1996), 5-35.

“Historic Preservation and Land Use Control at the State Level–Vermont’s Act 250,” in 14

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review (Fall, 1986), 1-29.

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"Vermont: Historic Roads and Bridges,” in Saving Historic Roads. Design and Policy

Guidelines, by Paul D. Marriott and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. New York:

John Wiley & Sons for the Preservation Press (1997).

PUBLICATIONS - SCHOLARLY ARTICLES:

“Woman at the Wheel,” Boston Globe Magazine (September 27, 2015), 38-41. Excerpt from

Old Wheelways.

“A History of Town Forests in Vermont and New England,” in The Vermont Town Forest

Stewardship Guide. A Community User’s Manual for Town Forests, compiled by the

Northern Forest Alliance. Burlington, Vermont: Queen City Printers, 2007. Excerpt from

Landscape of Community

“A History of Common Forests,” American Forests 111 (Winter, 2006), 7-10.

“Eminent Domain.” In Underwriter’s Manual–Title Insurance Company of Minnesota, Gordon

Lundberg, ed. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Title Insurance Company of Minnesota.

PUBLICATIONS - BOOK REVIEWS:

Review of Middletown Springs Historic District. National Register of Historic Places, by

National Park Service and Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Matthew Cohen,

principal author, and Middletown Historical Society, David P. Wright, ed. (Middletown

Springs, VT: Middletown Springs Historical Society, 2017).

Review of Cycling City. Bicycles and Urban America in the 1890s, by Evan Friss (Chicago:

University of Chicago Press, 2015), for Environmental History (Fall, 2016).

Review of Second Nature Second Nature. An Environmental History of New England, by

Richard Judd (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2014), in Historical New

Hampshire (forthcoming, 2016).

Review of On the Job. The Brattleboro Public Works Department, by Wayne Carhart and

Charles Fish, in Vermont History 78 (Winter/Spring, 2010).

Review of Montpelier: Images of Vermont’s Capital City, by Paul Carnahan and Bill Fish,

in Vermont History 77 Summer/Fall, 2009), 178-80.

Review of Log Drives on the Connecticut River by Bill Gove (Littleton, New Hampshire:

Bondcliff Books, 2003), for Vermont History 72 (Summer / Fall 2004), 189-190.

Review of Forest Communities. Community Forests, edited by Jonathan Kusel and Eliza

Adler (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003), for CRM: The Journal of

Heritage Stewardship 1 (Summer, 2004): 99-100.

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Review of The Future of the Northern Forest, Christopher Klyza and Stephen Trombulak,

eds. (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1994), for Vermont

History (Summer, 1995): 180-182.

EDITORIAL PANELS:

Editorial Panel Member, Synthesis of Highway Practice 275 – Historic Highway Bridge

Preservation Practices, by William P. Chamberlin. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of

Sciences Press, 1999.

PEER REVIEW CONTRIBUTIONS

National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record and Historic Preservation

Training Center. Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Covered Bridges (2016).

INVITED PRESENTATIONS - KEYNOTE:

“Old Wheelways: Good Roads and Good Sidepaths for Bicycles.” Harold Dugger Memorial

Lecture, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Giradeau, Mo. March, 2016.

“Rooted in Community: A Town Forest Sampler,” keynote address at the Massachusetts

town forest centennial conference titled Town Forests: Past and Present, sponsored by the

Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, the Massachusetts Forest Alliance, and

Bay State Forestry Service, with support from the Massachusetts Forest Stewardship

Program and the USDA Forest Service, Fitchburg, Ma. (2013).

“An Historical Perspective on Community Forests in the U.S.,” keynote address at a

conference titled Community Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned, held

in Billlings, Montana, and sponsored by Communities Committee of the 7th United States

Forestry Congress, the Bolle Center for People and Forests at the University of Montana,

The Wilderness Society, the Montana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, the Swan

Ecosystem Center, the Blackfoot Challenge, the Flathead Economic Policy Center, the

Pinchot Institute for Conservation, and American Forests. June, 2005.

“Historic Bridges in Vermont.” Keynote address at the Annual Meeting of the Vermont

Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Burlington, Vermont (January, 1999). INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

“Vermont’s Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Plan – A Twenty Year Review,” Annual

Meeting of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society, Middlebury, Vermont (October 7, 2017).

“Vermont’s Covered Bridges,” Dedication Ceremony, Scott Covered Bridge, Townshend,

Vermont (July 23, 2017).

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“Land Traces of Cycling's Industrious Past: Pope Manufacturing Company, Hartford,

Connecticut, and Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts,” Annual

Awards Ceremony, Preservation Burlington (February 22, 2017).

“Benton MacKaye’s Appalachian Trail Regional Plan: The Forgotten Columbia Valley

Cross-Section,” College of Arts and Sciences Full Professor Lecture Series, 2016-2017,

January 30, 2017.

“Country Riding: Cyclists’ Rural Rambles, 1880 to 1900.” Presentation at the

Whallonsburg Grange, Whallonsburg, NY. October 18, 2016.

“Traces of Cycling Heritage in Built and Cultural Environments: Pope Manufacturing

Company, Hartford, Ct., and Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Ma.” Twenty-

Seventh International Cycling History Conference, New Haven, Ct., June, 2016.

“Good Roads and Good Sidepaths. Tracing Bicycle History on the Land.” Presentation at a

lecture series sponsored by Special Collections of the University of Vermont Libraries.

October, 2015.

“Good Roads and Good Sidepaths,” Presentation to the Annual Conference, Society for

Industrial Archeology, Albany, New York. May, 2015.

“The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation at a conference titled Bridge

Maintenance and Preservation Workshop sponsored by the University of Vermont

Transportation Research Center and the Vermont Agency of Transportation. July, 2008.

“The Mute Forest Speaks: A History and Culture Among Trees.” Co-Presentation with

Sarah Graulty at the Third Annual Town Forest Summit, Hinesburg, Vermont. March,

2008. Sponsored by the Town Forest Project and the Northern Forest Alliance.

“Vermont Bridges.” Presentation to the Jericho (Vermont) Historical Society. March, 2008.

“With Heritage So Rich.” Presentation at the Twelfth Annual Historic Preservation

Conference, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. June, 2006

“Vermont’s Historic Bridges.” Presentation at the Chimney Point State Historic Site,

Addison County, Vermont, for the Summer Lecture Series, Vermont Division for Historic

Preservation. June, 2004.

“Vermont’s Open Timber-Framed Bridges.” Presentation at the First National Covered

Bridge Conference, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, National Park

Service-Historic American Engineering Record and Historic Preservation Training Center,

and the University of Vermont Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, Burlington,

Vermont. June, 2003.

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“City Parks: Burlington’s Front Door.” Presentation at a lecture series sponsored by

Preservation Burlington. September, 2002.

“A Heritage of Common Places.” Presentation to the annual Vermont Flower Show,

Burlington, Vermont. March, 2002.

"The Nature of History Preserved; or the Trouble with Green Bridges." Presentation to a

symposium titled Reconstructing Conservation: History, Values, and Practice. Sponsored

by the Woodstock Foundation, the National Park Service, Marsh Billings Rockefeller

National Historic Park, the Trust for Public Land, and the University of Vermont School of

Natural Resources. November, 2001.

"The Forests of History. Glancing Back as We Move Forward." Panelist and presenter,

Vermont: A Special Place Series, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont. October 3, 2000.

"Moody Park and the Context for Community Forests in New England." Presentation to the

Claremont (New Hampshire) Historical Society. April 26, 2000.

“A Path to Friendship: Benton MacKaye and Clarence Stein.” Presentation to the Cornell

University Spring Colloquium Series titled The Legacy of Clarence Stein, Ithaca, New York.

March 6, 2000.

“Cultural Landscapes.” Presenter and panelist, Landscape Series, Shelburne Farms,

Shelburne, Vermont. October 5, 1999.

“Cultural Landscapes and Rural Historic Districts.” Presenter and panelist at a conference

titled National Forum on Assessing Historic Significance for Transportation Programs,

Washington, D.C. May, 1999. Sponsored by the Transportation Research Board, Federal

Highway Administration, and the National Park Service.

“Sylvan Landmarks: Community and Forest in Vermont.” Presentation to the Fifth Annual

Historic Preservation Conference titled Small Towns – Big Ideas. Preserving Vermont’s

Historic Communities and Landmarks, Windsor, Vermont. May, 1999.

“Town Forests – The Massachusetts Plan.” Presentation to a class titled Forest Policy,

Graduate Program in Government Policy, John F. Kennedy Government Center, Harvard

University. November, 1998.

“The History of Tourism in Vermont.” Presentation to the Fourth Annual Historic

Preservation Conference titled If Not Sprawl, Then What? Vital Downtowns and Economic

Prosperity,” Castleton, Vermont. June, 1998.

“Flexibility in Highway Design.” Presentation to the Twenty-Fourth Annual Statewide

Conference of the Preservation League of New York State, titled The Power of

Preservation: Planning for Our Future, Ithaca, New York. May, 1998.

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“Historic Preservation Plan for Metal Truss Bridges” and “In Support of Section 4(f).”

Panelist and presenter at the summer meeting and workshop of the Transportation Research

Board – Committee on Archaeology and Historic Preservation in Transportation, Knoxville,

Tennessee. July-August, 1997.

“Historic Bridges in Vermont.” Presentation to the Third Annual Historic Preservation

Conference, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. May, 1997.

“Town Forests in Massachusetts.” Presentation to a statewide forestry conference,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. October, 1996.

"A Working Plan for Habitable Communities." Presentation at a national conference titled

Benton MacKaye and the Appalchian Trail. A 75th Anniversary Celebration of Vision,

Planning, and Grass Roots Mobilization, State University of New York at Albany. October,

1996.

“Lynn Woods and Forest Parks in New England.” Presentation to the Lynn Historical

Society, Lynn, Massachusetts. October, 1996.

“Historic Bridges in Vermont.” Presentation to the Second Annual Historic Preservation

Conference titled Downtowns and Villages, Manchester, Vermont. May, 1996.

“Managing Historic Resources: Implementing the Vision of Long-Range Transportation and

Land Use Planning. Presentation and panel discussion for the Seventy-Fifth Annual

Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington, D.C. January, 1996.

“The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to a conference titled The Spans of

Time. A Practical Look at Historic Metal Truss Bridges in the Modern World sponsored by

Historic Ithaca, Inc., Ithaca, New York. October, 1995.

“Preserving Transportation Resources in Vermont.” Presentation to a conference titled

Historic Roads, sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National

Task Force for Historic Roads, White Plains, New York. August, 1995.

“A Preservation Plan for Historic Truss Bridges in Vermont.” Presentation to the Twenty-

Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial Archeology, Baltimore, Maryland.

May, 1995.

“Management of Historic Bridges – State Perspective.” Presentation at a conference titled

Historic Bridges – Upgrade or Replace? sponsored by the Transportation Research Board–

Committee on Archaeology and Historic Preservation in Transportation, Columbus, Ohio.

August, 1992.

PUBLIC MEDIA COMMENTARY OR INTERVIEWS:

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“The Wind Power Debate,” commentary in a series about wind power in Vermont aired by

Vermont Public Radio. 2005.

GRANTS / AWARDS

Recipient, the Vesper and Kate Thompson Faculty Research Fellowship, University of

Vermont History Department, allows one member of the Department of History each

academic year to have one semester free of teaching responsibilities. The purpose of the

Fellowship is to allow the Fellow to advance a significant piece of research. 2019.

Recipient, Lattie Coor Endowment, Faculty Development Award from the College of Arts

and Sciences, University of Vermont (2009, 2013 and 2014).

Grant ($26,000) from the University of Vermont National Transportation Center to

underwrite a national conference titled: The Road to Affordable Context Sensitive Solutions,

on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the first graduating class of the University of

Vermont’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, June 7th and 8th, 2007.

Grant ($1,000), New England Conservation History Project (Summer, 2006), shared with the

Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Grant ($15,000), Clarence Stein Institute (Fall, 2005), for costs related to the publication of A Path

for Kindred Spirits. The Friendship of Clarence Stein and Benton MacKaye.

Grant ($1,000), Service Learning Course Planning and Implementation Grant, Community-

University Partnerships and Service Learning (Spring, 2005).

Grant given to the University of Vermont Graduate Program in Historic Preservation by the

National Park Service to host the First National Covered Bridge Conference, 2003.

Inaugural Recipient, Bell Grant, Forest History Society (1991).

AWARDS / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Winning Project Team, NCHRP Project 25-29A (Transportation Research Board),

Guidelines for Design and Management of Historic Road Corridors, as consultant to

TranSystems Corporation and CH2M Hill. 2008.

Nominated for Maurice-Kroepsch Award for Teaching Excellence, Spring, 2006

National Trust for Historic Preservation, Trustees Award for Outstanding Achievement in

Public Policy given to the Vermont Agency of Transportation for the Vermont Design

Standards and the Historic Metal Truss Bridge Study (1997).

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Theodore C. Blegen Award, Forest History Society, for “A Forest in Every Town.

Vermont’s History of Communal Woodlands” (1995).

SERVICE - PROFESSIONAL:

Vermont Historic Bridge Program. Co-Manager (1998 to 2002) and Manager (2002-2015),

Vermont Historic Bridge Program, Vermont Agency of Transportation. The program

emphasizes (among other objectives) the adaptation of historic bridges to pedestrian and

bicycle uses at new locations, and the development of preservation plans for historic bridges.

I am the principal author or compiler of four of those plans. As manager of the program, I

also authored the National Historic Landmark nomination for the Lake Champlain Bridge,

and that nomination was subsequently used as mitigation for the loss of the bridge.

Separately, I serve on the Vermont Historic Covered Bridge Committee, which meets

regularly to review proposed projects at the transportation agency.The program also prepares

National Register nominations for bridges enrolled in the program. I have served as

principal author of the following nominations:

1. Creamery Bridge, Bradford, Vt. (Bridge 22), National Register Nomination (2010).

2. Lake Champlain Bridge, National Historic Landmark Nomination (2009)

3. River Bridge, Sharon, Vt. (Bridge 15), National Register Nomination (2008).

4. South Street Bridge, Poultney, Vt. (Bridge 4), National Register Nomination (2007).

5. Bridge 12, Enosburg, Vt., National Register Nomination (2006), with Willliam Thrane,

intern.

6. Foundry Bridge, Tunbridge, Vt. (Bridge 31), National Register Nomination (2006)

7. Brookline-Newfane Bridge (Bridge 19), National Register Nomination (2006), with

William Thrane, intern.

8. Bridge 9, Sheldon, Vt., National Register Nomination (2006), with William Thrane,

intern.

9. Railroad Street Bridge, Johnson, Vt. (Bridge 6), National Register Nomination (2006),

with William Thrane, intern.

10. Winooski Street Bridge, Waterbury-Duxbury, Vt. (Bridge 31), National Register

Nomination (2006), with William Thrane, intern.

11. Rattling Bridge, New Haven-Weybridge, Vt. (Bridge 26), National Register Nomination

(2005), with William Thrane, intern.

12. Gould’s Mill Bridge, Springfield, Vt. (Bridge 81), National Register Nomination (2005)

with William Thrane, intern

13. Spaulding Bridge in Cavendish, Vt. (Bridge 12), National Register Nomination (2004),

with William Thrane, intern.

14. Lovers’ Lane Bridge, Berlin, Vt. (Bridge 27), National Register Nomination (2004), with

William Thrane, intern.

As manager of the program, I often spoke to various local groups and organizations about

the program’s efforts and financial assistance, including the following:

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1. “Lake Champlain Bridge.” Presentation to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, St.

Albans Historical Museum (2011).

2. “Vermont’s Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to the Osher Lifelong Learning

Institute, Vermont College, Montpelier (2010).

3. “Co-functional, Reversible, Secondary Structural Systems Employing Glu-Laminated

Girders. Preservation Treatment 4 in the Vermont Historic Covered Bridge Preservation

Plan.” Presentation at the annual meeting of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society

(2010).

4. “The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to the Southern Windsor

Regional Planning Commission, Ascutney, Vermont (March 1, 2000).

5. “The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to the Central Vermont Regional

Planning Commission, Montpelier, Vermont (June, 1999).

6. “The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to the Rutland County Regional

Planning Commission, Rutland, Vermont (June, 1999).

7. “The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to the Addison County Regional

Planning Commission, Middlebury, Vermont (April, 1999).

8. “Historic Bridges in Vermont and the Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation

to the Annual Meeting of the Richmond Historical Society, Richmond, Vermont

(February, 1999).

9. “The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to the Lamoille Valley Regional

Planning Commission, Morrisville, Vermont (December, 1998).

10. “The Vermont Historic Bridge Program.” Presentation to the Two-Rivers Ottauquechee

Regional Planning Commission, Morrisville, Vermont (December, 1998).

11. “Historic Bridges in Vermont.” Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Two-Rivers

Ottauquechee Regional Planning Commission, Woodstock, Vermont (June, 1996).

12. “Historic Bridges in Vermont.” Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Montpelier

Heritage Group (May, 1992).

13. “Regulatory Compliance for Transportation Projects.” Presentation to the Town

Highway Bridge Program Training Seminar – Vermont Agency of Transportation,

Burlington, Vermont (February, 1992).

Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Council. Member of the Vermont Urban and

Community Forestry Council from 1995 to the present (its Vice President from 2003 to 2005

and a member of its Executive Committee from 2001 to 2007). I have co-authored a new

awards program, Corridors and Commons, co-sponsored by the council and the Vermont

Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects; served on awards juries; planned

for, and participated in, town forest symposia; and have authored a town forest timeline for

the council’s web page.

Professional Organizations:

International Cycling History Conference, 2009 to present.

Vermont Historical Society, to present

Society for Industrial Archeology, to present.

New Hampshire Bar Association, to present.

Vermont Bar Association, to 2015

Forest History Society, to 2006.

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Wheelmen, 2013 to present

SERVICE - UNIVERSITY:

Member, Faculty Advisory Committee of the UVM Transportation Research Center. 2008

to 2012.

Member, UVM History Department’s Research Committee, 2014 to present.

UVM History Department Representative, United Academics

Symposium planning committee, “Modernist Architecture Comes of Age: Preservation

Meets Sustainability.” UVM Campus Planning Services. 2009-2010.

Planning Committee, First National Covered Bridge Conference, 2002-2003.

Acting Director, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. Spring, 2002

Member, UVM Environmental Council, 2000-2004.

Faculty reappointment teaching review, class observation and report, 2000, 2015.

SERVICE - COMMUNITY:

Member, Montpelier Historic Preservation Commission, 2018 to present.

Federal Grand Jury, Burlington, Vermont. 2012 - 2014

Burlington Zoning Review Committee (spring, 2003 to fall, 2004).

Member, Taylor Street Bridge Committee and Langdon Street Bridge Committee, City of

Montpelier.

Member and chairperson of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library Building Committee in

Montpelier from 2000 to 2001.

Member, Montpelier Design Review Commission from 1993 to 1998, and its chairperson

from1995 to 1996.

COURSES TAUGHT AT UVM:

HP200, History of American Architecture;

HP201, History on the Land

HP205, Historic Preservation Law

HP302, Community Preservation Projects

HP305, Historic Preservation Planning and Policy

HP305, Historic Preservation Practice Methods

HP 395A, Conservation Leadership Field Course (2003). A pilot field course offered

jointly by the university’s programs in agriculture, forestry, environmental studies, and

historic preservation.

UVMCE, Preserving Vermont’s Historic Bridges (1999), offered jointly by the Department

of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation

with participation from the National Partk Service’s Historic American Engineering Record

GRADUATE THESES COMMITTEES - HISTORIC PRESERVATION / HISTORY

André, Elizabeth. Fire Escapes in Urban America: History and Preservation. M.S. Historic

Preservation, 2006. Thesis committee.

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Barlow, Phillip. The Current State of Historic Structure Survey Methodology and the

Incorporation of Digital Technology. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2005. Thesis

committee.

Colman, Devin. The Future Comes Home: Modernist Residential Architecture in

Chittenden County, Vermont. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2006. Thesis committee.

Hofferle, Joseph. Moveable Office Partitions and Cubicles: History, Preservation and Use

in Preservation. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2007. Thesis committee.

Innamorati, Jean. The Burlington Waterworks 1865-1915. M.S. Historic Preservation,

2008. Thesis committee.

Royalty, Douglas. Blueprints for Progress: General Houses, Inc. and the Modern

Prefabricated House, 1932-40. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2010. Thesis committee.

Smith, Melissa. Journey’s End: African American Heritage and the Built Environment.

M.S. Historic Preservation, 2013. Thesis committee.

Thomas, John. The American Elm Age. SUGR/FAME. Candidate for M.A. History, 2000.

Faculty mentor.

Tisher, Gregory. Conflict and Collaboration: Interactions between Historic Preservation

and Sustainable Design in Academic, Government, and Nonprofit Rehabilitation

Building Projects in the United States, 1992-2005. M.S. Historic Preservation, 2007.

Thesis committee

GRADUATE OR UNDERGRADUATE THESES COMMITTEES - RUBENSTEIN

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OR DEPARTMENT

OF GEOGRAPHY.

Alpert, Haylin. Establishing Town Greens: Modalities in Vermont. Senior Project in

Environmental Studies, 2000. Committee member.

Delongchamp, Delia. Initiating a Conservation Monitoring Training Pilot-Program in

Cooperation with Student Conservation Association. M.S. Project, Natural

Resources Planning and MSEL Environmental Law, 2008. Committee member.

Giuliani, David. Sustainable Forest Product Use by Institutions. Creating a Certified

Forest Product Portfolio for the University of Vermont. M.S. Project, Natural

Resources. Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, 2007.

Committee member.

Giammusso, Michael. Conceptual Boundaries and Vermont’ Working Landscape:

Community-Level Forestland Conservation in the Northeast Kingdom: Town

Forestlands in Brighton and Granby, Vermont. M.S. Thesis, Natural Resources

Planning, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, 2000.

Committee chair.

Hanna, Bethany. The Role of Town Forests in Promoting Community Engagement and

Fostering Sense of Place. M.S. Project, Natural Resources Planning. Rubenstein

School of Environment and Natural Resources, 2004. Committee member.

Leitner, Grahm. The Harwood Forest Project: Community-Based Forestry in Vermont.

Public Schools. M.S. Project, Natural Resources Planning, 2012. Dual Degree

Vermont. Law School and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural

Resources. Committee member.

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Seddon, Emily. Analysis of Peabody Pond: A Forgotten Mill Pond in the Scituate Reservoir

Watershed in Scituate, Rhode Island, 2008. M.A. Geography. Committee Chair

Sky, Josh. A Demonstration of GIS, Remote Sensing and GPS Technologies in the

Investigation of the Historic Landscape of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National

Historical Park. M.S. Project, Forestry, 2005. Committee member. PRIOR EMPLOYMENT:

Historic Preservation Coordinator, State of Vermont, Agency of Transportation. (July 1992

to August, 1998).

Building Preservation Specialist, State of Vermont, Division for Historic Preservation (June,

1984 to July, 1992). Managed the environmental review program and the federal

rehabilitation investment tax credit program.

Private Practitioner (Independent Counsel), Bragdon, Berkson & Mangones, Keene, New

Hampshire (December, 1983 to August, 1985). Practiced title and property law. Combined

work for this firm with work for the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation as a field

architectural historian.

Assistant Counsel and Assistant Vice President, Title Insurance Company of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, Minnesota (October, 1976, to August, 1982). Experience as counsel included

work in all areas of real property law with particular emphasis on title examination, legal

descriptions, and land conveyances. Supervisory experience included managing a legal

department consisting of 40 people, among them attorneys, para-legals, and support staff.

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW:

Minnesota, 1976; United States District Court, District of Minnesota, 1977. Vermont, 1984;

New Hampshire, 1984. Currently registered as inactive or retired in Minnesota, Vermont and

New Hampshire.