LEARNING FROM

WORLD HERITAGE:
Lessons from International Preservation and
Stewardship of Cultural and
Ecological Landscapes
of Global Significance

Photo by Sonny Carter

The 7th US/ICOMOS Symposium

Natchitoches, Louisiana, March 25-27, 2004

Program
CO-SPONSORS:
US/ICOMOS National Park Service
National Center for Preservation
Technology and Training
Cane River National Heritage Area Commission
Tulane University School of Architecture
 7 TH US/ICOMOS International Symposium
is organized by

US/ICOMOS
Co-sponsored by

National Park Service

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Cane River National Heritage Area Commission
Tulane University School of Architecture

Through the Generous Contribution of

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation

With Institutional Support of

Cultural Site Research & Management, Baltimore

Heritage Landscapes, Charlotte, VT and Norwalk, CT
Jan Hird Pokorny Architects, New York
The Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, LLP, Minneapolis and Washington DC
World Monuments Fund, New York
In Partnership With

Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches

Cane River National Historical Park
Northwestern State University
The City of Natchitoches
Louisiana Preservation Alliance
Natchitoches Historic Foundation
Natchitoches Main Street
Natchitoches Parish Tourist Commission
Prudhomme-Rouquier House Foundation
Watson Realty

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 US/ICOMOS WELCOME

W elcome to Natchitoches and our 7th US/ICOMOS International Symposium. Six years ago, I was elected Chairman
of US/ICOMOS at the 1st International Symposium, and next Saturday, I will complete my service when you elect my
successor. During this time, I was proud to see the US/ICOMOS International Symposium grow in stature and importance as
the only regularly scheduled preservation event in our country that looks at our heritage needs from a global perspective. Every
year, we address a topic that is of importance to us in the United States as well as to the international heritage community.
Our success is due to the hard work and the unrelenting commitment of our Trustees, our volunteer members, the Fellows
of US/ICOMOS and the staff. Using the experience of American preservationists with international experience, plus that of
our colleagues who have joined us over the past six years from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Cuba,
Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Macedonia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Poland, the Philippines, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Venezuela, we have delved into topics of crucial relevance and opened broad new perspectives on
better heritage stewardship in the United States.

This year, we will be exploring the challenges of preserving landscapes of ecological and cultural significance, using the World
Heritage experience as our framework. This is a rapidly emerging field that has redefined conceptual as well as managerial
principles in conservation, and that has begun to thrust the natural and cultural heritage professions into unprecedented
cooperation. Thus, for the first time in our Symposium’s history, cultural preservationists will be joined by nature conservationists
in what we trust will be a fruitful discussion that will last long into the future.

Natchitoches, of course, is the ideal setting for our discussions. This is a place where the physical legacy of a rich history
continues to thrive amidst an unusually diverse and beautiful natural setting. We are here thanks to many people and
organizations that over the past twelve months have put together an outstanding program. Our thanks must begin with our
Trustee, Saidee Newell, whose indefatigable tenacity and good cheer have been the driving force behind this event. It was she and
our longtime friend, Kirk Cordell, who secured the co-sponsorships of the National Center for Preservation Technology and
Training, the Cane River National Heritage Area and Tulane’s School of Architecture, all of whom have been generous partners.

We must also thank Patricia O’Donnell, Chair of the 7th Symposium Scientific Committee and the members of her committee,
Charles Birnbaum, Andrew Ferrell, Darwina Neal and Mary Striegel. They developed the themes, and then faced the interesting,
challenging task of selecting a group of speakers from among the more than 80 incisive abstracts. They and their colleagues
serving as session presidents and respondents will continue to work throughout the weekend as editors of the proceedings.

There are many others without whose support and contributions, this Symposium could not happen: the many local organizations
and people here in Natchitoches and in Louisiana who warmly have opened their hearts and their homes to the ICOMOS global
community; the leaders and hosts of the study tours, our institutional supporters, and of course, the National Park Service and
the Samuel H Kress Foundation, whose continuing support both inspires and sustains the our efforts.

Thank you very much for coming.

Sincerely,

Robert C. Wilburn, Chair, US/ICOMOS

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LEARNING FROM WORLD HERITAGE
Lessons From International Preservation & Stewardship
Of Cultural & Ecological Landscapes Of Global Significance
7th US/ICOMOS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA, March 25-27, 2004

CHALLENGES of the 7TH SYMPOSIUM

The Scientific Committee also extends our sincere welcome. This symposium explores the work of both preservation and
conservation at the intersection of cultural and natural resources. Since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention in 1972,
consensus on its criteria and operational guidelines has been shaped by a rich international discussion strongly influenced by the
heritage policies of its 176 state parties, including the United States. Reciprocally, World Heritage policies and principles have
returned home to every country to refine and enhance each nation’s ability to address the complexity of its cultural and national
heritage.

A major influence in this exchange was the search in recent decades by preservation and conservation stewardship professionals,
agencies and institutions in many nations for methods and approaches to protect and interpret areas whose significance is
inextricably bound to both natural and cultural resources. In Santa Fe in 1992, after a decade of extensive debate, the World
Heritage Committee adopted definitions of designed, evolved and associative landscapes, and an evaluation structure that
enables ICOMOS to recommend inscriptions of cultural landscapes of universal value in the World Heritage List. During the
same period, the consideration of natural resources progressed under IUCN. Since 1992 ICOMOS and IUCN have collaborated
increasingly on the identification, designation and protection of landscapes embodying both natural and cultural resource
values. In the United States, conceptualizing heritage at the territorial level has led to the rapid growth of heritage areas and
corridors as tools for both preservation and community development. Within ICOMOS, the territorial concept of a cultural
itinerary has been effectively expanded to address assemblies of non-contiguous territories unified by an overarching theme.
The effectiveness of de-fragmenting protective mechanisms through consolidation of valued heritage into broader protected
territories is indicated by the diversity of cultural landscapes and cultural itineraries recently inscribed in the World Heritage
List. From this milieu multiple values and voices emerge with the related challenges of diverse resources, large-scale distribution,
changing culture, community character, resource protection and sustainability, among others.

Today, after more than a decade of global activity, it is timely to re-examine preservation and conservation work at the intersection
of cultural and natural resources in an interdisciplinary forum. This symposium presents a platform for that exploration. Over
the course of the next two and a half day, distinguished colleagues will present the views and experience in major international
initiatives. The symposium is not only a time for passive listening; it is a period for conviviality, exchanges and fruitful discussions
among peers.

Thank you for engaging in this important exchange and for your future efforts to carry this work forward.
On behalf of the 7TH US/ICOMOS Symposium Scientific Committee,

Patricia M. O’Donnell, FASLA, AICP, Chair, 7TH US/ICOMOS Symposium Scientific Committee

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 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24
9:00 – 5:00 Registration Desk open at Church Street Inn, 120 Church Street
Arrival of Symposium Participants
5:00 – 8:00 US/ICOMOS Dinner for Local Sponsors, Speakers & Board Members

THURSDAY, MARCH 25
7:30 – 10:00 Registration - Church Street Inn, 120 Church Street

8:30–9:30 OPENING SESSION - Immaculate Conception Church, 601 Second Street

Welcoming Remarks by Saidee Newell, Chairman of the Symposium Steering Committee,
Kirk Cordell, Executive Director, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), and
Robert C. Wilburn, Chairman of US/ICOMOS.
The History of Natchitoches, Robert W. DeBlieux, Co-Chairman, Cane River National Heritage Area
Commission.
World Heritage in the United States, Paul Hoffman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife
and Parks.
World Heritage and ICOMOS, Dinu Bumbaru, Secretary-General of ICOMOS.
Challenges of the 7th US/ICOMOS International Symposium, Patricia M. O’Donnell, FASLA, AICP Chair of the
Symposium Scientific Committee, Rapporteur General of the Symposium
9:30 – 10:00 Coffee Break - Immaculate Conception Church Hall, 613 Second Street, and Old Court House Museum, 600
Second Street.

10:00-12:30 SESSION I - Immaculate Conception Church, 613 Second Street

Global and national thinking about international charters, declarations, philosophical constructs and national guidance for the
stewardship of cultural landscapes, heritage areas, protected areas, biosphere reserves, and mixed resources of national and global
significance.
Session President: Ed Crocker
Session Respondent: Dinu Bumbaru

10:00 – 10:20 Introduction to the Session, Presentation of Speakers

10:20 – 10:45 Mechtild Rossler, UNESCO World Heritage Center World Heritage: Linking Biological and
Cultural Diversity
10:45 - 11:10 Jane Lennon, Australia, Deakin University, Melbourne, and Australian Heritage Counselor.
World Heritage Impacts in Australia
11:10 – 11:35 Maria Susana Pataro, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Argentina
Implementation of the World Heritage Convention in Argentina
Note: Adrian Phillips, World Heritage Cultural Landscapes- An Overview of Natural Values, unable to
attend, paper in proceedings
11:35 – 12:15: Comments by Respondent, Questions & Discussion

12:30 Departure by van from Immaculate Conception Church to the National Center for Preservation Technology
and Training, 645 College Avenue.

12:45 – 2:00 Picnic Lunch, Grounds of the NPS NCPTT & SPECIALIZED COMMITTEE MEETINGS
§ ARCHEOLOGICAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT NCPTT – 1ST Floor Conference Room
§ CULTURAL TOURISM – NSU Alumni House (next door to NCPTT)
§ HISTORIC GARDENS & CULTURAL LANDSCAPES – NSU Alumni House, next door to NCPTT
§ LEGISLATION, FINANCIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS- NCPTT, 2ND Floor Room
§ EARTHEN ARCHITECTURE – NSU Alumni House, next door to NCPTT

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2:00 – 5:00 SESSION II NCPTT, Second Floor Room.
Identification, designation, protection, interpretation, management, and financing for inhabited areas rich in cultural and natural
resources of national and global significance.
Session President: Kathryn H. Barth
Session Respondent: Pamela Jerome

2:00 – 2:20 Introduction to the Session, Presentation of Speakers

2:20 – 2:45 Thomas O’Caoimh, National Steering Committee of the Pilgrim Paths Project, Ireland
The Pilgrim’s Path: Promoting Sustainable Development of Walking Routes through Sacred Sites in Ireland
2:45 – 3:10 Amita Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Champaner Pavagadh Cultural Sanctuary in Gurajat, India
3:10 – 3:25 Coffee Break
3:25 – 3:50 Francisco Lopez Morales, National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Mexico
The Cultural Landscape of the Agave and the Production of Tequila
3:50 – 4:15 Salim Elwazani, Bowling Green State University, USA
Identification and Designation for the Iraqi Heritage Areas: The International Hand
4:15 – 4:45 Comments by Respondent, Questions & Discussion

4:45 – 5:15 Alvin Rosenbaum, George Washington University, Rediscovering Babel

5:30 – 7:00 RECEPTION & AUCTION, Prudhomme-Rouquier House, 446 Jefferson Street, hosted by The
Natchitoches Historic Foundation and the Prudhomme-Rouquier House Foundation, all welcome.

FRIDAY MARCH 26

8:30–12:00 FIELD SESSIONS Depart from the Church Street Inn, end back at NCPTT, except for the
Natchitoches Walking Tour van from the Church Street Inn to NCPTT.
See complete descriptions after schedule of events.
§ Briarwood: A Cultural Landscape Conservation Tour, Caroline Dorman Nature Preserve. Light lunch provided on-
site.
§ The Natchitoches National Historic Landmark District: A Walk Through Time. Lunch on your own.
§ The Civil War Red River Campaign in Natchitoches. Red River Waterway Commission Visitor Center at Grand Ecore.
Light lunch will be provided on-site.
§ In the Heart of Creole Country: the Cane River National Heritage Area, the Cane River Creole National Historical
Park, and the Community. Light lunch will be provided at St. Augustine Catholic Church Hall.
§ Cane River Creole Cuisine: A Virtual Kitchen. NSU Alumni Center, College Avenue. Tasting during the session,
but lunch on your own.
§ Out of the Laboratory and into the Field - A tour of NCPTT and the American Cemetery in Natchitoches. Light
lunch will be served at the recently rehabilitated Guy House, located on the boundary of the cemetery.

12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN, UNLESS PROVIDED AS PART OF A TOUR

1:15 – 1:30 Van transfer from Church Street Inn to NCPTT.

1:30 – 4:30 SESSION III NCPTT, Second Floor Room.

Proven practices and challenges in addressing the protection, understanding, enjoyment and sustainability of cultural landscapes,
heritage areas, protected areas, biosphere reserves, and mixed resources of national and global significance.
Session President: Steade R. Craigo, FAIA
Session Respondent: Charles L. Leider

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 1:30 - 1:50 Introduction to the Session, Presentation of Speakers
1:50 - 2:20 Olwen Barbara Beazley, Department of Environment and Heritage, Australia
Inspirational Landscapes and World Heritage: Problems of Identification and Management
2:20 – 2:50 Feng Han, University of Tongji, Shanghai, P.R. China Cross-Cultural Misconception:
Application of World Heritage Concepts in Scenic and Historic Ares in China
2:50 – 3:05 Coffee Break
3:05 – 3:35 Brian Orland, Penn State University, USA
Reciprocal Benefits of Student Service-Learning in Addressing the Needs of Heritage Landscapes in the
Czech Republic
Note: Elery Hamilton-Smith, IUCN/WCPA Task Force on Caves and Karst, UNESCO, Holistic
Assessment and Karst in World Heritage, unable to attend, paper in proceedings
3:35 – 4:30 Comments by Respondent, Questions & Discussion

5:00 Departure by van from NCPTT to Reception at the Cherokee Plantation, 3110 Highway 494, hosted by Mr.
and Mrs. William Nolan. Dinner and tour at Melrose Plantation, 3533 Highway 119, hosted by Ms. Saidee
Newell, US/ICOMOS Board of Trustees, and the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches

SATURDAY, MARCH 27
7:30 – 8:00 Van Transfer from Church Street Inn and the Ramada Inn to NCPTT

8:00 – 9:30 US/ICOMOS ANNUAL MEETING: REPORTS & ELECTIONS

NCPTT, Second Floor Room. Open to all members and registrants.
9:30 – 10:00 Coffee Break, NCPTT

10:00–12:30 SESSION IV NCPTT, Second Floor Room.

Preservation of the cultural and natural resources and uniqueness of communities in and adjoining heritage areas, biosphere
reserves, and cultural landscapes addressing financial, social and cultural investments and benefits to the local inhabitants.
Session President: Jonathan Poston
Session Respondent: Nora Mitchell

10:00 – 10:20 Introduction to the Session, Presentation of Speakers

10:20 – 10:45 Brenda Barrett, National Park Service, USA
National Heritage Areas in the United States: Measuring Success
10:45 – 11:10 Augusto Villalon, Heritage Conservation Society, UNESCO Commissioner for the
Philippines, and Chairman of the ICOMOS National Committee of the Philippines
The Rice Paddies in the Philippine Cordilleras, a Landscape Living on Borrowed Time
11:10 – 11:35 Lynda Bourque Moss, Foundation for Community Vitality, Montana
Rebuilding Tribal Lands in Indian Country: So-Kips-Kim, Flat Iron Creek Ranch, Blackfeet Indian Land
Conservation Trust
11:35 – 12:05 Mary Humstone, The University of Wyoming
The Farmer as a Good Gardener: Lessons from Japan
12:05 – 12:35 Comments by Respondent, Questions & Discussion

12:35 – 1:15 CLOSING SESSION NCPTT, Second Floor Room.

Comments & Conclusions of the 7th Symposium by Patricia M. O’Donnell, Rapporteur General
Invitation to the 8th US/ICOMOS International Symposium in Charleston, South Carolina.
Jonathan Poston, Chair of the 8th Symposium

Fifteen minutes after the closing session, the bus to New Orleans will depart from NCPTT and vans will transfer other
participants to the Church Street Inn and the Ramada Inn.

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 FIELD SESSIONS & ITINERARIES FRIDAY, MARCH 26
Photo Courtesy Caroline Dorman
Nature Preserve
Photo by Jack Boucher
Photo by Eugene Sutherland
B riarwood: A Cultural Landscape Preservation Tour, the Caroline Dorman Nature Preserve -
Participants will step into Briarwood, the heart of Caroline Dorman’s conservation efforts. Curators
Richard and Jessie Johnson will guide participants through the 154-acre site, sharing its history and
highlighting native species of the southeast region of the United States. Wear comfortable footwear and
be prepared to take a picturesque stroll through the surroundings of a preserved cultural landscape.
Contact: Marion Bienvenu
• 8:00 – 8: 15a.m. – Participants gather at Church Street Inn.
• 8:15 a.m. – Participants travel to Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve.
• 9:15 – 11:15 a.m. – Tour and guest presentations.
• 11:15 – 12:00 p.m. – Break for Lunch. Participants eat on-site.
• 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Participants return back to NCPTT.
N atchitoches National Historic Landmark District: A Walk Through Time. Natchitoches
NHL District - Participants will begin their tour at Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, a replica
of the original French settlement in the region. Participants will join local historian and preservationist
Betty Jones on a stroll through the Natchitoches NHL District. Tour highlights will include the Chaplin
House (ca. 1892), Kaffie-Frederick General Mercantile (ca. 1863), the Spiral Staircase at Ducourneau
Square (ca. 1830s), the Bishop Martin Museum at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (ca. 1856),
and the Roque House (ca. 1790s). The tour also will include highlights of the Cane River and its influence
on the growth of the region, as well as how the French and Spanish influenced inspired the layout of the
National Historic Landmark District. The tour will conclude at the Old Courthouse Museum (ca. 1896).
Lunch on your own.
Contact: Betty Jones, Tour Director “Buzzin’ with Betty”
• 8:15 – 8:30 a.m. – Participants gather at Church Street Inn
• 8:30 a.m. – Participants travel to Fort St. Jean Baptiste SHS
• 8:45 – 9:30 a.m. – Participants receive a guided tour of Fort St. Jean Baptiste SHS
• 9:30 – 11:45 am. – Participants meet Betty Jones at Fort St. Jean Baptiste SHS and travel to NHL
District for tour and guest presentation
• 11:45a.m. – 12:45 p.m. – Break for lunch and shopping within the NHL District
• 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Participants return back to NCPTT. Transportation will be available from the
Church Street Inn.
R ed River Civil War Campaign in Natchitoches. The J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Project
Visitor Center at Grand Ecore - At the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Project Visitor Center at
Grand Ecore participants will listen to a guest lecture by archaeologist Dr. Tommy Hailey of Northwestern
State University on the history of the Red River Campaign, a pivotal point of the Civil War, as well as
the related archaeology of the region. Participants then will receive an interpretive tour of the recently
completed Visitor Center. Participants will view the extant Civil War earthworks at Grand Ecore and take a
walking tour of nearby Fort Selden. Finally, a costumed Civil War interpreter will provide a demonstration
that includes a period camp and gun firing. Light lunch to be provided.
Contact: Mike Groves, Chief Ranger
• 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. – Participants gather at Church Street Inn.
• 8:15 a.m. – Leave for J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Project Visitor Center at Grand Ecore.
• 8:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Guest speaker, tours, and demonstrations.
• 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. – Break for Lunch. Participants eat on-site.
• 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Return back to NCPTT.
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 FIELD SESSIONS & ITINERARIES FRIDAY, MARCH 26
Photo by Jack Boucher
Photo Courtesy of
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Photo by Jennifer Cappeto
I n the Heart of Creole Country – the Cane River National Heritage Area, the Cane River Creole
National Historical Park, and the Community - Participants will travel through the scenic Cane
River National Heritage Area to the Oakland Plantation unit of Cane River Creole National Historical Park,
considered the most complete Creole plantation in the South. Superintendent Laura Gates will conduct a
tour of the national park. Following the National Park tour, Creole cultural authority Terrell Delphin will
provide historical commentary as participants travel through the National Heritage Area. Tour highlights
will include stops at the St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery (ca. 1810) and the Badin-Roque
House (ca. 1770), one of the few remaining poteaux-en-terre (post-in-ground) structures in the USA. Wear
comfortable walking shoes.
Contact: Laura Gates, Superintendent
• 8:00 – 8:15a.m. – Participants gather at Church Street Inn
• 8:15 a.m. – Participants travel to Oakland Plantation unit of Cane River Creole NHP
• 8:45 – 9:45a.m. – Superintendent Laura Gates conducts tour of Oakland Plantation
• 9:45 – 10:00a.m. – Participants load up to travel Cane River NHA
• 10:00 – 11:45a.m. – Tours and guest presentations of Cane River NHA
• 11:45 – 12:30p.m. – Break for Lunch. Participants eat on-site at St. Augustine Catholic Church
Hall
• 12:30 – 1:00p.m. – Participants return back to NCPTT
C ane River Creole Cuisine: A Virtual Kitchen. NSU Alumni Center - Join Cane River Creole Chef
Lillie Delphin in her “Virtual Kitchen” at the NSU Alumni Center. Participants will listen to a guest
presentation on Cane River Creole culture followed by a viewing of “Cane River Common Pot,” a video
produced by the NSU Creole Heritage Center and the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission.
Participants will assist Chef Lillie Delphin in creating (and sampling) a traditional Creole dish.
Contact: Rhonda Gauthier
• 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. – Participants gather at Church Street Inn.
• 8:15 a.m. – Participants travel to NSU Alumni Center.
• 8:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Guest Speaker, video, and demonstrations.
• 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. – Break for lunch on your own.
• 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Participants return back to NCPTT. Transportation will be available from the
Church Street Inn.
N ational Center for Preservation Training and Technology (NCPTT): Out of the Laboratory
and into the Field. A tour of NCPTT and the American Cemetery - What are the latest
developments in preservation technology and when are they reaching you? The NCPTT is a National Park
Service office established by Congress to be a catalyst for technologies to assist in preserving our cultural
heritage. In this tour you will learn about NCPTT’s new and on-going projects and see the research facilities.
NCPTT staff and partners will present how their efforts affect cultural resources from archaeological sites
to historic cemeteries. We will highlight the community effort to preserve the American Cemetery, leading
participants on a tour to learn more about its history, materials, and treatments. Light lunch will be served
at the recently rehabilitated Guy House, located on the boundary of the cemetery.
Contact: Mary Striegel, MRP Program Manager
• 8:15 a.m. – Participants gather and meet Mary Striegel at NCPTT.
• 8:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Tour and workshop at NCPTT and the American Cemetery.
• 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. – Break for Lunch. Participants eat at Guy House.
• 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Return to NCPTT.
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SPEAKERS & RESPONDENTS
B renda Barrett serves as the National
Coordinator for Heritage Areas for the
National Park Service in Washington D.C. Her
responsibilities include managing budget, legislation
and policy issues for the designated and proposed
national heritage areas and corridors across the nation.
She was formerly the Director of the Bureau for
Historic Preservation at the Pennsylvania Historical
and Museum Commission, the state’s public history
agency in Harrisburg. She has also taught as an adjunct
faculty member at Penn State Harrisburg in the field of
historic preservation.
Ms. Barrett received her BA in Anthropology from
the University of Colorado and M.A. in Archaeology
from the University of Wisconsin in 1974. She is also a
1977 graduate of the Dickinson School of Law of Penn
State and is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. She writes and lectures in the area
of historic preservation, heritage tourism, and cultural
resource management and heritage area policy.
O lwen Barbara Beazley works for the
Commonwealth of Australia’s Department
of Environment and Heritage, Heritage Management
Branch. Her work for the Department has
included advising on World Heritage policy reform,
cultural landscapes and wider World Heritage issues.
She is a qualified field archaeologist and heritage
manager, and worked in senior positions in archaeology
and heritage management in the UK before completing
her Master of Heritage Conservation at University
of Sydney, 2000 and taking up a scholarship at the
Australian National University, March 2001.
Ms. Beazley is also a PhD candidate at the
Australian National University in the Cross Cultural
Research Centre. Her research considers the history of
ideas in relation to intangible heritage values - including
those of associative, inspirational cultural landscapes -
and how these values have been included on the World
Heritage List since 1978. Among other things, her
work examines how and why society ascribes certain
places, which have no material heritage values, with
associations, meanings and memories.
D inu Bumbaru is a graduate in architecture
of the Université de Montréal. He also
studied architectural conservation at ICCROM
and at the University of York. In 1982, he joined
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Héritage Montréal, an independent non-governmental
association seeking to enhance the protection of
historical, architectural, cultural and natural heritage
in a metropolitan context. He is currently Director for
Programs.
Mr. Bumbaru is Secretary of the Quebec Heritage
Forum, a member of the Metropolitan Montreal
Board of Trade’s Urban Development Committee,
of Montreal Regional Environmental Council’s and
Culture Montreal’s Boards of Directors. In addition,
he has been an active participant in the Canadian
Committee of ICOMOS, and has served as a member
of the International Executive Committee of the
organisation from 1993 to 2002. He has participated in
UNESCO and ICOMOS missions to assess damage to
the then besieged city of Dubrovnik (1992), to Kobe
(Japan) and to Bam (Iran) after earthquakes in 1995 and
2003, respectively. In 2002, the General Assembly of
ICOMOS elected him Secretary General.
D r. Salim Elwazani is an Associate Professor
and the Coordinator of the Architecture &
Environmental Design Studies Program at Bowling
Green State University in Ohio. He is leading the
efforts to establish a Master of Architecture degree
accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting
Board. He holds degrees in architecture, planning,
and engineering and a Ph.D. in architecture, with
a concentration in historic preservation. Heritage
documentation and preservation is a steady component
of his teaching activities and the focus of his research
agenda. He wrote extensively on heritage resources
and presented in domestic conferences as well as in
international fora in Turkey, Spain, Bahrain, Qatar,
and the United Arab Emirates, among others. He
has worked in North Africa, the Middle East, and the
United States. Dr. Elwazani is a Registered Architect in
the State of Ohio and was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar
at the University of Bahrain Division of Architecture
in 2001-2002.
E lery Hamilton-Smith is a sociologist by
discipline and has applied his professional
understandings in many fields of practice. He headed
a major consulting practice that specialized in policy
advice and program development for governments, and
then became an academic. He has enjoyed a lifetime
interest in the natural environment, published his first
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paper at 16 years of age and led a successful campaign
for establishment of a new national park when he
was 19 years old. His central life interest has been
cave exploration and research. He is currently chair
of the IUCN/WCPA Task Force on Cave and Karst
Protection and professor in cave and karst management
at Charles Sturt University in Australia.
F eng Han is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Landscape Science and
Tourism in the College of Architecture and Urban
Planning (CAUP) at the University of Tongji, Shanghai,
China. She received both her BLA and MLA from
Tongji University. She is also a special researcher at the
Chinese Academy of Management Science.
Ms. Han has been involved in various aspects
of landscape and park tourism planning for over 15
years as a government planning consultant, researcher,
practitioner, and scholar. She was a key member of the
team that drafted the regional tourism plan for Hainan
Island in 1988, the first such plan in China, which
earned the National Progress Prize. She is currently
conducting her external PhD research in Queensland
University of Technology, Australia, focusing on
culture-related environmental ethics, planning and
management in parks and protected areas in China.
P aul D. Hoffman serves as Deputy Assistant
Secretary for the Fish and Wildlife and
Parks at the U.S. Department of Interior. He has a
BA in Economics and Biology from the University
of California, San Diego. He is also a Graduate of
the Institute for Organizational Management and the
Inaugural Leadership of Wyoming Class. He was
President and Kiwanian of the Year; volunteered at
the Buffalo Bill Historical Center; President of the
Wyoming Chamber of Commerce Executives; and Co-
Founder of the Yellowstone Development District.
Before accepting his current position, Mr.
Hoffman worked as a Wilderness Guide, Carpenter,
and Substitute Teacher; as a bank officer, and as State
Director for then—Congressman Dick Cheney. Mr.
Hoffman was the Fundraising Coordinator for the
Buffalo Bill Dam Visitors Center; Assistant Manager for
the Simpson Senate Committee, and most recently, he
was the Executive Director for Cody Country Chamber
of Commerce and Cody Economic Development
Council.
M ary Humstone teaches architectural history
and historic preservation, and coordinates
outreach activities in the American Studies Program
at the University of Wyoming. A specialist in rural
preservation, Ms. Humstone was a Fulbright Senior
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Research Fellow in Japan in 2001-02. There, she
worked under the auspices of the Japan National
Trust for Cultural and Natural Heritage Conservation,
investigating the status of Japan’s traditional landscapes
and evaluating current conservation efforts.
Ms. Humstone is the former assistant director of
the Mountains/Plains Office of the National Trust
for Historic Preservation (NTHP), and co-founder
of BARN AGAIN!, a national program to preserve
historic farm buildings. She has lectured extensively
on rural preservation in the United States and Japan,
and has been published in the NTHP Forum Journal and
Successful Farming magazine.
P amela Jerome is a registered architect and
architectural conservator. She holds a
BArch in architectural engineering from the National
Technical University in Athens, Greece and an MSc
in historic preservation from Columbia University.
She is currently Director of Preservation and a Senior
Associate with Wank Adams Slavin Associates LLP
(WASA), a New York City-based architecture and
engineering firm. She is also an Adjunct Associate
Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Her expertise
is in masonry conservation and waterproofing. She
has worked on cultural property conservation in the
US, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Middle East and South
America.
C harles L. Leider, PhD, FASLA is Professor
and Director of the Landscape Architecture
Program at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,
OK. He teaches courses in History & Theory,
Preservation of Cultural Landscapes, and Recreation
Planning. He served as Planning Director for several
major consulting firms in the U.S. including HNTB. He
holds a BSLA from Michigan State University, Masters
of City Planning from Yale University, and a Ph.D in
Environmental Science with a focus on the preservation
of cultural resources from Oklahoma State University.
Jane Lennon AM is a Brisbane-based heritage
consultant. She trained as a geographer at the
University of Melbourne, Masters of Arts (First Class
Honors) 1975. She has wide experience in heritage
conservation – Manager, Historic Places Branch,
Victorian Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources (1984-93), Superintendent of Historical
Services for the Victorian National Parks Service
(1978-84), and a member of various boards such as
the Museum of Victoria and Werribee Park. She was
president of Australia ICOMOS from 1989 to 1992.
She has published extensively.
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Her current appointments include Australian
Heritage Council and adjunct professor, Cultural
Heritage Centre, Deakin University. She is a past
president of Australia ICOMOS (1989-92) and a
former councillor of ICCROM (2000-2003). Her most
recent work has involved projects for the Queensland
Heritage Trails network, the Australia State of the
Environment report 2001, World Heritage property
management strategies, cultural landscape management
guidelines and the Getty Conservation Institute project
on values–based management of cultural sites.
D r. Francisco Javier Lopez Morales has a
Ph.D. in urbanism from the University of
Grenoble, France. He has been a member of the
ICOMOS Executive Committee since 1991, and is
an expert consultant of UNESCO’s World Heritage
Committee. He has authored many books, among
them “Arquitectura vernacula en Mexico” (Vernacular
Architecture in Mexico), for which he won the “Juan
Pablo Prize” in Mexico. He has judged many national
and international architecture competitions, and
organized and participated in numerous international
preservation conferences. He is a member of the
National System of Researchers (Sistema Nacional de
Investigadores – CONACyT), and professor-researcher
in the Master’s Program in Architecture of the School
of Engineering and Architecture of the National
Polytechnic Institute of Mexico. He has also consulted
with the Andalucian Institute of Historic Heritage,
Spain. In 2001, Dr. Lopez became Director of World
Heritage at the National Institute for Anthropology and
History, in Mexico City. Most recently, he participated
in the committee drafting UNESCO’s Convention for
the Protection of Intangible Heritage.
N ora J. Mitchell, PhD. is the founding
director of the U.S. National Park Service’s
Conservation Study Institute and is also adjunct
faculty at the University of Vermont. The Institute,
established in 1998 to enhance leadership in the
field of conservation, provides a forum to discuss
contemporary issues and practice, conservation history,
and future directions for the field of conservation. Prior
to this, Dr. Mitchell served as the founding director of
the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, the
National Park Service’s technical center for research,
planning, and preservation stewardship of significant
cultural landscapes.
During her career, Dr. Mitchell has worked on
both cultural and natural resource management and
has actively sought partnerships for accomplishing
this work within the U.S. National Park Service, and
with academic and nongovernmental organizations.
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Dr. Mitchell has been actively involved with US/
ICOMOS since 1988, serving as the first chair of
the cultural landscapes committee; IUCN (World
Conservation Union) Commission on Protected
Areas; and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. She
is the author of numerous articles including chapters
in a forthcoming book from UNESCO on cultural
landscapes. Ds. Mitchell holds two Masters, one in
Ecology from the University of Montana, and another
on Environmental Planning and Policy from Tufts
University. She also holds a doctorate in Landscape
Studies from Tufts University.
L ynda Bourque Moss is the executive director
of the Foundation for Community Vitality, a
supporting organization of the Montana Community
Foundation. The Foundation is dedicated to the
conservation and preservation of landscapes in the
Yellowstone region of Montana and Wyoming.
Previous to her current appointment, Ms. Moss
worked in museums for more that twenty years,
including as executive director of the nationally
recognized Western Heritage Center in Billings,
Montana. She has a BA and MA in Fine Arts from
Montana State University. Moss has served on
various boards and councils, including the Montana
Governor’s Tourism Advisory Council, the American
Association of Museums Board, and the AAM
Museum Assessment Program Advisory Council. She
also served two terms on the American Association of
Museums/International Council of Museums Board.
Moss has authored several articles on museum
management and received numerous awards from the
American Association of State and Local History,
the National Park Service, the Montana Wilderness
Association, and most recently, she was awarded the
Montana Governor’s Humanities Award.
T omas O’Caoimh is a graduate in Celtic
Studies. He is a specialist in lives of the saints,
monastic foundations and pilgrimage sites of the early
medieval period in Ireland. He has researched the
Lives of St. Brendan, the 6th century voyager, whose
travels are narrated in a widely copied text of medieval
Europe. He is also collecting material for a Calendar and
Martyrology of medieval saints of the Celtic world.
Since 1992, Tomás has been a member of the
National Heritage Council and of the Heritage Council,
the Irish State’s advisory body to the Government on
heritage. He has chaired the Council’s Museums and
Archives Committee and the Council’s Working Group
on the Pilgrim Paths Project, an initiative to work
with local communities in restoring medieval pilgrim
routes in Ireland. He is also a member of the Board
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of the National Museum of Ireland, and the Munster
Vice-President and Fellow of the Royal Society of
Antiquaries of Ireland. In May 2000 Pope John Paul
II appointed him as a Consultor to the Pontifical
Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church.
P atricia M. O’Donnell, FASLA, AICP, chair
of the Scientific Committee for the 7th
US/ICOMOS Symposium, is widely recognized as
a leader and expert in the field of historic landscape
preservation. She received master degrees in landscape
architecture and urban planning from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 1981 to 1991,
she spearheaded the expansion of the American
Society of Landscape Architects Historic Preservation
Committee. In 1987, she founded Heritage Landscapes,
a preservation landscape architecture and planning, a
consulting firm with some three hundred landscape
preservation project credits that have garnered twenty-
six professional awards.
In the 1980s and 1990s, O’Donnell actively
advocated U.S. Government support of cultural
landscape preservation through staffing, theme studies,
legislation and appropriation. She serves on the boards
of the Cultural Landscape Foundation and NPS National
Center for Preservation Technology and Training. She
participated in the 1993 cultural landscape experts’
summit organized by UNESCO World Heritage, the
1999 US/ICOMOS Cape Coast, Ghana Planning
Workshop, and serves on the ICOMOS/IFLA Historic
Gardens & Cultural Landscapes Committee as well as
ICOMOS-sponsored committees and conferences.
B rian Orland was appointed Head of Landscape
Architecture at Penn State in 2000. Prior to
that, he was Professor of Landscape Architecture at the
University of Illinois. He has degrees in Architecture,
from the University of Manchester, and in Landscape
Architecture from the University of Arizona. He
was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of
Melbourne, Australia, from 1989-1996.
A Registered Architect since 1977, he has worked
in Europe, Africa and the Americas, consulting
in tourism development, neighborhood planning,
heritage planning, and forest management. Along
with colleagues in Illinois, he participated in planning
studies in India for Sarnath and for the Taj Mahal
Cultural Heritage Area. He has particular expertise in
the design of on-line information systems to support
community based development initiatives.
M aria Susana Pataro has a degree in
Anthropology and Sociology from Buenos
Aires University. In 1974, she joined Argentina’s
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and
Worship as a career diplomat. She has been posted in
Greece, Italy, and France, serving as Deputy Permanent
Delegate to UNESCO from 1994 to 2000.
Ms. Pataro has been involved in the implementation
of UNESCO Conventions for the protection of
natural and cultural heritage, and was instrumental in
organizing the Argentine World Heritage Committee
(WHC). She serves as the representative of the
Argentine Foreign Ministry in the Argentine WHC, as
well as in the National Commission for UNESCO and
the Argentine Committee Fighting the Illicit Transfer
of Cultural Property. She is also an ICOM member.
In 2002, she headed the Argentine Delegation to the
XXVI Session of the World Heritage Committee, in
Budapest. She is currently closely involved with the
Qhapaq Nan project, which had its first technical
meeting in Lima last April.
A drian Phillips is the Vice Chair for World
Heritage of the World Commission on
Protected Areas (WCPA) of IUCN, and has worked on
World Heritage topics for a number of years. He was
chair of WCPA (1994 – 2000), and is now editor of
the IUCN Protected Areas Best Practice Management
series. Within the UK, he was for 11 years the Director
General of the UK’s Countryside Commission, and
before that an employee of IUCN and UNEP. Until
2001, he was Professor in the Department of City and
Regional Planning at Cardiff University, Wales. He
currently serves in a voluntary capacity in support of
several conservation NGOs in the UK.
Mr. Phillips has written extensively on
landscape and landscape protection issues. He has
promoted the idea of ‘protected landscapes’ among
nature conservationists as a category of protected area
that brings together the conservation of both cultural
and natural qualities; and has been a strong advocate
of Cultural Landscapes under the World Heritage
Convention.
D r. Mechtild Rössler has a MA in cultural
geography from Freiburg University and a
Ph.D. from the Faculty for Earth Sciences, University
of Hamburg, both in Germany. She joined the Research
Centre of the “Cité des Sciences et de L’Industrie” in
Paris, and after that became a visiting professor in the
Department of Geography, University of California at
Berkeley.
She has been working for UNESCO since 1991,
first in the Division for Ecological Sciences, and most
recently, in the UNESCO World Heritage Centre as a
program specialist responsible for natural heritage and
cultural landscapes. She co-authored Cultural Landscapes
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of Universal Value, 1995, an important text resulting
from the 1993 Cultural Landscape Expert’s Meeting in
Germany. In July 2001 she became Chief of Europe
and North America in charge of half of all World
Heritage sites and 50 States Parties. She has published
7 books, more than 50 articles, and contributes to the
editorial board of three international journals.
D r. Amita Sinha is an Associate Professor in
the Department of Landscape Architecture,
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her
research interests include Cultural Landscapes of
South Asia. She has been involved in designing
three world heritage projects in India--Sarnath, Taj
Mahal, and more recently, Champaner-Pavagadh.
She is currently researching the sacred landscape of
Pavagadh as the site awaits the decision on its world
heritage status. Dr. Sinha’s articles on cultural heritage
planning have appeared in Landscape Research, U.K.,
Architecture+Design, India, Landscape Architecture
Magazine, USA, and Journal of Heritage Studies, U.K.
She received her Ph.D. from University of California,
Berkeley and is the author of the forthcoming book
“Landscapes in India--Forms and Meanings” by
University Press of Colorado.
National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
Technology Serving the Future of America’s Heritage
www.ncptt.nps.gov
Lee H. Nelson Hall
National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
Photo by Gary Hardamon
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Augusto Villalón has an Honorary Ph.D. in Humanities
from Far Eastern University (Manila) in 2003, an M.A.
in Architecture from Yale University and a BA in
Sociology/History of Art from the University of
Notre Dame. His firm, A Villalon Architects, which
works in the Philippines, Asia and Latin America, won
a UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Conservation Award
in 2003.
Villalón has been Commissioner for Cultural
Heritage and a Board member of the Philippines
National Commission for Culture and the Arts. In
2002, this commission awarded him the Lifetime
Achievement Award for Heritage Conservation. In
1996, he received the City of Manila’s Medallion of
Honor for pioneering work in historic preservation. He
was a Member of the UNESCO National Commission
of the Philippines and is currently a member of the
ICOMOS Executive Committee.
Among his many published works are Lugar: Essays
on Philippine Cultural Heritage and Architecture, which won
the National Book Award and the Alfonso T Ongpin
Award for Best Art Book in 2002, and contributions
to several books published in Europe. He writes on
architecture and historic preservation in the Philippine
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the loss of more than 420 irreplaceable sites in 80 countries. This geographic reach reflects the broad definition of

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town center, or an entire cultural landscape.

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C ultural Site Research and Management (CSRM) develops and utilizes innovative technologies, data collection
protocols, and public involvement techniques to produce and implement resource-driven cultural resource
management plans and sustainable site management organizations.

CSRM gathers data using remote sensing technologies, public involvement, ethnographic surveys, and Phase I and II archaeological fieldwork.
Survey data is analyzed and synthesized to produce both basic inventories and evaluations of archaeological and historic sites, and interactive,
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 Natchitoches Historic District
Development Commission
Executive Board
Roger Williams, chair
David Stamey, vice chair
Saidee Newell, secretary
Edd Lee, treasurer
Betty Jones, executive recording secretary
Photo by Jack Boucher

Sub-Committees
Dud Holland, chair, Finance Committee
Sharon Gahagan, chair, Planning Committee
Mayor Wayne McCullen, chair, Events Committee

Vincent Cofield Will James

Robert G. Crew Tyler Murchison
Rita Fontenot Rick Seale
Robert (Bobby) DeBlieux Courtney Hornsby
Daniel Graves Senator Mike Smith
Representative Taylor Townsend

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 Cane River National
Cane River National Heritage Area Commission
Heritage Area is a largely Robert B. DeBlieux (Co-chair)
Natchitoches Historic Foundation

Saidee W. Newell (Co-Chair)

rural, agricultural landscape known for Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches

Kathleen Byrd, Ph.D. (Secretary)

NSU President’s Appointee
its historic plantations, its distinctive
James Durham (Treasurer)
Natchitoches Sportsmen’s Association
Creole architecture, and its multi- Photo by Sonny Carter
Amanda Chenault
Cloutierville Citizens

cultural legacy. Historically this region lay at the intersection of French and Rufus Davis
Los Adaes /Robeline

Spanish realms in the New World. Today it is home to a unique blend of cultures, Terrell Delphin
St. Augustine Historical Society

Sharon Gahagan
including French, Spanish, African, American Indian, and Creole. The central Natchitoches Historic District Commission

Laura Gates
Superintendent of Cane River Creole National Historical Park
corridor of the 116,000-acre heritage area National Park Service

Will James
Natchitoches Parish Police Jury
begins just south of Natchitoches, the oldest
Jason Stagg
Local Tourism
permanent settlement in the Louisiana
Betty Jones
Governor’s Appointee

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National Historic Landmark District, six other National Historical Landmarks,
Ed Ward
Black Heritage Committee
three Louisiana State Historic Sites, and many other historic plantations, homes,
Mary Lynn Wilkerson
Local Business

and churches. While most of the heritage area is privately owned, many sites are
Cane River National
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Heritage Area Staff
Nancy I. M. Morgan, Ph. D.
Executive Director
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Photo by Sonny Carter
Program Manager
P.O. Box 1201
Patricia P. Antley
452 Jefferson Street, Suite 150 Administrative Assistant
Natchitoches, Louisiana 71458
Lindsey D. Atwell
Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457 Receptionist
(318) 356-5555 (voice)
Dustin C. Fuqua
(318) 356-8222 (fax) Heritage Ranger
www.caneriverheritage.org.
Tina E. Waskom
www.nps.gov/crha Heritage Ranger

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Board of Trustees
Chairman - Robert C. Wilburn, Pennsylvania
Vice Chairman – Blaine C. Cliver, Virginia
Secretary – Stephen J. Farneth, FAIA, California
Treasurer – Vacant

Lisa Ackerman, New York Saidee W. Newell, Louisiana

Erica Avrami, New Jersey Darwina L. Neal, Washington DC
Kathryn Howes Barth, AIA, Colorado Richard Pieper, New York
Douglas C. Comer, Maryland Jonathan Poston, South Carolina
Steade R. Craigo, FAIA, California James Reap, Georgia
Edward E. Crocker, New Mexico Carol Shull, Virginia
Gina Haney, Virginia Katherine Slick, New Mexico
Pamela Jerome, New York Jeanne Marie Teutonico, California
Nora J. Mitchell, Vermont Manfred J.A. Thoms, AIA, Georgia

Immediate Past Chair and Chairman Emeritus

Ann Webster Smith

Ex-Officio Representatives
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: John Fowler
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works: Tom Chase
American Institute of Architects: Kathleen Lane
American Society of Civil Engineers: Jerry Rogers
American Society of Landscape Architects: Charles Leider
Archaeological Institute of America: Ellen Herscher
Association for Preservation Technology International: Kent Dieboldt
ICOM – American Association of Museums: Richard West
National Park Service: Paul Dolinsky
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Peter Brink, William Dupont, Alternate
Smithsonian Institution: Francine C. Berkowitz
Society for American Archaeology: George S. Smith
Society for Historical Archaeology: Tom Wheaton
U.S. Department of State, Cultural Property Advisory Committee: Maria Kouroupas
Society of Architectural Historians: Pauline Saliga

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T
he International Council on Monuments and
Sites (ICOMOS) is the only world-wide non-
governmental membership organization that
brings together, from many disciplines and backgrounds,
individuals and institutions responsible for managing
and supporting the conservation of the built heritage.
ICOMOS was established in 1965 to bring order to the
many uncoordinated and divergent efforts to protect,
preserve and interpret heritage sites throughout the world
after World War II. From that small group of founding
experts who met in Krakow, Poland, the global network
of ICOMOS has grown to more than 6,000 members in
119 National Committees, and 20 International Scientific
Committees that focus on specific concerns of the heritage
community.
An important universal contribution that derives from the
global focus of ICOMOS is the ongoing development of
international standards and doctrinal documents for the
conservation and protection of built heritage. Because of
their unique role in the world of preservation, ICOMOS
standards are the accepted norm the world over. For
instance, in the United States, the Venice Charter was
the guiding basis for the Secretary of Interior’s Standards
for Historic Preservation. The high professionalism of
ICOMOS and the global consensus it embodies has been
recognized in UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention by
naming it official advisor on issues dealing with cultural
sites.
As one of the largest and most influential of National
Committees, US/ICOMOS takes its position of leadership
with utmost seriousness. In its mission, US/ICOMOS
broadly defines its field of activities as education and
training, international exchange of information, technical
assistance, documentation, advocacy and other activities
consistent with the goals of ICOMOS.
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To fulfill its mission, US/ICOMOS actively promotes
the international sharing of knowledge, resources and
experiences by convening its annual international
symposium; through publications that include the bimonthly
Newsletter and the Scientific Journal; the US/ICOMOS
webpage and its electronic ListServ; participation by its
members in preservation events overseas; the US/ICOMOS
preservation library at its headquarters in Washington, DC;
linking our communities and individual US/ICOMOS
members to preservationists and institutions with affinity
concerns abroad; nine specialized committees that bring
US specialized experience to the International Scientific
Committees; partnership and collaboration with domestic
and foreign organizations that enrich their outlook with
an international perspective; advocating US ratification
and implementation of international conventions for
the protection of cultural heritage; model conservation
projects, such as the Conservation and Tourism
development Plan for Cape Coast in Ghana, under the
auspices of the US Agency for International Development;
and US participation in the global leadership of ICOMOS
by fostering the election of US/ICOMOS members to high
office in the ICOMOS governing bodies.
Perhaps best known of all its programs is the US/
ICOMOS Summer Intern Program, which fulfills many
aspects of the US/CIOMOS mission. It has ushered 500
young preservationists from 60 countries into the global
ICOMOS network of cooperation and exchanges. Its far-
reaching effects are becoming more palpa-ble as former
interns begin to achieve positions of great responsibility
for heritage the world over, including chairs of ICOMOS
National Committees, direction of important projects and
management of heritage sites.
 Institutional Members of US/ICOMOS
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
AltusWorks, Inc.
American Society of Landscape Architects
Archaeological Institute of America
Architectural Resources Group
Arizona State University Graduate Program in Public History
Atlanta Landmarks, Inc.
Bermuda Maritime Museum
Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning
Center for Preservation Education and Planning, Inc. (CPEP)
College of Charleston, Program in Historic Preservation and Community Planning
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architectural Planning and Preservation
Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Archaeology, and Historic Preservation & Center for Archaeology
Cornell University Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation Program
Crocker, LTD
Cultural Resources Management, LLC
Cultural Site Research & Management
Dayton Society of Natural History
Historic Annapolis Foundation
Historic Boston, Inc.
Historic Charleston Foundation
Historic House Trust of New York City
Historic New Harmony
Historic Preservation Training Center, National Park Service
HNTB Architecture, Inc.
ICON Architecture
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena
Jablonski Berkowitz Conservation, Inc.
Jan Hird Pokorny Associates
LORD Cultural Resources
Lord, Aeck, Sargent Architects
Martinez & Johnson Architecture
National Park Service, Billings National Historic Park, Conservation Study Institute
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
National Park Service US-Mexican Affairs Office
Oklahoma State University, School of International Studies
Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
Peter L. Freeman, P.C.
Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Roger Williams University, Historic Preservation Program
San Antonio Conservation Society
Savannah College of Art & Design, School of Building Arts
Stanford University Planning Office
Texas A&M University, College of Architecture
The Christman Company
The George Wright Society
The Presidio Trust
Tulane University School of Architecture
University of Florida, College of Design, Construction and Planning
University of Georgia, College of Environment & Design
University of Maryland graduate Program in Historic Preservation
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
University of Texas, School of Architecture
Vertical Access LLC
Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc.
World Monuments Fund
Zahn Design ArchitectsAdvisory Council on Historic Preservation

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ICOMOS Executive Committee
Nikos Agriantonis, Greece
President Ana Paula Amendoeira, Portugal
Michael Petzet, Germany Zhang Bai, China
Ray Bondin, Malta
Secretary General Abderrahmane Chorfi
Tamas Fejerdy, Hungary
Dinu Bumbaru, Canada Rosa Anna Genovese, Italy
Aime Goncalves, Benin
Treasurer General Mohaman Haman, Cameroon
Giora Solar, Israel Francisco Javier Lopez Morales, Mexico
Axel Mykelby, Norway
Vice Presidents Angela Rojas, Cuba
Gustavo Araoz, USA Suzanna Cruz Sampaio, Brazil
Sheridan Burke, Australia Maria Rosa Suarez-Inclan Ducassi, Spain
Yukio Nishimura, Japan Boguslaw Szmygin, Poland
Carlos Pernaut, Argentina Augusto Villalon, Philippines
Christiane Schmuckle-Mollard, France

ICOMOS NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Albania Costa Rica Iceland Mauritius Slovakia

Algeria Croatia India Mexico Slovenia
Andorra Cuba Indonesia Morocco South Africa
Angola Cyprus Iran Namibia South Korea
Argentina Czech Rep Ireland Nepal Spain
Armenia Denmark Israel Netherlands Sri Lanka
Australia Dominican Rep Italy New Zealand Suriname
Austria Ecuador Ivory Coast Nicaragua Swaziland
Azerbaijan Egypt Jamaica Nigeria Sweden
Bangladesh El Salvador Japan Norway Switzerland
Belarus Estonia Jordan Pakistan Tanzania
Belgium Ethiopia Kazakhstan Palestine (obs) Thailand
Benin Finland Kenya Panama Togo
Bolivia France Korea PDR Paraguay Tunisia
Brazil Gabon Latvia Peru Turkey
Bulgaria Georgia Lebanon Philippines Uganda
Burkina Faso Germany Lithuania Poland UK
Cambodia Ghana Luxembourg Portugal Ukraine
Cameroon Greece Macedonia Romania UK
Canada Guatemala Madagascar Russian Fed USA
Chile Guinea Malawi Saudi Arabia Uruguay
China Haiti Mali Senegal Venezuela
Colombia Honduras Malta Serbia and Zambia
Congo DmRp Hungary Mauritania Montenegro Zimbabwe

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