Dorothy Miner's Memorial

April 16 Tributes To Dorothy Miner

dorothyminermemorial — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:11:16 +0000

On April 16, 2009, Dorothy’s friends, family, colleagues, and former students came together at Columbia’s St. Paul’s Chapel to honor and celebrate her life and work.

The following were some of the tributes that were shared at the event:

Remarks of Jack Kerr

Remarks of Beverly Moss Spatt

Remarks of Zoe Kwok

Remarks of Caroline S. Pasion

Remarks of Katherin Petrin

Images of Dorothy Miner Throughout the Years

dorothyminermemorial — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:44:03 +0000

On April 16, 2009, Dorothy’s family, colleagues, students, and friends gathered at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Columbia University’s campus to celebrate her life and work. At a reception following the event, images of Dorothy throughout the years, collected from her family and friends, were shown. If you were unable to attend or if you did attend but would like to be able to view the images again, please click here for a pdf of the slide show.

A Celebration of Dorothy’s Life and Work

dorothyminermemorial — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:33:42 +0000

The friends of

Dorothy Marie Miner

invite you to join with us on

Thursday, April 16, 2009
at 4:00 p.m.
for

A Celebration of Dorothy’s Life and Work

at
St. Paul’s Chapel
Columbia University
New York, NY

Click here for a list of sponsors

DOROTHY MINER MEMORIAL TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP FUND

dorothyminermemorial — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:16:36 +0000

As a memorial to our beloved colleague Dorothy Miner, the Historic Preservation Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation is establishing a Dorothy Miner Memorial Travel Fellowship Fund. This fund will help defray travel expenses relating to research necessary for the completion of the thesis that is required of all students. In the past, the Historic Preservation Program had a small amount of money to support such travel from a fund that has now been exhausted; some of you were undoubtedly the beneficiaries of this fund. This new fund will continue a project that was dear to Dorothy’s heart. Dorothy chaired the funding committee for these grants for many years.

Dorothy was one of the great voices for historic preservation in America. Many of you were law colleagues of Dorothy’s, others had the advantage of her teaching skills, or worked with her on civic projects, or were lucky to have her as a thesis adviser, and others were among the friends with whom she had an extraordinary bond and loyalty. With this memorial fund in honor of Dorothy we will be continuing to further preservation education for new generations. We can think of no more appropriate way to celebrate Dorothy’s commitment to historic preservation and education than the establishment of this memorial fund.

We hope that you will donate generously to the Dorothy Miner Memorial Travel Fellowship Fund. Please note that 100% of your donation will go directly to the fellowship fund and is tax-deductible to the full extent allowable by law. Please make checks payable to Columbia University, with a note in the memo line reading “GSAPP Dorothy Miner Fund,” and send them to the address below:

Columbia University GSAPP

Office of Development and Alumni Relations

1172 Amsterdam Ave, 403 Avery Hall

New York, NY 10027

Sponsors of the Celebration of the Life and Work of Dorothy Miner

dorothyminermemorial — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:01:59 +0000

The Celebration of the Life and Work of Dorothy Miner is made possible by the following sponsors:

AKRF, Inc.

Phyllis Arnold & Deidre Leipziger

Brooklyn Heights Association

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture,

Planning & Preservation

Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side

Fine Arts Federation of New York

James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation

Friends of Terra Cotta

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts

Christabel Gough

Higgins Quasebarth & Partners

Historic Districts Council

Landmark West!

Li/Saltzman Architects

Joyce Matz

Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America

The Municipal Art Society of New York

National Trust for Historic Preservation

New York Landmarks Conservancy

New York Preservation Archive Project

Otis and Nancy Pearsall

Platt Byard Dovell White Architects

Jan Hird Pokorny Associates

Preservation Alumni

Preservation League of New York State

St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund/

Neighborhood Preservation Center

Teri Slater

Beverly Moss Spatt

List in formation.

Email “mbaldock [at] mas [dot] org” for more information about being a sponsor of the event.

Links to Dorothy Miner Obituaries

dorothyminermemorial — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:04:56 +0000

“Dorothy Miner, 72, Legal Innovator, Dies,” New York Times, by DAVID W. DUNLAP, October 23, 2008. Notices, New York Times, October 23, 2008.

National Trust for Historic Preservation, November 6.

Municipal Art Society, October 25.

Historic Districts Council, Ocotber 23.

Docomomo, October 27.