History
The Fay Jones School of Architecture began in 1946-47 as architecture courses within the College of Engineering, with John G. Williams teaching 17 students, including future faculty members Fay Jones Fay Jones and Ernie Jacks. In 1948, the architecture program transferred into the College of Arts and Sciences. The architecture program was accredited in 1958 by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). The landscape architecture program was established in 1975 and has been accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB) of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) since 1983. After many years in planning, the Interior Design program moved to the school in July 2010. The Interior Design program is a CIDA (Council of Interior Design Accreditation) accredited program.
In 1974, the program became a school, with Fay Jones serving as the first dean. In 2009, the school was renamed the Fay Jones School of Architecture, at the request of Don and Ellen Edmondson, former clients of Jones', who made a $10 million planned gift.
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