Founder and First President

AIA Delaware, chartered in 1932 as the "Delaware Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" strives to advance the profession of architecture and be of service to society. 

Image:       G. Morris Whiteside II, FAIA
                   Founder and First President of the Delaware Chapter
                   Whiteside was elevated to Fellowship status in 1945.

Past Presidents

2019-2022   Scott Edmonston
2015-2018   Philip R. Conte
2011-2014   Mark Edward Clark

​2009-2010   Kevin W. Wilson
2007-2008   Hue Grant
2006            Kenneth M. Freemark, Jr.
2004-2005   Todd Tebbetts Breck
2002-2003   Harold E. Judefind, Jr.

2000-2001   Maureen H. Minker
​1998-1999   Kenneth M. Freemark, Jr.
1996-1997   Buck Simpers
1994-1995   William E. Holloway
1992-1993   ​Mary A. Staikos​
1990-1991   Joseph E. Carbonell, III
1988-1989   Eldon du Pont Homsey
1986-1987   William J. Hirsch
1984-1985   Peter C. Anderson
1982-1983   William E. Pelham

​1980-1981   Richard L. Dayton
1978-1979   William M. Wills
1976-1977   James R. Nelson
1974-1975   David Carlton
1972-1973   George M. Whiteside III

​1970-1971   John F. McCune III
1968-1969   W. Harley Funk
1966-1967   William G. Moeckel
1964-1965   Erling Dollar
1962-1963   ​Joseph Angell, Jr.
1960-1961   Joseph Carbonell, Jr.
1958-1959   W. Ellis Preston
1956-1957   Leon Fagnani
1954-1955   Weston Holt Blake
1952-1953   Samuel E. Homsey

​1950-1951     A. Burton Stanhope
1948-1949    George E. Pope
1946-1947    J. H. Jones
1942-1945    Walter Carlson
1941             Reah deBourg Robinson

1940             Albert Kruse
1938-1939   Reah deBourg Robinson
1937            E. William Martin
1936            Walter Carlson
1934-1935   Roscoe Cook Tindall
1932-1933   ​G. Morris Whiteside, II

Fellows

AIA Fellows are recognized for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. The AIA College of Fellows seeks to stimulate a sharing of interests among Fellows, promote the purposes of AIA, advance the profession of architecture, mentor young architects, and be of ever-increasing service to society.

Members elevated to the
​College of Fellows:
  • ​​James R. Nelson, FAIA (1982)
  • Victorine du Pont Homsey, FAIA  (1967)
  • Leon Nello Fagnani, FAIA  (1957)
  • Samuel Eldon Homsey, FAIA  (1954)
  • ​Walter Carlson, FAIA  (1952)
  • Albert Kruse, FAIA  (1951)
  • Edward William Martin, FAIA  (1945)
  • G. Morris Whiteside, II, FAIA  (1945)​

AIA College of Fellows

Kathleen Lechleiter, FAIA
AIA College of Fellows 
​Regional Representative 2025-2027
​Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD)

Bethune Fellowship

Former members of the AIA Strategic Council are recognized for their leadership and dedication as ambassadors to the organization through the Louise Blanchard Bethune Fellowship awards.

Members awarded the
​Bethune Fellowship: