ALUMNI NEWS Class Notes
Together Again Former classmates join
forces at architectural firm Two classmates in EMU’s Historic
Preservation Program are together again, working for O|X Studio, an architectural firm that is itself located in an historic building in downtown Ann Arbor. Kristi Gilbert became director of marketing in November, and Jenna Walker joined the firm as senior interior designer in March. Gilbert and Walker graduated
together in March 2009, each earning a Master of Historic Preservation Planning. Gilbert spent the last 16 years working in a variety of marketing and business development capacities at SmithGroupJJR’s Ann Arbor office. “It is a great coup for us to have Kristi on board,” said Andrew Hauptman, O|X Studio principal.
Professor Ted Ligibel considers Kristi Gilbert (MS09), left, and Jenna Walker (MS09), right, two of the Historic Preservation program’s “most driven and successful alumni.”
With 14 years of contemporary
interior design and historic preservation design expertise, Walker was hired to focus on the growth of O|X Studio’s interiors practice. “Jenna brings a
IN MEMORIAM If You Build It...
Inspirational prof taught joy of learning Former theatre professor Paul George Bird, 88, of Ypsilanti,
died May 6. Bird’s EMU career spanned 52 years and included directing an estimated 65 shows and designing sets for about 200. Along the way, he challenged and inspired thousands of students, who fondly remember him for his wit, passion and vision. Te design of Quirk Teatre, which Bird once called his “Field of Dreams,” was heavily influenced by his drawings and ideas. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Laura Catharine Bird; his former wife, Jane Schmiedeke; their two children, Paul Ramsay Bird and Anne Elizabeth, and her husband Mark Michaels and their children, Abigail and Katherine Michaels. “Te most important thing you can do for a student is teach
them that there is such a thing as the joy of learning,” Bird said in 2006. “If you can do that, you’re a good teacher, perhaps a great teacher.” Bird was a great one, indeed.
tremendous depth of experience not only in interior design but also in diverse urban settings based upon her historic preservation background,” said O|X Studio principal Robb Burroughs.
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