Randy Gragg is the new executive director of the John Yeon Center at the University of Oregon! Congrats, Randy! EUGENE, Ore. -- (November 4, 2013) – The University of Oregon has hired Portland writer, editor, and organizer Randy Gragg to lead the John Yeon Center. Gragg is best known as a writer on art, architecture, and urban issues for The Oregonian, from 1989 to 2007, and for his role as editor in chief of Portland Monthly, where he will continue as editor at large. The John Yeon Center is an educational and research program of the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Gragg has actively promoted the work and legacy of John Yeon since he met him three years before Yeon’s death in 1994. He’s written essays and articles, organized exhibitions, and presented lectures on the work of the man who is regarded as one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading architects for the Modern regional style and an advocate for conservation of the Columbia River Gorge and the Oregon Coast. Gragg will lead the center that manages three important Yeon-designed properties, and will build programs to support the vision of the center. “The Yeon Center can be a standard-bearer for the preservation of the region’s greatest works of architecture and landscape design,” Gragg says. “I hope to make the Watzek House, Cottrell House, and The Shire places for architects, planners, researchers, policy makers, and visionaries to convene and be inspired to shape the best possible futures for the region.” Frances Bronet, dean of the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts, says “Randy’s deep connection to Portland’s built environment, his ability to create powerful narratives about community and place, and his knowledge and leadership of historic preservation and public projects make him ideally suited to lead our John Yeon Center. The lessons of John Yeon’s ideas and work can foster meaningful contributions to our public discourse about design, architecture, planning, and conservation. We are delighted he has joined the university at this important moment.”
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:32:24 +0000
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