Design students share prize
Photo by Michael Clapp
Western Division Co-winners Michael McDonald (left) and Phillip Perkins will both fly to
Chicago for the finals of an interior design competetion.
By Melissa Martin
Of the Emerald
Two University architecture students last
week tied for first place in the Western division
of an interior design competition.
After three and a half hours of delibera
tion, judges decided that Michael McDonald
and Phillip Perkins, fifth-year interior design
students, should both be awarded first place
and split the prize money — $375 each.
"This was the toughest competition
they've ever had to judge," Perkins said of the
San Francisco judges. He and McDonald were
up against students from nine states and
Canada.
In June, they'll both fly to Chicago to com
pete against first place winners from the Cen
tral and Eastern regions.
A flight and prize money wasn't all Perkins
and McDonald gained from the contest.
"If you win a competition, you get jobs,"
McDonald said. After the contest, both
students were offered jobs at the prominent
Northwest architecture firm, Gensler
Associates, based in San Francisco.
The Gensler Associates president was im
pressed with their work, Perkins said.
Both say they'll take the job with Gensler.
Perkins hopes to do an internship in New York
studying lighting and McDonald will travel this
summer to Georgia for a furniture designing
competition.
All contestants in the competition were
given 20 pages of instructions to design the in
terior of an 18,000 square-foot stock brokerage
firm, located on the first floor of what Perkins
calls a “weird-shaped," high rise modern
building in a city "somewhere in the Sunbelt."
Judges wanted projects to reflect a com
prehensive knowledge of space planning,
lighting, material selection and furniture selec
tion and design, McDonald said.
Like Perkins, McDonald built a miniature
of the stock exchange's board room, with
lights from an old train set.
Perkins partially attributes their success to
their ability to think in three dimensions — a
skill he said they learned at the University. The
interior design department, ranked third in the
nation, works closely with the architecture
school, he said.
Perkins said their projects emphasized in
terior architecture — not just decorations.
University donors break record
rrivdie suppori ror rne univer
sity increased dramatically in
1983, according to a recently
released report.
A record number of donors
gave $7.3 million last year to
support academic programs,
scholarships, faculty develop
ment and special projects, says
Russ Picton, the University
Foundation's executive director.
The total was up 45 percent
from the previous record of $4.9
million, given in 1981. The 1983
figure included the $3.5 million
bequest from the late William
Harris in honor of his wife, Jane
Grant, for support of the Center
for the Study of Women in
Society.
Contributions were made by
iz,/jj aiumm and triends, an in
crease of almost 3,500 from the
previous year. Over the past five
years, the number of donors has
increased 139 percent, Picton
sys.
The dramatic increase in
donors is “particularly hearten
ing," University Pres. Paul Olum
says. “It shows that our alumni
and friends believe in what we
are doing and affirm the role the
University plays in Oregon's
higher education.
"Private support, especially
unrestricted funds, enable us to
keep the University competitive
with the nation's leading
academic institutions," Olum
added.
Aside from the Harris gift, the
University received $2.4 million
through contributions to the
Annual Fund, and $1.4 million in
endowments, gifts-in-kind, real
property, and deferred gifts
such as trusts and annuities.
The Annual Fund includes
both restricted and unrestricted
gifts from many sources for use
during the current operating
year.
In addition, gifts from faculty
and staff increased 93.2 percent,
from $22,024 to $42,605, Picton
says.
"That sort of generous sup
port at a time when salaries are
frozen is a remarkable
demonstration of support from
our own employees," he says.
Local artists revive vaudeville
Imagine a performance tailor-made for the
universal child. Today at 3:30 p.m., Nouveau de
Ville will present a local artists' vaudeville show at
the Soreng Theatre as a matinee prelude to the se
cond of the three-day Grateful Dead concert.
The show will feature author Ken Kesey, a
Dead fan and cohort, in his first public story
telling presentation in two years. Rachel Foxman
of Bandon will tell folktales of the Grateful Dead
and Moz Wright, will swallow swords and breathe
fire in his incomparable, "no illusion" style.
Music by daDa, a Portland-based musical
theatrical group and juggling by Roberto Morgan
ti, a world class "ball manipulator," round out the
program.
Tickets are available at the Hult Center and
Switchboard. General admission is $5; people
under 10 or over 60 will be admitted for $3.50. Call
687-5000 for further information.
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