Distinguished Alumni

Congratulations to our 2009 distinguished alumni!

Architecture

Glenn Dasher, M.Arch 1987

Glenn Dasher is the School of Architecture’s 2009 Distinguished Alumni. Glenn received an undergraduate degree in art from UF and a bachelor’s in architecture from Florida A&M University, where he spent a year in a joint studio program at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He returned to UF to earn his master’s in architecture, graduating with honors in 1987.

Glenn practiced architecture for 11 years in Washington, D.C., with award-winning firms and was the lead designer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Training Center as well as other notable projects for Catholic University, Baylor University, and the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1998, he joined the Rink Design Partnership, Inc. and has been involved in a number of award-winning projects, including Riverside Corporate Center, ITERA USA Headquarters, Deliver the Dream, the University of North Florida Fine Arts Center, and the UNF Center for Marine Studies at Whitney Lab. He is currently the lead designer for the award-winning UNF student union.

Glenn served as president of the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from 2007 to 2008. He is the recipient of the AIA Presidents Award for Significant Contributions to the Jacksonville Chapter of the AIA and the Linda Mack Award for Presentation Graphics. During his tenure with the Jacksonville AIA, Glenn coordinated the AIA 150 initiative, which included a collaboration between the AIA-Jacksonville and the UF School of Architecture for design proposals for a new civic center. He is a long-standing member of the School of Architecture Liaison Committee and regularly lectures in the professional practice graduate seminar.

Jeet Singh, M.Arch 2004 and ARC 2002

Jeet Singh is the 2009 recipient of the School of Architecture’s Young Architects Design Award.

Jeet grew up in a small agricultural community on the island of Trinidad where he nurtured an ethic of hard work and a focus on education. He and his family moved to the U.S. in 1994. Originally aspiring to become a pilot, he respected his parents concerns for the risks and dangers and followed his school-mates to UF, where he was accepted to the then College of Architecture. After six years of architectural boot camp, he achieved his master’s in architecture and was ready for the profession.

A representative from the Tampa firm Gould Evans Associates was a juror on Jeet’s final review, and recognizing Jeet’s natural talents and obvious hard work, hired Jeet within the week. Five years later, he is still at the firm as a designer and firm associate, where he has had the opportunity to be a part of a few very special projects that include the new multipurpose facility for Hillsborough Community College and the new Elliott Museum in Stuart, both of which have won multiple AIA design awards. Jeet also received a Florida AIA unbuilt Merit Award for his master’s research project and was a recipient of commission for the Decatur Modern Design Challenge Competition as a member of Featherston Singh Architect, LLC, a business venture. He hopes one day to be the old man in the office that still builds models.

Building Construction

Timothy A. Good, BCN 1972

Tim Good is Vice President and Director of Construction for the Industrial Group of the Haskell Company in Jacksonville. At UF, he was a member of Sigma Lambda Chi. After a term in the U.S. Army, Tim began his construction career with Joe M. Rodgers & Associates out of Nashville, Tenn., later to become Centex Rodgers. Initially, he worked as a project engineer on an addition to Alachua County General Hospital in Gainesville. He then relocated to northern California and gained fast-track experience in building hospitals in California, Oregon, Utah and Arizona. In 1978, he assisted in opening and managing an office for Rodgers in Houston where he continued building on his healthcare experience with projects in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. When Rodgers consolidated operations in Nashville in 1986, Tim stayed in Houston with Robert E. McKee, a commercial arm of Jacobs Engineering. The industrial experience he gained with Jacobs/McKee set him up for his current position where he has worked in Haskell’s commercial and industrial integrated design/build environment for more than 19 years. His group concentrates on food, beverage, manufacturing and distribution projects across the country and internationally. He maintains active contractor’s licenses in Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon.

Tim is often seen on campus attending the Career Fairs and participating in recruiting activities, giving guest lectures at Rinker and Weil Halls, reviewing course curricula as a member of the EXCOM Curriculum Subcommittee and at several football games per season. Haskell has maintained Major Donor status through Tim’s support of the Design/Build Team since 2002. Tim also works closely with the St. Johns County Career Academy program. Serving as an industry advisor, his efforts help high school students begin selecting careers in engineering and construction.

Landscape Architecture

Michael A. Gilkey, LAE 1999

Michael A. Gilkey, Jr. is a second-generation landscape architect in Sarasota. His father graduated from UF in 1967, and Michael followed suit in 1999. Michael became a licensed and registered landscape architect in 2004 and is currently vice president of Michael A. Gilkey, Inc., a design-build firm specializing in residential landscape architecture for discerning clientele. The firm employs a design and office staff, a contracting and implementation crew, two landscape maintenance crews and nursery management. Michael oversees all design and construction operations for the company. Highlights of the past year include the design of the landscape for the residence with the highest LEED certification rating in Florida, and the Roy S. Rood Award, recognizing the best landscape design in any category, from the Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association. Michael enjoys cultivationg relationships with the community’s finest architects and designers, as well as with subcontractors and allied tradesmen. Michael takes great pride in his craft and contributing to the education of and about landscape architects in Florida.

Urban and Regional Planning

Scott Lagueux, MAURP 2002

Scott Lagueux is a senior associate and director of the International Planning and Design Studio with LandDesign, a multi-disciplinary urban design, landscape architecture and engineering practice based in Charlotte, N.C. Previously, Scott was a partner with the firm Bermello, Ajamil & Partners, where he served as director of the port and waterfronts group and head of the Middle East office. Scott is a client focused, results oriented leader with a proven track record of managing teams of professionals on complex waterfront, city planning, resort and other planning and design project efforts. From remaking existing waterfront and littoral zones in Miami, New York, San Diego, Bermuda, Cape Town and Istanbul to shaping iconic new coastal developments in Rome, Dubai, Tianjin and Hong Kong, Scott’s 15 years of practice spans over 60 countries and a diverse assortment of project types. Scott holds undergraduate degrees in finance and real estate (1994) and a master’s in urban and regional planning (2002) from UF and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Scott is blessed with a very supporting and loving wife and eargerly awaits the day when his daughter, Emma (5 months), and son, Bryce (5 years), can proclaim from their own personal experience how “It’s great to be a Florida Gator.”