James Marston Fitch Award

Each year, the National Council for Preservation Education recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of historic preservation education.  The Fitch award is named after the pioneering preservation educator and founder of the historic preservation program at Columbia University, James Marston Fitch.  The award honors those who, throughout their careers, have demonstrated sustained excellence and leadership in the field.  

James Marston Fitch Award Winners

Most Recent Winner:

Congratulations to our most current winner and recipient of the James Marston Fitch Award. We commend them for their hard work, effort, and dedication!

Lauren Weiss Bricker (2023)

Past Winners:

2022 – Ted Ligibel

2019 – Robert Young

2018 – Richard Longstreth

2017 – Dave Mertz

2016 – David Ames

2014 – John Waters

2013 – Roy Graham

2012 – Brown Morton

2011 – Eugene Cizek

2010 – David Woodcock

2009 – Michael Tomlan

2008 – Robert Melnick

2007 – Hugh Miller

2006 – Lyle Rosenberger

2005 – Don Peting

2004 – Chester Liebs

2003 – David Fogle

2002 – Marshall McLennan

2001 – Kevin Jordan

2000 – Bernd Foerster

NCPE Distinguished Service Award

Winners:

1989 – Antoinette Downing

1989 – Blair Reeves

1989 – Robert Stipe