R. Wayne Drummond

Dean › College of Architecture

University of Nebraska-Lincoln • 210 ARCH • Lincoln NE, 68588-0106 • 402.472.9212 • wdrummond2@unl.edu

Robert Wayne Drummond became dean of the UNL College of Architecture July 1, 2000.

A fellow of the American Institute of Architects since 1996, Drummond has nearly 40 years' experience in architecture at both the professional and academic levels. His administrative experience includes eight years as department head at Auburn University (1979-87) and 20 years as dean of colleges of architecture at major universities, Texas Tech (1987-90), Florida (1990-99) and UNL. He has served as the national president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the National Architectural Accreditation Board, and Tau Sigma Delta, the honor society for architecture and related professions.

He has served as an educational consultant and evaluator of numerous programs in the Middle East and Far East, including a year as senior research associate and educational consultant to King Faisal University College of Architecture and Planning in Saudi Arabia.

A native of Baton Rouge, La., Drummond earned a bachelor of architecture degree at Louisiana State University, a diploma in architecture from the Fontainebleau School of Music and Fine Arts in France and a master of architecture degree at Rice University. He worked in private practice in Texas, Kansas and Washington, D.C., and served on the architecture faculties at the University of Kansas, and Auburn, Clemson and Rice universities.

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