Legacy Tours and Events

In addition to our Memorial Scholarships, ALNNJ has legacy programs to honor some of our members who have passed.

Ted Kessler, AIA was a longtime Architects League member who is remembered for his generosity to the profession. He was well known for leading architectural students and others on walking tours throughout Manhattan. The Ted Kessler Walking Tour, led by Joe David, AIA, remains a tribute to Kessler’s memory and legacy. It is an annual event for members and guests of the Architects League of Northern New Jersey, with new tours premiering in the fall and then repeating the following spring.

Each November, the League honors the memory of Arthur Lewis Davis, AIA through the Arthur L. Davis Lecture Series. The series features a speaker of notable importance in the profession and/or a lecture on a topic of notable architectural importance. Mr. Davis joined the Architects League in 1970. He served the League as Treasurer, Vice President, and in 1985 as President. Arthur was the recipient of the Vegliante Award– the League’s highest honor – in 1997. He was a man of great humor and a great lover of all things cultural. Following Arthur’s passing in 2000, his wife Lenore, until her death in 2012, provided annual donations to the League to support the lecture series. Since that time, the League has honored the Davis legacy by continuing this event.

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Installation in 1967 of (L-R) Bernard DiPaola,                    Arthur L. Davis
President; Henry Johnson, 1st V.P.; Benjamin
Bailyn, 2nd V.P.; Bernard Hersh, Treasurer;
Peter Holley, Corresponding Secretary; and
Leonard Levine, Recording Secretary.