FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The second of three candidates for the position of dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas will speak to the campus community Monday, Jan. 27.

Henri de Hahn, provost of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, will make an open forum presentation from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Ken and Linda Sue Shollmier Hall, Room 250 of Vol Walker Hall.

De Hahn received a baccalaureat scientifique from College Saint-Michel in Fribourg, Switzerland, and a master of architecture from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also did postgraduate work in architecture at The Cooper Union in New York and studied at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York. He has been provost of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design since 2012. Previously, he was professor and head of the architecture department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Prior to his appointment at California Polytechnic, he spent 19 years at the University of Kentucky, last serving as an associate professor in the school of architecture. In addition, he was an assistant professor at Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich and was a visiting professor at the Aayojan School of Architecture in Jaipur, India. He has published many articles and lectured about design and education.

The other two candidates are Peter MacKeith, of the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, and Daniel Friedman, of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington in Seattle.

A half-hour reception will follow de Hahn’s talk. Complete vitas for all of the candidates are available online at http://architecture.uark.edu/1195.php.