{"id":3463,"date":"2022-07-30T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T21:03:49","slug":"distinguished-alumnus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/30\/distinguished-alumnus\/","title":{"rendered":"Tod Bryant Distinguished Alumnus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gf7sQePWlvk\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1720\" height=\"1876\" src=\"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/RTB-Head-Shot-3.jpg\" alt=\"30 France Street\" title=\"RTB Head Shot 3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/RTB-Head-Shot-3.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/RTB-Head-Shot-3-1280x1396.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/RTB-Head-Shot-3-980x1069.jpg 980w, https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/RTB-Head-Shot-3-480x524.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-3465\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.picarellophoto.com\/portrait.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmine Picarello<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>CURRENT NEWS<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_0  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_top et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>Tod Bryant Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award for Historic Preservation<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Norwalk Preservation Trust's president, Tod Bryant, was honored on July 30, 2022 with a distinguished alumnus award from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland during the Master of Arts in Historic Preservation (MAHP) Annual Assembly, presented by Melanie Lytle, Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goucher.edu\/learn\/graduate-programs\/ma-in-historic-preservation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Historic Preservation Graduate Program<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The award recognizes alumnae\/i who have made significant contributions to historic preservation practice and policy, and whose accomplishments, affiliations, and careers have honored the legacy of excellence at the program. Eligible nominations are reviewed by the MAHP academic director and an award committee. This year, we were delighted to recognize Tod Bryant, who graduated in 2008, for his significant contributions to preservation practice and policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, Tod reflected upon his career(s), historic preservation in general, and Norwalk in particular (22 minutes):<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M.A.H.P. Distinguished Alumnus Presentation\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gf7sQePWlvk?feature=oembed&amp;controls=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_1  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_top et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Tod was nominated for the award by Wes Haynes, Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merrittparkway.org\">Merritt Parkway Conservancy<\/a>, with supporting letters of endorsement from Paul Loether, former Chief of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/nationalregister\/index.htm\">National Register of Historic Places<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/orgs\/1582\/index.htm\">National Historic Landmarks Program,<\/a> along with the late Bill Collins, former Mayor of Norwalk, who wrote the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Needless to say, those of us in Norwalk have been great beneficiaries of Goucher\u2019s historic preservation program and the quality of student that you have attracted to it. I\u2019m not sure what brought Tod and Marija to Norwalk in the first place, but he soon became the face of preservation for our city, founded the Preservation Trust, initiated awards for citizens identifying and caring for our local assets, and made Norwalk a destination for visitors seeking to visit important pieces of our city\u2019s long and colorful past.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is always warming to me to watch lay citizens step forward to show pride in various of Norwalk\u2019s historic mementos which would have disappeared long ago if savvy residents had not realized their historic value and the sidelight on the history of their day which they help to illuminate. They certainly aided me in being a better-informed politician.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In short, Tod\u2019s work has been central to bringing an advanced sense of appreciation of our city\u2019s special character and has raised our image in the eyes of other municipalities around the state. The more we recognize and appreciate the high points of our own past, the more we will be ready to strive to expand on them in our future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayor Collins had a crucial leadership role in saving historic South Norwalk from demolition in the 1980s. For more information on that difficult and vital moment, see <a href=\"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\">Our Story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tod's response to this honor is best seen in his video presentation above, but NPT has also released the following statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am very grateful to the award committee and the Goucher College Master of Arts in Historic Preservation program for choosing me for this prestigious award. My interest in preservation began with opposition to the Norwalk Inn's plan to demolish the Grumman-St.John House at 93 East Avenue. My late wife Marija and I, along with others concerned with the loss of Norwalk's architectural heritage, founded the Norwalk Preservation Trust in response to that issue, but I saw that there was much more to historic preservation than simply opposing individual projects. The Goucher program provided me with the basis of a career in historic preservation that began with my graduation in 2008 and continues to this day. It is a small but powerful program that produces graduates who fill the ranks of preservation organizations throughout the country, as well as independent consultants. 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