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New
Chairman Elected at Annual Meeting
Landmarks Illinois
Geoffrey A. Koss was elected the 21st chairman of
Landmarks Illinois’ Board of Directors, in conjunction
with the organization’s
annual meeting on June 23rd at Chicago’s Lake Point
Tower, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
More than 100 Landmarks Illinois members participated in
the annual meeting, which included a presentation by
architect Edward Windhorst on the construction of Lake
Point Tower (1969; Shipporeit-Heinrich, Inc.). Windhorst
also led tours of the building’s Skyline Park, an Alfred
Caldwell-designed Prairie-style landscape that is also
one of Chicago’s first “green roofs.” Paul LeRoux,
president of LPT’s Condo Association, which graciously
co-sponsored the event, gave tours of a model condo unit
in the 70-story structure.
Koss replaces Rolf Achilles, a renowned art historian
who has served as board chairman since 2007. Landmarks
Illinois president Jim Peters praised Achilles for his
leadership, particularly in statewide fundraising
initiatives and in transition planning.
Koss, 38, is managing director and chief credit officer with
The Private Bank in Chicago. He previously worked at
Wrightwood Capital Management and at LaSalle Bank/ABN
AMRO in its commercial real estate department. For the
past two years, he has been Vice Chair of Landmarks
Illinois and also served as Chair of its Finance and
Audit Committee.
He has a business degree from Indiana University and a
master’s degree in finance from Northwestern University.
Geoff’s parents are preservationists and he attributes
his strong interest in the subject to their
renovation—while he was growing up—of an 1840
Federal-style house in Noblesville, Ind. The project is
featured in “99 Historic Homes of Indiana” (Indiana
University Press, 2002).
The newly elected members of Landmarks Illinois’ Board
of Directors are: Susan Baldwin Burian, Gavin E.
Campbell, Paul Coffey, Edward Gerns, Brenda Grusecki,
Martin Harper, David Moes, Paul B. O’Kelly, Charles T.
Rivkin, Anne-Marie St. Germaine, and Jack Tribbia.
Outgoing board members also were praised for their
service to the organization. They include: Robert P.B.
Angevin, John Blacketor, Shelley Gorson, Bruce Grieve,
Marilyn Johnson, Yvette LeGrand, Judith McBrien, Vincent
Michael, William Tippens, and David Woodhouse. |
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