Washington, D.C. -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) inaugurated William J. Bates, FAIA, as its 96th president on Friday, Dec. 7.
“During my tenure as your president, and thereafter, I will focus on helping to make our profession one that welcomes and nurtures the talent of everyone who has a passion for design and who dreams of making our built world, and by extension our society, better,” said Bates. “My dream is for architects to lead efforts to create a more fair, sustainable and peaceful world that embraces all, and disenfranchises none.”