Positions
Obtained by EMU Historic Preservation Program Participants, l98l-2000
Most Common Placements by
Categories
SHPO Offices
Museums
Historical Societies
Planning Consultants
Government- federal, state,
and local
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Historic District Commissions
Universities
Downtown Development
Authorities/Main Street Programs
Statewide Preservation
Organizations
Archives/Libraries
General Concentration
Assistant Professor, American
Studies, Colby College, Maine (after obtaining Ph.D in
American
Culture)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Architecture, University of Utah.
Research Department, New York
City Landmarks Preservation Commission
President and Owner,
Preservation, Inc., Calumet, Michigan
Research Assistant, Fairlane,
Henry Ford Estate (Dearborn, MI), two graduates
Cultural Affairs Office, City
of Chicago (third placement)
Program Assistant, Upper
Illinois Valley Association, Chicago, Illinois (surveying
120
mile long Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor)
Documenter, Chelsea Milling
Co. (Chelsea, MI)
Architectural Historian,
Texas State Department of Transportation, Environmental
Section,
Austin, Texas
Historian, GS-11, Cuyahoga
National Park Recreation Area, Ohio (third placement)
Old York Historical Society,
Pennsylvania
Grand Rapids Historical
Museum, Michigan
Field Representative,
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Midwest Field Office,
Chicago
(second position)
Faculty Coordinator,
University of Florida, The Preservation Institute, Nantucket,
Mass.
Cataloger, Michigan
Historical Museum
Architectural Historian,
Great Lakes Research Associates, Inc. Williamston, Michigan
University Architect’s
Office, University of Michigan
Architectural Historian, Mead
& Hunt, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin
Texas State Historical
Society (SHPO), three individual placements
Structural Historian,
Division of Highways, Charleston, West Virginia
Architectural Records
Consultant, Gunnar Birkerts Collection, Bentley Historical
Library,
University of Michigan
Architectural Historian,
Michigan Department of Transportation
Heritage Interpretation
and Tourism
Greenfield Village-Henry Ford
Museum (Edison Institute)
Assistant
Director of Interpretation
Lead
Interpreter, Training, Education Department
Researcher-interpreter,
automobile history, highway and roadway landscapes,
Program
& Exhibit Developer & Project Manager
Interpreter,
Firestone Farm
Curator
Collections
Management Technician, Historical Resources
Program
& Exhibit Developer & Project Manager
Cobblestone Farm, Ann Arbor,
Michigan
Educational
Programs
Docent
Interpreter, Sullivan
Building, Buffalo, New York
Director, Interpretive
Programs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Ohio (second
placement)
Director, Amherst County
Historical Museum, Amherst, Virginia
Curator, The 1890 House
Museum, Center for Victorian Arts, Cortland, N.Y.
Tours & Promotions
Coordinator, Historic New Harmony, Indiana
Exhibit Developer, Cincinnati
Historical Society
Henry B. Clark House Museum,
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Assistant
Curator
Curator
(second placement)
Interpreter/Collections,
Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky
Training & Information
Director, Inspired Partnerships, Chicago (third position)
Curator, Monroe County Historical
Museum, Michigan
Exhibit Construction Manager,
Public Museum of Grand Rapids
Education Director, Ella
Sharp Museum (third position), Jackson, Michigan
Curator, Glessner and Clark
Houses, Chicago Architectural Foundation (third position)
Director of Educational
Services, Historical Society of Michigan
Public Museum of Grand
Rapids, MI
Entrepreneurial
Exhibits Manager (second position)
Curator
of Exhibits (second position)
Assistant
Exhibit Construction Manager
Director, Hallocksville
Museum Farm, Hallocksville Museum Farm & Folklife Center,
Long
Island, New York
Interpreter, Rugby, Inc.,
Rugby, Tennessee
Development Officer, Historic
Fairbanks House, Society for the Preservation of New
England
Antiquities, Dedham, Massachusetts
Interpreter, Shelburne
Museum, Vermont
Site Historian, Fayette State
Historic Park, Michigan
Collections Archivist, Frank
Lloyd Wright Oak Park Studio, Illinois
Site Interpreter and
Development Director, Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point, Michigan
Site & Interpretation
Manager, Patterson Historical Homestead, Dayton, Ohio
Director of Volunteers,
Detroit Historical Society (fourth placement)
Interpreter, Garfield
Historic Farm, Kane County, Illinois
Site Historian and
Preservation Officer, Hartwick Pines and North Higgins Lake State
Parks,
Michigan
Historic Collection &
Photo Research Supervisor, FPG International, NYC (second
placement)
Teaching Partnership Project
Coordinator, University of Michigan, Arts of
Citizenship
Program (historical, architectural and environmental education),
Ann
Arbor, Michigan
Manager, Education &
History Department, Roscoe Village Foundation, restored canal
town
on the Ohio & Erie Canal, Ohio (a subsequent Placement)
Lead Interpreter, The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee (third placement)
Historic Administration
Executive Director, Vicksburg
Foundation for Historic Preservation
Executive Director, Elwood
House, Dekalb, Illinois
Librarian, Esherick, Homsey,
Dodge, and Davis; architectural consultants, planning
design
and architectural rehabilitation, San Francisco
State Historic Preservation
Office, Florida
State Historic Preservation
Office, Regional Preservation Coordinator, Ohio (2
graduates
– one position a former student's second placement)
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State Historic Preservation
Office, Wisconsin (2 graduates)
State Historic Preservation
Office, Tennessee (second placement)
Staff Position, Virgin
Islands Preservation Office
Historic Construction
Manager, Forbes Development Co, Detroit
Assistant Site Manager, Historic
Fort Snelling, Minnesota Historical Society
Historic Preservation Program
Assistant, New York State Historic Preservation Office,
Albany,
N.Y.
Henry Ford Estate, Fair Lane,
Dearborn, Michigan
Program
Coordinator
Special
Projects Coordinator
Executive Director, Detroit
Historical Society, Detroit, Michigan
Program Coordinator, Chicago
Architectural Foundation
Executive Director, Historic
Wilmington Foundation (N.C.)
Director, Plymouth Historical
Museum (Michigan)
Environmental Review Coordinator,
Michigan Bureau of History (SHPO Office)
State Register Coordinator,
Michigan Bureau of History (SHPO Office)
National Register Manager,
Ohio SHPO Office
Production Coordinator,
"Made in America Exhibit", Edison Institute (Dearborn, MI)
Acting Director, Ella Sharp
Museum, Jackson, Michigan (second position)
Supervisor, Jewish Archives,
Reuther Library, Detroit (second position)
Executive Director, Downriver
Arts Council, Wyandotte, Michigan
Executive Assistant, New York
Landmarks Conservancy
Director, Rochester
Historical Society, Rochester, Minnesota (second placement)
Executive Director, Ontario
County Historical Society, Canandaigua, N.Y. (second
placement)
Design Reviewer, Memphis
Landmarks Commission
Director of Finance, American
Dance Festival, Inc. Durham, North Carolina
Executive Director, Eight
Mile Boulevard Association, Michigan
Director, Belleville
Historical Museum, Belleville, Michigan
Main Street Manager, Central
City Neighborhood, Lansing, Michigan
Executive Director, Historic
Hawaii Foundation, Honolulu (fourth placement)
Main Street Manager,
unspecified town in South Carolina
Director, Washtenaw County
Council for the Arts (third position)
Historic Preservation
Officer, Neighborhood Designations, Phoenix, Arizona
Indianapolis Office, Historic
Landmarks of Indiana
Community Services Director,
Utah Heritage Foundation, Salt Lake City (second
placement)
106 Review, Midwest
Environmental Consultants, Inc., Detroit
Historic Review Officer, City
of Detroit (two placements)
Historical and Environmental
Review, Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. (a cultural resource
management
firm), Pittsburgh. (fourth
placement)
State Historic Preservation
Office, Oklahoma (second placement)
Manager of Education &
History Depts. at Historic Roscoe Village, Ohio (second
placement)
Executive Administrator,
Stained Glass Association of America
Community Services Director,
Utah Heritage Foundation
Director, Historic District
Commission, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Preservation Planning
State Historical Architect,
Alabama
State Historical Architect,
Pennsylvania (second job)
Main Street Manager,
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Main Street Manager,
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Main Street Manager, Howell,
Michigan
Staff Position, Historic
American Buildings Survey (2 graduates)
Historic Preservation
Planner, Trumbull County Planning Commission, Warren, Ohio
Regional Planner, Region V,
Flint, Michigan
Preservation Planner, City
Planning Office, Fort Wayne, Indiana (second placement)
Director of Community
Development, Shelby County, Kentucky (second placement)
Historic Preservation
Planner, King County Planning Commission, Seattle,
Washington
(third placement)
Urban Planner, King County
Planning Commission, Seattle, Washington
Historic Preservation
Officer, Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission,
Michigan
State Historic Preservation
Office, Washington, RP3 Program (2 graduates, both
second
_placements)
Deputy Planning Director,
Canton Township, Wayne County, Michigan (second
placement)
Urban Conservation Planner,
City of Pasadena, California, two graduates
Preservation Planner,
Commonwealth Group (Jackson, MI)
Growth Management Planner,
Pasadena, Calif. (second placement)
Assistant Planner, Wade-Trim
Impact, (a planning consultancy firm in Taylor,
Michigan)
Planner, St Louis County
Parks
Executive Director, Downtown
Development Authority, Rochester, MI (third
placement)
Partner, Mellon &
Associates, historic preservation consultancy firm, Sta. Monica, CA
(third
placement), and City Planning Commission, Sta. Monica, CA; councilwoman, then
mayor of Sta. Monica.
Planner, Missisaugua, Canada
Cultural Resource Reviewer
& Consultant, MSI, Inc., Toledo, Ohio (two
individuals,
one entry level, the other, fourth placement)
Zachary & Associates,
historic property developers, Detroit
Preservation Planner,
Deschutes County, Oregon
Director, Downtown
Development, Youngstown, Ohio (second placement)
Rochester Downtown
Development Authority, Rochester, Michigan
Preservation Planner,
Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group, Jackson, Michigan
Cultural Resource Group
Manager, Midwest Environmental Consultants, Inc., Toledo,
Ohio
Director, Downtown
Development Authority, Baker, Oregon
Planning Coordinator,
Crosswinds Communities, Novi, Michigan
Enterprise Community
Coordinator, Burlington, Vermont, Community & Economic
Development
Office (second position)
Commercial Development
Coordinator, Corktown, Detroit, Michigan
Housing Specialist,
Neighborhoods in Partnership, Toledo, Ohio
Site Development & Restoration
Planner, Taliesen East, Spring Green, Wisconsin
Preservation Planner, City of
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Preservation Planner, The Michigan Historical Center (SHPO
Office) (second placement)
Neighborhood/Community
Development, University of Illinois, Chicago
Planning & Development
Specialist, Scott County, Iowa
Historic Preservation Planner
for Historic District Commission, Washtenaw County,
Michigan
Research & Construction
Director, Historic St Augustine Preservation Board, St. Augustine, Florida
(second placement)
Architecture &
Archeological Supervisor, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Field Representative, Flood
Salvage Program, Midwest Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation,
Chicago
Construction Manager,
University of Michigan Observatory, Quinn-Evans Architects, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Project Manager, Ohio
Building Restorations, Detroit, Michigan Office
Estimator & Project
Manager, Ohio Builder Restoration, Detroit
Michigan Director of
Marketing, Development, & Technical Services, The International Masonry
Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Site Manager, Christman Co.,
Lansing, Michigan (second placement)
In some cases the above
positions include a student's initial job and one or more subsequent
positions. Some graduates have not
reported their initial employment back to us, and probably in many instances we
don’t know about subsequent career moves. In addition, other students have secured private consulting
contracts in Historic Preservation or pursued Ph.D. studies.
(Job listing current as of 2001)